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DRTV documentary about the 2018 discovery of a baby skeleton in a storage loft on Prinsesse Maries Allé, Frederiksberg — a case police closed without charges after dating the remains to 1938–1954.

Chompoo: Lost & Forgotten is a Netflix Thailand true crime documentary about the 2020 abduction and murder of 3-year-old Orawan 'Nong Chompoo' Wongsricha in Mukdahan, Thailand.

Britain's Darkest Taboos is a reality documentary series covering multiple shocking crimes — murder, arson, and abuse — committed within families and relationships across Britain, streaming on Pluto TV and Prime Video.

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of killing her four infant children in New South Wales, Australia. After nearly 20 years behind bars, she was pardoned in 2023 when new genetic evidence recast the entire case in a different light.

Marianne Bachmeier shot and killed Klaus Grabowski in a Lübeck courtroom on 6 March 1981. Grabowski was on trial for the rape and murder of Bachmeier's seven-year-old daughter Anna. The act shocked West Germany and made headlines around the world.

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.

A Danish true crime podcast has examined a disturbing case involving a woman accused of killing multiple newborns over several years using sleeping pills. The episode, part of the Danske Drabssager series, features expert analysis from psychiatric specialists.

Founded in the late 1960s by former pastor David Brandt Berg, the Children of God grew into a global organization with an estimated 10,000 members by the 1970s. Operating across 70 countries, the group systematized child sexual abuse under religious doctrine, leaving survivors with lifelong trauma.

On May 11, 2011, six-year-old Timmothy James Pitzen was withdrawn from his Illinois school by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who claimed a family emergency. Three days later, Amy was found dead from suicide with a note stating the boy was safe but would never be found. More than a decade on, Timmothy remains missing.

On Christmas morning 1945, fire broke out at the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five children vanished without a trace, their remains never found — and despite an official ruling of accident, the family always suspected arson.