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Maria DiLorenzo on Capturing the Souls of Serial Killers in True Crime and Memoir

When I began communicating with Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, I hoped to uncover details about murders he committed he had not yet admitted to, secrets he had kept under th...

‘Ring-Leader’ Sentenced to Life Without Parole for the 2024 Torture and Murder of Sam Nordquist

Precious Arzuaga admitted her role in the weeks-long kidnapping, sexual abuse, torture and killing of the trans 24-year-old, who initially traveled to New York to pursue a relation...

Kouri Richins Wrote a Children’s Book About Losing Her Husband. Then, She Was Convicted of His Murder.

An ELLE investigation reconstructs how a Utah woman went from grieving widow to convicted killer.

SISTERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN

In August 1993, Stevens was public defender for the courts of the North Slope Borough in Utqiagvik, Alaska, previously known as Barrow, a fishing town with a majority Inupiat popul...

How Lisa McVey Outsmarted A Serial Killer — And Led Police Straight To His Door

In November 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey was kidnapped by Bobby Joe Long. After surviving 26 hours of being brutalized, she escaped and led police straight to him. The post How Lis...

"The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland" by John Railey

While on our recent road trip through the Carolinas, I picked up a few books on local stories, strangeness and crimes.  One volume I picked up was John Railey's "The Lost Colony Mu...

True crime fan tries to solve 1989 murder by starting relationship with suspect

A woman told an Australian coroner that she tracked down two men previously accused over a 15-year-old's 1989 killing and got them talking, an account both men rejected in court.

Catherine Fogarty on Reopening the Cold Case of a Murdered Montreal Teen in 1960s LA

“The past is a dream. Its memory still lingers. Tomorrow, a wish that may never come true.” –Reet Jurvetson, West Hill High School Yearbook 1967 *   In the fall of 1969, a...

Romance novelist charged with homicide after writing about murder

The victim's wife was a fan of her books, according to the author website.

Anne Marie Fahey, The Young Woman Who Was Murdered And Dumped At Sea By Her Jealous Lover

On June 27, 1996, attorney Thomas Capano killed Anne Marie Fahey after she tried to end their affair, stuffed her body in a cooler, and dropped it into the Atlantic Ocean. The post...

How the Rise of Mystery Podcasts Created the True Crime Memoir Boom

A couple years before Amy Bradley vanished on a family cruise in 1998, she dated a woman named Kat. They fell in love at Longwood University in central Virginia, at time when it wa...

A Marine, Two Murders, and a War on Women

When Native justice clashes with ‘Anglo’ law

A public defender’s memoir recounts a murder case of two Alaskan Indigenous women that set their community at odds with the concept of due process.

Rachel, a respectable middle class property manager, is serving 30 years for killing a man she once went on a date with...

When in 2020 Rachel Fulstow clicked on the profile placed by Michael Hillier on dating website Hinge, she was immediately struck by his commendable qualities.

Inside the D4vd Murder Case and Killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of an alleged murder. A judge will determine if there’s enough evidence against D4vd for the murder case to move to trial....

Rebecca Wright Stevens on Amos Lane and Repping Alaska’s Indigenous Citizens in Court

Arraignment of Amos Lane in District Court Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska August 6, 1993  When I pushed open the heavy gray doors of the courtroom, heads turned toward me as t...

“I don’t want to die!”: Shocking details emerge as jealous spouse confesses to murdering her wife

It turns out, Yolanda Marodi killed her previous husband as well.

Cop found dead in home of woman who wrote book praising cops

Karen Solomon, author of the book Hearts Beneath the Badge about how police officers serve their communities, is wanted by police after a police officer was found dead in her home....

On the Radar: Strip Rules, Blood Gilt and more

As August 2026 gets underway we’ve got a selection of new crime novels for you that includes some familiar names, like Martin Limón, for example, and some writers who are new to us...

US woman who killed husband two decades ago admits murder of firefighter wife

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi pleads guilty to killing Rebecca Marodi, decorated fire captain who fought Eaton blazeA California woman this week admitted to killing her wife, a decorat...

Jana Armstrong and her sister made a pact to care for each other’s children should the worst happen. Then it did

Faith Issacs knew her big sister was in terrible trouble a few days before her body was found – because nothing would have kept her from her infant sonSisters Jana Armstrong and Fa...

Karen Read & Lindsay Clancy Cases: What the Two Massachusetts Trials Have in Common

Two of Massachusetts' most closely watched murder trials share more than a home state. Here's what links the two cases.

One Child’s Murder Changed America: Inside the Legacy of the Adam Walsh Act

The horrific 1981 abduction of 6-year-old Adam Walsh exposed major failures in missing child investigations and created reforms that continue to influence law enforcement today The...

The Essex Files: Tate Trial Is a Lesson in Character, Not Just Crime