Disappeared on ID Title Card

Last year, ID rebooted its groundbreaking missing persons series, Disappeared, which they’re bringing back again. The new season starts on Sunday, August 20 at 10/9 c with a special two-hour premiere, Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters. New episodes about other heartbreaking, unsolved mysteries from across the country will follow weekly thereafter.Continue Reading

Screenshot of Demons and Saviors key art from YouTube trailer

In 1992, former “poltergeist girl” Christina Boyer murdered her three-year-old daughter Amber. Or did she? That’s what the ABC News Studios three-part docuseries Demons and Saviors examines. It starts streaming exclusively on Hulu on Thursday, August 3. As a teenager, Boyers allegedly demonstrated telekinetic powers that drew the attention ofContinue Reading

Hand with butcher knife, zodiac symbols on water and breaching great white shark

I don’t know what’s happening, but ever since summer hit, so has news about new serial killer documentaries. Specifically, Myth of the Zodiac Killer, Sharksploitation, and Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein. Let’s dive in and get our feet wet exploring these original documentaries. Just be sure to watchContinue Reading

People Magazine Investigates cover

The seventh season of People Magazine Investigates premieres with a two-hour examination of the Girl Scout Murders. Three Oklahoma Girl Scouts —Lori Lee Farmer, Doris Denise Milner and Michele Heather Guse— were brutally assaulted and murdered while there were away at summer camp in 1977. (And, no, the murders atContinue Reading

The Playing Card Killer poster

When I started watching The Playing Card Killer, one of my first questions was, “Why didn’t they dub him the Tarot Card Killer instead?” I think it was the card on the cover that drew me to the docuseries to begin with. The cover leading this post differs slightly fromContinue Reading

Red map of US with true crime markers on states with top true crime tourism

What do places like the Lizzie Borden, Villisca Axe Murder, and Amityville Horror houses have in common with places like Alcatraz or the Cecil Hotel? This is sort of a trick question. However, if you said “ghosts” or “hauntings,” you’d be right. But before they were known for their paranormalContinue Reading

Welcome to Africatown sign. Credit: Mobile County Commission

“Clotilda: The Exhibition” will mark the “inaugural installation” for Africatown Heritage House, a new museum opening in Mobile, Alabama, this summer. Specifically, it will open to the public on Saturday, July 8. Founded after the Civil War, Africatown is a residential area north of downtown Mobile. Many of its residentsContinue Reading

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace poster

“Wait. Was the horror movie Orphan based on a true story? Or did it inspire the events that led to The Curious Case of Natalia Grace?” That’s the first thing I wondered when I heard about the new docuseries premiering on Investigation Discovery (ID) starting May 29. Orphan was aboutContinue Reading

Screenshot of Zillow listing for JonBenet Ramsey murder house

In true crime circles, the Boulder, Colorado house located on the 700 block of 15th Street is known as the JonBenet Ramsey murder house. Sadly. Because the “stately and modernized 1920’s Tudor estate,” as described in its most recent Zillow description, is stunning. “Zillow?” you may be wondering. And also,Continue Reading

Screenshot from Amityville An Origin Story teaser

The trailer for Amityville: An Origin Story ends with a man saying, “The Amityville Horror is called a true story. It’s time to set that record straight.” At the same time, words flash up on the screen. First, “The Secrets,” then “Behind,” followed by “The Story,” before ending with “Revealed.”Continue Reading

Very Scary People poster

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

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It’s one thing when art imitates life, but the results are often spectacularly disturbing when the reverse is true. That’s the case with the four college students who were brutally murdered in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022. It was like something out of a slasher horror movie, especially whenContinue Reading