World's Most Evil Killers

For nearly a decade, the Bayou Strangler deceived, bound, assaulted and murdered men as he drifted across South Louisiana.

Paul Runge raped and killed six women and one young girl in Chicago. Police lacked evidence to arrest him despite strong suspicions.

Robert Hansen was a monster who preyed on the most vulnerable women in society, dehumanising them for his own twisted fantasies.

Goudeau terrorized victims in the Phoenix metro area between August 2005 and June 2006.

Over six years, a copycat Zodiac killer stalked the streets of New York City in search of easy targets.

Joshua Wade had all the hallmarks of a psychopathic killer with motives we will never understand.

Paul Michael Stephani became etched into the minds of all who knew him as the notorious, weepy-voiced killer.

Jorge Torrez was a prolific predator capable of carrying out heinous and horrific acts against some of the most innocent in our society.

Charles Albright's entire life revolved around crime. He graduated from being a small-time crook to a child molester before turning into a killer.

Shore was a dangerous sexual predator who will be remembered as one of the world's most evil killers.

On the surface, he portrayed himself as a pillar of the community, but the story of this cult killer was deeply sinister.

A jailing for the shocking murder of author Helen Bailey leads to a second conviction of another murder six years earlier.

A master manipulator accused of his wife's murder is eventually caught by a polygraph test.

A fugitive from the United States tackles the British police and goes on the run.

A family's worst nightmare when 16-year-old Becky Watts goes missing from her home and is found dead a few days later, murdered by her own step-brother.

Manipulative, psychopathic and callous, church warden Ben Field killed Peter Farquhar.

A convicted killer serving life for manslaughter is found to be guilty of a second murder 32 years later.

The horrifying story of a computer engineer who lured a 14-year-old school boy to his flat and killed him.

A dangerous sexual predator who murdered one young woman just days after his release from prison is suspected of many other crimes.

Deadly consequences come from a friendship between two murderers who met in prison.