Aileen Wuornos

Her year-long killing spree left seven men dead.

Al Capone

The biggest gangster of all, he made many people offers they couldn't refuse.

Albert Johnson Walker

He fled Canada for the UK and proceeded to lie, steal and murder his way through British society.

Anatoly Onoprienko

A self-confessed serial killer, known variously as ‘The Terminator’, ‘The Beast of Ukraine’ and ‘Citizen O’, he was a former fores

Anders Behring Breivik

A Christian fundamentalist with a deep hatred of multiculturalism will be responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities in Norway

Andre Chikatilo: The Rostov Ripper

Andrei Chikatilo confessed to 56 murders when he was eventually caught in 1990.

Andrew Cunanan

Gianni Versace was not a celebrity who lived in isolation. Andrew Cunanan could get close enough to fire a fatal shot.

Angus Sinclair

It took four decades and a law change to catch possibly Scotland’s worst serial killer...

Anthony Hardy: The Camden Ripper

Anthony Hardy starts 2003 with allegations of assaults and rapes against him; he ends the year as a triple murderer who faces endi

Archibald Hall a.k.a. Roy Fontaine

Armin Meiwes: German Cannibal

Armin Meiwes has become known as the real-life Hannibal Lecter after it was revealed that he had killed and eaten Bernd-Jürgen Bra

Arthur Hutchinson

Arthur Hutchinson was the UK's most wanted man in 1983.

Arthur Shawcross

He rampaged through the jungle while serving in Vietnam, then continued his killing spree in Rochester, New York.

Babes in the Wood

The bodies of two children are discovered by a man walking his dog in the woods.

Beast of Bastille: Guy Georges

Guy Georges was a French rapist and serial killer who preyed on attractive, young, energetic women, whom he assaulted, tortured, r

Beverly Allitt

In the early 1990s, nurse Beverley Allitt became known as the 'Angel of Death' and is one of Britain’s most notorious fe

Birmingham Gangs

The Peaky Blinders and the Brummagem Boys turned racecourses into battle grounds between the wars.

Bonnie and Clyde

The murderous lovers found each other in the slums of Depression-era Dallas and embarked on a wild crime and killing spree - so wh

Boston Strangler

Discover the hideous crimes of Albert DeSalvo, who for three years stalked the streets of Boston and may never have been convicted

Brian Blackwell

Dark-haired and handsome, Brian Blackwell was a bright young man from a public school, with a stable upbringing and a glowing futu

Burke and Hare

William Burke and William Hare were probably the most notorious multiple murderers in 19th century Scotland.

Caryl Whittier Chessman

Caryl Chessman was once a household name and the standard bearer for anti-capital punishment campaigning.

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

He practically founded organised crime and earned his 'lucky' nickname through gambling and evading the authorities.

Charles Carl Roberts

The horrific nature of this crime rocked a peaceful Amish community in rural Pennsylvania.

Charles Chitat Ng

A simple shoplifting offence led to a hunt for one of the 20th century's most evil sex killers.

Charles Sobhraj: The Serpent

Variously described as ‘Asia’s premier serial killer’, ‘The Serpent’ and ‘The Bikini Killer’, Charles Sobhraj was an infamous con

Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper

Although happily married, 25-year-old Charles Whitman was a worried man.

Christopher Foster

In August 2008 struggling millionaire Christopher Foster shot dead his wife and young daughter in their family home in Maesbrook b

Colin Ireland

Colin Ireland is a British serial killer known as the ‘Gay Slayer’ due to the fact that his only victims were gay men.

Dale Cregan

Cregan was responsible for the worst police killing in a generation.

Damian Rzeszowski

On a summer's day on Jersey in 2011, Damian Rzeszowski annihilated his family in a frenzied attack

Dan White: The City Hall Killer

Find out what happened when politics went bad in 1978 for San Francisco's Mayor Moscone after he replaced a staunchly anti-ga

Dana Ewell

When Dana Ewell lost patience waiting to succeed his businessman father he took matters into his own hands, hiring a classmate to

Danilo Restivo

Danilo Restivo is a sadistic fetishist – and double murderer - who stayed one step ahead of the law for almost 20 years.

David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)

Investigate the life of a disturbed New Yorker who brought terror to the streets and unleashed all his hatred on the one group who