Serial Killer Profiles is the column dedicated to serial killers from around the world. In this section, we will explore the chilling stories of some of the most infamous and disturbing serial killers in history. We will analyze their crimes, psychological profiles, and the investigations that sought to stop them. Each article will offer an in-depth look at cases that have shaken society and the complex dynamics that define these criminals. Join us to uncover the horrifying details and gripping stories of those who have pushed evil to its extreme limits.
ByElena
The term “Beltway Sniper” refers to the perpetrator (later identified as a duo) of a series of firearm attacks that rocked the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and its surroundings for three weeks in October 2002. These carefully planned and coordinated attacks resulted in the deaths of ten people and severe injuries to three others, occurring in seemingly unrelated locations.
ByElena
British serial killer killed at least twelve young men in his London homes between 1978 and 1983. Second of three children of the couple formed by Elizabeth Duthie Whyte and Olav Magnus Moksheim. His father was a Norwegian soldier who arrived in Scotland in 1940 during the Second World War. After a brief courtship, he married Elizabeth Whyte in May 1942 and her spouses moved into her parents’ home.
ByElena
Richard Ramirez – Night Stalker: “The Night Predator” Introduction Richard Ramirez, also known as “The Night Stalker,” is one of the most…
It was on January 29, 2019, when Bruce McArthur was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 8 people. Crimes committed between 2010 and 2017, which terrorized the gay community of Toronto.
The first two victims were two lovers who had parked their white Alfa Romeo Giulietta near a dirt road close to the Signa cemetery.
That night, Antonio Lo Bianco, a 29-year-old bricklayer from Palermo, married and father of three, and Barbara Locci, a 32-year-old housewife from Villasalto, Sardinia, were murdered.
ByElena
In the grim landscape of crime that characterized 1920s Germany, few cases emerged with the horror and ruthlessness of that of Fritz Haarmann, known as “The Butcher of Hanover.” However, the darkness of this story is incomplete without mentioning Hans Grans, Haarmann’s accomplice and lover.
ByElena
Mary Ann Cotton, born Mary Ann Robson (Low Moorsley, County Durham, October 31, 1832 – Durham, March 24, 1873), was a British serial killer accused of murdering more than 21 people, mostly using arsenic.
ByElena
Peter Stubbe, also known as Peter Stumpp, is one of the most infamous figures in European folklore, tied to a series of crimes considered one of the most famous cases of lycanthropy in the 16th century. His story is a combination of reality, myth, and superstition, often cited as an example of the collective psychosis that characterized Europe during the era of witch hunts.
