Forensics

true-crime-explainer

The streaming series The Staircase dramatizes the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the criminal investigation that followed. In real life, novelist Michael Peterson called 91...

case studies

Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British university student, was found murdered in her shared apartment in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007. Multiple people were investigated and...

forensic-biology

A corpse is the body of a deceased human or animal after circulation and metabolism cease. In forensic contexts, a corpse most often refers to human remains subject to examinati...

crime-investigations

In December 1996, the murder of six-year-old beauty pageant contestant JonBenet Ramsey shocked the United States and raised enduring questions about crime, media, and family. Fo...

Status Updates

JonBenét Ramsey’s body was discovered in the basement of her family’s Boulder, Colorado home in the early morning of December 26, 1996. She had suffered a severe skull frac...

Television & Film

This curated guide focuses on well-made, thoughtful television and film about serial killers, prioritizing careful storytelling, forensic insight, and ethical context. It is des...

forensics

The 9/11 autopsy reports are among the most significant and emotionally charged medical investigations in modern history. Conducted primarily by New York City medical examiners...

true crime

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender known as the Killer Clown for his community persona as a children’s entertainer. Between 1972 and 1978, Gacy kil...

Guides And Explainers

The question "what was found in diddy socks" emerged from public interest in high-profile legal matters involving fashion items as potential evidence. In notable federal investi...

true crime

In 1928, Albert Fish kidnapped, murdered, and cannibalized Grace Budd, a teenager he lured under the pretense of a fake job offer. This verified explainer outlines the sequence...