Murderers of all kinds — single acts, serial patterns, domestic, sexual, ideological. Some killed strangers. Some killed family. Some killed once. Others didn’t stop.
This category includes every case involving homicide.
Have you heard of Anthony Arkwright? Most people haven’t. Yet his crimes were among the most shocking Britain has ever seen. Arkwright didn’t just kill; he performed. He staged grotesque crime scenes, boasted about his murders, and taunted the police with playing cards. Yet despite his efforts to secure infamy, he is barely remembered. He wanted to carve his name into history. Instead, history erased him.
Margaret Barnes was 71, visiting Barmouth for a quiet getaway. She mistook a private home for her B&B, settled into a bedroom, and fell asleep. What followed was a brutal assault by the homeowner, David Redfern. Margaret died from injuries likened to a high-speed car crash. Her only mistake was walking through the wrong door.
For 153 days, Jimmy Prout was tortured in plain sight — abused by a cult-like group who claimed to be his friends. Authorities missed seventeen chances to intervene. By the time his body was found, dumped on wasteland near the Tyne Tunnel, it was too late. This is not just a story of cruelty — it’s a story of silence, failure, and the systems that let it happen.
This is the chilling story of Cary Stayner, a man whose descent into darkness shocked a nation. Years after his brother Steven’s harrowing ordeal and celebrated return, Cary committed a series of brutal murders near Yosemite National Park — taking the lives of four innocent women and deepening the wounds of a family already scarred by tragedy.
This is the disturbing story of Amarjeet Sada, who at just 8 years old became the world’s youngest known serial killer after murdering three infants—including his sister and cousin—in Bihar, India.