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True Crime
Carefully sourced true crime reporting focused on victims, evidence, investigations and the public record.
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Researched reporting
Lake Bodom Murders: The Tent Before Sunrise
The Lake Bodom murders killed three teenagers in 1960. Review campsite evidence, lost items and Nils Gustafsson’s acquittal without treating theory as…
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Researched reporting
Zodiac Killer: The Murderer Who Wrote Back
The Zodiac killer linked attacks to letters, ciphers and a piece of Paul Stine’s shirt. Review the confirmed cases, claims and evidence…
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Researched reporting
The Phantom Who Came After Dark: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders
The Texarkana Moonlight Murders terrified a border city in 1946. Examine the attacks, testimony, main suspect and uncertainty about the Starks farmhouse.
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Researched reporting
Axeman of New Orleans: The Letter That Demanded Jazz
The Axeman of New Orleans attacked homes in 1918–1919. Examine the crimes, prejudice, disputed series and jazz letter without treating its authorship…
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Researched reporting
The Midnight Assassin: Austin’s Servant Girl Murders
The Servant Girl Murders killed eight people in Austin in 1884–1885. Read the documented case with victims’ names, contemporary records and unproved…
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Researched reporting
The Monster in the Tuscan Hills: The Monster of Florence
The Monster of Florence case links eight double murders across 1968–1985. Follow the ballistic evidence, convictions, acquittals and limits of the court…