A Monster’s Legacy Never Truly Dies For decades, Ivan Milat, the infamous Backpacker Killer, haunted Australia’s national conscience. He wasn’t just a serial murderer—he was the architect of one of the country’s darkest nightmares. But what no one could have predicted was that his thirst for violence wouldn’t end with him. It would live on, … Read more
The Names That Refuse to Be Forgotten Across North America, the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) is more than a tragedy—it’s a failure of justice. For generations, Native families have searched for their daughters, mothers, sisters, and aunties, often met with silence, indifference, or worse—blame. But one organization, armed with truth and … Read more
The Crime That Time Tried to Bury October 9, 1983. A brutal, racially-charged killing in Griffin, Georgia, left a young Black man—Timothy Coggins—dead beneath an oak tree known locally, and ominously, as the Hanging Tree. He was just 23 years old. His body bore the marks of deep hatred: stab wounds, carvings resembling Confederate symbols, … Read more
A Love Story That Quickly Turned to Terror In late 2014, Debra Newell, a successful interior designer in Southern California, met a man who seemed perfect. John Meehan was charming, well-dressed, attentive—and he claimed to be an anesthesiologist who had just returned from volunteering in Iraq. Two months later, they were married. But beneath the … Read more
The Vanishing In the fall of 1999, 22-year-old Sherry Leighty—a mother of three with a shy smile and a gentle heart—disappeared without a trace from Altoona, Pennsylvania. Her sudden absence sparked fear, confusion, and heartbreak. For years, her family clung to hope, whispering prayers into the silence, yearning for answers that never came. Police initially … Read more
A Teenager with a Future—Erased in Seconds Laquan McDonald wasn’t a name the world knew—until October 20, 2014. That night, on a cracked stretch of road on Chicago’s southwest side, the 17-year-old was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke, turning a routine call into a national reckoning. What followed wasn’t just another tragic … Read more
A Voice That Changed True Crime Forever There are voices that simply tell stories—and then there are voices that define a genre. Bill Kurtis is one of the latter. With a cadence that mixes authority with calm intrigue, he’s guided millions through the tangled, often terrifying narratives of unsolved murders, vanished victims, and long-forgotten leads. … Read more
A Classroom Left Empty—and a City Forever Changed It was supposed to be a normal school day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But when 25-year-old Christy Mirack didn’t show up to teach her sixth-grade class on December 21, 1992, her principal felt something was wrong. What he discovered inside her home wasn’t just tragic—it was the beginning … Read more
A Life on the Edge—and a Push Over It On the evening of July 12, 2014, Conrad Roy, an 18-year-old with a bright smile and a stormy soul, climbed into his pickup truck. In the quiet of a Kmart parking lot in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, carbon monoxide hissed from a gas-powered water pump. It was a … Read more
Not Every Monster Hides in the Dark It doesn’t always start with bruises. Often, it begins with compliments, roses, and whispered promises of forever. Then comes the isolation. The control. The fear. By the time it turns violent, the most dangerous truth is already in motion: many victims of intimate partner violence don’t survive to … Read more