internet sleuthing

Netflix documentary about John McAfee, the antivirus mogul who became the chief suspect in the 2012 murder of his Belize neighbor Gregory Faull and died in a Spanish prison in 2021.

HBO Max documentary about the Bling Ring, a group of LA teens who burglarized celebrity homes in 2008–2009, stealing over $3 million in property.

The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker is a Netflix documentary about Caleb 'Kai' McGillvary, the viral internet hero who was convicted of murdering New Jersey attorney Joseph Galfy in 2013.

Who Killed Jill Dando? is a Netflix documentary series about the 1999 shooting murder of beloved BBC presenter Jill Dando outside her London home — a case that remains unsolved.

Burden of Proof is an HBO documentary series investigating the 1987 disappearance of 15-year-old Jennifer Lynn Pandos from Williamsburg, Virginia, streaming on Max.

They Called Him Mostly Harmless is a 2024 Max documentary about the death and identification of an unnamed hiker found in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, later identified as Vance John Rodriguez.

The Caleb McGillvary case is a New Jersey murder in which viral internet figure 'Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker' beat 73-year-old attorney Joseph Galfy Jr. to death in May 2013.

In February 1957, Philadelphia police discovered the brutalized body of a young child abandoned in a cardboard box on a roadside. For 65 years, the victim remained unidentified—until advanced genetic genealogy techniques finally revealed his name: Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

The 1999 rape and murder of 16-year-old Marianne Vaatstra in rural Friesland remained unsolved for over a decade until Dutch investigators employed an unprecedented mass DNA screening of thousands of local men, ultimately leading to the 2012 arrest and conviction of Jasper Steringa.

Olof Palme was shot dead on a Stockholm street in 1986. A 34-year investigation ended with Stig Engström named as the prime suspect — but he died before charges could ever be filed.

On March 18, 1990, two men posing as Boston police officers walked into one of America's most prestigious museums and walked out with 13 masterpieces worth over $500 million. Three decades later, the perpetrators remain at large and not a single painting has been recovered.

Dr. Sneha Anne Philip, an internal medicine resident living near New York's World Trade Center, disappeared on the night of September 10, 2001—hours before the attacks that would reshape global security. Despite circumstantial details that point to a more complex narrative, she was officially declared a 9/11 victim. The case remains one of the least examined mysteries connected to that day.

In April 1988, 8-year-old April Tinsley disappeared while walking to a neighbor's house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Thirty years later, advances in DNA genealogy led to the arrest of John D. Miller, who confessed to raping and strangling the child.

After seven decades, DNA analysis has reportedly identified the Somerton Man found dead on an Adelaide beach in 1948 as Carl 'Charles' Webb, though South Australia Police await official confirmation of one of the world's most baffling unsolved cases.

Italian-American Ylenia Maria Sole Carrisi vanished on January 6, 1994, in New Orleans. The daughter of famous Italian singers was declared dead in 2014, but the mystery of her fate has never been solved.