Carl Panzram: A Life of Killing, Raping, and ...

A family of four is found murdered in their quiet Tokyo home, and the killer leaves behind an ample trail of evidence—fingerprints, DNA, clothing, even traces of his final hours inside the house. What should have been one of Japan’s most solvable crimes instead becomes its most h ...  Show more

What begins as a search for spiritual meaning ends in a subway car filled with invisible death. Follow the tragic journey of the Sakamoto family and the horrifying rise of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult that turned enlightenment into a mandate for mass murder. Huge thanks to our sponsors ...  Show more

Somkid Pumpuang, known as the “Jack the Ripper of Thailand,” is a convicted serial killer who murdered multiple women. In 2005, he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering five women, all of whom were masseuses or karaoke hostesses, but was released early in 2019 for “goo ...

Although a seemingly average husband and father of two, Dennis Rader lived a double life as a serial killer who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas area from the 1970s to the ‘90s. In letters to police and local news outlets that detailed his murders, Rader would sign them as the BTK ...  Show more

While serving multiple life sentences in prison and dying of liver failure, convicted serial killer Ottis Toole made a deathbed confession to a prison health administrator. He claimed sole responsibility in the 1981 murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh. This was not the first time T ...  Show more

In 1995, a Cambodian refugee was gunned down in an alley in L.A.'s Chinatown. But this wasn't a typical murder. The victim was Haing Ngor, an Oscar-winning actor and humanitarian. Many Cambodians believe Ngor was assassinated over his role in The Killing Fields – a film that d ...