Crime History

Christie Mullins
A Teen’s Murder, Lying Eyewitnesses and the Wrong Man Arrested — But Killer's Niece Knew the Truth for Decades
Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Perez ; Yolanda Saldívar.
Where Is Selena's Killer Now? Inside Yolanda Saldívar's Life Behind Bars Nearly 30 Years After Killing the Singer
Amanda Knox after the first session of her appeal against her murder conviction on November 24, 2010 in Perugia, Italy ; Amanda Knox is interviewed on Good Morning America on March 25, 2025 in New York.
Where Is Amanda Knox Now? A Look at Her Life 10 Years After Exoneration — and What She's Told Her Young Kids About Her Time in Prison
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A Teen Got a Free School Laptop — But Didn’t Know It Was Watching Him. What It Captured Changed Everything
Today we held a press conference announcing the cold-case closure of the 1971 murder of Rita Curran. Her killer was identified with help from @Parabon
She Was Strangled in Her Bedroom with No Witnesses. Some Suspected Ted Bundy — But Real Killer Was Just Steps Away
Daniel Markel and Wendi Adelson ; Wendi Adelson testifies during the murder trial of Daniel Markel.
Was Wendi Adelson Involved in the Murder-for-Hire Plot of Her Ex-Husband? Inside Dan Markel's Killing — and Where She Is Now
In this image taken from video, James Bulger, 2, center foreground, is led away by a youth in the 'New Strand' shopping center in Bootle, northern England, February, 1993. Bulger was lured from the shopping center and killed by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. Venables and Thompson, who were 10 when they tortured and killed the 2 year old Bulger, will be released the government announced Friday, June 22, 2001, despite a long campaign by the toddler's mother to keep them behind bars. Both young men, now 18, will be given new identities, which a judge has barred the British media from disclosing.
A Toddler Was Taken from a Shopping Center. What Happened to Him Was Horrific — Who Did It Was Even Worse
IMOGEN REID, ELLEN POMPEO; Natalia Grace and Kristine and Michael Barnett
Is Good American Family a True Story? Revisiting the Real-Life Natalia Grace Case That Inspired the Ellen Pompeo-Led Series
Anthony Amore, Gardner Museum;
The Biggest Unsolved Art Heist Happened 35 Years Ago: Why Lead Investigator Believes 'Paintings Will Be Recovered'
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A Little Girl Went Trick-or-Treating in 1973. The Horror That Followed Still Haunts Halloween
Photo shows Gordon Stewart Northcott, who is wanted for questioning in connection with the alleged murders on his chicken farm near Riverside, Calif., and who is being held in Vancouver, B.C., awaiting extradition in conformity with the Dominion law. These photos were made in the prison which he is being held.
A Chicken Coop Became a House of Horrors — and a Terrified Boy Was Forced to Do the Unthinkable
Elizabeth Thomas spoke out in an interview with ABC's 20/20.
Elizabeth Thomas Was Kidnapped By Her High School Teacher and Went Missing for 38 Days. Inside the Shocking Case — and How She Was Rescued
Catherine "Kitty" Genovese.
What Happened to Kitty Genovese? Revisiting Her Harrowing Murder 61 Years Later and Why It Helped Created the 911 System
Clark County Sheriff's office booking photo of self-proclaimed serial killer Keith Jesperson ; Melissa G. Moore at 'An Evening with Lifetime: Conversations on Controversies' Event on May 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Where Is Melissa G. Moore Now? All About Her Life 30 Years After Learning Her Dad Was the Happy Face Killer
Clark County Sheriff's office booking photo of self-proclaimed serial killer Keith Jesperson.
Where Is Keith Hunter Jesperson Now? Inside the Happy Face Killer's Life Decades After His 5-Year Murder Spree
John George Haigh, 39,was again remanded today when he appeared in court at Horsham, on a charge of murdering Mrs. Olive Duand-Deacon, 69-year-old wealthy widow, who disappeared from Onslow Court Hotel, South Kensington, S.W. Haigh was only in court for two minutes today and was afterwards brought by car to be lodged in Brixton Prison
He Lured Them with Charm — Then He Dissolved Their Bodies in Acid to Hide Evidence of His Serial Killings
Victims of the Manson Family murders on August 9m 1969; Sharon Tate, Stephen Parent, and Jay Sebring
Who Were the Manson Family’s Victims? Remembering the 9 People Killed in 1969
Charles Manson is escorted to court for a preliminary hearing on December 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California ; Members of the Manson "family" attend pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles.
Where Are the Manson Family Members Now? Inside Their Lives Over 50 Years After Their Killing Spree
Charles Manson
What Was Project MKUltra? Inside the CIA's Mind Control Experiments That May Have Involved Charles Manson
Lori Vallow poses for a mugshot on February 21, 2020 ; Chad Daybell sits during his murder trial at the Ada County Courthouse on May 30, 2024 in Boise, Idaho.
Where Are Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell Now? Inside Their Lives 5 Years After Horrific Doomsday Murders
Members of the Manson "family" shown at pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles.
Who Were Charles Manson's Followers? What to Know About the ‘Manson Family’
Lori Vallow appears in court on Feb. 26, 2020, in Lihue, Hawaii ; Lori Vallow's son Colby Jordon Ryan.
Where Is Lori Vallow Daybell's Only Living Child Now? A Look at Colby Ryan's Life After His Mom Murdered His 2 Younger Siblings
All the Charges Mom Lori Vallow Faces in Missing Idaho Siblings Case
What Did Lori Vallow Daybell Do? Inside Her Life Before, During and After the 'Doomsday' Murder of Her 2 Children
Charles Manson during his trial in an undated photo.
How Did Charles Manson Die? Inside the Cult Leader's Life in Prison — and How He Avoided Death Row Despite His Gruesome Crimes
Ash Armand attends the Star Magazine's Scene Stealers Event at Lure on October 9, 2014 in Los Angeles, California ; Ash Armand poses for a mugshot on June 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A Reality TV Star ‘Lost His Mind’ and Beat His Friend to Death. What to Know About Ash Armand’s Case — and Where He Is Now Nearly 5 Years Later
Stephen Collins
He Insisted He Was 'Not Attracted to Children' — Yet Admitted to Doing Something 'Terribly Wrong'
Casey Anthony is interviewed in Peacock's documentary "Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies' (2022) ; Casey Anthony in a Tiktok video in March 2025.
Where Is Casey Anthony Now? Inside Her Life Nearly 15 Years After Being Acquitted of Murder — and Why She Just Joined TikTok
A Hitman, a Brutal Murder, and a 40-Year Secret How a Husband's Chilling Plot Finally Came to Light
A 40-Year Secret Was Exposed When a Husband's Chilling Plot Came to Light — But One Dark Mystery Remains
Leigh Sabine and John Sabine She Hid Her Husband’s Body for 18 Years—Then a Prank Went Wrong and Exposed the Chilling Truth
She Hid Her Husband’s Body for 18 Years — Then a Prank Went Wrong and Exposed the Chilling Truth
Chad Franke in 'Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke'
The Best True Crime Documentaries to Stream Now
Elisabeth Fritzl, Josef Fritzl
Elisabeth Fritzl Was Lured into a Basement By Her Dad and Trapped for 24 Years. Inside the Horrifying Case That Inspired Room — and How She Pulled Off Her Escape
Toxic Town. Jodie Whittaker as Susan, Toby Eden as Connor
Is Toxic Town a True Story? Inside the Real-Life Poisoning Case That Affected Dozens of Babies — and Why It's Considered the 'British Erin Brockovich'
Laura Dern in Trial by Fire
Is Trial by Fire a True Story? Inside Cameron Todd Willingham’s Triple-Homicide Conviction — and Why a Texas Governor Was Accused of Interfering in His Case
an Confessed to Fatally Stabbing Victim in 'Violent' 1997 Murder, Wrote 'Greed' in Blood on the Wall: Police
Fla. Man Confessed to Fatally Stabbing Victim in 'Violent' 1997 Murder, Wrote 'Greed' in Blood on the Wall: Police
Gabby Petito with Brian Laundrie ; Brian Laundrie.
Where Are Brian Laundrie’s Parents Now? Everything They’ve Said After Their Son Murdered Gabby Petito — and Their Lives Since
Stabbed in W. Side Apartment - N.J. Exec's Daughter Taught Handicapped. Blood stains wall of room at 253 W. 73d St., where Roseann Quinn, 28, died this week. She had been stabbed 18 times and brutally beaten
A Teacher Met a Stranger at a Singles Bar on New Year’s Eve. Her Murder Became the Basis for a Diane Keaton Film
AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, George Honeycutt
A Texas Socialite Died Mysteriously. Did Her Powerful Father Take Justice into His Own Hands?
Woman's Ex-Husband and His Current Wife Named as Persons of Interest 40 Years After Her Remains Were Found
20-Year-Old Was Found Murdered in 1983; Her Husband and His New Wife Were Named Persons of Interest 42 Years Later
Belle Gibson is interviewed on 60 Minutes Australia ; Kaitlyn Dever as Belle in Netflix's 'Apple Cider Vinegar'.
Did Belle Gibson Actually Have Cancer? Inside the Apple Cider Vinegar True Story and the Influencer's Real-Life Disease-Curing Scam
Brian Laundrie and sister Cassie in Netflix's docuseries 'American Murder: Gabby Petito.'
Where Is Brian Laundrie's Sister Cassie Now? All About Her Life After Her Brother Murdered Gabby Petito — and Why She Doesn't Speak to Her Parents Today
Sherri Papini leaves the federal courthouse after her arraignment in Sacramento, CA on April 13, 2022.
Where Is Sherri Papini Now? What to Know About Her Life After 2016 Kidnapping Hoax
Elisa Lam ; Surveillance footage of Elisa Lam in the elevator of the Cecil Hotel.
Elisa Lam’s Body Was Found at the Infamous Cecil Hotel 13 Years Ago. Inside the Mysterious Circumstances Around Her Death — and What Police Really Think Happened
Gabby Petito smiles for a photo in February 2019.
Who Killed Gabby Petito? Revisiting the Travel Vlogger's Shocking Murder — and the Warning Signs Her Family Claims Went Unnoticed
Gabby Petito's parents Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt in September 2023 ; Gabby Petito.
Where Are Gabby Petito's Parents Now? All About Their Lives Nearly 4 Years After the YouTuber's Death — and Why They Think They'll Never Get 'Justice'
Ronald Jack, Doreen and Ryan Jack
An Entire Family Vanished After Mother and Father Were Offered Jobs. What Happened to the Jack Family?
Peggy Johnson, Linda LaRoche
She Was a 'Jane Doe' for 20 Years. Then Police Learned Someone She'd Trusted Did the Unthinkable
David Smith departs the Union County Courthouse in Union, SC., on Monday, July 17, 1995 during a lunch break. Smith's ex-wife Susan Smith is on trial for the drowning death of their two boys last October. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Susan Smith. Photo: SC Department of Corrections
Susan Smith's Ex-Husband Recounts the Moment She Admitted to Killing Their Kids
Serena Williams and Venus Williams attend the 2024 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre on July 11, 2024 in Hollywood, California ; Yetunde Price during 2003 ESPY Awards at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
What Happened to Serena and Venus Williams' Oldest Sister, Yetunde Price? A Look Back at Her Tragic Death in a Compton Shooting
Herb Baumeister mugshot
Serial Killer’s Secret: 10,000 Bone Fragments Found on Property, Spree Ended with Son’s Chilling Discovery
Tanya Kach gives an interview for a PMI documentary about her kidnapping.
Tanya Kach Was Abducted 29 Years Ago and Held Captive for a Decade By a School Security Guard. Inside the Disturbing Case — and How She Finally Escaped
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Betrayal, Lies, and Murder: He Killed His Wife to Hide His Mistress’ Pregnancy — But Her Fitbit Told the Truth
Maura Murray.
Maura Murray Vanished Without a Trace After a Car Crash in 2004. Revisiting Her Disappearance 21 Years Later — and What Her Family Thinks Really Happened
Daniel Morcombe
A Teen Waited at a Bus Stop, Then Vanished Forever. 8 Years Later, an Undercover Sting Finally Revealed What Happened to Him
Peter Stumpp, The Werewolf or the Cannibal Etching
'Werewolf' Confessed to Eating His Son and Other Murders. Was He Really a Killer, or a Victim of Mass Hysteria?
Sante Kimes, Kenneth Kimes
Mother and Son Became a Deadly Duo: How Sante and Kenny Kimes Left a Trail of Lies, Fraud and Murder
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Where Is Keith Papini Now? All About His Life After Wife Sherri Papini Faked Her Kidnapping
Shauhin Davari from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, Season 48; Sherri Papini of Redding leaves the federal courthouse accompanied by her attorney, William Portanova, right, in Sacramento, Calif., April 13, 2022
Man Who Claimed He Dated 'Compulsive Liar' Sherri Papini Now a Cast Member on Survivor 48
Robert Kardashian, OJ Simpson
Revisiting the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial: The Shocking Details, Key Players and Verdict
Murdered grocery heiress Marjorie Jackson
Eccentric Heiress Kept Millions in Cash at Home Because She Distrusted Banks. Then She Was Found Slain
Fred Rogers portrait; Edwina Rogers portrait
Fridge Full of Horror: Couple Was Dismembered in 'Icebox Murders,' and Geophysicist Son Was Nowhere to Be Found
Ted Bundy trial; Lynda Ann Healy
Revisiting Ted Bundy’s Horrifying Murder Spree: How Many Lives Did the Serial Killer Claim — and Why Do Experts Estimate the Real Count to Be Even Higher?
Jennifer Kesse.
Jennifer Kesse Left for Work in 2006 and Never Returned Home. Here’s What Her Family Thinks Happened — and Why NASA Got Involved in the Case
Mary Day in 1981; A woman claiming to be Mary Day
Inside the Mystery of Girl Who Vanished from Her Mom’s Home — Then Reappeared 700 Miles Away, 22 Years Later
Brittney Dwyer, who will serve at least 21 years behind bars for the stabbing murder of her grandfather, Robert Whitwell, that was influenced by a horror TV show
She Overheard that Her Grandfather Kept Life Savings Inside Home. So She Stabbed Him and Left Him for Dead
Dreama Walker as Becky in 'Compliance' (2012) ; Louise Ogborn, the victim of a hoax strip search at a McDonald's restaurant is questioned on September 20, 2007 in Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
Is Compliance a True Story? All About the Real-Life McDonald's Phone Call Hoax That Inspired the 2012 Film
In this November 17, 1988 file photograph, boarding House murder suspect Dorothea Montalvo Puente appears for arraignment in Sacramento, California Municipal Court. Sheriff Deputy Lori Aquitania stands on the left.
Sweet Grandma with a Sinister Secret: How Dorothea Puente Turned Her Boarding House into a House of Horrors
Studio headshot portrait of aspiring American actress and murder victim Elizabeth Short.
Who Killed the Black Dahlia? Revisiting Elizabeth Short’s Unsolved Murder 78 Years Ago Today — and Why a Retired Detective Believes His Father Committed the Crime