Joanna Dennehy: The Peterborough Ditch Murderer and the man who loved her
Most men might be deterred if they knew you had killed three men (and roped them in to help hide the bodies)... but not Gary Stretch!
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Emma
- Jan 7
Where is Fred West's grave? Cromwell Road killer had secret cremation after cell suicide
Fred West hung himself on January 1 1995, but his body wasn't disposed of until three months later.
Emma
- Dec 27, 2022
Ed Kemper hated his mum so much he cut her head off and had sex with it
After Edmund Kemper killed and decapitated his mother, he tore out her vocal cords and shoved them down the waste disposal.
Emma
- Nov 2, 2022
Albert Fish's pelvis x-ray gave a glimpse of his masochistic perversions
When it comes to serial killers, there are few as truly vile as Albert Fish, an American paedophile who loved to drink urine, murder...
Emma
- Oct 30, 2022
Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother demanded his brain was removed for controversial autopsy
Joyce Flint insisted that her eldest son's brain to be donated to science in the hope of finding out what propelled him to depths of evil.
Emma
- Oct 30, 2022
How long was Jeffrey Dahmer in prison?
Jeffrey Dahmer's killing spree lasted from 1978 until 1991 - but his punishment was just months.
Emma
- Oct 30, 2022
Jeff Dahmer funeral: What the serial killer requested to happen to his dead body
The serial killer's last wishes became public knowledge in 1995 when his dad, Lionel, went to court to stop his brain being dissected.
Emma
- Sep 30, 2022
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.
Emma
- 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.
Emma
- 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...
Emma
- 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.
Emma
- Dec 27, 2021
Ed Kemper 2021 mugshot: See photo of serial killer today
There have been few photos of Ed Kemper since he was jailed in 1973 for eight counts of murder - including that of his own mum... until now
Emma
- Nov 12, 2021
'Pakistan's worst serial killer' Javed Iqbal murdered 100 boys and dissolved them in acid
He confessed that he had lured boys to his home where he sodomised them, strangled, dismembered, and dissolved them in acid.
Emma
- Aug 22, 2021
Dennis Nilsen auction: Serial killer's glasses and Bacardi Sunrise painting up for grabs
Sixty personal belongings of 'Des' are up for grabs - including his typewriter, keyboard and THOSE glasses
Emma
- May 13, 2021
Dorángel Vargas: The homeless cannibal known as El comegente ('the people eater')
To people wandering through the park, Dorángel Vargas would have looked like any other homeless person. But to him, they looked like dinner.
Emma
- Feb 7, 2021
New Valentine's Day card added to the Sinister Isles etsy shop
There's still time to order one of our brilliant True Crime/Mew Crime cards for the cats 'n' killers lover in your life.
Emma
- Jan 17, 2021
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.
Emma
- Jan 15, 2021
Richard Ramirez's disgusting rotten teeth got fixed on death row
"Do you promise to tell the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth?" Richard Ramirez's mouth did.
Emma
- Jan 15, 2021
Richard Ramirez tried to escape San Quentin prison wanting 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.
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
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