It seems obvious that anyone who willfully and repeatedly commits murder is a psychopath: remorseless, egotistical, manipulative, and cruel. Think of Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, or John Wayne Gacy.

Contrary to popular myth, not all serial killers are white. Serial killers span all racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. The racial diversity of serial killers generally mirrors that of the overall ...

But Psycho Killer is fascinating because of what it says about the line between different types of killer-thriller horror movies.

With how fascinated Americans are with serial killers, you’d think that the worst of the worst come from the United States. However, that country doesn’t even make the top ten. Chances are, you’ve ...

Psychopaths and sociopaths are diagnoses that are often associated with serial killers. But for those of us that are not experts in the field of psychology, what do these disorders actually mean?

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