Murderland is a three-part British television series created by David Pirie and directed by Catherine Morshead. The series also marks a return to ITV for Robbie Coltrane. The series was filmed in June ...

The first film I saw in a theater was “The Love Bug,” Disney’s 1969 comedy about a sentient Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie and the motley team who race him to many a checkered flag. Although my memory ...

What creates a serial killer? Caroline Fraser, author of “Murderland,” has linked toxic fumes to the brain development of some of the most notorious criminals. Scientists came up with the lead-crime ...

It’s 1970 and Caroline Fraser is 9 years old, living outside of Tacoma, Wash. That local refineries are dumping 8.5 million gallons of smelter discharge a day, including 2,500 pounds of toxic metals, ...

The new nonfiction title, out June 10, explores how environmental factors may play a part in how serial killers come to be. I wasn’t aware of the whole smelter piece of it until more recently. The ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

You’re sure because you checked it twice. You can never be too careful; it’s a weird world, you want that weirdness to stay outside your home and so the door is locked. The windows are, too, but as ...

Why does the Pacific Northwest have so many serial killers? In her latest book, “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers” (out June 10 from Penguin Press), Mercer Island-raised ...

Serial killer Ted Bundy, interviewed shortly before his 1989 execution, grew up near a toxin-spewing smelter in Tacoma. (Mark Foley / Associated Press) The first film I saw in a theater was "The Love ...