After a sickening moment, when a stray dog carried a woman's rotting head into a small rural township, a horrifying catalogue of partially-dismembered bodies was discovered on nearby farmland

John Edward Robinson got away with his gruesome murders for decades before he was dubbed the 'Internet's First Serial Killer'

Elvis Presley sang about a heartbreak hotel and they exist in real including the ghostly place where cancer victims who fell for hoax walk the

'Dark tourism' is a growing trend and people love to have a glimpse at these infamous sites including a house of horror at 25 Cromwell Street

Thomas McMahon was caught by prison guards trying to pass a crisp packet to Joseph Peers, who was jailed for murdering Ashley Dale

Concerns have been sparked over the possibility that a serial killer may be at large in a popular tourist hotspot, after three women were found dead in seemingly near-identitical situations

Every Death Row prisoner is allowed a final meal before they go off to meet their maker. Some are grandiose selections while others' choices consist of a single olive

Sinclair spent decades in jail for a series of killings, rapes and indecent attacks on children.

Black was convicted of the kidnap, rape and murder of four girls aged between 5 and 11 in a series of crimes committed between 1981 and 1986.

The body of sick double child killer Ian Huntley was burnt inside a £265 cloth coffin, following his death at HMP Frankland in February of this year, in a service that cost the Ministry of Justice almost £2,000

WARNING: GRAHPIC CONENT - Dean Corll lured dozens of teenage boys - with the help of two other teens - into his various properties in Texas before carrying out his heinous crimes

WARNING: GRAHPIC CONENT - Dean Corll lured dozens of teenage boys - with the help of two other teens - into his various properties in Texas before carrying out his heinous crimes

At a pop-up exhibition near Union Square, visitors can immerse themselves in a house-of-horrors-style environment inside a former Urban Outfitters store.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Robert Ben Rhoades murdered 14-year-old Regina Kay Walters' boyfriend before hanging her from fish hooks in the back of his truck for weeks

A murderer known as the 'Oakland County Child Killer' stalked Michigan neighbourhoods over two freezing winters and 50 years later, no one has been brought to justice

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: In 1975 James Ruppert slaughtered 11 of his family in a horrific act of violence that has tainted one Ohio house for decades.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Stephen Shaun Griffiths was studying serial killers for his doctorate in criminology — until he became one himself.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Stephen Shaun Griffiths was studying serial killers for his doctorate in criminology — until he became one himself.

Laura Ann Aime was 17 years old when she went missing in 1974

Laura Ann Aime, 17, disappeared on Halloween night 51 years ago after leaving a party alone to walk to a nearby shop

EXCLUSIVE: John Wayne Gacy's name continues to haunt the American consciousness, and now his former lawyer has explained why he selected a certain fruit as part of his final meal

Former inmate Paul Knight, who spent 10 years in Broadmoor, has lifted the lid on what it's really like living with some of the country's most dangerous and terrifying killers

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Alexander Spesivtsev and his mum Lyudmila lured children and runaways into their flat during the 1990s and killed them in unimaginable ways

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Tsutomu Miyazaki - dubbed the 'Otaku Murderer' - killed and dismembered four young girls in Tokyo. engaging in cannibalism and necrophilia

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Frank Gust, known as The Rhine-Ruhr Ripper, was a serial killer who derived sick sexual pleasure from mutilating his victims and is scheduled for release in 2026

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Frank Gust, known as The Rhine-Ruhr Ripper, was a serial killer who derived sick sexual pleasure from mutilating his victims and is scheduled for release in 2026

Andrei Chikatilo, a former teacher, raped and murdered at least 52 people in the Soviet Union, mutilating victims and indulging in cannibalism before his execution

A mum's worst nightmare began when she found her daughter's bed empty except for ransom notes - sparking days of trauma before a horrifying discovery in Shropshire

The Shropshire kidnapping by Black Panther Donald Neilson which gripped Britain is remembered five decades after 17-year-old Lesley Whittle's tragic death

Richard Ramirez boasted he could have had twice as many victims had he wanted