July 27, 1981, quickly went from a normal day for the Walsh family to one that seeped into tragedy. Reve Walsh and her 6-year-old son, Adam, went to Sears in Hollywood, Florida, on that day.

That was the key. He did interview a few serial killers (we see some clips of him with Gerard Schaefer and Ottis Toole), and he grabbed what he could from publications by actual experts.

Later, he started writing his own books, which became hugely popular and helped establish him as a prominent expert on serial killers in France ... Prison to meet Ottis Toole, sometimes called ...

Featherbank. But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed “The Whisper Man ...

Former homicide detective Pat Postiglione reviews portrayals of serial killers in movies and TV shows. He analyzes the psychology and methods of serial killers as seen in "Silence of the Lambs ...

People love a show about serial killers. It may be macabre, but whether it's a fictional killer or a story pulled straight from true crime, people can't get enough of people (usually men ...

Reborn vigilante Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) faces off against a murderers' row of serial killers in "Dexter: Resurrection." The "Dexter" revival series (first two episodes streaming on ...

PEOPLE: Why do you think people love reading about serial killers so much? Especially women. GARDINER: That's something that I and a lot of writers are fascinated by. I think part of it is that a ...