The mask: “church lady,” daycare operator, trusted neighbor In Cordele, Georgia, Janie Lou Gibbs blended into the safest kind of small-town scenery: a mother, a churchgoing woman, and a caregiver who ran a daycare. People trusted her—because everything about her life looked ordinary, even admirable. That’s what makes this case so chilling for true crime listeners: the danger didn’t arrive from outside the home. It lived at the center of it. Between 1966 and 1967 , multiple

Evelyn Nesbit’s name became tabloid fuel after her husband, Harry K. Thaw, shot architect Stanford White on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden. This is the true story behind the scandal that helped invent America’s celebrity murder trial.

The Wimbledon kidnapping of Muriel McKay remains one of the most haunting unsolved crimes in British history, combining a high‑profile victim, a shocking case of mistaken identity, and a decades‑long search for her missing body. As true‑crime interest continues to grow, this case stands at the intersection of kidnapping, ransom, organized planning, and the emotional toll of an unresolved murder. Kidnapping in Wimbledon: Mistaken for Rupert Murdoch’s Wife On 29 December 1969,

A Body in the Ashes: Discovery in Lampblack Swamp The morning of December 26, 1907, dawned cold and gray over Harrison, New Jersey. Along the Passaic River, a local man cut across a stretch of wasteland—a grim patch of ash heaps, cinders, and marsh where industrial refuse met stagnant water. It was the kind of place where the city dumped what it didn’t want to see. There, in a shallow pool of filthy water, he saw her. The woman was completely naked, lying face-up in the blac

He walked onto a plane with a name that wasn’t his, ordered a bourbon and 7-Up, handed over a note saying he had a bomb, took $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and then—somewhere over the Pacific Northwest on a cold November night in 1971—stepped out the back of a Boeing 727 and vanished. No confirmed body. No confirmed parachute. No confirmed identity. The world knows him as D.B. Cooper —though he called himself Dan Cooper —and his hijacking of Northwest Orient Flight 305

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: What We Know, What We Still Debate. On the night of March 1, 1932, America’s most famous family suffered its...

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: What We Know, What We Still Debate. On the night of March 1, 1932, America’s most famous family suffered its...

The Hinterkaifeck Murders On a quiet Bavarian farmstead in 1922, six people were slaughtered in the dead of night. More than a century...

The Rise of Mary Rogers: Manhattan’s Enchanting Cigar Girl In the bustling heart of 1840s Manhattan, where cobblestone streets echoed...

Three Jolts to Justice: The Shocking Case of Michael G. Schiller A brutal backyard murder. A courtroom drama. And an electric chair that...

Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murder That Still Haunts Fall River On the morning of August 4, 1892, the quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts,...

Murder in Bel-Air: The Scorned Lover and the Houseboy. If there’s one thing Hollywood should know by now, don't mix business w/ pleasure

The Deadly Affair: The Laura Safford Miller Case In the winter of 1950, a dramatic and tragic tale of love, betrayal, and death unfolded...

The Chilling Halloween Night Murder of Peter Fabiano Halloween night is supposed to be a time for tricks, treats, and innocent fun. But...

John George Haigh: The Acid Bath Killer John George Haigh, a man whose suave demeanor and composed appearance belied the gruesome reality...

The Unsolved Mystery of Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?   April 18, 1943. A group of four boys make a gruesome discovery in Hagley Wood,...

Lizzie Halliday: The Worst Woman on Earth In the late 1800s, the tranquil landscapes of the Catskills in New York became the backdrop for...

The Hatfields and the McCoys: A Tale of Blood, Betrayal, and Vengeance In the rugged Appalachian Mountains, where the borders of...

The Fatal Nightcap: The Mysterious Death of Mary Marrs Cawein On the night of July 4, 1965, the Idle Hour Country Club in Lexington,...

The chilling true crime story of Susan Schwarz, the Queen of Hearts, from her 1979 murder to the breakthrough that solved the cold case.