k0710 A former Jeopardy! winner pleaded guilty to two counts of felony secret peeping on Monday, July 26. Philip Joseph “Joey” DeSena, 44, was arrested on the charges on Dec. 1. DeSena completed a psycho-sexual evaluation prior to the sentencing and does not have to register as a 𝒔𝒆𝒙 offender, WAVY reported. According to a transcript … Read more
Scott Peterson, 51, is speaking out for the first time after 21 years behind bars. In the new Peacock docuseries “Face to Face with Scott Peterson,” he talks about his conviction in the 2002 murder of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Conner, maintaining his innocence, and pushing a theory about what really … Read more
SEATTLE — It was a Saturday night in 1982 or 1984 when Gary Ridgway said he met a woman — he forgets her name — somewhere along Pacific Highway, possibly at KFC. “I picked her up someplace and went to the house and killed her, most likely,” Ridgway said during the first interview with the … Read more
SEATTLE — It was a Saturday night in 1982 or 1984 when Gary Ridgway said he met a woman — he forgets her name — somewhere along Pacific Highway, possibly at KFC. “I picked her up someplace and went to the house and killed her, most likely,” Ridgway said during the first interview with the … Read more
Mary Evans was a young lawyer with seemingly everything going her way when she made a series of decisions that would shock her community — and the nation. Evans was 27 years old and the daughter of a university vice president when the Knoxville attorney was appointed to defend a client who would change her … Read more
The last text messages between Celeste Rivas Hernandez and D4vd, who is charged with murder and other offenses in connection with her April 2025 death, have been revealed in court. During the fifth day of his preliminary hearing on Monday, July 27, Los Angeles Police Department robbery-homicide detective Corey Farrell continued his testimony, detailing the … Read more
Ed Gein had a complicated relationship with his mother, Augusta Wilhelmine Gein. The American serial killer, whose crimes would go on to inspire a flurry of horror films (including Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), was also known as the Butcher of Plainfield. Ed was arrested in 1957 after he was linked to the disappearance … Read more
Ed Gein may not be America’s most infamous serial killer — he’s eclipsed by the likes of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer in the public imagination — but his macabre crimes were fodder for several classic horror movies that are permanently imprinted on American minds. Gein, a Midwestern farmer pushed by personal tragedy into pathological … Read more
When John Wayne Gacy made national headlines in 1980 after being convicted of murdering 33 boys and young men ages 14 to 30, the term “serial killer” wasn’t part of the cultural lexicon. Gacy benefited from his community and law enforcement looking the other way. But over 40 years later, filmmaker Joe Berlinger took a … Read more
Joel Rifkin was an unemployed New York landscaper living a dark double life as a prolific serial killer — claiming the lives of 17 women, a staggering total. His reign of terror came to an end on June 28, 1993 after he was pulled over for a routine traffic stop by New York State Police, … Read more