Serial Killers

The Skid Row Stabber killed 11 homeless men during a three-week period in downtown Los Angeles. 

From The Hillside Strangler to The Skid Row Stabber, serial killers stalked LA in droves in the 1970's and '80's. 

The new season of "Dexter," and its titular sociopath, is back. But psychiatry's understanding of that term has changed.

Marion County Sheriff's Capt. Steve Binegar noted in “Catching Killers’ that Tyria Moore was “probably the most stable relationship she ever had in her entire life.” 

After police elicited a false confession from Laverne Pavlinac for the murder of Taunja Bennett, law officials refused to believe Bennett's murder could be the work of a serial killer. It was a costly error. 

On the new limited season of Showtime's "Dexter," the killer has the heir to an oil fortune in his sights: an heir who was involved in a deadly boat crash with eerie similarities to the 2019 Paul Murdaugh crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach. 

With a new season of "Dexter" set to begin streaming on 11/7, here are some true crime connections from the show's past seasons. 

The chirping of a bird is audible as serial killer Dennis Nilsen rambles on in his newly released audio tapes. Are pets allowed in prison?

The year serial killer John Wayne Gacy was arrested for killing young men and boys, many of which were dismissed as runaways when they vanished, Dennis Nilsen began targeting similar victims in London.

Dennis Nilsen admitted killing 15 people when he was arrested in 1983 after a plumber found human flesh in his drainage pipes.