---
title: "The Lipstick Killer: The Shocking True Story of a Serial Killer who Left a Message in Lipstick"
description: "The shocking true story of the Lipstick Killer murders in 1940s Chicago, and the disturbing questions about whether William Heirens was wrongfully convicted for crimes he did not commit."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-lipstick-killer-shocking-true-story-serial-killer-lipstick-message.md
canonical: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-lipstick-killer-shocking-true-story-serial-killer-lipstick-message
datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
image: "https://media.casualcriminalist.pub/cdn-cgi/image/width=1600,height=900,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/articles/7p7N5zF9d1I/hero.jpg"
type: Article
contentHash: 5b54c33548c9cc8877fb2105cf688e2292e93a7a5f3a43e02a467740a45ca9ac
tokens: 47
summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-lipstick-killer-shocking-true-story-serial-killer-lipstick-message.md.summary.md
---

<!-- aeo:section start="lede" -->
The shocking true story of the Lipstick Killer murders in 1940s Chicago, and the disturbing questions about whether William Heirens was wrongfully convicted for crimes he did not commit.
<!-- aeo:section end="lede" -->