Artifacts That Illuminate Motive & Method
Rare, original artifacts that offer direct, tangible links to some of America's most notorious cases — curated with strict ethical standards by profiler Phil Chalmers.
Each item — a handwritten letter, a personal belonging, an investigative document, a reconstructed crime-scene piece — is a primary source. Not a souvenir, but a forensic witness.
More than 450 serial killers are featured across over 200 historical artifacts, in four unique areas of the museum. As you move through them, consider how each piece helps answer the questions that matter: motive, method, and the systems that respond to violent crime. This is the only permanent serial killer museum in the world, owned and operated by an American Profiler, Phil Chalmers — the man who talks to killers.
A Boutique Museum. Four Rooms. Countless Nightmares.
Four unique areas — including a brand-new immersive experience opening October 1st. Every artifact is a primary source, not a souvenir.
The Dexter Room
Inspired by the infamous TV killer, the Dexter Room gathers the vampires, body collectors and the worst Phil has interviewed — Dean Corll, the Tool Box Killers, the Hillside Stranglers, David Parker Ray and more — around a chillingly familiar kill-table centerpiece.
One of four themed rooms, each built to trace how motive, method and opportunity collide.
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The Haunted Hallway
The dim corridor between the themed rooms is part of the experience — lined with 20+ more cases, from the Lipstick Killer to the Golden State Killer, and watched over by baby dolls perched in the ductwork.
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The Mindhunter Room
The museum's largest room lines a single wall with 130+ profiles — Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, Dennis Rader (BTK) and more — surrounded by authenticated artifacts, from a handwritten “Helter Skelter” manuscript to HH Holmes' 1896 wax-cylinder confession.
Phil has interviewed many of the men on these walls, Manson among them.
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Experience · Apt 213
The museum's newest room: a full walk-through recreation of Jeffrey Dahmer's Milwaukee apartment — kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom, staged as they were in 1991. Opening October 1st — included with general admission.
Explore Apt 213 →The Jeffrey Dahmer Experience Apt. 213
Step inside a full recreation of Jeffrey Dahmer's Milwaukee apartment — walk through the kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom, exactly as they were in 1991.
Experience what it would have been like to walk into Apartment 213 during his crime spree — the most immersive addition to the museum yet. Opening October 1st — get your tickets now, included with your general admission.
- Kitchen
- Living Room
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
Included with general admission
Dahmer's Own Eyeglasses
The real, authenticated glasses Jeffrey Dahmer wore in his 1991 booking photo — verified by provenance experts and preserved under museum conditions.
One of dozens of one-of-a-kind pieces Phil received directly from the killers and their cases — including Dahmer's apartment silverware, Charles Manson's copy of Helter Skelter, HH Holmes' 1896 wax-cylinder confession, and the Hillside Strangler's handprint.
Every Case, Every Room
More than 450 serial killers are mentioned in this museum, with over 200 historical artifacts. Here's who — and where — you'll find them.
The Dexter Room
- Child Killers
- Body Collectors
- Real Life Vampires
- Dean Corll — The Candy Man
- Hadden Clark — The Cross-Dressing Cannibal
- Douglas Clark — The Sunset Strip Slayer
- Randy Kraft — The Scorecard Killer
- Robert Berdella — The Kansas City Butcher
- William Bonin — The Freeway Killer
- Ronald DeFeo & The Amityville Horror
- Ed & Lorraine Warren
- Robin Gecht — The Chicago Rippers
- Lake & Ng — The Sex Slave Killers
- The Tool Box Killers
- The Hillside Stranglers
- David Parker Ray — The Toy Box Killer
- Danny Rolling — The Gainesville Ripper
- Charles Albright — The Eyeball Killer
- Arthur Shawcross — The Genesee River Killer
- Richard Cottingham — The Torso Killer
- Robert Hansen — The Butcher Baker
- Randall Woodfield — The I-5 Killer
- Lucas & Toole — The Confession Killers
The Haunted Hallway
- William Heirens — The Lipstick Killer
- David Carpenter — The Trailside Killer
- John Robinson — Slavemaster
- Joe Roy Metheny — Joe the Cannibal
- Jeremy Jones — The Redneck Ted Bundy
- Gary Ray Bowles — The I-95 Killer
- Glen Rogers — The Cross Country Killer
- Rodney Alcala — The Dating Game Killer
- Joseph DeAngelo — The Golden State Killer
- Gerard Schaefer — The Butcher of Blind Creek
- Aileen Wuornos — The Damsel in Distress
- Dorothea Puente — The Death House Landlady
- Patrick Kearney — The Trash Bag Killer
- Bobby Joe Long — The Classified Ad Rapist
- Tommy Lynn Sells — The Coast to Coast Killer
- The Craigslist Killers
- The Long Island Serial Killer
- Harvey Carignan — The Want-Ad Killer
- Robert Lee Yates — The Spokane Serial Killer
- Israel Keyes
- William Suff — The Riverside Prostitute Killer
- Herb Mullin — The Apocalypse Killer
The Mindhunter Room
- Serial Killers 101
- Samuel Little — The Choke & Stroke Killer
- Craig Price — The Warwick Slasher
- Ray & Faye Copeland
- Black Serial Killers
- Female Serial Killers
- HH Holmes — The Devil in the White City
- Albert Fish — The Brooklyn Vampire
- Earle Nelson — The Gorilla Man
- Ed Gein — The Plainfield Ghoul
- Harvey Glatman — The Glamour Girl Slayer
- Albert DeSalvo — The Boston Strangler
- The Zodiac
- Richard Speck — The Nurse Killer
- Jerome Brudos — The Shoe Fetish Slayer
- Charles Manson — Helter Skelter
- David Berkowitz — The Son of Sam
- Ed Kemper — The Co-Ed Killer
- Gary Ridgway — The Green River Killer
- John Wayne Gacy — The Killer Clown
- Dennis Rader — The BTK Strangler
- Ted Bundy — The Lady Killer
- Jeffrey Dahmer — The Milwaukee Cannibal
- Richard Ramirez — The Night Stalker
- North & South Carolina Serial Killers
Stand Two Feet From History
Self-guided, ~2 hours. Open Tue–Sun 10–5 May–October; Wed–Sun 10–5 November–April.