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    True Crime

    From Ted Bundy to Lizzie Borden, explore true crime across centuries.

    Your Questions About Karen Read's Contentious Trial—Answered

    Your Questions About Karen Read's Contentious Trial—Answered

    Is there a verdict in Karen Read's trial? 

    Murder Trial

    By Orrin Grey

    Unsolved

    UNSOLVED: The West Mesa Bone Collector May Still Walk the Streets After Taking At Least 11 Lives

    UNSOLVED: The West Mesa Bone Collector May Still Walk the Streets After Taking At Least 11 Lives

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    True Crime Books

    The Legacy of Anne Perry, a Crime Novelist With a Secret Past

    The Legacy of Anne Perry, a Crime Novelist With a Secret Past

    By Orrin Grey

    Serial Killers

    15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

    15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Serial Killers

    The 5 Creepiest Quotes from Albert Fish’s Graphic Letters 

    The 5 Creepiest Quotes from Albert Fish’s Graphic Letters 

    By Grace Felder

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    Serial Killers

    Belle Gunness: The Black Widow of the Midwest Who Lured Numerous Victims to Their Deaths

    Belle Gunness: The Black Widow of the Midwest Who Lured Numerous Victims to Their Deaths

    Belle Gunness lured numerous suitors to her Indiana murder farm, where she killed them in cold blood and dumped their bodies in a hog pen.

    By Steven Casale

    America'S Most Haunted

    Nannie Doss: The Giggling Granny Next Door Who Wiped Out Her Family

    Nannie Doss: The Giggling Granny Next Door Who Wiped Out Her Family

    By Clarissa Cole

    Curse of Death: Albert Shinsky and the Ringtown Valley Hex Murder of 1934

    Curse of Death: Albert Shinsky and the Ringtown Valley Hex Murder of 1934

    Albert Shinsky was convinced that Susannah Mummey, known as the Witch of Ringtown Valley, put a curse on him ... and the only way out was murder.

    By Orrin Grey

    Crime Feed

    3 Creepy Movies Inspired by the Hillside Stranglers

    3 Creepy Movies Inspired by the Hillside Stranglers

    The killers haunted the Hollywood Hills...

    By Mike McPadden

    Dr. Alfredo Ballí Treviño: The Creepy, Real-Life Inspiration Behind Hannibal Lecter

    Dr. Alfredo Ballí Treviño: The Creepy, Real-Life Inspiration Behind Hannibal Lecter

    By Orrin Grey

    Mysterious Death

    Was the 1945 “Pitchfork Murder” of Charles Walton the Result of Occult Activity?

    Was the 1945 “Pitchfork Murder” of Charles Walton the Result of Occult Activity?

    Seemingly motiveless, riddled with rumors of occult practices.

    By Robert Walsh

    Crime Feed

    Mary Jane Kelly: A Look Back at Jack the Ripper’s Last Victim

    Mary Jane Kelly: A Look Back at Jack the Ripper’s Last Victim

    Remembering the victims of this brutal murder spree. 

    By Terri Osborne

    Serial Killers

    Was Ed Gein the Most Misunderstood Killer in American History?

    Was Ed Gein the Most Misunderstood Killer in American History?

    By Clarissa Cole

    Mysterious Death

    Holiday Horror: 8 Real-Life Christmas Murders

    Holiday Horror: 8 Real-Life Christmas Murders

    By Stephanie Almazan

    Unsolved Crimes

    Vanished into the Night: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein

    Vanished into the Night: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein

    Decades later, her whereabouts remain a mystery. 

    By Gary Sweeney

    Crime Feed

    Going Postal: Thomas McIlvane and the Royal Oak Post Office Shooting

    Going Postal: Thomas McIlvane and the Royal Oak Post Office Shooting

    By Catherine Townsend

    Best Of

    40+ Disturbing Serial Killers Who Will Keep You Up at Night

    40+ Disturbing Serial Killers Who Will Keep You Up at Night

    Lock the doors, bar the windows, and read on if you dare.

    By The Lineup Staff

    Kidnapping

    6 Chilling Cases of Stockholm Syndrome

    6 Chilling Cases of Stockholm Syndrome

    Stockholm syndrome is as tragic as it is complex. Victims suffer both the physical abuse of imprisonment and the severe emotional manipulation that locks them in place.

    By Gary Sweeney

    Mysterious Death

    Death in the Valley: The Mystifying Double Murders at Wonnangatta Station

    Death in the Valley: The Mystifying Double Murders at Wonnangatta Station

    Jim Barclay was found in a shallow grave in what was the Wonnangatta Murders. Authorities suspected the cook, John Bamford, until Bamford's body turned up.

    By Orrin Grey

    Crime Feed

    In Cold Blood: The Clutter Murders Happened 57 Years Ago This Month

    In Cold Blood: The Clutter Murders Happened 57 Years Ago This Month

    By Terri Osborne

    Mysterious Death

    Murder in Pasquotank County: Who Killed Nell Cropsey?

    Murder in Pasquotank County: Who Killed Nell Cropsey?

    In December 1901, authorities found the body of young Nell Cropsey floating in North Carolina's Pasquotank River.

    By Gary Sweeney

    Trail of Death: George Smith and the “Brides in the Bath” Murders

    Trail of Death: George Smith and the “Brides in the Bath” Murders

    By Robert Walsh

    Wrongful Convictions

    Guilty or Innocent? 10 Highly Controversial Court Cases

    Guilty or Innocent? 10 Highly Controversial Court Cases

    When it comes to murder, justice is often elusive.

    By Jessica Ferri

    Unsolved Crimes

    Blood on the Kitchen Floor: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch

    Blood on the Kitchen Floor: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch

    In 1961, Joan Risch vanished from her Massachusetts home, leaving behind two children, a distraught husband, and a kitchen streaked with blood.

    By Gary Sweeney

    Crime Feed

    From College Senior to Cold Case: Who Killed Tammy Zywicki?

    From College Senior to Cold Case: Who Killed Tammy Zywicki?

    On August 23, 1992, Grinnell College senior Tammy Zywicki departed from the Chicago suburb of Evanston toward Grinnell's Iowa campus. She was never seen alive again.

    By Michelle Sigona

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