A Quick Reminder That Hae Min Lee's Family Didn't Ask For This
Like millions of other people, I devoured Serial’s imperfect first season, listening until the end for a definitive…
Please Give Me a True Crime Podcast on the Ruby Slipper Heist
If you are curious for more details on the crime story of the century—at least for Old Hollywood/museum enthusiasts,…
Antarctica Scientist Facing Attempted Murder Charges for Allegedly Stabbing Colleague Who Spoiled Book Endings
Antarctica sounds like an awful place insofar as the people who have jobs there care far too furiously about what truly…
Police Have Arrested a 72-Year-Old Man Who Might Be the Golden State Killer
Two months after the posthumous publication of Michelle McNamara’s true crime bestseller I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,…
American Vandal Stretches a Dick Joke Over Five Hours And It Almost Works
After the first episode of Netflix’s new true crime satire, American Vandal, I was certain I knew who did it. The crime…
Netflix's True Crime Satire American Vandal Looks Like Absurdist Perfection
“Ball hairs. The ball hairs. They’re different,” a teenage boy intones over footage of a Homeland-style evidence board,…
Netflix's Amanda Knox Documentary Puts the Media, and a Viewer's Assumptions, on Trial
Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn’s Amanda Knox, premiering September 30 in theaters and on Netflix, is different from…
Netflix's Amanda Knox Documentary Gets Two Trailers: One for Her Believers and One for Her Doubters
Hot on the heels of Making of a Murderer, Netflix is releasing another true crime documentary, this one focusing on the…
National Enquirer Will Ride the TV True Crime Wave with National Enquirer Investigates
Following the recent successes of The People vs. O.J. Simpson and Making a Murderer, the National Enquirer—a.k.a the…
Watch the Trailer For ESPN's 7-Hour O.J. Simpson Documentary: O.J.: Made In America
We are a society that loves culturally significant anniversaries divisible by 10, so the 20th anniversary of the OJ…
PTA Mom Wins Millions in Civil Suit After Two Other Parents Planted Drugs in Her Car
Another reason why messing with suburban moms is always a bad idea: Kelli Peters, a former PTA president and Orange…
Meet Tyra Patterson, a Young Black Woman Serving Time for a Murder She Didn't Commit
In 1994, Tyra Patterson—then 19—was involved in the assault and robbery of a of a group of young women that left one of…
Meet La China, the Mexican Hit Woman Who Almost Got Away
Today in true Mexican crime stories—a country where a drug czar named El Chapo tunneled his way out of maximum security…
Women Have Always Been Obsessed With Campy Coverage of Grisly Murders
For instance: Consider your Christmas shopping handled, thanks to the June 1974 issue of McCall’s magazine. Just buy…
Why Are Women Obsessed With Investigation Discovery’s Grisly TV Shows?
Jodie Gaines was 18 years old and on her way to a fish fry when she saw the blue lights of a cop car flash in her…
Trial Starts for Teen Who Hired a Gang to Steal Her Roommate's Baby
A kidnapping trial begins Monday for Gladys Remigio in Santa Ana, California. The charges stem from an elaborate scheme…
Woman Allegedly Slept Next to Mother's Corpse for Years
If anyone's seeking true-life inspiration for a Rose for Emily script with a mother-daughter twist, it's your lucky…
NYPD Chief Adopts the Palm Sunday Massacre Survivor She Raised
And now for something that affirms the human spirit: the Sunday edition of the New York Times has a story on the cop…
This True Crime Story Will Make You Feel for the Victim AND Murderer
The LA Times has a great feature called "The Homicide Report," which chronicles the lives of LA County's murder…
Woman Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For A Crime Straight Out Of A Lifetime Movie
In a case straight out of a Lifetime movie, Alaskan woman Rachelle Waterman has been sentenced to three years in prison…