While Alabama is not known for any infamous serial killers, that doesn’t mean the state has not had its share. Whether these criminals were just passing through or called Alabama home, their ...

If Damien McDaniel is convicted of the 18 murders with which he is charged, he would become the most prolific known killer in Alabama’s history. If he is convicted of just two of those 18 ...

A 74-year-old man known as “The Truck Stop Serial Killer” will not be tried in Alabama for 2007 killing of a woman in Birmingham. Bruce D. Mendenhall is charged in a string of serial killings ...

Some will go further and say that serial killers must have a motive, like sexual gratification, that isn’t just about the murders themselves. Serial murders, meanwhile, are relatively rare.

Two portraits (one a profile) of American pharmacist and convicted serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett (better known by his alias H.H. Holmes, 1861 – 1896), mid to late 1890s. (Photo by Chicago ...

Newland-Davis and Giacalone agree, yes, serial killing is on the decline, and for several reasons. Newland-Davis, who founded the state-registered nonprofit corporation Oklahoma Cold Cases, said ...

While Alabama is not known for any infamous serial killers, that doesn’t mean the state has not had its share. Whether these criminals were just passing through or called Alabama home, their ...

In part one of this series, we looked at the four oldest serial killers with ties to Alabama. In part two, we’ll dive into the backstories of a couple more criminals and the crimes they committed.

The 22-year-old Fairfield man may not fit the traditional idea of a serial killer, ... If guilty, he could be the deadliest murderer in Alabama history. Updated: May. 20, 2025, 6:10 a.m.

Two portraits (one a profile) of American pharmacist and convicted serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett (better known by his alias H.H. Holmes, 1861 – 1896), mid to late 1890s. (Photo by Chicago ...