When Music Turns Deadly

A comprehensive index documents 22 major homicide cases involving musicians, producers, and music-industry figures spanning six decades. Covering cases ranging from targeted assassinations and robberies to domestic violence, the archive separates confirmed legal convictions,……

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 Servant Girl Annihilator

The Servant Girl Annihilator case terrorized Austin in 1884–1885. Explore the eight commonly linked deaths, victims, evidence, suspects and why the murders remain unsolved.…

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…

Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer: Crimes, Capture and Psychology

A comprehensive investigative report on Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, Kill) serial killer. Explore detailed crime scene analysis, a psychological profile, the decades-long investigation, and the digital forensics that led to his capture.…

Greenwich Harbor in Connecticut on a clear day, with wooden pilings in the foreground and boats moored across the water

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…

The George Washington Bridge seen from the Manhattan shore of the Hudson River

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…