The killer, who came to be known as the “Phantom of Heilbronn,” was actually the result of a critical forensic error.

Serial killers hold a strange fascination for many people. The reason for this is difficult to ascertain, but why anyone would become a serial killer in the first place is even more difficult to ...

While the term “serial killer” is modern, the phenomenon itself has existed for centuries. Long before forensic science or criminal profiling, individuals committed repeated murders that terrified ...