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In July 2018, Danueal Drayton, a 27-year-old from Connecticut, was arrested in Los Angeles while holding a woman hostage. Police believe the Tinder user is responsible for multiple murders and sexual assaults across New York and California, with confessions to at least five additional killings still under investigation.

On February 8, 1983, a routine plumbing job in North London uncovered human remains that would lead to one of Britain's most disturbing serial murder cases. The discovery of Dennis Nilsen — and his confessed 15 victims — revealed critical gaps in how European police tracked predatory killers operating within urban anonymity.

Dennis Nilsen, a Scottish-born serial killer, murdered a minimum of 12 young men and boys in London between 1978 and 1983. His crimes went undetected for years until a plumber's discovery in February 1983 led to his arrest and eventual confession to one of Britain's most shocking killing sprees.

In late December 2019, Anthony Todt murdered his entire family in their Celebration, Florida home near Walt Disney World. The bodies of his wife Megan, sons Alek and Tyler, daughter Zoe, and their dog were discovered during a police raid linked to federal fraud charges.

Izabela Zablocka is a central figure in this episode of Grave Concerns, which investigates systemic failures in the British funeral industry. Her 15-year mystery and the subsequent murder conviction highlight a dangerous lack of regulation in the sector.

A new podcast series examines criminal activities plaguing Britain's funeral industry, beginning with the March 2024 police investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, where 35 bodies were discovered at the premises and two people were arrested on charges of fraud and preventing lawful burial.

Philip Patrick Westh, a 32-year-old marketing manager from Korsør, Denmark, was found guilty in June 2024 of murdering 17-year-old Emilie Meng in 2016—a case that remained unsolved for nearly a decade until advances in DNA technology and forensic investigation finally brought the perpetrator to justice.

In the early hours of September 13, 2016, a kidnapped woman lying next to her captor used his own phone to call 911 and whisper her location to police. Her call exposed Shawn Grate, a rural Ohio man who had systematically abducted, tortured, and murdered at least five women over more than a decade.

Ken Chew Wen Long, wanted in connection with multi-million-kroner fraud schemes across Scandinavia, is alleged to have targeted his own cleaning employee, convincing her to invest her life savings in a non-existent luxury rental company. The case is now the subject of a major international podcast investigation.

On 7 December 2003, Daniel James Morcombe, a 13-year-old from Palmwoods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, vanished while waiting at a bus stop. For eight years, his family and police pursued countless leads. Then, in August 2011, a confession changed everything.

A major investigative podcast from The New Yorker's Heidi Blake has launched a six-part examination of Britain's White House Farm murders, presenting evidence that could challenge Jeremy Bamber's four-decade conviction for killing five family members in 1985.

On 7 December 2003, Daniel Morcombe, 13, vanished from an unofficial bus stop near Woombye on Queensland's Sunshine Coast while waiting for a ride to buy Christmas presents. Nearly eight years later, an undercover police operation would finally lead to his killer and answers for his devastated family.

In September 2024, a Michigan circuit court judge issued a stunning $100 million default judgment against hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs after he failed to appear at a hearing. The plaintiff was Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, a 51-year-old inmate serving time for sexual assault and kidnapping, who claimed Combs had drugged and assaulted him at a 1997 Detroit-area afterparty. Days later, the judgment was vacated.

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 new five-part podcast exploring stalking's psychological roots is drawing international attention for its systematic breakdown of predatory patterns. Hosted by award-winning journalist Ruchira Sharma and featuring forensic psychologist Dr. Rachael Wheatley, 'Anatomy of a Stalker' identifies five distinct stalker typologies based on decades of clinical research.

On the night of 6–7 August 1985, five members of the Bamber family were shot dead at White House Farm near Tolleshunt D'Arcy in Essex, England. Jeremy Bamber was convicted of the murders in 1986, but his case remains mired in controversy, with claims of police misconduct and disputed evidence keeping the case in the public eye.

Jacob Wetterling was 11 years old when he vanished while cycling home from a convenience store in rural Minnesota in October 1989. Twenty-seven years later, DNA evidence and a confessional plea deal would finally reveal what happened to him—and podcasters would document every twist of this watershed case.

The Felon True Crime podcast examines some of Australia's most compelling criminal cases, including an ongoing manhunt for a dangerous suspect in the Lake Cargelligo triple shooting and the unresolved disappearance of a Belgian traveller in Tasmania.

Podcast 'Danske Drabssager' has released a new episode about a dark family tragedy from 1976, in which a father killed his entire family in a violent attack. Host Stine Bolther walks listeners through the case, which took place in a peaceful residential area of Denmark.

When the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp in 2002, it became the site of documented torture affecting approximately 780 men and boys from 48 countries. Over two decades later, verified interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and sexual assault remain central to understanding post-9/11 American detention practices.