Cold Case

crime_and_forensics

Rodney Alcala, known as the dating game killer, was arrested in 2018 and convicted of murder for killing women in New York and California in the 1970s and 1980s. This evergreen...

true-crime

Tupac Shakur was shot on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after attending the Mike Tyson–Evander Holyfield fight. He died six days later on September 13, 1996. No one...

criminal-investigation

The term Virginia Parkway murders refers to a series of homicides linked to Virginia State Route 169, commonly called the Virginia Parkway, in the Hampton Roads region of Virgin...

law

Old crimes refer to offenses committed in the past that remain legally and socially significant despite the passage of time. These incidents may range from minor violations to s...

true-crime-explainer

On June 2, 2018, Dan Brophy, a beloved teacher and small-business owner in Boulder, Colorado, was fatally shot at his neighborhood grocery store, Nor-Mar Market. The attack appe...

missing-persons

The following table summarizes verifiable details about Maura Murray and the circumstances immediately following her disappearance.

true-crime

Maria Ridulph was a seven-year-old girl who disappeared from a neighborhood near Freeport, Illinois, in December 1957 and was found murdered months later. Her case became one of...

true-crime

The death of JonBenet Ramsey, a six-year-old child found deceased in her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado on December 26, 1996, became a major criminal case that drew sustai...

true-crime

New information in high-profile cold cases often circulates before confirmation; this evergreen explainer focuses on evidence that meets a higher bar. For the Zodiac Killer, new...

true-crime

The phrase “Monster of Florence” refers to a serial killer active in the Italian countryside from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, primarily around Florence. This everg...