If there’s one non-fiction genre that’s really having its moment right now, it’s true crime. The current cultural craze for the genre kicked off with the podcast Serial in 2014. And ever ...

A Texas-based DNA company that has helped in cases in Arizona is now helping identify bodies found at a suspected killer's Indiana farm.

At their best, true crime podcasts and series can expose injustices and right wrongs. But because many of them prioritize ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced ...

The use of true crime stories to sell a product has a long history in America, from the tabloid “penny press” papers of the mid-1800s to television movies like 1984's “The Burning Bed." ...

Scary Movie star Regina Hall is lending her voice to the gripping new two-part documentary Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper.

Nicholas Alexander Chavez unpacks the challenge of portraying Lyle Menéndez: 'You're not just doing the Menéndez Brothers, ...

The popularity and proliferation of true crime entertainment like Netflix’s docudrama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is effecting real life changes for their subjects and in ...

Because it often prioritizes entertainment and profit, true crime entertainment can have serious negative effects ranging from the misidentification of innocent people as suspects to undermining ...

The popularity and proliferation of true crime entertainment like Netflix’s docudrama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is effecting real life changes for their subjects and in ...