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 were being stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as "Son of Sam." But a twist of fate and a little luck led to his capture.

Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed "B.T.K." serial killer, terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area, for decades. Residents were petrified that they would be next.

For years, the BTK killer played a cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement, taunting authorities to catch him. Then he made a critical mistake.

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

A tip from a teenager helped authorities identify the "Night Stalker" as Richard Ramirez. After they released his photo, Ramirez was nearly killed by a mob.

The Santa Cruz, California, area lived in fear for years of a man dubbed “The Co-Ed Killer," a name given because several of his victims were college students.

By April 1973, Edmund Kemper, 24, had murdered six college students and several members of his family before he was finally captured.

A millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune was linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor.

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

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

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