Very Scary People

He is among the most-infamous killers in US history. From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorizes New York City under his self-given moniker: the Son of Sam.

In 1977, New Yorkers are being stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as Son of Sam, but a twist of fate and a little luck lead to his capture.

Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed BTK serial killer, terrorizes Wichita, Kansas, for decades. Residents of the area are petrified that they will be next.

The BTK killer spends years playing a cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement, taunting authorities to catch him, before he finally makes a critical mistake.

A serial killer terrorizes Los Angeles during one of the city's hottest summers on record. His crimes are random, vicious and committed in the name of Satan.

A tip from a teenager helps authorities identify the Night Stalker as Richard Ramirez. After they release his photo, Ramirez is nearly killed by a mob.

For years, residents of Santa Cruz, California, live in fear of a man dubbed The Co-ed Killer, a name given because several of his victims are college students.

By April 1973, twenty-four-year-old Edmund Kemper murders six college students and several members of his family before he is finally captured.

The heir to a vast, million-dollar real estate fortune is linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend and his neighbor.

Six weeks after jumping bail in Galveston, Texas, Robert Durst is caught on a store security camera in Pennsylvania shoplifting a sandwich.

For nearly two decades, a distinguished Marine and trusted doctor leaves a trail of death and mayhem across two continents.

Dr. Michael Swango took an oath to "do no harm," but suspicious illnesses and deaths follow this once-trusted physician from hospital to hospital.