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Richard Ramirez 'puked up green liquid' when he was arrested

Emma

Jan 17

Richard Ramirez 'puked up green liquid' when he was arrested

Richard Ramirez was scary enough when we knew him just as a serial rapist with amazing cheekbones, but details of his arrest are alarming.

Richard Ramirez had his teeth fixed on death row

Emma

Jan 15

Richard Ramirez had his teeth fixed on death row

"Do you promise to tell the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth?" Richard Ramirez's mouth did.

Richard Ramirez's death row wedding to mega fan virgin, 41

Emma

Jan 15

Richard Ramirez's death row wedding to mega fan virgin, 41

One loved rape and worshipped Satan, the other was a God fearing spinster. This is the story of Richard Ramirez and Doreen Lioy.

Richard Ramirez tried to escape prison... to kill again

Emma

Jan 15

Richard Ramirez tried to escape prison... to kill again

Richard Ramirez was itching to get back on the streets... and planned to escape using an array of random items hidden in his rectum.

One of Richard Ramirez's jury fell in love with him during his trial

Emma

Jan 15

One of Richard Ramirez's jury fell in love with him during his trial

Cindy Haden was one of the jurors at Richard Ramirez’s 1988 trial, and she took a real shine to the Devil worshipping sodomising burglar.

Richard Ramirez ‘gouged out victim’s eye and had sex with socket’ claims killer’s teenage fan

Emma

Jan 15

Richard Ramirez ‘gouged out victim’s eye and had sex with socket’ claims killer’s teenage fan

These days, serial killer groupies have the internet to share their thoughts, feelings and desires - in the 90s they went on TV.

Inside Peter Sutcliffe and Jimmy Savile's vile Broadmoor bromance

Emma

Oct 29, 2020

Inside Peter Sutcliffe and Jimmy Savile's vile Broadmoor bromance

The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and necrophile child molester Jimmy Savile struck up an uncomfortable friendship in the late 1980s...

Rose West laughs about her iconic 'serial killer specs'

Emma

Sep 22, 2020

Rose West laughs about her iconic 'serial killer specs'

Rose West also wore a pair of oversized specs... but later told her abused stepdaughter she found them "funny" to look back at.

Dennis Nilsen and Bleep: What Really happened to Des' dog?

Emma

Sep 17, 2020

Dennis Nilsen and Bleep: What Really happened to Des' dog?

Dennis Nilsen was a serial killer, but he was also a dog dad. His dog Bleep, a cute black and white mongrel, was his only friend during his

Dennis Nilsen: Slashed in the face with a razor at Wormwood Scrubs

Emma

Sep 6, 2020

Dennis Nilsen: Slashed in the face with a razor at Wormwood Scrubs

Dennis Nilsen was slashed across the face with a razor when he was in prison, leaving him with a wound that needed 89 stitches.

Former school pal of sledgehammer killer Zachary Davis speaks

Emma

Aug 12, 2020

Former school pal of sledgehammer killer Zachary Davis speaks

We all went to school with at least one weirdo... but did any of your former classmates bludgeon their mum to death with a sledgehammer...

Fame hungry child killer Mick Philpott appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show

Emma

Jun 11, 2020

Fame hungry child killer Mick Philpott appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show

Normally ugly men have to wait until they 'get famous' before becoming a ladies' man, but for Mick Philpott it was the total opposite.

John Wayne Gacy's victims' relatives destroyed his paintings in a huge bonfire

Emma

Jun 10, 2020

John Wayne Gacy's victims' relatives destroyed his paintings in a huge bonfire

John Wayne Gacy's paintings have become highly sought after in the 'murderabilia' world - but they have also caused a lot of distress.

David Berkowitz reminisces about trying to get possessed by Satan

Emma

Jun 4, 2020

David Berkowitz reminisces about trying to get possessed by Satan

What sort of man takes murderous instructions from a noisy Labrador? Answer: The same sort of man who actively tries to release his soul...

'sledgehammer killer' Zachary Davis - the scariest Dr. Phil guest ever

Emma

May 25, 2020

'sledgehammer killer' Zachary Davis - the scariest Dr. Phil guest ever

The teen tells Dr. Phil how he bludgeoned his mum to death with a sledgehammer as she slept... you won't be able to un-see this!

Katherine Knight butchered her boyfriend and tried to feed him to his kids

Emma

May 17, 2020

Katherine Knight butchered her boyfriend and tried to feed him to his kids

Sex-crazed abattoir worker Katherine Knight is a very rare female psychopath.

Sinister Isles radio: #1 Growing up in the shadow of Dennis Nilsen

Emma

May 5, 2020

Sinister Isles radio: #1 Growing up in the shadow of Dennis Nilsen

We speak to James, who grew up just a few streets away from Dennis Nilsen's death lair in North London.

Carl Tanzler dug up his dead patient and made a corpse bride

Emma

Apr 14, 2020

Carl Tanzler dug up his dead patient and made a corpse bride

'What does that 21-year-old woman see in that rich old doctor?' Errr, how about nothing as she's dead and he's put glass eyes in her...

John Wayne Gacy slept in a coffin with a dead teenage boy

Emma

Apr 5, 2020

John Wayne Gacy slept in a coffin with a dead teenage boy

Before his reign as a child-killing clown, John Wayne Gacy had a stint working at a mortuary

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