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Claudia Hoerig skød og dræbte sin amerikanske mand, flyofficer Jeff Hoerig, i deres hjem i Ohio i 2007 og flygtede derefter til Brasilien, hvor hun beskyttedes af brasiliansk lovgivning mod udlevering af egne statsborgere — en sag der udløste en diplomatisk og juridisk kamp på tværs af to kontinenter.

John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys in suburban Chicago between 1972 and 1978, burying most victims beneath his own home.

Scott Kimball præsenterede sig selv som succesfuld forretningsmand og familiemedlem, men bag facaden skjulte sig en seriemorderen, der i perioden 2000–2004 dræbte mindst fire personer i Colorado og omegn — heriblandt sin egen stedfar og niece.

The BBC documentary 'Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers' investigates serial murderer Aileen Wuornos' life, the motivation behind her seven killings, and how society's treatment of her influenced her descent into violence.

Grave Line Tours fører turister gennem Charles Mansons Los Angeles og udforsker byen gennem kriminelle historier fra det mørke fortid.

In 1980s Miami, cocaine cartels smuggled 75 tons of drugs and made billions. Today, guided tours take you through the streets where it all happened.

Boston's true crime walking tours bring the city's darkest chapter to life — tracing the 1960s killing spree attributed to Albert DeSalvo through the streets of one of America's oldest cities.

In 1692, twenty people were executed in Salem, Massachusetts. Today, guided walking tours retrace the exact streets where hysteria became lethal.

From the 1834 LaLaurie torture chambers to a post-Katrina cannibal case, New Orleans offers some of the darkest walking tours in America.

On November 17, 2019, Jens Söring was released from Augusta Correctional Center in Virginia after serving 33 years for a double murder he still denies. Two days later, he was deported to Germany. His alleged crime: helping his then 19-year-old girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom kill her parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, in their Bedford County home. The problem: Söring has maintained his innocence every single day since March 1985.

David Anthony Burke, the 21-year-old American pop singer known as D4vd, has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The girl's remains were discovered in September 2025 in an abandoned Tesla registered under the musician's name in Los Angeles.

Black Girl Gone launched approximately five years ago with a focused mission: to investigate and humanize cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls who have been overlooked by mainstream media. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms, the podcast has published nearly 300 episodes of in-depth true crime storytelling.

Henry Lee Lucas confessed to around 600 murders between 1983 and 1985, but investigators later determined most were fabrications. The case exposed dangerous interrogation practices that allowed a convicted killer to manipulate law enforcement across multiple states.

Reshona Landfair, 41, testified anonymously as "Jane Doe" in R. Kelly's pivotal 2022 federal trial in Chicago. In February 2026, she publicly revealed her identity and published a memoir detailing three decades of grooming, abuse, and survival—breaking silence that began when she was introduced to Kelly at age 13.

On January 23, 1989, serial killer Ted Bundy gave his final interview to Reverend Dr. James Dobson, approximately 16 hours before his execution by electrocution in Florida. In a roughly one-hour conversation, Bundy discussed the antecedents to his violent behavior and made controversial claims about what drove his crimes.

In May 2015, Leah Martin, a 22-year-old mother and receptionist, vanished from Graham, Texas. Her body was discovered months later in a shallow grave in a coworker's backyard, sparking a murder investigation that would expose a conspiracy among three men and become the subject of an Oxygen network true crime series.

On October 16, 2001, Corporal Michael Douglas Beverly of the Chester Police Department was shot multiple times in the face and chest while standing outside his unmarked car in the Highland Gardens neighborhood of Pennsylvania. His killer was Maurice Day, an 18-year-old he had been mentoring to keep away from the streets.

When Bernard Madoff confessed to running a massive Ponzi scheme in December 2008, his personal secretary of 25 years became an unlikely hero. Eleanor Squillari's three-year cooperation with the FBI—documented in the 2013 film 'In God We Trust'—exposed the inner workings of a $65 billion fraud that devastated thousands of investors worldwide.

Unfiltered violent crime imagery—including stabbings and political assassinations—spreads automatically through social media feeds without user search or consent. New research from Scandinavia reveals how algorithmic systems systematically distribute graphic criminal content, raising urgent questions about psychological harm and the integrity of criminal investigations.

From the UK's first DNA conviction in 1988 to cases solved in 2025, DNA profiling has revolutionised how law enforcement identifies and prosecutes offenders. These landmark cases reveal both the power of genetic evidence and the dangers of contamination.