The Twisted Trail of Death: Unmasking Rodney Alcala’s Confirmed Victims In 2003, when Detective Steven Mack of the Huntington Beach Police Department took on the retrial of Rodney Alcala—a man whose conviction had already been overturned twice—he had no idea he was about to unearth one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. … Read more
Inside America’s Most Notorious Prison: How Two Brutal Murders Led to the Birth of a Supermax Hell Hidden deep in the desolate plains of Colorado sits ADX Florence, the nation’s only ‘supermax’ federal prison—a fortress built for the worst of the worst. Inside its concrete walls are some of the most dangerous criminals in American … Read more
Deadly Obsession: The Twisted Love Triangle That Led to Murder Accusations On a crisp November morning in 2011, Linda Kolman set out on a frantic search for her missing husband. Tom Kolman hadn’t shown up for work, and something felt terribly wrong. Her worst fears materialized when she found him lifeless in the driver’s seat … Read more
The Millionaire, the Murder, and the Great Escape: How Peter Chadwick Spent Years on the Run Before Justice Caught Up The life of Peter Chadwick seemed picture-perfect—until it wasn’t. A multimillionaire real estate investor, a devoted father of three, and a resident of an exclusive Newport Beach enclave, Chadwick appeared to have it all. But … Read more
The Making of a Monster: Did Joel Rifkin’s Childhood Create a Killer? Warning: The following contains disturbing accounts of violence, including sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised. On a quiet night in 1989, inside his family home in Long Island, Joel Rifkin’s darkest impulses took hold for the first time. Using a discarded artillery shell … Read more
Inside the Mind of America’s Deadliest Serial Killer: Chilling Confessions of Samuel Little Time was running out when a frail yet eerily composed Samuel Little finally started talking. From behind bars, the man who claimed to have murdered 93 people—predominantly women—began unraveling decades of terror. Between 1970 and 2005, Little had strangled his way across … Read more
Serial Killers Unmasked: 6 Shocking Myths That Just Won’t Die For decades, Hollywood and true crime fanatics have painted serial killers as shadowy masterminds—calculating, white, and almost always male. But how much of what we believe is actually true? Some of the most widely accepted ‘facts’ about serial killers are actually myths, and it’s time … Read more
The Delphi Murders: How a Chilling Double Homicide Shattered a Small Town Becky Patty had spent years avoiding the place where her granddaughter, Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and her best friend, Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, were last seen alive. But after a suspect was finally arrested in their brutal 2017 murders, she turned to a … Read more
From Model Son to Murderer: The Chilling Case of Alexander Jackson On a seemingly ordinary morning in June 2021, a chilling 911 call shattered the peace of a quiet Cedar Rapids neighborhood. University of Iowa student Alexander Jackson, just 20 years old, reported a brutal home invasion—one that left his parents and younger sister dead. … Read more
A little after 4 a.m. on November 13, 2022, the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho, became the scene of an unthinkable horror. Four University of Idaho students—Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20—were brutally stabbed to death in their off-campus home. The three women lived in the house; … Read more