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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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Book Excerpt

Early Graves Is the Most Bizarre Love Story You’ll Ever Read

Early Graves Is the Most Bizarre Love Story You’ll Ever Read

An Edgar Award-winning author tells the story of a serial killer couple. 

By Grace Felder

True Crime Books

True Crime Books to Be Excited About in 2022

True Crime Books to Be Excited About in 2022

It's a great year to be a true crime fiend.

By Gabino Iglesias

Unsolved Crimes

Restricted: A Cell Phone Stalker's Relentless Reign of Terror

Restricted: A Cell Phone Stalker's Relentless Reign of Terror

"I know where you are. I know where you live. I'm going to kill you."

By Kelsey Christine McConnell

Murder

The Vile Murders of Cheshire's Petit Family

The Vile Murders of Cheshire's Petit Family

One father survived only to lose his wife and children—but murder was just the tip of the iceberg.

By Kelsey Christine McConnell

Mysterious Death

The Boy in the Box: Philadelphia’s Decades-Long Child Murder Mystery

The Boy in the Box: Philadelphia’s Decades-Long Child Murder Mystery

They called him "America’s Unknown Child."

By Orrin Grey

True Crime Books

Deadly T.L.C.: 15 True Crime Books About Killer Parents

Deadly T.L.C.: 15 True Crime Books About Killer Parents

What drives a mother or father to commit the ultimate atrocity?

By Jessica Ferri & Kelsey Christine McConnell

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

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