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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

    Edmund Kemper, “The Co-ed Butcher” of Hitchhiking Students

    Edmund Kemper, “The Co-ed Butcher” of Hitchhiking Students

    This sadistic giant murdered 10 people in the 1960s and 70s.

    By Orrin Grey

    Cold Cases

    The Haunting Tragedy of the 1979 Sydney Ghost Train Fire

    The Haunting Tragedy of the 1979 Sydney Ghost Train Fire

    On June 9th, 1979, approximately 35 riders boarded the Sydney Ghost Train ride in Australia’s beloved harbor attraction Luna Park. Seven of them would not leave the train tunnel alive. 

    By Carolyn Cox

    Cold Cases

    The Mysterious Secrets of Bog Bodies

    The Mysterious Secrets of Bog Bodies

    These human cadavers were mummified naturally by peat bogs. 

    By Orrin Grey

    True Crime Books

    These Women Seek Out Romantic Relationships with Incarcerated Men

    These Women Seek Out Romantic Relationships with Incarcerated Men

    A compelling look into the reasons some women are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of a love without hope, promise, or consummation.

    By The Lineup Staff

    Movies

    5 Real-Life Murders and Crimes Inspired By Movies

    5 Real-Life Murders and Crimes Inspired By Movies

    When life mimics art ... but not in a good way.

    By Grace Felder

    Crime Feed

    Prison Pen Pals: Amanda Howard on Her Collection of Letters from Serial Killers

    Prison Pen Pals: Amanda Howard on Her Collection of Letters from Serial Killers

    One cannibal killer even sent her a meaty recipe—and suggested she use herself as the main ingredient.

    By Christine Colby

    Murder

    The Chilling Case of Pearl Bryan—and Her Missing Head

    The Chilling Case of Pearl Bryan—and Her Missing Head

    This young woman suffered a brutal death, her head tragically lost to time. 

    By Orrin Grey

    Feature

    How Do Lie Detectors Work?

    How Do Lie Detectors Work?

    They’re notoriously unreliable, but continue to be used in criminal investigations.

    By MacKenzie Stuart

    Cults

    Clementine Barnabet and the Church of Sacrifice

    Clementine Barnabet and the Church of Sacrifice

    Whole families were slaughtered in the name of human sacrifice—or was it insanity?

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Streaming

    Unsolved Mysteries' Best Episodes Have Kept Internet Sleuths Guessing for Years

    Unsolved Mysteries' Best Episodes Have Kept Internet Sleuths Guessing for Years

    What's more haunting than the unknown?

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    True Crime Documentaries

    33 Terrifying True Crime Documentaries on Netflix You Can Stream Tonight

    33 Terrifying True Crime Documentaries on Netflix You Can Stream Tonight

    Keep the lights on while you watch these stories unfold.

    By Grace Felder

    Cold Cases

    A Body in Kentucky: The 30-Year-Long Mystery of “Tent Girl”

    A Body in Kentucky: The 30-Year-Long Mystery of “Tent Girl”

    In 1968 her body was found. Her identity would remain a mystery for decades.

    By Gary Sweeney

    Scary Podcasts

    Hail Yourself With These 10 Best Last Podcast on the Left Episodes

    Hail Yourself With These 10 Best Last Podcast on the Left Episodes

    Megustalations.

    By Carolyn Cox

    American Serial Killers

    Charles Cullen: New Jersey’s Angel of Death

    Charles Cullen: New Jersey’s Angel of Death

    Though Cullen confessed to 40 murders, some investigators believe he killed as many as 400 people.

    By Danielle Kugler

    Female Killers

    Vera Renczi Was an Infamous Black Widow—Who May Never Have Existed

    Vera Renczi Was an Infamous Black Widow—Who May Never Have Existed

    Did the supposedly infamous Romanian killer really slay 35 people? 

    By Orrin Grey

    Family Murders

    5 National Parks Murders That Will Make You Think Twice About Camping

    5 National Parks Murders That Will Make You Think Twice About Camping

    These tragic cases prove we never really know what’s waiting in the woods.

    By Carolyn Cox

    Cold Cases

    A Suspect Has Confessed to the Long-Unsolved Murder of Kaitlyn Arquette

    A Suspect Has Confessed to the Long-Unsolved Murder of Kaitlyn Arquette

    Lois Duncan’s once-eternal question, Who Killed My Daughter?, seems to have been finally answered.

    By Catherine Phelan

    American Serial Killers

    The Violent Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Charles Ray Hatcher

    The Violent Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Charles Ray Hatcher

    He had a disturbing confession to make back in 1982.

    By Orrin Grey

    Serial Killers

    What Zodiac Sign Is Most Likely to Be a Serial Killer?

    What Zodiac Sign Is Most Likely to Be a Serial Killer?

    The stars spell murder.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Historical Crimes

    The Yorkshire Witch Was Equal Parts Con Artist and Serial Killer

    The Yorkshire Witch Was Equal Parts Con Artist and Serial Killer

    Stealing, telling phony fortunes, faking prophetic messages on 'freshly laid' eggs, and poisoned puddings were just the beginning for Mary Bateman.

    By Danielle Kugler

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