The Zodiac killer turned murder into a public spectacle, attacking victims across the Bay Area before mailing ciphers and ...

From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are EW's 30 favorite movies about the monsters in our midst.

The shocking story of how police solved the horrifying killing of a 23-year-old mum in front of her two-year-old son has been revealed in a new Netflix doco.

Alex Hanscombe shared in Netflix’s documentary The Murder of Rachel Nickell how witnessing the fatal stabbing of his mother Rachel Nickell in 1992—when he was 2 years old—affected him for life.

79 years later, filmmakers finally solve the historical murder case from the Scarlett Johansson film.

Plenty of terrifying films have been made on shoestring budgets, but we think these are the best low budget horror movies ...

The Zodiac Killer remains unidentified to this day. There have been several theories and alleged suspects, but almost six ...

EXCLUSIVE: Director Ross McElwee, one of America's most revered nonfiction filmmakers, has been making autobiographical films ...

"With his concave, craggly cheeks and haunted eyes, Harry Dean Stanton was nobody’s idea of a movie star," writes critic Sean ...

Netflix's new murder-mystery documentary "Maternal Instinct" tells the shocking true crime story of Taylor Parker in a small East Texas town.

The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what you ought to think or feel. However, despite its ...

A serial killer who confessed to killing eight women whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach on Long Island was handed multiple life sentences on June 17, marking the end of a decades-old cold case.