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Myrtle Corbin: Four-legged woman and 'freak show' star

Aug 6, 2022

Myrtle Corbin: Four-legged woman and 'freak show' star

To get our 'freak fix' we have reality TV and plastic surgery addicts, but the Victorians took it to a whole new level...

Canoe Widow Anne Darwin horrified at being mistaken for 'serial killer' Rose West

Apr 17, 2022

Canoe Widow Anne Darwin horrified at being mistaken for 'serial killer' Rose West

Some say women of a certain age become “invisible”, well ‘Canoe Widow’ Anne Darwin might argue that’s better than being mistaken for Rose...

Callous John Wayne Gacy mocked mother of one of his victims - and urged her to take her own life

Apr 17, 2022

Callous John Wayne Gacy mocked mother of one of his victims - and urged her to take her own life

John Wayne Gary publicly urged the grieving mother of one of his victims to kill herself with a drug overdose.

Watch John Wayne Gacy perform the rope trick he used to kill his victims

Apr 16, 2022

Watch John Wayne Gacy perform the rope trick he used to kill his victims

In this archive footage, Gacy jovially demonstrates to a naïve TV reporter "how to tie knots" - giving a glimpse of how he captured victims.

The John Wayne Gacy Tapes: New Netflix series Conversations With A Killer

Apr 16, 2022

The John Wayne Gacy Tapes: New Netflix series Conversations With A Killer

FINALLY John Wayne Gacy is getting a decent documentary - rather than the usual, crap, straight to DVD movies.

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

Apr 13, 2022

John Wayne Gacy's victims' relatives destroyed his artwork 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.

John Wayne Gacy explains why he called himself 'Pogo the Clown' in death row confession

Apr 13, 2022

John Wayne Gacy explains why he called himself 'Pogo the Clown' in death row confession

'Killer Clown' John Wayne Gacy revealed why he invented Pogo and how he found wearing clown-face makeup relaxing

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

Apr 12, 2022

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

Inside Peter Sutcliffe and Jimmy Savile's vile Broadmoor bromance

Apr 12, 2022

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...

Watch Ruth Ellis 'flirt' with Derek Acorah from beyond the grave

Mar 16, 2022

Watch Ruth Ellis 'flirt' with Derek Acorah from beyond the grave

Derek Acorah is the best ghost botherer in the history of the UK - see what happens when he meets the spirit of a very infamous woman...

What happened to 'Sledgehammer Killer' Zachary Davis' brother Josh Davis?

Mar 11, 2022

What happened to 'Sledgehammer Killer' Zachary Davis' brother Josh Davis?

Zachary Davis killed his mum and tried to set his brother on fire - but later claimed he did't do it - and it was the fault of his sibling.

Former school pal of sledgehammer killer Zachary Davis speaks

Mar 11, 2022

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...

Katherine Knight is 'top dog' in Sydney's tough Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre

Jan 21, 2022

Katherine Knight is 'top dog' in Sydney's tough Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre

In 2000, Katherine Knight was the first woman in Australia to be given a full-life sentence without parole - this is her life now.

'Most radioactive man' Hisashi Ouchi was kept alive for 83 days after nuclear blast horror

Jan 14, 2022

'Most radioactive man' Hisashi Ouchi was kept alive for 83 days after nuclear blast horror

What happened at 10:35am, 28 September 1999, would be the worst nuclear accident in Japan for years - and the start of 83 days of hell.

The best true crime books of all time: Peter Sutcliffe, Charles Ng, Dennis Nilsen, Ed Kemper & more

Jan 10, 2022

The best true crime books of all time: Peter Sutcliffe, Charles Ng, Dennis Nilsen, Ed Kemper & more

These are the best True Crime books ever written - do you agree? Tell us @sinisterisles

Ed Kemper’s brother fears he will hunt him down and kill him if he is ever released

Jan 8, 2022

Ed Kemper’s brother fears he will hunt him down and kill him if he is ever released

Ed Kemper's brother lives in fear that his huge murderous sibling will use his IQ to get out of prison... and hunt him down and kill him.

Santa Claus serial killer: Bruce Pardo massacred his entire family at Christmas

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Jan 8, 2022

Santa Claus serial killer: Bruce Pardo massacred his entire family at Christmas

Scorned divorcee Bruce gunned down nine members of his ex's family before torching their bodies with a home made flame thrower.

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

Jan 8, 2022

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

Jan 8, 2022

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.

Deranged mum Marie Noe killed eight of her ten kids - but her husband refused to believe it

Jan 7, 2022

Deranged mum Marie Noe killed eight of her ten kids - but her husband refused to believe it

For 19 years, Marie Noe was the most pitied woman in America - every single one of her ten babies had died between April '49 and January '68