True crime
Vox’s coverage of true crime news.
Are they harming the investigation — or just doing the same thing as CNN?
The world is aging out of killing one another.
If Amanda Knox’s tale is twisted, it’s worth asking who twisted it.
Without a trial in the Idaho student murders, a wave of true crime media seeks to supply answers.
The Diddy trial ended in (mostly) a win for the music mogul. How did that happen?
What the Idaho student murder investigation tells us about how criminal justice should work.
How the mysterious death of a Boston cop led to an intense trial, a media circus, and a referendum on policing.
Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving. New legal counsel and evidence might explain why.
What is “coercive control”?
Ted Kaczynski’s apocalyptic vision still has a following, 30 years later.
Netflix’s new docuseries Gone Girls delivers a scathing verdict on the investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders.
Hulu’s Good American Family makes docudrama out of her harrowing story, and fails her in the process.
What bonds Gabby Petito, Osama bin Laden, and Waco — according to true crime marketers.
How Crime Junkie built its true crime empire atop an ethical minefield
Casey Anthony has started a Substack and TikTok touting her role as a “legal advocate.”
The Zizians, explained.
The Hawaii resident’s disappearance became a viral internet mystery. That may have made things worse.
28 years after the murder, a new Netflix docuseries has us questioning what we think we know.
What to understand about the infamous ransom note, from Patsy Ramsey to the intruder theory.
The investigation into the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams sums up the messy state of true crime.
The Menendez murders seemed inexplicable. They’re not anymore.
Monsters could have been a nuanced look at abuse. Instead, it’s sleazy tabloid drama.
The back-and-forth over a wildly rare appeal is a win for victim’s rights.
The Innocence Project has taken on Scott Peterson. But there are limits to reasonable doubt.
Writer-star Richard Gadd denies that Fiona Harvey is the basis for the complicated character.
The show that helped free Adnan Syed completely upended how much the average person knows about US legal and prison systems.
Jennifer Pan allegedly hired hitmen to kill her parents in 2010. But the case is in limbo.
Leave Gypsy alone!
We still don’t know how to talk about Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau.
It took six countries, 18 years, and a litany of lies, but Natalee Holloway and Stephany Ramirez both have justice.
A surprise arrest after a 13-year investigation shocked the true crime community — and relieved New Yorkers.
What the viral story of a missing Alabama woman says about all of us.
After two missing children, a quadruple homicide, and the darkest of true crimes. Lori Vallow finally receives her sentence.
A former classmate of Buster Murdaugh died eight years ago in a hit-and-run. The suspicious death is now officially a homicide.
After a lengthy, dramatic trial, the saga of the Murdaugh murders came to a swift conclusion.
A pair of real-life murders bookend this series starring Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett.
The knotty but triumphant role true crime played in the case of Adnan Syed, subject of the 2014 podcast Serial.
True crime has made huge strides in centering the victim. But we keep getting series like the Netflix docudrama.
Domestic violence deaths are preventable. We asked experts how to stop them.
Web sleuthing was a tricky true crime hobby. Then Gabby Petito went missing.