Charles Starkweather died in the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary 62 years ago today, showing as little emotion as he had displayed when questioned about the 11 victims in the case.

Even 65 years later, the name “Starkweather” brings chills. Charles “Charlie” Starkweather, 19, accompanied by his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, murdered 10 people in six days in Nebraska ...

Most teenagers spend their formative years fantasizing about future careers, but 19-year-old Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate had far darker ambitions. On November ...

In January 1958, in the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, a bowlegged 19-year-old garbageman, Charles Starkweather, brutally murdered the mother, stepfather and two-year-old half-sister of his 14-year-old ...

Charles Starkweather, 19, who committed 11 murders, is led away by a sheriff after being sentenced to death in Lincoln, Neb., in May 1958. (AP) Review by Carl Hoffman In film, TV and song, murderous ...

Long before serial killers and the plague of school shootings, murder sprees were deeply embedded in the American DNA. During the Depression, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and their trigger-happy ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The former girlfriend who accompanied infamous Nebraska killer Charlie Starkweather was denied a pardon on Tuesday. Caril Ann Clair, formerly Caril Ann Fugate, asked for a pardon for a ...