Tag Archives: true-crime

When Margaret Brown moved to Austin in 1996, she was greeted by the smiling faces of four young girls, peering down at her from faded billboards all over town. Highlighted in a shock of red, just underneath their black and white portraits was the question, “WHO KILLED THESE GIRLS?” In …

In the summers of 1976 and 1977, one of the most infamous serial killers was ruling the streets of New York with something that can infect anyone: fear. Now, the newest addition to Netflix’s hit docuseries franchise, Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes is taking an inside …

Pulitzer Prize-winning podcaster Maggie Freleng has spent years advocating for the wrongly incarcerated — and her next project is a hell of a tale. A burned body, an alleged violent sexual assault, reportedly crooked cops, and a citizen sleuth with the power to potentially ruin lives, Bone Valley 3: Graves …

I n the spring of 2024, while Andre Shariff Smith was leading the Ramadan community prayer, asking for forgiveness with his forehead planted in the prison mosque’s carpeted floor, Netflix was releasing the first episode of its new series Homicide: New York, “Carnegie Deli Massacre.” It was about the crime …

When Iva and Ron Bradley boarded a weeklong cruise in Puerto Rico with their daughter Amy and son Brad in March 1998, they expected to spend a relaxing time on the water surrounded by good food, drinks, and opportunities to spend quality time together. But before the Royal Caribbean cruise …

It was a story right out of a particularly dark fairy tale: a woman serves her in-laws an enticing lunch, only for them to die not long after — felled by poisonous mushrooms. On Monday, 50-year-old Erin Patterson was found guilty in Australian court of three counts of murder and …

I ’ve been dreaming about the Badlands again. It’s a scorching July day in 2002, and Nicole and I are hauling ass in my VW Beetle across South Dakota. I’m driving; she’s riding shotgun, eating a Slim Jim. We’re blasting The Eminem Show with the windows down, our hair whipping …

Three years after the death of her then-boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday afternoon. The Boston woman faced second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of personal injury and death charges. Jurors in …

In the early morning of Nov. 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off campus home. Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were all members of the school’s Greek life and beloved by their campus community, which …

When Redding, California resident Keith Papini called first responders on Nov. 2, 2016, he feared the absolute worst. He had returned home from his job to find his two children alone in the house, and his wife Sherri Papini nowhere to be seen. After using the Find My app to …