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Serial Killers

Best Article Crime

The Lost Boys

The story of Dean Corll and his accomplices, who killed over 20 teenage boys in the Heights neighborhood of Houston in the early 1970s, and the families searching for their missing sons.

Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Apr 2011 45min Permalink

Crime

The Mad Strangler of Boston

The criminologist/lawyer who created Perry Mason unravels the Boston Strangler case, in which eleven women were murdered by an assailant they willingly let into their homes.

Erle Stanley Gardner The Atlantic May 1964 25min Permalink

Crime World

The Chessboard Killer

Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin was so prolific that even he doesn’t know how many he killed.

Peter Savodnik GQ May 2009 Permalink

Crime Religion

The Son of Sam’s Social Life

Admiring evangelicals are helping David Berkowitz, the imprisoned serial killer who murdered six people in NYC during the summer of 1977, with an unusual image makeover.

Serge F. Kovaleski New York Times Jul 2010 Permalink

Crime

Manson’s Biological Family

Matthew Roberts was a fledgling musician in L.A., DJing at a strip club and prone to nightmares. But when he learned Charles Manson might be his biological father, his whole life suddenly made sense.

Jeff Gordinier Details Mar 2010 Permalink

Crime

Murderabilia

Jeff Mailhot, convicted serial killer, has joined several infamous criminals in a second career from behind bars: paid artist. His first piece? An outline of his left hand, available for $34.99.

John Larrabee Boston Phoenix Apr 2010 Permalink

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