psychiatry and law

Apple TV+ 3-part docuseries about the December 8, 1980 murder of John Lennon outside the Dakota in Manhattan, and the investigation and conviction of Mark David Chapman.

HBO Max docuseries examining how street preacher Michael Woroniecki's religious teachings shaped the world of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in Houston in 2001.

A new true crime podcast from Crime+Investigation and Cue Podcasts dives into the psychology of stalkers, exploring their motives and potential for rehabilitation — told through journalist Ruchira Sharma's approach to an often-overlooked form of criminal behavior.

Escaping Utopia is a 2024 TVNZ+ documentary series exposing the systemic abuse, forced labour, and clandestine escapes from New Zealand's Gloriavale Christian Community cult.

Em Nome de Deus is a Globoplay documentary series about João de Deus, a self-proclaimed Brazilian medium convicted of rape and sexual abuse spanning four decades.

Crime+Investigation has released the podcast series 'Anatomy of A Stalker', in which journalist Ruchira Sharma investigates what drives stalkers and whether they can ever be rehabilitated.

The Sally McNeil case is a 1995 California homicide in which former Marine and bodybuilder Sally McNeil fatally shot her husband Ray with a shotgun in their Fallbrook home on Valentine's Day.

The Sarah Lawrence cult case is a US federal sex-trafficking and racketeering case in which Larry Ray manipulated and abused college students from 2010 until his 2020 arrest.

The Nick Firkus case is a solved Minnesota homicide in which Nicholas Firkus shot his wife Heidi in their St. Paul home in April 2010 and staged the scene as an intruder attack.

The Netflix documentary series tells the story of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping from her own home in Salt Lake City in 2002 and the nine months she spent in captivity under Brian David Mitchell.

The Narsaq massacre is a Greenlandic mass murder case in which Abel Klemmensen shot and killed seven people on New Year's night 1990 in the town of Narsaq.

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.

Netflix is releasing Season 2 of the popular true crime documentary series Worst Ex Ever, once again shining a light on love as a cover for manipulation, violence, and murder.

Award-winning Canadian podcast Uncover is launching a new series called The Expert Witness, in which host Sam Mullins investigates how artificial intelligence is transforming the justice system. The series examines what AI-generated evidence, algorithmic risk assessments and black-box decision-making mean for fairness, truth and human error in court. The Expert Witness is set to arrive in 2026 on Apple Podcasts and major podcast platforms.

On July 6, 2012, 16-year-old Skylar Neese of Morgantown, West Virginia, climbed out of her bedroom window and into a car with her two best friends — and was never seen alive again. A new Disney+ documentary series now reopens the case that shocked a nation.

A new investigative podcast series dives deep into complex lies surrounding pregnancy, violence, and manipulation. The series appeals to fans of in-depth true crime narratives.

Petra Fehre was shot in the head on the Inca Trail in Peru on August 11, 1997. Now ARD reconstructs the case that revealed her own husband was behind it—all for a 300,000 Deutsche Mark life insurance payout.

One of Germany's most shocking child abuse cases was uncovered at Campingplatz Emsland near Lügde in 2019, where two men systematically sexually abused at least 43 children over several years. Andreas V. and Mario S. exploited their positions to gain access to vulnerable children while authorities failed in their oversight. The case exposed massive systemic failures in child protection and local government oversight.

The Lügde scandal was uncovered in 2019 when German police discovered an extensive child abuse network operating in the small west German town of Lügde. The case resulted in convictions of multiple perpetrators and triggered widespread criticism of how German authorities had handled warnings and tip-offs. It is now considered one of the worst child abuse cases in modern German history.

Norbert Pöhlke, a German police officer and dog handler in Baden-Württemberg, killed eight people in the Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg region and carried out a series of bank robberies before taking his own life during the investigation.