When considering the topic and prevalence of serial killers, London may be the first city to come to mind. The English capital, after all, was home to Jack the Ripper in the late 1800s, to this day ...

H.H. Holmes is believed to be the United States’ first known serial killer. In 1886, Holmes, whose original name was Herman Mudgett, took a job as a pharmacist in Chicago. At this point, he changed ...