mass murder

49 Pulses

49 Pulses is a 2017 documentary film by Charlie Minn about the Pulse nightclub terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people on June 12, 2016.

Amityville Horror House

Amityville Horror House is an HBO Max documentary series about the 1974 DeFeo family massacre at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, NY — the real crime behind the horror mythos.

Lori Vallow Daybell — Doomsday Mom Murders

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.

Karl Hass & the Ardeatine Caves Massacre — War Crime Conviction

The Karl Hass case is an Italian war crimes prosecution of SS officer Karl Hass for his role in the murder of 335 civilians at the Ardeatine Caves near Rome on March 24, 1944.

2017 Barcelona & Cambrils Attacks — Coordinated Jihadist Terror

The 2017 Barcelona and Cambrils attacks are a coordinated Islamist terror case in which a 12-member cell killed 16 people and injured over 100 across two Spanish cities on August 17–18, 2017.

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle is a 2018 four-part documentary series about Jim Jones and the 1978 Peoples Temple massacre in Guyana, killing more than 900 people.

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown

Three-part docuseries on Disney+/Hulu covering the Peoples Temple massacre led by Jim Jones, in which 918 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, on 18 November 1978.

The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre

Geoff Plunkett reconstructs the March 1973 firebombing of Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub, in which fifteen people died in one of the worst mass murders in Australian history. The book examines the arson attack, the deeply contested convictions of two men, the compelling questions about criminal conspiracy and the decades of lingering doubt about full responsibility.

While Idaho Slept

J. Reuben Appelman reports on the shocking November 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus house and the nationwide manhunt that eventually led to the arrest of PhD student Bryan Kohberger. The book chronicles the early investigation, the community's prolonged fear and the forensic DNA evidence and cellphone data that cracked the case.

Columbine

Dave Cullen's definitive account systematically dismantles the myths and media distortions surrounding the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre, closely examining the psychology of the two killers and the failed police response. Drawing on a decade of research, the book stands as the most rigorous, evidence-based study of mass school shootings and their cultural aftermath.

LeBaron, Muerte en la Tierra Prometida

LeBaron, Muerte en la Tierra Prometida is a ViX documentary series about the brutal 2019 massacre of three women and six children from the LeBaron, Langford, and Miller families in Sonora, Mexico.

The Lockerbie Bombing — Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland

The Lockerbie bombing destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground in history's deadliest act of aviation terrorism against the U.S.