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Murder in Apartment 12 is a 7-episode Dateline/NBC News podcast hosted by Keith Morrison, covering the killing of Arkansas beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer and the three trials that followed.

I august–november 2016 dræbte Khalil Wheeler-Weaver tre kvinder i Essex County, New Jersey, og overlevede et fjerde offer et seksuelt overfald og forsøg på mord.

American Monster is a documentary series streaming on The Roku Channel that profiles real killers and kidnappers who led ordinary lives, exposing their crimes through home video and dramatization.

The podcast series True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation dives deep into the FBI's pursuit of one of America's most methodical serial killers and questions whether investigators made the most of the time they had.

True Crime Society has made a previously paywalled episode about the murder of Texas man Austin Kanuch publicly available, following a request from one of the victim's friends. Kanuch, a father of three, was killed in September 2023. The episode originally aired exclusively for Patreon subscribers in January 2026 before being released to the general public in May 2026.

Shea Briar was found murdered in her home in Evansville, Indiana, in 2003. The case shocked the local community and remained unsolved for many years before investigators reopened it using new technology and DNA analysis.

Christian Gerhartsreiter was a German con artist who lived under more than twenty false identities across the United States for three decades, most notably as Clark Rockefeller, a purported member of the famous Rockefeller family. In 2012, he was convicted of murdering John and Marlene Sohus in Los Altos Hills, California in 1985, crimes he had concealed through his elaborate web of fabricated identities.

From FBI profilers to investigative journalists, these five books bring readers inside the minds and crimes of serial killers — offering unflinching accounts of how monsters operate, how they are caught, and what drives them.

From the fog-covered streets of 1800s Chicago to the sun-drenched highways of California, America's serial killers have haunted the national consciousness for generations. Selected by the truecrime.news editorial team as the cases that most profoundly shaped modern true crime, this list spans over a century of predatory violence — each killer leaving an indelible mark on law enforcement, popular culture, and the way America understands evil.

Keith Raniere, founder of the self-help organization Nxivm, was convicted in June 2019 on all seven counts of racketeering, sex trafficking, and fraud. The Waterford, New York resident received a 120-year prison sentence in October 2020 for leading an enterprise that systematically victimized women.