Murder Made Me Famous

Although a seemingly average husband and father of two, Dennis Rader lived a double life as a serial killer who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas area from the 1970s to the ‘90s. In letters to police and local news outlets that detailed his murders, Rader would sign them as the BTK Killer, AKA: Blind, Torture, Kill). During all ten of his murders, Rader lived a normal working life and was an active member of his church until he was arrested in 2005. He is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences.

For three weeks in 2002, the streets of Washington D.C. are terrorized by 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo and 42-year-old John Muhammad who hunt random civilians in broad daylight with a rifle.

John Wayne Gacy, widely thought to be the inspiration for Stephen King's character Pennywise the Clown, murdered 33 young men and teen boys, most of whom he buried in the crawl space beneath his home.

Three years after five brutal and disturbing murders in Gainesville, Fla., Danny Rolling is called to trial, but he unexpectedly pleads guilty to each charge and claims he wanted to become a superstar like Ted Bundy.

Hitchhiking sex worker Aileen Wuornos garnered national attention after she was charged with murdering at least six men in less than a year by shooting them at point-blank range.

Canadian serial killers Karla Homolka and her husband, Paul Bernardo, drugged, raped and murdered three teens, including her younger sister.