Villisca Axe Murders: Victims, Suspects & Theories

During the night of June 9–10, 1912, eight people were murdered inside the Moore family home in Villisca, Iowa. The victims were Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two young overnight guests, Lena…

The Jennifer Pan Case: R. v. Pan, Markham, Ontario, November 8, 2010

Main Street, Unionville, Markham, Ontario, 2024. The Pan family home, where Bich Ha Pan was killed on November 8, 2010, was in Unionville. This photograph does not show the house. Credit: Nath87 / Wikimedia Commons…

The Monster of Florence: Anatomy of an Unsolved Italian Nightmare

The garden of Pietro Pacciani's former house in Mercatale Val di Pesa, photographed in 2016. Pacciani was convicted in 1994, acquitted on appeal in 1996, and died in 1998 before a retrial. Credit: Sailko /…

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14 Musicians Convicted of Killing

Explore the dark side of fame with shocking true crime stories of musicians who killed. From Phil Spector's malice to Jim Gordon's madness, we uncover the chilling details.…

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The Katarzyna Zowada Homicide: Kraków’s Unsolved Skin Suit Case

In the icy waters of Poland’s Vistula River, the propeller of a tugboat snagged on a bundle of discarded human skin. It was January 6, 1999, and what authorities recovered from the river was……

Painting of a large crowd with tricolour and red flags outside the Paris Hotel de Ville in 1848.

The Gendered Blade: Women, Politics, and the Guillotine in the French Revolution

The guillotine, an invention of grim and rhythmic efficiency, stands as the enduring symbol of the French Revolution’s most violent chapter: the Reign of Terror. Conceived in the spirit of Enlightenment humanism as an……

Dmitry Luchin: A Crime of Imitation and Cruelty

Valdai, Novgorod Oblast, from the air, July 2018. Olga Budunova was killed in her apartment in the town. Credit: A.Savin / Wikimedia Commons (FAL). The Spectre of Milwaukee: Luchin’s Fixation on Jeffrey Dahmer The Trial…

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Herbert Mullin Killing Spree

Herbert William Mullin (April 18, 1947 to August 18, 2022) killed 13 people in Santa Cruz County and nearby Los Gatos, California, between October 13, 1972 and February 13, 1973. He said the killings……

Robert de Middlecote The Mad Monk: Was This England’s First Serial Killer?

Dive into the 14th-century case of Robert de Middlecote. This report separates the true history of a criminal monk from the chilling legend of England's first serial killer.…

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The Murder of Martha Moxley: Belle Haven, 1975, and a Case Without a Conviction

"Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented."…

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, a tall white office tower in downtown Los Angeles

O.J. Simpson Trial: Acquittal, Civil Liability and the Record

A Los Angeles jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995. A civil jury…

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The Crime Ledger: October 22, 2026

Verdicts, sentences, appeal rulings, charges and arrests from 43 countries in one worldwide edition. A retired NYPD detective is charged with murder…

The Crime Ledger: October 21, 2026

Verdicts, sentences, an execution, charges and arrests from 32 countries in one worldwide edition. Alabama's governor commutes Toforest Johnson's death sentence. Florida…