True crime
Vox’s coverage of true crime news.
Netflix has an overwhelming number of true crime shows. Here are the best series on the list.
HBO’s dramatized series uses its methodical pace to fully confront the murder of Kim Wall.
Murder Among the Mormons should have been all about obsessive Mormon book nerds instead of its dweeby killer.
Cult hit RedHanded balances the appeal of true crime storytelling with progressive politics — and a lot of charm. We talked to its hosts.
This riveting docuseries explores why police failed for years to catch Peter Sutcliffe.
To be a true crime fan is to have a troubled dependence on the police.
Murder, delusions of grandeur, dark rituals, brainwashing — these cults did it all.
Dr. Death season 1 is a story about nightmarish systemic collapse disguised as a story about a sociopath.
The gripping new documentary is a harrowing portrait of a family prior to its own annihilation.
Dateline’s first narrative true crime podcast is a jawdropping story of greed — and a deeply fallible justice system.
Tiger King is just one bizarre story out of many of animal exploitation breeding chaos.
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez remains on the outside of its story.
The longtime death row inmate could still face an unprecedented seventh trial — at the hands of the prosecutor who racially discriminated against him.
True crime podcasts work to demystify dangerous men. Here’s how to follow their lead on “charming predators.”
The deep dive into the case Serial made famous tries to be nuanced and sensitive, but can’t get past its pro-Syed bias.
The new true crime documentary series demonstrates that even after his death, Ted Bundy runs his own show.
Serial’s third season isn’t (just) about a murder, and that’s a good thing.
Here are five podcasts and other looks into the case for the true crime junkie.
A former police officer is a suspect in one of America’s most famous serial killer cases.
Kick off your summer with a host of easily digestible, entertaining listens.
HBO’s true crime doc explores the real-life horror of Munchausen by proxy.
The latest project from the Serial team is a brilliant, complex, and incredibly invasive deep dive into one man’s life.
Children of color go missing more often than white children, but their cases receive less news coverage.
In 2014, two girls stabbed a classmate over an urban legend. This new documentary goes deep on why.
Over its eight episodes, the series evolves into a memorial to America’s lost women.
Amanda Knox kissed her boyfriend at the worst possible moment. The aftermath is a dark tale of sexism, slut shaming, and tabloid mythmaking.