If you were a backpacker in Southeast Asia in the 1970s, there was a chance that you could have run into Charles Sobhraj. And had that happened, your travels could have been cut unexpectedly and ...

Charles Sobhraj, the notorious 78-year-old French murderer convicted of killing backpackers touring Asia’s “hippie trail” in the 1970s, left prison on Friday and flew out of Nepal.

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: The now-released serial killer known as The Serpent, who was played with aplomb by Tahar Rahim in the eponymous mini-series, is to appear in a Channel 4 documentary where he will face ...

The Hippie Trail of the '60s and ‘70s stretched from Europe through South Asia, attracting young Western backpackers and free-spirited wanderers searching for adventure. "It was the perfect ...

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, will be freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after nearly 20 years behind ...

Serial killer Charles "The Serpent" Sobhraj, whose life is depicted in the Netflix series The Serpent, is set to be released from jail, Nepal's top court ordered Wednesday.

Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series "The Serpent," walked free from a Nepali prison on December 23. Sobraj is pictured here outside the ...

Sobhraj, who preyed mostly on young backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia, often by befriending them before drugging, robbing and murdering them, earned the nickname "Serpent" from the ...

Sobhraj, linked to at least two dozen murders in Asia in the 1970s and who inspired the Netflix series "The Serpent," was released in Nepal and transferred to France, where he is expected on Dec ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers ...