We have an inherent fascination with true crime, reveling in the real-life stories of killers, kidnappings, and unsolved mysteries. These translate to both gripping docuseries and dramatizations ...

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Self-proclaimed FLDS prophet Samuel Bateman awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to sex trafficking; many in the community now hope this marks the end of this chapter of history.

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Robert Kardashian—the late dad of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian—played tennis with one of the Menendez brothers before the two siblings were convicted of murder, according to Kris ...

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 ...

Criminology is hot. Australian bookseller Dymocks reported a 30 per cent increase in crime fiction sales between 2011 and 2017. The demand for true crime television and podcasts is also on the rise, ...

In the last year, two pieces of true crime content have emerged from the Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt arrest. One a Lifetime movie that sensationalizes the lived experience of Franke’s victims, ...

Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar is a bitingly funny and powerfully performed semi-biopic, though is somewhat let down by a ...

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 ...

Netflix subscribers can't get enough of the "gripping" new Swedish true-crime series The Breakthrough, with many viewers completing the entire four-part drama in a single session. The show is an ...

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 ...