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Your True Crime Obsession Could Be Hurting Your Mental Health
After a year on high alert, flooding your system with nerve-wracking entertainment may exacerbate problems in other areas of life.
'Murder Among the Mormons' Tells An Unbelievable Story of Faith and Fraud
The new Netflix docuseries covers the compelling backstory behind the bombings that shook Salt Lake City in 1985.
Netflix's Cecil Hotel Doc Attempts to Find Out What Happened to Elisa Lam
Infamous CCTV footage of her behaving bizarrely caught the attention of online sleuths who thought it was proof of paranormal activity. The reality is much more grim.
Our Fave Books from Taschen's Crazy Sale, From the NSFW to the Truly Trippy
It's the best weekend to buy art books for Tom of Finland stans, Hieronymous Bosch enthusiasts, and casual tentacle erotica fans alike.
Meet the Genetic Sleuths Solving Decades-Old Trans Murders
Using online DNA databases, Lee and Anthony Redgrave revived a 35-year-old case involving an unknown victim that police misidentified as male.
'Night Stalker' Is Netflix's Latest Serial Killer Doc
The true-crime series covers serial killer Richard Ramirez, and might be its most chilling yet.
What We Get Wrong About Serial Killers, According to an Expert
Dorothy Otnow Lewis's research into murderous urges is featured in 'Crazy, Not Insane,' a new HBO documentary from Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney.
What It's Like to Make a Documentary About Your Own Mother's Murder
We spoke to Madison Hamburg about his new HBO docuseries, 'Murder on Middle Beach,' which chronicles his mother's unsolved killing.
How 'Unsolved Mysteries' Picked the Cases for Its Second Season
From the strange death of a D.C. insider to post-tsunami ghosts, the Netflix reboot of the popular true crime show has no shortage of material.
True Crime Podcast ‘Super Evil’ Revisits the Philippines’ Most High-Profile Cases
The first season looks into a rape-murder case that convicted a former mayor of murdering two college students in the 90s.
Why So Many Celebrities Joined NXIVM, According to Cult Experts
HBO's docuseries 'The Vow' makes clear that NXIVM was filled with Hollywood types—but why was the cult so good at recruiting them?
The Horrific Crime That Changed WWE Forever
Chris Benoit's murder-suicide shocked the world. Nothing in wrestling – and sports in general – has been the same since.