Ankit Rawat

The rise and fall of American serial killers from 1950 to 2000 during the epidemic years

Lisa Montgomery death row story showing her transformation, redemption, and life behind bars

In the sun-drenched summers of the late 1960s, Liza Rodman was just a little girl running barefoot through Provincetown, Massachusetts. While her mother partied through the night, Liza found comfort in the company of a kind, attentive handyman named Tony Costa—her babysitter. He made her feel safe. He made her laugh. He took her and … Read more

For centuries, love has been called many things—powerful, redemptive, dangerous. But what happens when love becomes a weapon? When devotion turns deadly, and one partner becomes the executioner for the other? In the realm of true crime, men who killed for love represent a chilling fusion of romance and horror. They weren’t serial killers or … Read more

By day, Richard Rogers was a quiet, highly skilled surgical nurse at New York’s prestigious Mt. Sinai Hospital. By night, he haunted Manhattan’s gay nightclubs, preying on unsuspecting men during their final hours of freedom. For nearly two decades, he dismembered his victims with surgical precision and scattered their remains across the Northeast in black … Read more

“It wasn’t me.” Three words. Often spoken through clenched teeth, across interrogation tables, or from the witness stand. For some killers, those words are a lifeline—a final attempt to rewrite reality and save themselves. In some cases, they work. In others, they unravel a deeper, darker truth. Why do killers shift blame? What drives someone … Read more

Over 25 million Americans—19.1 million women and 6.4 million men—have experienced stalking. I am one of them. For more than a decade, I was the unwilling main character in someone else’s twisted fantasy. What began as a casual workplace acquaintance turned into a nightmare that followed me across state lines, through every social channel, and … Read more

A Night That Ended in Tragedy The death of Sandra Denise Thomas still sends shivers through the heart of Fuquay-Varina, a quiet town nestled outside Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s been nearly a decade since the 41-year-old mother vanished into the early morning shadows after leaving a neighborhood party. Around 2 a.m., she was seen walking … Read more

A Year of Death Like No OtherThe year 2020 will forever be remembered not only for a devastating pandemic but also as the deadliest year in U.S. history. Over three million Americans died—marking a 15% increase from the year before. It was a death toll unseen since 1918, when war and the Spanish flu crippled … Read more

A Real-Life Escape That Riveted the Nation In the summer of 2015, the unthinkable played out in the quiet town of Dannemora, New York. Two convicted killers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, vanished from Clinton Correctional Facility, one of the state’s most secure prisons. Their escape wasn’t a fluke. It was a carefully engineered breakout—one … Read more