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

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

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

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

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

Inside Peter Sutcliffe and Jimmy Savile's vile Broadmoor bromance

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

Former school pal of sledgehammer killer Zachary Davis speaks

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

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

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

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

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

Ed Kemper hated his mum so much he cut her head off and had sex with it

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

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

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

Ed Kemper 2021 mugshot: See photo of serial killer today

Cats But Their Eyes Are Serial Killers Calendar 2022

'Pakistan's worst serial killer' Javed Iqbal murdered 100 boys and dissolved them in acid

Mexican prostitute told village she was Aztec goddess and drank the blood of non-believers

Dennis Nilsen auction: Serial killer's glasses and Bacardi Sunrise painting up for grabs

Twisted doctor Carl Tanzler dug up his dead patient Elena and made her his corpse bride

Sinister Women: Buy our new 24-page Zine all about female British crooks!

Dorángel Vargas: The homeless cannibal known as El comegente ('the people eater')

David Berkowitz reminisces about trying to get possessed by Satan

New Valentine's Day card added to the Sinister Isles etsy shop

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

Richard Ramirez's disgusting rotten teeth got fixed on death row

Richard Ramirez had death row wedding to mega fan virgin Doreen Lioy, 41

Richard Ramirez tried to escape San Quentin prison wanting to kill again

Rose West laughs about her iconic 'serial killer specs'

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

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

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

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

Who was Jeffrey Dahmer? Cannibal necrophiliac's crimes and grisly death

This man is a professional Dr. Harold Shipman lookalike

Not all scum floats: The death of Ian Brady

Dear Fred... a letter to the Cromwell Street killer

Santa's slay: Bruce Pardo's family massacre at Christmas

Karen Matthews' best bits since leaving jail

Why hasn't anyone made a Netflix series about Jeremy Bamber yet?

Dissecting my two decade obsession with Dennis Nilsen

QUIZ: How much do you REALLY know about British serial killers?