Editor’s Note, 01/06/2026: This article was originally published in 2016. It has been revised and updated to include more current information. Serial killers continue to capture the attention of ...

Few serial killers have captured our collective imagination and terrified us like Ed Gein. Known as the "Butcher of Plainfield," Gein became infamous in the 1950s after being captured and convicted in ...

After the West Sixth Street tragedy, we look at mass shooters, serial killers, murderers from Austin and Texas past ...

A 91-year-old woman, a disguised serial killer, and a fight for survival — this is the true story of Mary Bartel. Her bravery and quick thinking helped bring a dangerous criminal to justice in Texas.

This year marks the 140th anniversary of Texas' first serial killer who terrorized the streets of Austin. Three years before Jack the Ripper's murders struck London, eight people were brutally ...

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare is shutting down renewed online speculation about a so-called Texas serial killer following the discovery of three bodies in Houston-area bayous last week.

A 78-year-old prisoner who says he killed about 90 people over nearly four decades as he moved around the country pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the 1994 strangulation of a Texas woman. Samuel ...

DALLAS — The body of an alleged serial killer and convicted rapist buried in a Texas national cemetery will be exhumed. Fernando Cota, a Vietnam War veteran and a prime suspect in the murder of six ...

Dallas police say Charles Albright is the coldest, most depraved killer of women in the city’s history. To me, he seems like a perfect gentleman. Maybe too perfect.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke rises from a sniper's gun as he fires from the tower of the University of Texas administration building at crowds below in ...