Well into the late 1950s, newsstand sales for Crime Does Not Pay remained strong, but there were other problems. An uptight ...

A street in Whitechapel: the last crime of Jack the Ripper, from "Le Petit Parisien," 1891. Jack the Ripper is the subject of one of the top true crime books of all time. True crime can run the gamut ...

Sarah Koenig poses with her award for top true crime podcast "Serial" at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony. Like true crime books, the best true crime podcasts plunge you into a world of murder, ...

Crime has always been a subject of fascination. In colonial New England, pamphlets on murders were handed out, featuring recaps of crimes and trials, plus any last words criminals uttered before they ...

Before true crime had its recent resurgence in American popular culture, I began investigating the murder of Lance Herndon, a Black man. In the spring of 2001, I was working as a magazine writer in ...

A viral "true crime" story was actually made up, generated by A.I. Reporter Henry Larson explores the ethical questions raised by this new frontier of content. AUTOMATED VOICE: Today, we uncover the ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: True crime is wildly popular—but at what cost? Journalist and author Kate Winkler Dawson joins The Excerpt to explore the ethical dilemmas behind the genre, ...

In November 2007, a British college student named Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death at her rented flat in Perugia, Italy. You probably don't remember this, or if you do, you're not sure why. The ...

From con artists to serial killers, here are the most compelling true crime docuseries and why they’re essential viewing. True crime documentaries about kids are hard to stomach, but this series ...

There has never been a better time to be a fan of true crime. Ever since the first season of "Serial" took the podcasting world by storm, studios and creators around the entertainment industry ...

Do you find yourself drawn to dark documentaries? Are you captivated by your local unsolved crime case? Does the idea of a day with a remote control and Lifetime television give you goose bumps of ...