True Crime

When it comes to murder, justice is often elusive.

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

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.

Dead men tell no tales … or do they?

Jack Henry Abbott was a convicted felon, serving a long stint behind bars, when he became known to author Norman Mailer.

Serial killers save trophies to remember their kills. Some are stranger than others.

When the officer finally lifted the piano's dust cover, he found Sigrid’s lifeless body stashed beneath it...

Was this peace-loving hippie really a cold-blooded killer?

A thumbprint on a cashbox led police to the murderers—and changed the course of criminal history.

Her burned and beaten body was found along a lonely country road. Who was the "Pyjama Girl"?

Her brutal slaying electrified the community with terror, sadness, and a demand for justice.

A private investigator claims to have cracked the infamous case—and top Ripper experts are taking note.

He's one of England's most infamous criminals ... but was he actually guilty?

In 1996, Kristin Smart vanished without a trace. To this day, the case remains unsolved.

Neighbors watched William open the back door. There, sprawled across the parlor floor, was Julia's lifeless body.

Who killed Isidor Fink? Most bafflingly of all ... how?

He served 34 years for the murder of young Bobby Franks. But what happened to Nathan Leopold after he was released?

These heinous killers knew how to leave their mark.

Some think it's a promotional stunt; others, a genuine threat.