It’s a new record of shame. Nearly 150 more male patients are suing convicted “sadistic’’ former top city urologist Darius Paduch, making the case the largest involving male victims — now a total of ...

Internet "trolls" — people who intentionally incite discord in online communities — may have a lot in common with real-life sadists, new research suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The following is an excerpt from my 2005 book Vulture: Profiling Sadistic Serial Killers. Believe it or not, we all know sadists. Some of them are our bosses, our spouses, our parents, siblings, ...

Sadists derive pleasure or enjoyment from another person's pain, yet new research shows that sadistic behavior ultimately deprives the sadists of happiness. People with sadistic personality traits ...

Serial killers and sexual deviants aren't the only people who take pleasure in other people's pain. Sadistic personality traits are more common than you'd think — more than half of people show these ...

One of World War II's most sadistic Nazis lived openly in Budapest in recent years, but has apparently slipped into hiding as an international manhunt closed in on him. Laszlo Csatary, now 97, has ...

A prominent British crocodile expert and academic has pleaded guilty to 56 charges of bestiality involving the rape, torture and killing of dogs. Adam Britton tortured and exploited more than 42 dogs ...

The following is an excerpt from my 2005 book Vulture: Profiling Sadistic Serial Killers. Believe it or not, we all know sadists. Some of them are our bosses, our spouses, our parents, siblings, ...