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The Lori Vallow Daybell case is a solved multi-state murder conspiracy in which an Idaho mother and her husband killed her two children and his first wife, driven by apocalyptic religious beliefs.

Depp v. Heard is a landmark U.S. civil defamation case in which actor Johnny Depp sued ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, resulting in a $10.35M jury verdict for Depp.

The Anthony Templet case is a Louisiana homicide in which a 17-year-old shot and killed his father Burt Templet on June 3, 2019, citing years of abuse and isolation.

The CBS podcast Post Mortem delves into the case of Jade Janks, convicted of murdering her stepfather Tom Merriman after discovering intimate photos of herself on his computer.

British true crime podcast They Walk Among Us revisits a double murder committed in 1991 in Tetbury, England — a case involving domestic violence, mental illness, and a confession that stunned the local community.

A popular true crime podcast has featured the case of Nancy Metayer Bowen, a 38-year-old Florida vice mayor found dead in her home in April 2026. The episode, which aired internationally, examines her death as a domestic violence homicide and the subsequent arrest of her husband.

From spy poisonings and serial predators to financial scandals and missing persons, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for true crime documentary filmmaking. Here are six titles already generating serious buzz.

In late December 2019, Anthony Todt murdered his entire family in their Celebration, Florida home near Walt Disney World. The bodies of his wife Megan, sons Alek and Tyler, daughter Zoe, and their dog were discovered during a police raid linked to federal fraud charges.

In November 2012, Cari Farver vanished from Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief relationship with Dave Kroupa. What followed was an unprecedented case of digital impersonation: thousands of harassing messages sent from Farver's phone over three years—not by her, but by her killer.

Harry Gunn murdered his ex-girlfriend Alice Ruggles on September 25, 2016, in Gateshead, England, after months of obsessive stalking that included demands for location proof and outfit approval. His conviction exposed a pattern of escalating coercive control that ended in tragedy.

On December 14, 2023, Kristil Krug, 43, was found brutally murdered in her Broomfield, Colorado garage. Her husband, Daniel Bartholomew Krug, 44, had spent two months impersonating her ex-boyfriend online before executing a meticulously planned killing designed to frame an innocent man.