“I got what I wanted. I couldn’t do it myself, so I made him do it.”— Marvin Gaye’s reported final words On April 1, 1984, the world lost one of its most soul-stirring voices—and Motown lost its most tormented star. The man behind hits like Let’s Get It On, What’s Going On, and Sexual Healing … Read more

“He said he killed a hundred. And I believe him.”— Retired Detective Robert Anzilotti In a wheelchair, hunched and barely recognizable, Richard Cottingham looks like someone’s elderly grandfather. But make no mistake—beneath that weathered face and weak frame lies the same sadistic force that dismembered, decapitated, and mutilated women across New Jersey and New York … Read more

Can a killer’s final act be one of redemption? That haunting question echoes through prison walls and policy debates. It came into focus after Christian Longo, a man convicted of murdering his wife and children, requested to donate his organs after execution. While it might sound like an act of redemption, the truth is entangled … Read more

What drives a man to live a double life—family man by day, killer by night? For years, Dennis Rader—better known as BTK, short for “Bind, Torture, Kill”—terrorized Wichita, Kansas. Between 1974 and 1991, he brutally murdered ten people. Then, for over a decade, he vanished into suburban normalcy, only to resurface in 2004, driven by … Read more

It was a cold, gray November afternoon in 1970 when two hikers in Isdalen (Ice Valley), just outside Bergen, Norway, stumbled upon a sight so disturbing it would haunt a nation—and puzzle investigators for over five decades. The burned body of a woman, eerily positioned in a secluded forested ravine, lay surrounded by strange, symbolic … Read more

In June 2017, 20-year-old Ashley Loring HeavyRunner vanished from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Young, vibrant, and filled with dreams, Ashley became one of the thousands of Indigenous women who have gone missing across North America—with few answers, limited media attention, and a justice system that repeatedly fails their families. What happened to Ashley … Read more

It was a brutally cold evening in January 2011 when Ellen Rae Greenberg, a 27-year-old teacher in Philadelphia, was found dead in her apartment—stabbed 20 times. A knife still jutted from her chest. Her fiancé, Sam Goldberg, told police he discovered her body after kicking down the locked door. Her lifeless form was slumped in … Read more

Are Violent Juveniles Destined for a Lifetime of Crime? The Shocking Truth Behind Rehabilitation and Recidivism In December 2006, the United Nations cast a decisive vote on a critical human rights issue: whether to abolish life imprisonment without parole for juveniles. The world spoke overwhelmingly—185 to 1 in favor of abolishing it. The lone dissenter? … Read more

Inside the Mind of a Monster: FBI Profiler John Douglas on Hunting One of America’s Most Sadistic Killers” In late 1983, legendary FBI profiler John Douglas nearly lost his life to encephalitis while tracking a string of murders in Seattle. The illness left him weak, uncertain if he could ever return to the elite behavioral … Read more

Satanic Panic, Lies, and the McMartin Preschool Trial: The Most Expensive Case in U.S. History In the 1980s, America was gripped by a moral hysteria that led to one of the most infamous and expensive trials in U.S. history. The McMartin Preschool case began as a single accusation but quickly spiraled into a full-blown scandal, … Read more