Confessions of a Killer

Convicted of the abduction and murder of four school girls, Robert Black is widely expected of having murdered up to ten more in a ten year campaign of terror.

1996: Colin Ireland aka "The Gay Slayer", murdered 5 gay men in a 2-week killing spree. His cruelty perhaps masked his own sense of self loathing and confusion over his sexuality.

For many criminal psychologists, Ted Bundy stands out as the epitome of a serial murderer: charming and urbane he was the ultimate lady killer.

Nilsen murdered 15 young men, whose bodies he sort to preserve as companions before dismembering their remains for disposal down the toilet.

Few serial killers have divided opinion quite like Aileen Wuornos. And few executions of a murderer have elicited such sympathy.

In 2016 a double murder shocked the sleepy village of Spalding, England. Two star crossed 14-year-old lovers (Edwards and Markham), conspired to murder Edwards mother and sister.

In 2017 Nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 8 of her elderly charges with overdoses of insulin.

A ramshackle collection of barns and slaughter houses were the perfect cover for a madman pig farmer, who killed 49 women before feeding them to his hogs.

One of the most prolific murderers in US history evaded capture for decades and made murder a part of his daily regime, even killing with his young son in the backseat of his car.