There have been many high-profile crimes over the years, but only a fraction have been successfully translated into film. What does a true crime need to make it into the silver screen? Crime author Harold Schechter on what makes for good true-crime movies.

Stephen Port had a type: young, gay men, preferably unconscious while he raped them in his East London apartment. Careless police work enabled the serial killer to carry on undetected for years. Read more.

A&E True Crime speaks with Anne E. Schwartz, a former crime reporter for The Milwaukee Journal, who broke the story about Jeffrey Dahmer's arrest on July 22, 1991, about what it was like uncovering the life and murders of one of America's most notorious serial killers.

Christopher Bernard Wilder became known as 'The Beauty Queen Killer' during a frenzied 1984 spree, where he criss-crossed the U.S., luring young women into his fancy cars and dangling the promise of work as a model, if they would just allow him to take their photographs. Some took the bait. Others, he took by force.

Dominick Polifrone gained the confidence of the contract killer in an undercover operation that almost cost him his life.

For nearly two decades, Chicago faced a curious rise in the number of unsolved murders against women involving strangulation—all in certain areas of the city. We take a look at one of the unsolved cases and what police are doing to solve the string of murders.

Rickey Ray Rector always had a troubled mind—as an adolescent, he fought regularly with peers, and by 17, he was a career criminal. But over the course of four days, his disturbing behavior reached its peak when Ray shot five people with a .38-caliber pistol.

Veggie pizza, canned spaghetti and ice cream are among the last-meal requests from infamous killers. We talk to Ashley Lecker, author of a new book of recipes of some of these final meals, 'The Serial Killer Cookbook.'

California serial killer Michael Gargiulo was convicted of murdering two women and attempting to murder a third. What was his life like before he turned to killing and how did he find his victims?

On A&E's 'Court Cam, surveillance cameras captured some extraordinary moments. As viewers await Season 2, here's a glimpse at 10 startling courtroom moments from some of the nation's most riveting high-profile cases.