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In Her Defence: Breach of Trust is a seven-episode investigative podcast from The Globe and Mail, launching September 8, 2026, covering the case of Regina police officer Sgt. Robert Semenchuck.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fear Thy Neighbor is an Investigation Discovery anthology series profiling real neighbor disputes across the US and Canada that escalated into violence and murder, streaming on Hulu and Philo.

Alissa Marie Turney disappeared on May 17, 2001, from Phoenix, Arizona at age 17. Her stepfather Michael Turney was charged with second-degree murder in 2020 but the case ended without conviction.

The Chris Brown assault case is a 2009 felony domestic violence case in which singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in Los Angeles.

The Crystal Theobald case is a 2006 mistaken-identity gang shooting in Riverside, California, where a 24-year-old mother was killed in a drive-by attack later solved through her family's MySpace investigation.

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 Bling Ring was a California burglary crew of teenagers and young adults led by Rachel Lee and Nick Prugo who stole from celebrity homes across Los Angeles County between October 2008 and August 2009.

The Kaitlyn Arquette case is a 1989 American murder in which 18-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette, daughter of author Lois Duncan, was shot in her car in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Boy Scouts of America abuse scandal is a decades-long nationwide pattern of child sexual abuse involving 92,700 claims, resolved through a $2.46 billion bankruptcy settlement in April 2023.

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.

This 2020 true crime book examines the case of Emilie Meng, a 17-year-old who vanished without a trace in July 2016 and was later found dead. Authors Bo Norström Weile and Jesper Vestergaard Larsen review the case's mysteries and unanswered questions.

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.

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.

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.

Carl Patton murdered multiple victims across three decades in Georgia, dumping bodies in the Flint River and evading justice until DNA evidence linked him to the crimes in the early 2000s.