The Salem Witch Trials: Evidence, Executions & the Collapse of Justice
Case statusArchived
The Salem witch trials of 1692–1693 represented a catastrophic failure of colonial Massachusetts legal institutions. Driven by political instability, military conflict, and…
The House Built Around a Lie: Elisabeth Fritzl and the Josef Fritzl Case
Case statusConvicted
Between 1984 and 2008, Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a hidden cellar beneath his property in Amstetten, Austria. He maintained…
Aristocracy of Blood: Historical Serial Killers Before 1900
Case statusMixed Outcomes
Applying the modern term "serial killer" to pre-1900 historical figures requires evaluating surviving legal records, political literature, and compromised evidence. Cases like…
When Private Acts Become Public Crimes: Lewdness, Exhibition and Secret Peeping
Case statusMixed Outcomes
Criminal privacy cases distinguish between public lewdness and voyeurism based on how privacy boundaries are breached. Public lewdness forces unwilling observers to…
Consent at the Point of Death: Europe’s Fatal BDSM and Asphyxia Cases
Case statusArchived
Across Europe, prior consent does not legalize fatal harm or serious injury resulting from sexual strangulation or asphyxia. While prior agreement can…
Beyond Armin Meiwes: Europe’s Online Cannibal Murder Cases
Case statusConvicted
A small number of European homicides involved online cannibal and slaughter fantasies. While cases involving Armin Meiwes and Detlev Günzel contained evidence…
Fan Man-yee: The Granville Road Torture Case
Case statusConvicted
In March 1999, 23-year-old Fan Man-yee was abducted and held captive in a Hong Kong apartment. She died following four weeks of…
21 Obscure Serial Killer Facts That Sound Invented
Case statusArchived
Documented facts from historical serial homicide cases reveal the unusual mechanics behind real investigations, trials, and evidence collection. Using official archives, FBI…
La Voisin and the Affair of the Poisons
Case statusConvicted
The Affair of the Poisons was a seventeenth-century French scandal involving a secret network offering fortune-telling, illicit medical services, poisons, and occult…
The Ant Hill Kids: Roch Thériault and the Cult Behind the Burnt River Crimes
Case statusConvicted
The Ant Hill Kids was a Canadian religious cult led by Roch Thériault from 1977 to 1989 across Quebec and Ontario. Thériault…
Wolf’s Lair Skeleton: Human Remains Beneath Göring’s House
Case statusUnsolved
Wolf's Lair Skeletons: In February 2024, researchers uncovered human skeletal remains inside the ruins of Hermann Göring's former residence at the Wolf's…
Hillside Stranglers Case File: Kenneth Bianchi, Angelo Buono and the Victims
Case statusConvicted
Evidence-led Hillside Stranglers dossier covering Kenneth Bianchi, Angelo Buono, the ten Los Angeles murders, Bellingham killings, victims, police ruse, trial record and…
Gerd Wenzinger Case File: The Havel Ripper Suspect and the Evidence Boundary
Case statusUnresolved
Evidence-led Gerd Wenzinger dossier covering Dana Franzke, Sabrina Graf, the “Havel Ripper” nickname, medical-boundary abuse, Brazil allegations, extradition and the untried murder…
Aum Shinrikyo Case File: Shoko Asahara, Sarin Attacks and Cult Terror
Case statusConvicted
Aum Shinrikyo, led by Shoko Asahara, evolved from a spiritual yoga group into a violent apocalyptic cult. The organization utilized technical expertise…
Charles Manson Case File: The Family, the Murders, the Trial and the Myth
Case statusConvicted
Evidence-led Charles Manson dossier covering the Family, Tate–LaBianca murders, Hinman and Shea convictions, victims, trial record, Helter Skelter theory and myth correction.
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Postpartum Psychosis, Evidence & Verdict Watch
Case statusActive
Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy. Follow the evidence, postpartum psychosis defence, jury deadlock…
Green River Killer: Gary Ridgway Victims, DNA & Timeline
Case statusConvicted
Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, was convicted of 49 murders. Explore his victims, timeline, DNA evidence, plea deal, investigation and unresolved…
Marquis de Sade Criminal Profile: Crimes and Allegations
Case statusConvicted
Marquis de Sade criminal profile: criminal, serial killer, or myth? Rose Keller, Marseille, sadism, and the evidence.
The Crime Ledger: September 2, 2026
Case statusActive
Daily True-Crime News Update: 6 Dead in Michigan, UK Teen Murder Inquiry, France Body Discovery
Case statusActive
A true-crime news update covering the Missaukee County multi-scene shootings in Michigan, a teenage murder inquiry in Bedfordshire, the discovery of a…
The Crime Ledger: Aug. 14th 2026
Case statusActive
The Ted Bundy Victims: A Chronology of Loss and Evidence
Case statusConvicted
This chronological history traces Ted Bundy’s crimes from 1974 through his 1989 execution, covering cases in Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Florida. It…
