From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are EW's 30 favorite movies about the monsters in our midst.

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Tina Risico, despite being just 16 years old, survived a traumatic encounter with notorious "Beauty Queen Killer" Christopher ...

“I spent almost 10 years rotting inside after he was arrested. Not being able to speak, not thinking I was allowed to speak,” she says in the documentary. “In the Midwest code, you don’t ever air your ...

Serial killer Rex Heuermann is finally going to hell. It comes in the form of one of New York state’s oldest prisons, a bleak ...

There’s a typical profile people expect when they think about serial killers: cunning, cold-blooded, and most importantly, male. So when Aileen Wuornos was first arrested in January 1991 as the prime ...

Retiring Baton Rouge prosecutor Dana Cummings reflects on the serial killer cases that changed policing and daily life across south Louisiana.