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The Colosio assassination is a Mexican political homicide case from 1994, in which presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was shot dead at a campaign rally in Tijuana by Mario Aburto Martínez.

In 2021, an ordinary trade student from Aarhus, Denmark became the victim of a planned robbery that escalated into murder. A 21-year-old assailant attacked with an axe and knife over approximately one kilogram of cannabis—a case that reveals the brutal underside of Scandinavian drug culture.

A Danish true crime podcast has dedicated an episode to investigating cases involving a killer clown and a woman buried alive in a cardboard box. The Mørkeland podcast's coverage spans incidents allegedly occurring in Denmark, Australia, England, Shanghai, and Aarhus.

On the night of April 13, 2013, Daniel William Marsh—just 15 years old—broke into a Davis, California home and murdered married couple Claudia Maupin and Oliver Northup in their bed. The crime revealed a teenager with a documented obsession with torture and serial killing.

British stand-up comedian Edd Hedges premiered the limited series podcast Wisecrack on September 2, 2025, blending his comedy set with a true crime investigation into a double homicide in his English hometown. Emmy-nominated producer Jodi Tovay discovered Hedges' darkly comic routine at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and spent years uncovering the story behind it.

In 1982, punk and rock musician Billy Balls was shot dead in his East Village apartment by a man who burst through the door. His body then disappeared. Now, an award-winning podcast is investigating what really happened—and whether his death was covered up.