Mass murder is sometimes confused with serial murder by the news media and the public in general. Such confusion is not surprising. Up until 1974, criminal justice practitioners used the term mass ...

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In April of 2010, a probation officer thought he was making a routine unannounced visit on a frail, elderly parolee. He had no idea that he was about to walk into a serial killer’s secret lair. While ...

The brand new true-crime docuseries Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer premieres on Oxygen Saturday, Sept. 13 at 9/8c. The new docuseries follows an unlikely pairing comprised of an ex ...

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When a parole officer knocked on Joseph Naso's door in April 2010, he thought he was conducting a routine probation check. Instead, he walked into the home of a serial killer. When Naso—who was on ...

A serial Scots rapist who molested a pregnant woman and a child has been caged for 11 years. Brian Thomson, 67, was found guilty of the heinous crimes following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh ...

An adored mom was mowed down and dragged to her death by a serial traffic offender in a horrifying late-night hit-and-run that has left a Florida seaside town reeling. Kjersten Aileen-Hermance Strang, ...

The “Burberry Bandit” has struck again — busted in five more bank heists this week after a decade of heists — but was quickly sprung by a notorious New York City judge who shouldn’t have been ...

Two serial thugs have admitted murdering a man in street robbery gone wrong. James Cook, 49, and Brian Reilly, 37, pounced on Alastair Campbell close to his home in Renfrew in the early hours of ...

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