True Crime
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When Was the BTK Killer Caught? How Dennis Rader Was Finally Identified
A floppy disk, church metadata, and DNA ended the BTK case and led to Dennis Rader’s arrest after decades of fear in Wichita.
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Reverend George Kelly and the Murder of Helen Wilson: The Beatrice Six Case Explained
Helen Wilson was murdered in Beatrice, Nebraska. Six innocent people were convicted before DNA identified Bruce Allen Smith.
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Cynthia Vigil and the Escape That Exposed David Parker Ray
Cynthia Vigil’s escape led police to David Parker Ray’s trailer and exposed a grim case of kidnapping, torture, and sexual violence.
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D.B. Cooper Hijacking Date: What Happened on November 24, 1971?
A true-crime retelling of the D.B. Cooper hijacking, from the note on Flight 305 to the night jump and the clues left behind.
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Who Did the Zodiac Killer Kill? A Victim-by-Victim Look at the Confirmed and Suspected Attacks
Who did the Zodiac Killer kill? The confirmed victims, survivors, and disputed cases in one gripping, fact-checked account.
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When Was John Wayne Gacy Caught? Arrest, Conviction and the Case Timeline
Robert Piest vanished on December 11, 1978. Ten days later, John Wayne Gacy was arrested, exposing years of murder hidden beneath his home.
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The Beltway Sniper Attacks: A Timeline of the 2002 D.C. Area Shootings
How the Beltway Sniper attacks unfolded in 2002, from the first shootings to the rest stop arrest of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo.
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Paul Stine and the Zodiac Killer: The San Francisco Murder That Changed the Investigation
Paul Stine was killed in his San Francisco taxi, and a mailed piece of his shirt tied the crime directly to Zodiac.
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Why Did D.B. Cooper Hijack the Plane? What the Evidence Suggests About His Motive
A gripping look at why D.B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305, the ransom demand, the jump into darkness, and the clues left behind.
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Robert Hansen and Cindy Paulson: The Escape That Exposed an Alaskan Serial Killer
Cindy Paulson’s escape near Merrill Field exposed Robert Hansen and helped break open one of Alaska’s most haunting serial murder cases.