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12:41, 17 AUG 2026
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New serial killer fears as urns of human ashes and Ted Bundy note found in house of horrors
Serial Killers
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT Fears of a new serial killer have been ignited after cops raided a mans 'house of horrors' and found urns of human ashes and a Ted Bundy-style note
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Weepy voiced killer murdered teens with screwdrivers and ice picks before deathbed confession
Serial Killers
Between 1980 and 1982, Minneapolis residents lived in fear of Paul Michael Stephani, a serial killer who earned the nickname 'Weepy-Voiced Killer' for making emotional calls to police after each brutal attack
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Serial killer fed victims to alligators and took extreme action when he knew he'd been caught
Animals
A Texas man known for putting on large displays for feeding his alligators may have been hiding a far more morbid secret behind his tavern.
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Notorious serial killer who murdered '100s' is free no one knows where he is
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Pedro Alonzo Lopez, known as the Monster of the Andes, was convicted of 110 murders but confessed to hundreds more during his brutal killing spree across Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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Cannibal killer's terrifying explanation for murders he branded 'human sacrifices'
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jason Thornburg carried out three sickening murders in Fort Worth, Texas, claiming he had been called to do so by God and labelling them "human sacrifices"
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'Dexter fan' serial killer will never be released as victim's mum says 'you took my son'
Courts
Serial killer James Desborough, 40, who murdered Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, before dismembering and hiding their bodies in woodland in Cornwall last year has been handed a whole life order
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Man loses fourth relative to same 'human hunter' elephant that has wiped out 25 victims
Animals
The rogue elephant has a notorious reputation in Nepal, having killed 25 people and survived being shot twice, despite officials claiming he had died from the gun shot wounds
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Backpackers brutally murdered by serial killer The Serpent who is now a free man
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French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 79, allegedly slaughtered at least 20 Western backpackers who were travelling through Asia during the 1970s and 1980s
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Murderer released from jail became crime reporter but he was hiding terrifying secret
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Politicians and intellectuals lobbied for the release of rapist and murderer Jack Unterweger but as soon as he regained his freedom he began to kill again
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Real-life homicides behind hit songs from devil worshippers to child killers
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There have been countless tracks inspired by real-life crimes, including by artists as varied as The Killers, Michael Jackson, The Doors and Bruce Springsteen
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Dog walked into village with woman's severed head in jaws then true horror unfolded
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After a sickening moment, when a stray dog carried a woman's rotting head into a small rural township, a horrifying catalogue of partially-dismembered bodies was discovered on nearby farmland
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Twisted messages serial killer sent to victims before turning them into sex slaves
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John Edward Robinson got away with his gruesome murders for decades before he was dubbed the 'Internet's First Serial Killer'
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Heartbreaking hotels from violent deaths to serial killers and 114 dead at tea dance
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Elvis Presley sang about a heartbreak hotel and they exist in real including the ghostly place where cancer victims who fell for hoax walk the
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Must-see crime scenes for 'dark tourists' from Kray murder pub to murder mansion
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'Dark tourism' is a growing trend and people love to have a glimpse at these infamous sites including a house of horror at 25 Cromwell Street
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Ashley Dale killer's dad jumped on by prison officers in visit to high security jail
Drugs
Thomas McMahon was caught by prison guards trying to pass a crisp packet to Joseph Peers, who was jailed for murdering Ashley Dale
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Fears serial killer is at large in Brit holiday hotspot as three women killed
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Concerns have been sparked over the possibility that a serial killer may be at large in a popular tourist hotspot, after three women were found dead in seemingly near-identitical situations
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Weirdest Death Row final meals from single green olive to a banquet of fried chicken
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Every Death Row prisoner is allowed a final meal before they go off to meet their maker. Some are grandiose selections while others' choices consist of a single olive
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Damsel of Death serial killer sex worker adopted by pal 11 years older before execution
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The 'Damsel of Death, Aileen Wuornos, was declared 'America's first female serial killer' before she struck up an unlikely relationship with a woman in her 40's from behind bars.
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Double child killer Ian Huntley was cremated in a 265 coffin with no mourners
Ian Huntley
The body of sick double child killer Ian Huntley was burnt inside a 265 cloth coffin, following his death at HMP Frankland in February of this year, in a service that cost the Ministry of Justice almost 2,000
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Candy Man killer tied teen victims to board then tortured and raped them for days before murder
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WARNING: GRAHPIC CONENT - Dean Corll lured dozens of teenage boys - with the help of two other teens - into his various properties in Texas before carrying out his heinous crimes
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Haunting last photo of Truck Stop Killer's final victim moments before her death
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Robert Ben Rhoades murdered 14-year-old Regina Kay Walters' boyfriend before hanging her from fish hooks in the back of his truck for weeks
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Woman bought house where man slaughtered his family of 11 on one Easter Sunday
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WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: In 1975 James Ruppert slaughtered 11 of his family in a horrific act of violence that has tainted one Ohio house for decades.
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Sick serial killer who ate brains of victims and dismembered them with crossbow
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Stephen Shaun Griffiths was studying serial killers for his doctorate in criminology until he became one himself.
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Dark reason serial killer ordered KFC bargain bucket as final death row meal
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EXCLUSIVE: John Wayne Gacy's name continues to haunt the American consciousness, and now his former lawyer has explained why he selected a certain fruit as part of his final meal
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