serial killer

There is a little-known slice out of Lafayette and Acadiana's history that is so horrifying and gruesome, it makes the Charles Manson murders seem like The Mickey Mouse Club...seriously.

Could Louisiana be responsible for an unfair share of serial killers in the U.S.? Well...yes.

This grizzly story eventually includes the FBI, the New Orleans Police Department, and ultimately a murder trial in Lafayette.

"Butchers of the Bayou", currently trending on Hulu, details the horrors of a decade where Louisianians lived in terror as not one, but two serial killers hunted the neighborhoods and bayous of South Louisiana.

They say birds of a feather flock together, so are there any identifiable handwriting traits shared by some of the most notorious serial killers throughout history?

Could Louisiana be responsible for an unfair share of serial killers in the U.S.? Well...yes.

Sometimes you make friends with the person sitting next to you on an airplane. I doubt that's the case with this woman though.

Recently aired series on Oxygen spotlights a Louisiana city billed as the 'Serial Killer Capital.'

It's an alarming fact, when it comes to serial killers, Wisconsin was home to some of the worst.

The series' opening episode is so jarring, many viewers can't finish it. Dahmer's victim in that episode is Tracey Edwards, and here is his actual courtroom testimony from the 1992 trial.

Viewers across the world are having trouble getting through episode one, much less the entire 10-episode series.

Her darkest moment suddenly became even darker, and miraculously it saved her life.

John Wayne Gacy, one of the most prolific serial killers in history, also ran a construction business called P.D.M. Contractors.

The murderer confessed to at least 35 murders, in which victims were hacked to death with an axe, almost always victims of severe head trauma.

Samuel Little is serving 3 consecutive life sentences without parole. He's confessed to 93 murders, including 3 in Louisiana,..

On yet another list no one wants to be on, Louisiana has unfortunately landed on the FBI's list of "States With The Most Serial Killings".

Last November, Kala Brown was miraculously rescued from a shipping container in South Carolina. She was being held captive by confessed serial killer Todd Kohlhepp. Video has just recently been released by the South Carolina Sheriff's Department showing the moment they rescued Brown from inside the container.