Crime
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Melissa McCarthy Is Patsy Ramsey in Netflix’s ‘The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey’ and Shares Her Theory on the Case
Nearly 30 years after 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in her family’s basement, the case still has no resolution — and Melissa McCarthy, who plays Patsy Ramsey in Netflix’s upcoming limited series, has made up her own mind about who wasn’t to blame. After stepping into the role, McCarthy says her gut tells her…
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While the Lindsay Clancy Trial Gripped the Country, at Least 7 Men Killed Members of Their Own Families and Almost No One Learned Their Names
While the nation followed every development in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, a very different set of cases played out almost entirely in silence. From July 24 through Aug. 31, 2026, seven men killed or were suspected of killing members of their own families in separate cases across six states — and most of their names…
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What Became of Lizzie Borden After Her Murder Trial?
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story ends by offering a dramatized answer to who killed Andrew and Abby Borden. The historical record leaves that question unresolved. Lizzie Borden left court a free woman in June 1893, but suspicion followed her for the remaining 34 years of her life. No one else was convicted of killing her…
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Dear Zachary (2008) Begins as a Love Letter and Turns Into a Crushing Tragedy
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) began as a home-movie love letter to Zachary Turner, the infant son of Kurt Kuenne’s murdered childhood friend, Dr. Andrew Bagby. Kuenne set out to assemble interviews and old footage so the boy could one day know the kind, funny man his father was.…
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9 Experienced Hikers, Bones Broken Like a Car Crash, and Nobody Else’s Footprints in the Snow
In the winter of 1959, nine experienced hikers set out on one of the Soviet Union’s hardest winter routes. They were skilled, well-prepared, and their final diary entries showed no sign of distress. Then something drove all nine of them to abandon the shelter and equipment they needed to survive temperatures as low as -40°F…
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Did the Maid Kill Lizzie Borden’s Father and Stepmother?
Bridget “Maggie” Sullivan was the only person besides Lizzie Borden known to be at the Borden home when Andrew and Abby Borden were killed on August 4, 1892. That fact has kept the family’s live-in maid at the center of an alternate theory about the still-unsolved Fall River murders. Abby was struck about 18 or…
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Lizzie Borden Was Acquitted of an Ax Murder 130 Years Ago. The Internet Still Isn’t Convinced
In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to pieces with an axe in their own home in Fall River, Massachusetts — Andrew struck roughly 10 times as he napped on the couch, Abby even more upstairs. The prime suspect: Andrew’s own daughter, Lizzie, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher with a bitter relationship with…
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The Man Netflix’s ‘Death of a Pastor’s Wife’ Painted as John-Paul Miller’s Right-Hand Man Says He Barely Knew Him
“I never witnessed John Paul abuse Mica,” Mark Kaufman wrote in a statement addressing nearly every role Netflix’s “Death of a Pastor’s Wife” put him in. “Had I witnessed abuse or believed that Mica was in danger, I would not have ignored it.” Kaufman gave the statement to Florida creator Robbie Harvey, who has covered…
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The Killer in ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Is Probably Inspired by a Frightening ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Segment from 1991
Few horror films feel as unsettling as the ones rooted in something real. The killer in “Jeepers Creepers” may be a supernatural creature, but the terror at the heart of the story likely came from a true crime — one that played out on a 1991 episode of “Unsolved Mysteries” and needed no supernatural elements…
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A New Docuseries on OJ Simpon’s 2005 Prank Show Claims He Got Too Comfortable With Prank Victims and Started Discussing the Murders
In 2005 — a decade after the murders that made him one of the most notorious figures in America — O.J. Simpson filmed a hidden camera prank show called “Juiced,” where he pulled gags that played on his own notoriety as a onetime murder suspect. In one bit he stands beside a white Ford Bronco…
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Rosemary Kennedy Was JFK’s Outgoing, Strong-Willed Sister, Until Her Father Had Her Lobotomized at 23
Rosemary Kennedy flew into rages her father couldn’t control. So in the fall of 1941, Joseph Kennedy had doctors cut into his daughter’s brain to calm her down. The surgery destroyed her. Rosemary Kennedy spent the next 63 years hidden away — and for a long time, her own siblings weren’t even told where she…
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Death of the Pastor’s Wife: John-Paul MIller’s First Wife Says Mica’s Account Matched Her Own
Death of the Pastor’s Wife on Netflix follows Mica Miller, a Myrtle Beach worship leader who met pastor John-Paul Miller at Solid Rock Church when she was 13-years-old and later married him. The three-part series traces how that relationship turned into isolation, surveillance, and control — slashed tires, a tracker on her car, alleged cyberstalking…
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A Wild Fan Theory About Who the Killer in ‘Scream 7’ Is, Based on the Trailer
After watching the trailer, I believe I know who at least one of the killers in Scream 7 will be.
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20 Stab Wounds, But Police Say ‘Suicide.’ Now, a Docuseries Is Searching for Answers.
The neuropathologist says she was not even alive at the time some of her stab wounds were delivered.
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A Wild Conspiracy Theory About the ‘Real’ Reason Disney Made ‘Frozen’
According to legend, Walt Disney’s frozen body is stored underneath the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at the Disneyland park in California.
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New Mandela Effect: Hannibal Never Said “Hello Clarice” in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Why do so many people remember him saying it?
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Is ‘The Skulls’ (2000) Based on a True Story?
The Skulls is a memorable early 2000s thriller both because of its teen stars and because it was based on a salacious open secret.
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Georgia Guidestones: A Complete Guide
The Georgia Guidestones have been called “America’s Most Mysterious Monument.” Learn all there is to know on the Georgia Guidestones with this article.