The grave of Jose and Kitty Menendez in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey, February 2025

The Menendez Brothers Case: Murders, Abuse Claims and the Justice System

Case file: TDSH-CF-1989-USA. Updated: October 16, 2026. On the night of August 20, 1989, Jose Menendez, 45, and his wife, Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, 47, were shot to death in the den of their home…

Santa Muerte Cartel, Narcocultura and Ritual Violence

Santa Muerte is a widely venerated Mexican folk saint associated with protection, healing, and everyday hardship. While millions of lawful devotees follow her, drug cartels and criminal networks have also appropriated her imagery within……

Vintage paperback cover titled Cult Killers with a pentagram and portrait photos.

Cult Killers: Re-examining Homicide, Extremism, and Moral Panic in the 1980s

Introduction: Context and Catalyst The 1980s in the United States were a decade of profound social and cultural anxiety, marked by a palpable sense of unease lurking beneath a surface of economic prosperity and Cold…

Illustrated map on rash of axe murders in New Orleans, 1919. see en:Axeman of New Orleans for details.

The Nightmarish Reign of the Axeman in New Orleans

Between 1918 and 1919, New Orleans was terrorized by a notorious serial killer known as the Axeman. From May 1918 to October 1919, he struck unpredictably, leaving a string of victims in his wake. Despite…

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…