Some famous names brushed too close to pure evil.

Rex Heuermann, 62, a New York architect also known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, was sentenced June 17 to multiple life ...

From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are ...

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The "Night Stalker" did not face execution by gas chamber ...

Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach, Florida, prostitute convicted of killing multiple men and dubbed the "queen of the serial killers," was ready for her close-up after confessing to protect the woman ...

Michael Hristov, recently killed by Louisville police, had a "fascination" with serial killers. Who were Kentucky's actual serial killers?

Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is getting fan mail from other notorious psychos while he cools his heels in the Suffolk County lockup — including one high-profile maniac, The Post has learned ...