The Serial Killer Podcast

Belle Gunness is one of the craziest serial killers, having possibly killed over 40 people. She would lure men to her house and they would never be seen again. Motivated by greed, she was driven to kill a mass number of people—the exact number, we might never be sure of. Belle Gunness is one of the craziest serial killers, having possibly killed over 40 people. She would lure men to her house and...

Belle Gunness is one of the craziest serial killers, having possibly killed over 40 people. She would lure men to her house and they would never be seen again. Motivated by greed, she was driven to kill a mass number of people—the exact number, we might never be sure of. Belle Gunness is one of the craziest serial killers, having possibly killed over 40 people. She would lure men to her house and...

William Devin Howell is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people in 2003. He is believed to have been the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. In November 2017, while already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences. The victims were identified as 7 women. Their bodies were discovered behind a...

William Devin Howell is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people in 2003. He is believed to have been the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. In November 2017, while already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences. The victims were identified as 7 women. Their bodies were discovered behind a...

The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The killings were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Doctor Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadav...

The Bloody Benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in Labette County, Kansas from 1871 to 1873. The family consisted of John Bender; his wife, Elvira Bender; son, John, Jr.; and daughter, Kate. While Bender mythology holds that John Jr. and Kate were brother and sister, contemporary newspapers reported that several of the Benders' neighbors had stated that they claimed to be...

The Zodiac Killer took credit for several murders in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. He was never caught. The self-proclaimed Zodiac Killer was directly linked to at least five murders in Northern California in 1968 and 1969 and may have been responsible for more. He taunted police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers from 1969 to 1974, before abruptly ceasing com...

The Zodiac Killer took credit for several murders in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. He was never caught. The self-proclaimed Zodiac Killer was directly linked to at least five murders in Northern California in 1968 and 1969 and may have been responsible for more. He taunted police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers from 1969 to 1974, before abruptly ceasing com...

The Zodiac Killer took credit for several murders in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. He was never caught. The self-proclaimed Zodiac Killer was directly linked to at least five murders in Northern California in 1968 and 1969 and may have been responsible for more. He taunted police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers from 1969 to 1974, before abruptly ceasing com...

Bruce McArthur, a former self-employed landscaper, is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of missing men from Church and Wellesley, Toronto's gay village. He pleaded guilty to assault against a gay man in another case in 2003. Police have found human remains of several men in planters and in private gardens, where McArthur has worked as a landscape gardener. So far, the...

Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer from New Jersey operating in New York between 1967 and 1980. Cottingham was given several nicknames including "The Butcher of Times Square", "The Torso Killer", "The New York (city) Ripper", and "The Times Square Torso Ripper" due to his habit of dismembering his victims, usually leaving nothing but a torso behind. Ti...

Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer from New Jersey operating in New York between 1967 and 1980. Cottingham was given several nicknames including "The Butcher of Times Square", "The Torso Killer", "The New York (city) Ripper", and "The Times Square Torso Ripper" due to his habit of dismembering his victims, usually leaving nothing but a torso behind. Ti...

Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer from New Jersey operating in New York between 1967 and 1980. Cottingham was given several nicknames including "The Butcher of Times Square", "The Torso Killer", "The New York (city) Ripper", and "The Times Square Torso Ripper" due to his habit of dismembering his victims, usually leaving nothing but a torso behind. Ti...

Joe Ball Serial Killer aka “The Alligator Man, The Butcher of Elmendorf” and The Bluebeard of South Texas”. Details of the crimes Ball had murdered people in his town such as his two wives, barmaids, and ex-girlfriends. Although it was never confirmed, it is estimated that Joe Ball murdered about 20 people in total. Joe Ball's motivations for his crimes are unknown. Many people believe the murders...

Velma Margie (Bullard) Barfield was born on October 23, 1932, in rural South Carolina. She was the second oldest child of nine and oldest daughter to Murphy and Lillie Bullard. Murphy was a small tobacco and cotton farmer. Soon after Velma’s birth, the family had to give up the farm and move in with Murphy’s parents in Fayetteville. Murphy’s father and mother died not long afterward and the family...

Velma Margie (Bullard) Barfield was born on October 23, 1932, in rural South Carolina. She was the second oldest child of nine and oldest daughter to Murphy and Lillie Bullard. Murphy was a small tobacco and cotton farmer. Soon after Velma's birth, the family had to give up the farm and move in with Murphy's parents in Fayetteville. Murphy's father and mother died not long afterward and the family...

Guil Claveria (www.guilclaveria.com)is the producer/writer of The Miranda Murders: Lost Tapes of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, creator of Shockfest Film Festival and Mockfest Film Festival of Hollywood. He is a nationally award-winning multi-media producer and devoted teacher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Patreon - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com/donate Facebook - https:/...

In the world of serial killers, there are plenty out there who have done more than their fair share of horrifying things to those around them. We all know the big names like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, but two serial killers you probably don't know about are Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - ht...

Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution, he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown and could be much higher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter....

Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution, he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown and could be much higher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter....

Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter....

Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter....

Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter....

A Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and prosecutors. Patreon Account - https://www.patreon.com/theserialkillerpodcast Web - www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https:/...

This special episode marks this podcast's one year anniversary! Also, this episode features the first female serial killer, Aileen Wournos. Website - https://www.theserialkillerpodcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theskpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/serialkillerpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theserialkillerpodcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-serial...