This Is Not A Murder Mystery
Serial Killers: The Experience is an educational true-crime museum in the heart of Myrtle Beach — owned and operated by American profiler Phil Chalmers, with a collection built over four decades face-to-face with the killers themselves.
Every artifact here is real. The letters were written from prison cells. The objects were owned by the killers themselves.
Located at 514 Broadway Street in beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the museum is owned and operated by Phil Chalmers — a 41-year veteran profiler, law-enforcement trainer, true-crime writer, podcaster and television personality. Phil has studied violent offenders for four decades and personally interviewed hundreds of dangerous killers, including 250 serial killers alone.
The museum houses dozens of historical artifacts Phil received directly from the killers — Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment silverware, Charles Manson's personally owned copy of Helter Skelter, HH Holmes' final 1896 confession on a wax cylinder, Dahmer's eyeglasses worn the night he was arrested, and the Hillside Strangler's handprint. It's designed to educate, honor the victims, separate fact from fiction, and teach the warning signs.
Serial Killers: The Experience is different for one main reason: it's the only permanent serial killer museum in the world owned and operated by an actual American Profiler. Phil isn't a distant curator — he's here most days, and he not only talks to serial killers, he's trained law enforcement and the FBI for decades. He's on hand to answer your questions, sign a book, or take a photo.
Phil Chalmers
He's spent his life sitting face to face with America's most dangerous killers — from school shooters to teen killers, serial killers to family annihilators.
A true-crime author and host of the Dennis Quaid–backed podcast Where the Bodies Are Buried, Phil has appeared on A&E's Killer Kids and Fox's Crime Watch Daily. Over the years he has interviewed serial killers, school shooters, mass murderers, family annihilators and spree killers — a roster that includes Charles Manson, Son of Sam, BTK, the Hillside Strangler, the Gainesville Ripper, the Zodiac Copycat and the Amityville Horror killer.
Take The Stories Home
The front desk is stocked with true-crime reads you won't find at the airport bookstore — including Phil's own Speaking Truth To Evil, plus Death Row Recipes and a Dark Tourism Guidebook, hand-picked to go deeper than any display case can.
Phil is a true-crime author himself, and he'll usually sign your copy on the spot. Grab one on your way out.
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A Family-Run Museum
Serial Killers: The Experience is owned and run by Phil and his wife, Wendi Chalmers — the couple guests consistently describe as the highlight of their visit. They greet visitors personally, answer every question, and have poured an enormous amount of time and care into curating each exhibit.
Plan Your VisitCome See It For Yourself
Open daily, 10 AM – 5 PM. Most guests spend two to three hours inside.