A viral YouTube channel that claimed to document shocking true crime cases was actually fabricating invented stories using ...

Baylor grad Claire St.Amant knows her way around a true-crime story, from newspapers to "60 Minutes," "48 Hours" and ...

Gabby Petito, Ruby Franke, Luigi Mangione and more are the subjects of upcoming true crime docs about real cases ...

Director Charlie Shackleton's meta project about the notorious serial killer challenges, with wry humor, our entire approach ...

Earlier this month, a now-anonymous Redditor posted in r/AskReddit, requesting that people share the tales of the most clever ...

In uncertain times, true crime provides a way to process real-world anxieties in a structured narrative, offering both excitement and a sense of control.

We visit that, too. A 2024 poll from YouGov showed that 57 percent of U.S. adults consume true-crime content and that 5 percent do so every day. Podcasts, documentaries and streaming series are ...

Netflix has just dropped its latest true crime miniseries, and viewers are already gripped. The six-part drama, based on a shocking real-life case, has been trending online, with fans saying they ...

Being that girl, I know this. And yet, I can’t stop the headline “Young Woman Found BRUTALLY MURDERED on U-M Campus” from ringing in my ears, an echo of the hours of true crime I’ve consumed and ...

The stories below follow a con man turned true-crime writer, a prison break facilitated by a dog crate, the spectacle of murder fandoms, and more. The Con Man Who Became a True-Crime Writer In his ...