Former German hospital nurse Niels Hoegel has claimed to have killed around 100 of his patients with drug overdoses, which would make him one of the world's most prolific serial killers in recent ...

Editor’s Note, 01/30/2025: This list was originally published in 2016. It has been revised and updated to include more current information. Serial killers continue to capture the attention of ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Here is a recap of some of the others, starting with two more serial killers from Russia. Alexander Pichushkin was sentenced to life in prison in Moscow in 2007 for 48 murders, most between 2002 and ...