The past four seasons of Very Scary People have examined just that. Some very scary people indeed. Some of America’s scariest, not to mention most infamous, in fact. When the new season premieres on its new home, Investigation Discovery, on Sunday, April 16, that trend will continue, starting with theContinue Reading
Wow. What a buzz-worthy week for true crime-inspired dramas starring killer leading ladies. First came word of HBO Max’s Love & Death miniseries based on the 1980 ax murder of Betty Gore by her friend and fellow church member, Candace Montgomery. Elizabeth Olsen takes on the role of Montgomery. ThenContinue Reading
A man is found stabbed and burned alive in his Colorado Springs apartment. But who did it, and why? Lt. Joe Kenda and his team find themselves at a standstill. But then a string of unexplained murders begins to plague the community. Kenda uncovers a similarity between the crime scenesContinue Reading
The two-hour special, The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes, was among the titles highlighted in information about the new specials, series, and seasons premiering on ID this October. We didn’t know much about it aside from the fact that it would premiere on ID on Sunday, October 23 at 9/8cContinue Reading
Scream: The True Story premieres on discovery+ the same day that the new Scream movie releases in theaters: Friday, January 14, 2022. Like they did for Ed Gein: The Real Psycho, Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza team up to explore a case of another horror movie-inspiring serial killer who mayContinue Reading
There are a couple of reasons Netflix’s newest true crime docuseries, Catching Killers, is so binge-able. For one thing, it’s short, only four episodes. Well, technically three because one of the cases is a two-part episode. However, the number one reason Catching Killers is so absorbing is because of theContinue Reading
New Orleans abounds with vampire stories. There’s even one about a pair of men known as the Carter Brothers, who some say were arrested in the 1930s for being serial killers, confessed to being vampires, and were executed. Allegedly their ghosts still haunt the French Quarter to this day. This isContinue Reading
The drama series One Tree Hill sometimes included plotlines that touched on true crime (ie. attempted murders, stalkers, and hostage situations). However, one of its leads, Chad Michael Murray, pretty much stuck to playing the “good son” Lucas Scott. He then went on to other roles, including Edgar Evernever, theContinue Reading
The iconic psychopaths featured in the blockbuster movies Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Psycho were not just fictitious villains. They were inspired by a real-life personification of evil —Ed Gein. Gein was a convicted murderer and grave robber who had a malicious obsession with human flesh.Continue Reading
In 2019, I wondered what Zak Bagans would do with the LaBianca murder house after he snatched it up. (The house at 3301 Waverly Drive in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, had barely been on the market three weeks when he bought it.) Today I got an answer after seeingContinue Reading
The Zodiac Killer first struck in December 1968. The infamous serial killer sent his first letters to three papers in 1969. They all included a part of a 408-symbol cryptogram, which was cracked within a week. However, a few months later, papers received another cipher, this time containing 340 characters.Continue Reading
Have you ever heard of the Torso Murderer? I thought it sounded familiar when it first came up in “Phantom Hand,” the premiere episode for season 2 of The Holzer Files. However, when I looked into it more I realized I was probably confusing it with the Torso Killer. BothContinue Reading
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