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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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    True Crime Documentaries

    The Alford Plea’s Most Famous Cases—and What the Plea Really Means

    The Alford Plea’s Most Famous Cases—and What the Plea Really Means

    Popularized by The Staircase, is the Alford Plea a true admission of guilt, or something else? 

    By Orrin Grey

    Cold Cases

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Five

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Five

    Bizarre crime in a town near you...

    By Jena Brown

    Disappearances

    Amy Lynn Bradley Vanished off a Cruise Ship in 1998—But Witnesses Claim to Have Spotted Her Since

    Amy Lynn Bradley Vanished off a Cruise Ship in 1998—But Witnesses Claim to Have Spotted Her Since

    Did this promising young woman fall victim to a vile plot?

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    True Crime Books

    Fascinating Facts About Notorious True Crime Author Ann Rule

    Fascinating Facts About Notorious True Crime Author Ann Rule

    A peek inside the astonishing life of a true crime legend.

    By Ashley Saywers aka "Spookish Mommy"

    Murder

    This Teenage Girl Was the Ultimate Downfall of a Florida Serial Killer

    This Teenage Girl Was the Ultimate Downfall of a Florida Serial Killer

    How Lisa McVey got inside the head of notorious Florida serial killer Bobby Joe Long.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Murder

    Despite Convictions, Questions Remain in the Case of Holly Bobo's Murder

    Despite Convictions, Questions Remain in the Case of Holly Bobo's Murder

    The case against the alleged killers of a young nursing student was as suspicious as the circumstances of her disappearance.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Ted Bundy

    13 Chilling True Crime Books About Ted Bundy

    13 Chilling True Crime Books About Ted Bundy

    The killer's own defense attorney described him as “the very definition of heartless evil.”

    By Orrin Grey & MacKenzie Stuart

    Best Of

    The Staircase: A True Crime Documentary That Surprises Even After It Ends

    The Staircase: A True Crime Documentary That Surprises Even After It Ends

    Was it murder or an accident?

    By The Lineup Staff

    Unsolved Crimes

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Three

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Three

    Is your state's most bizarre true crime case on the list?

    By Jena Brown

    True Crime Books

    The Case of Michael Peterson—a Perfect Husband, or the Staircase Murderer?

    The Case of Michael Peterson—a Perfect Husband, or the Staircase Murderer?

    In her true crime book, author Aphrodite Jones takes readers to the night of Kathleen Peterson's suspicious staircase death.

    By Olivia Mason

    True Crime Books

    The Chilling True Story of Cape Cod Serial Killer Tony Costa

    The Chilling True Story of Cape Cod Serial Killer Tony Costa

    Helltown brings Costa’s “Garden of Horrors” to terrifying life.

    By Catherine Phelan

    Serial Killers

    The 5 Creepiest Quotes from Albert Fish’s Graphic Letters 

    The 5 Creepiest Quotes from Albert Fish’s Graphic Letters 

    From the depraved mind of the Brooklyn Vampire himself.

    By Grace Felder

    HBO Max

    The Staircase Brings a Tragic and Controversial Case to Life on HBO Max

    The Staircase Brings a Tragic and Controversial Case to Life on HBO Max

    Guilty or innocent? The shocking investigation and trial of Michael Peterson has been adapted into a limited series.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Unsolved Crimes

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Two

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part Two

    Part two of America's darkest and strangest. 

    By Jena Brown

    John Wayne Gacy Jr

    Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes is the Chilling New Docuseries on Netflix

    Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes is the Chilling New Docuseries on Netflix

    Drawing from more than 60 hours of unreleased audio, this series sheds new light on The Killer Clown.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Scary Podcasts

    7 Fascinating Podcast Episodes About Serial Killers

    7 Fascinating Podcast Episodes About Serial Killers

    FYI...serial killers aren’t hot.

    By Ashley Saywers aka "Spookish Mommy"

    Unsolved Crimes

    UNSOLVED: The Disappearance of Marie Elizabeth Spannhake

    UNSOLVED: The Disappearance of Marie Elizabeth Spannhake

    A kidnapper confessed, but was she telling the truth?

    By Orrin Grey

    Family Murders

    The Truth About Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

    The Truth About Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

    The condition at the heart of the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case.

    By Orrin Grey

    Cults

    Let’s Join A Cult! Creepy Cult Themed Merch 

    Let’s Join A Cult! Creepy Cult Themed Merch 

    Show your allegiance.

    By Grace Felder

    Murder

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part One

    The Strangest True Crime Cases in States Across the Country: Part One

    Discover your state's darkest secrets in this chilling series.

    By Jena Brown

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