Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

Unimaginable, horrific and unlawful acts have been committed by serial criminals, especially killers, throughout history. Surrounding the murderous rampages that have occurred, there is much horror ...

London (CNN) — By 8 p.m., three London tour groups are jostling for room in Mitre Square, where murder victim Catherine Eddowes was found with her face mutilated and kidney removed. “I once saw two ...

A groundbreaking DNA breakthrough may just have helped solve one of history’s oldest mysteries. Historians have said that the new discovery has helped reveal the true identity of the 19th century ...

One of a series of images from the Illustrated London News for Oct. 13, 1888, carrying the overall caption, "With the Vigilance Committee in the East End." This image is entitled "A Suspicious ...

The notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper may finally have been identified more than 130 years after he terrorized Victorian era England. The story of Jack the Ripper has transfixed ...

Danger has a new face after a Jack the Ripper expert used research materials to achieve the first AI rendering of the infamous 19th century serial killer. Move over, Ted Bundy — there’s a new-old ...

One of history’s oldest mysteries — the true identity of mythologized 19th century serial killer “Jack the Ripper” — may have finally been solved nearly 140 years later. English historian and author ...