Sture Bergwall relished his reputation as 'Sweden's answer to Hannibal Lecter' and would happily regale anyone in ear shot with stories of murder, mutilation, rape and cannibalism. His tales of how he ...

Who was Sture Bergwall aka Thomas Quick? Sture Bergwall was born on April 26, 1950, in Falun, Sweden. Bergwall grew up in Korsnäs with his six siblings. At 14 he realised he was gay and took to ...

STOCKHOLMSTOCKHOLM — Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped the last remaining charges against a man who was once considered Sweden’s worst serial killer, but whose eight murder convictions were overturned ...

It was a caper that defied all logic. The story of a man who raped children, murdered eight people, and cannibalized at least one of his victims, had appalled and captivated Sweden for two decades, ...

FILE - This is file photo dated April 15, 2010, showing Sture Bergwall, in Stockholm, Sweden. On Wednesday March 19, 2014, a court in Falun, Sweden, ordered Sture Bergwall now 63-years old, to be ...

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – A Swedish man long considered Scandinavia's worst serial killer has been cleared of eight murders he once confessed to, after prosecutors Wednesday dropped their final charge against ...

Sture Bergwall was once one of the most feared men in Sweden, a confessed serial killer convicted of eight murders who boasted of claiming dozens of other lives. But a Swedish judge today acquitted ...

“The court rules that the forensic psychiatric care of Sture Bergwall shall continue and change from closed to open care,” the administrative court in Falun said in a statement. Sture Bergwall, 64 — ...

He was once one of Sweden’s most feared prisoners. Sture Bergwall confessed to murdering 30 people and told police that he was a cannibal who had killed children ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A man once believed to be one of Sweden’s worst serial killers was freed by court order on Wednesday after spending two decades confined in a mental institution after a string of ...

STURE Bergwell aka Thomas Quick confessed to over thirty murders spanning four different countries. Bergwell, dubbed Sweden’s own ‘Hannibal Lecter’ was later found to have fabricated the confessions.