New York City

Who Killed Malcolm X? is a Netflix documentary series investigating the 1965 murder of civil-rights leader Malcolm X at Harlem's Audubon Ballroom and whether the men convicted were truly guilty.

Netflix docuseries about David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" serial killer who murdered and attacked victims across NYC in 1976–1977, featuring previously unheard 1980 prison recordings.

The assassination of Malcolm X is a 1965 American political murder case in which civil rights leader Malcolm X was shot dead on stage in Manhattan at age 39.

The Linda Napolitano case is a famous alleged alien abduction claim from November 30, 1989, in which a Manhattan woman said she was levitated from her 12th-floor apartment into a hovering craft above the Brooklyn Bridge.

Room 2806: The Accusation is a Netflix docuseries about the 2011 sexual assault accusation against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn by Guinean housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo at a Manhattan hotel.

Get Gotti is a Netflix documentary series about the federal investigation that dismantled John Gotti's reign over the Gambino crime family, ending in his 1992 conviction.

Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster is a Disney+/Hulu documentary special about Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano, Gambino crime family underboss who admitted to 19 murders and brought down John Gotti.

American Godfathers: The Five Families is a 2024 three-part documentary series covering the history of NYC's Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno, and Colombo crime families, streaming on Amazon.

The Son of Sam case was a serial shooting spree by David Berkowitz that killed six and wounded seven in New York City between July 1976 and July 1977.

A US civil case in which actor Anthony Rapp sued Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault in 1986 when Rapp was 14, ending in Spacey's acquittal in 2022.

Frank Olson was a U.S. Army biochemist who died falling from a New York hotel in 1953, nine days after the CIA secretly dosed him with LSD.

The Jennifer Levin case is a 1986 New York City homicide in which 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was strangled in Central Park by 19-year-old Robert Chambers, dubbed the 'Preppy Killer'.

The NCAA Basketball Corruption Scandal is a US federal bribery and wire-fraud case unsealed in 2017, in which Adidas executives, agents and assistant coaches paid to steer recruits to sponsored programs.

The Mafia Commission Trial was a landmark U.S. federal RICO prosecution (1985–1986) targeting the bosses of New York's Five Families for running the Mafia Commission as a criminal enterprise.

The Harvey Weinstein case is a series of US sexual assault prosecutions against the former Miramax producer, resulting in convictions in New York and California between 2020 and 2025.

The Sarma Melngailis case is a US financial-crime prosecution in which the celebrated vegan restaurateur behind Pure Food and Wine pleaded guilty to stealing more than $2 million from investors and employees.

The John Lennon murder is a solved 1980 American homicide in which Mark David Chapman shot and killed the former Beatle outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City.

The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme is a U.S. financial fraud case in which Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff defrauded thousands of investors for decades until his 2008 arrest in New York.

Explore New York City's darkest history on foot — from the 19th-century gang strongholds of Five Points to the terror of Son of Sam. Guided true crime tours take visitors to the real locations where infamous crimes unfolded.