STARKE, Fla. — A serial killer who preyed on older gay men during a rampage 25 years ago that left six dead on or near the U.S. East Coast was put to death late Thursday. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, received ...
DALLAS-A 78-year-old prisoner who says he killed about 90 people over nearly four decades as he moved around the country pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the 1994 strangulation of a Texas woman.
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 ...