Infamous Serial Killers

The Floppy Disk That Ended a Reign of Terror: How Dennis Rader Finally Slipped Up

For more than three decades, the BTK Killer—short for “Bind, Torture, Kill”—was a shadowy figure haunting Wichita, Kansas. Dennis Rader, a seemingly ordinary compliance officer, church president, a...

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The Floppy Disk That Ended a Reign of Terror: How Dennis Rader Finally Slipped Up

Crimes That Shocked the World

The Murder of Gianni Versace: Tracking Andrew Cunanan’s Cross-Country Killing Spree

The murder of famed fashion designer Gianni Versace in July 1997 was shocking not only because of the victim’s global stature, but also because the killing marked the violent climax of a cross-coun...

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The Murder of Gianni Versace: Tracking Andrew Cunanan’s Cross-Country Killing Spree

Crimes with Unbelievable Twists

Elizabeth Smart’s Rescue: How She Survived and Outsmarted Her Captors

The story of Elizabeth Smart is one of those rare true-crime cases that moves beyond tragedy and becomes a lesson in resilience, intuition, and the power of hope. When the 14-year-old was abducted ...

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Elizabeth Smart’s Rescue: How She Survived and Outsmarted Her Captors

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Inside the Cassie Jo Stoddart Case: The Teen Plot Behind a So-Called “Perfect Crime”

Marsha P. Johnson: Revisiting the Unresolved Questions Surrounding Her Mysterious Death

Natalie Wood’s Death: Piecing Together the Final Hours on Dark Waters

The Chessboard Killer: How a Russian Man Tried to Fill All 64 Squares

The Boston Strangler: Why Some Investigators Believe More Than One Killer Was Involved

The Laci Peterson Case: How Investigators Pieced Together a Murder Without a Witness

The ’Ndrangheta: How a Once-Unknown Clan Became Europe’s Most Dangerous Mafia

The Floppy Disk That Ended a Reign of Terror: How Dennis Rader Finally Slipped Up

The Murder of Gianni Versace: Tracking Andrew Cunanan’s Cross-Country Killing Spree

Elizabeth Smart’s Rescue: How She Survived and Outsmarted Her Captors

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Inside the Cassie Jo Stoddart Case: The Teen Plot Behind a So-Called “Perfect Crime”

Marsha P. Johnson: Revisiting the Unresolved Questions Surrounding Her Mysterious Death

Natalie Wood’s Death: Piecing Together the Final Hours on Dark Waters

The Chessboard Killer: How a Russian Man Tried to Fill All 64 Squares

The Boston Strangler: Why Some Investigators Believe More Than One Killer Was Involved

The Laci Peterson Case: How Investigators Pieced Together a Murder Without a Witness

The ’Ndrangheta: How a Once-Unknown Clan Became Europe’s Most Dangerous Mafia

The Yakuza: What You Should Know About the Crimes, Codes, and Hidden Realities of Japan’s Notorious Syndicate

Veronica Guerin: The Journalist Who Took on Ireland’s Drug Gangs

El Chapo Guzmán: How Tunnels, Trickery, and Power Sustained His Empire

Inside the Russian Bratva: Crimes That Shaped Europe’s Criminal Underworld

Kitty Genovese: The Murder That Changed Emergency Response Systems Forever

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Investigative Theories Behind the World’s Greatest Aviation Mystery

The Patty Hearst Kidnapping: How a Single Crime Triggered One of America’s Most Astonishing Transformations

The Murder of Jam Master Jay: How Investigators Finally Cracked the Case

The Oscar Pistorius Case: Understanding the Night That Changed Everything

The White House Farm Murders: Reexamining Jeremy Bamber’s Controversial Conviction

The Meredith Kercher Case: Why the Evidence Still Divides Public Opinion Today

Into the Frozen Unknown: Understanding the Mysteries Behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Yuba County Five: Reconstructing the Events of the ‘American Dyatlov Pass’

The Springfield Three: Inside the House Where Time Seemingly Stopped

The Boy in the Box: How Forensics Finally Gave America’s Unknown Child a Name

Japan’s Jigsaw Murder: How Missing Puzzle Pieces Keep the Case Open

The JonBenét Ramsey Case: Reviewing the Evidence That Still Divides Experts

Whispers in the Bavarian Woods: What Really Happened at Hinterkaifeck?

H.H. Holmes and the Chicago Murder Castle: Exploring the Truth Behind the Legend

Pedro López, the Monster of the Andes: Revisiting One of History’s Most Terrifying Criminal Minds

Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker: How California’s Communities Fought Back

The Green River Murders: How Forensics Finally Unmasked America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jack the Ripper: Reconstructing Victorian London’s Most Elusive Killer