We have an inherent fascination with true crime, reveling in the real-life stories of killers, kidnappings, and unsolved mysteries. These translate to both gripping docuseries and dramatizations ...

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Netflix has just dropped its latest true crime miniseries, and viewers are already gripped. The six-part drama, based on a shocking real-life case, has been trending online, with fans saying they ...

Self-proclaimed FLDS prophet Samuel Bateman awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to sex trafficking; many in the community now hope this marks the end of this chapter of history.

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Robert Kardashian—the late dad of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian—played tennis with one of the Menendez brothers before the two siblings were convicted of murder, according to Kris ...

In the last year, two pieces of true crime content have emerged from the Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt arrest. One a Lifetime movie that sensationalizes the lived experience of Franke’s victims, ...

A weekly news podcast for the true crime junkie, from the true crime experts you’ve come to trust. Every Thursday Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning and her guests dive into the biggest crime ...

The stories below follow a con man turned true-crime writer, a prison break facilitated by a dog crate, the spectacle of murder fandoms, and more. The Con Man Who Became a True-Crime Writer In his ...

Being that girl, I know this. And yet, I can’t stop the headline “Young Woman Found BRUTALLY MURDERED on U-M Campus” from ringing in my ears, an echo of the hours of true crime I’ve consumed and ...

Netflix fans are watching the gripping new Swedish true-crime thriller, The Breakthrough, in one sitting. The four-parter, which is based on a novel by journalist Anna Bodin and the genealogist ...