In the late 1970s, over the period of one year; a serial killer who was known as "Son of Sam" murdered half a dozen people and wounded ten others. He stabbed and shot his victims who were mostly parked in Lover's Lanes. Following the murders, he contacted the media to spread the word that he The post 5 Disturbing Facts About David Berkowitz’s Childhood appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

Ed Kemper - also known as the Co-Ed Killer - is one of the most frightening serial killers of all time. Following his release from Atascadero State Hospital, where he was incarcerated after killing his paternal grandparents, Kemper was placed back in the care of his domineering mother, and the results were fatal. He set The post Ed Kemper: Inside Atascadero State Hospital appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

Article by Tom Head The horrifying life of Herman Mudgett, the murderous swindler who billed himself as H. H. Holmes, straddled the line between fact and fiction. The portal between the monster who existed and the monster who didn’t was the hotel he had constructed for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Three stories high and The post H. H. Holmes: Most Disturbing Ways To Die In His Murder Castle appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

For more than three decades, the 'I-65 Killer' terrorised the interstate and is believed responsible for at least three murders and a separate sexual assault in Kentucky and Indiana during the late 1980s and in 1990. The Interstate 65 became the killer's hunting ground and he preyed on women working late nights at motels along The post Zodiac Killer: How Familial DNA Could Finally Catch The Serial Killer appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

Ed Gein is a murderer and bodysnatcher so terryfying that he inspired three of the most villainous horror characters of all time - Leatherface in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs" and Norman Bates in "Psycho". In 1957, he changed horror history when his farmhouse of corpses was revealed to the The post 5 Disturbing Facts About Ed Gein Everyone Forgets appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

On July 22nd, 1991, 32-year-old Tracy Edwards fled an apartment building on 25th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with handcuffs dangling from his wrist. He managed to flag down a passing police car and he told the officers some "freak" named Jeffrey Dahmer had lured him to apartment 213. When the officers walked with Edwards back The post Inside Jeffrey Dahmer’s Apartment of Horrors appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered at least thirty women and young girls in the 1970s. Despite the fact he is one of the most sinister serial killers ever to have lived - women still flocked to the courtroom during his trial to admire him from across the room. Even following the trial, after evidence was The post Ted Bundy: Why Women Loved Him appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more

Guest post by Frank Moraes (KillTheCableBill) Real-life serial killers make our love of horror films more visceral. We have to suspend our rational thinking to accept giant lizards destroying large cities near us. But serial killers? We know they're out there! You only have to look at the sheer number of true crime documentaries on The post Ed Gein: How The Chilling Killer Changed Horror Films Forever appeared first on Crime Viral ..read more