Margaret Press, co-founder of DNA Doe Project, spoke with A&E about how investigative genetic genealogy helped identify a victim.

Bessie Blount Griffin invented an automatic feeder for patients without limbs. She later became a forensic handwriting analyst.

One expert says priests in Mexico are targeted because they work in direct opposition to the interests of organized crime.

Annita Hetoevehotohke'e Lucchesi explains how her group addresses gender and sexual violence against Native people.

Was a dead woman found in Norway in 1970 a spy, a member of an international criminal organization or did she suffer from a mental illness?

The officer's murder was investigated by the FBI for more than five decades, and no one has ever been charged.

In 1971, Edgar Smith Jr. became a free man after spending more than 14 years on death row. In 1976, he was sent back to prison.

Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray rose to notoriety as nightclub and gambling club owners who were involved in assaults and armed robberies.

Author Barbie Latza Nadeau on how Italian women have played vital roles in mafia history, and have done anything—from keeping secrets to murder—for their families.

Bill Kurtis, the host of A&E's true crime series Cold Case Files, on what he loves about the show, effective narration and a memorable case.

Many unanswered questions still remain about the death of U.S. Army soldier, Enrique Roman-Martinez, stationed at Fort Bragg, was found dead on May 22, 2020 in North Carolina.

Abdon Pallasch spoke with us about his reporting on R. Kelly and why it took nearly 30 years for the singer to be prosecuted.

Twenty years after actor Robert Blake’s 2005 murder trial ended in acquittal, the shooting death of his wife remains officially unsolved.

The Philadelphia-based forensic scientist discusses her experience being one of the few Black women in the field and the work her nonprofit, Association of Women in Forensic Science, does to bring STEM to kids.

In October 2003, eight-year-old Josef Smith was beaten to death by his parents, Joseph and Sonya Smith. The Smiths were members of a church that promotes disciplining children in a way that some have said is abusive.

The creation of the federal "Supermax" prison in Colorado, and its use of solitary confinement, was the result of the actions of inmates Thomas Silverstein and Clayton Fountain.

In 2020, Heather Guerra was involved in a car crash that killed her son, Julian. She faced charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault.

Albert DeSalvo, believed to be the serial killer responsible for the deaths of 13 women in the Boston area in the early '60s, told of a childhood marked by extreme violence and cruelty.

The non-profit Texas EquuSearch, which helps find missing persons, has sparked a renewed effort to find the remains of possible additional victims of the ‘Candy Man’ serial killer.

After 6-year-old William DaShawn Hamilton was found murdered in Georgia in 1999, it took 23 years to identify him and solve the case. We speak with those who never forgot about the case and pushed for justice.

'Phrogging' is the crime of individuals secretly living in someone's home—a reference to how frogs leap from place to place. We investigate the many different forms of this crime and the danger it presents to victims.

Jung Yoo-jung, a 23-year-old true crime fan, killed a female tutor in South Korea. Her motive? She was curious about what it would be like to murder someone.

November 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the capture of Paul John Knowles, otherwise known as 'The Casanova Killer.' He was suspected of 18 murders across seven states in 1974.

We investigate why the Charlotte Police Department took so long to identify 'The Taco Bell Strangler' who targeted Black women in the 1990s.

Susan Jonusas talks to us about her book 'Hell's Half-Acre' about a 'family' of four known as the 'Benders,' who were accused of murdering 11 people in Kansas but fled before they were prosecuted.

Read about the life and death of Tim McCoy, serial killer John Wayne Gacy's first known victim. Gacy murdered at least 33 boys and men between 1972 and 1978.

Edna Cowell Martin reflects on her bond with cousin Ted Bundy, initially charmed by his charisma. Unaware of his dark deeds, her perception shattered upon his arrest. In her new book, she shares her shock and grief, offering a personal view of Bundy's impact on their family.

About two weeks before Brian Laundrie strangled his 22-year-old fiancé Gabby Petito to death in late August 2021, the couple had an encounter with law enforcement in Moab, Utah. Could different decisions by the police officers have prevented Petito's death?

We speak to Katherine Ramsland, an author and professor of forensic psychology, who unravels Elmer Wayne Henley Jr.'s unsettling involvement with Houston serial killer Dean Corll in her book 'The Serial Killer's Apprentice.'

Serial killer Edmund Kemper, later known as the 'Co-Ed Killer,' was released on parole from Atascadero State Hospital when he was 21 after shooting and killing his grandparents when he was 15. Why did psychiatrists allow him to go free?

In 2016 and 2017, 'Anna Delvey' scammed hotels, banks and others out of $275,000 while climbing the ladder of high-society and trying to launch the Anna Delvey Foundation.

The murder of a Chinese woman by her American husband in Columbia, Missouri was a long and painful case for police investigators, attorneys and, most of all, her parents.

We spoke to a victim of Alex Christopher Ewing, also known as the Hammer Killer, about the struggles she's faced since the loss of her family.

For many years, a Georgia woman ran an underground network out of her Atlanta home in order to hide children who'd allegedly been abused. Some feel she was a hero, while others believe she was a kidnapper and vigilante.

A Pennsylvania girl endured a decade of captivity and abuse after being groomed by a trusted security guard. With courage and support, in 2006 she escaped after 10 years and rebuilt her life. She shares her story to raise awareness about grooming tactics and offers hope to others.

A Pennsylvania woman was found dead in her car in 2014 after getting into an argument with her boyfriend. The cause of her death is unknown.

Mona Gable, author of 'Searching for Savanna,' spoke with us about LaFontaine-Greywind's murder, and how it sparked progress in ensuring justice for missing and murdered Native American women and girls.

On New Year's Eve 2018, U.S. Army Sergeant Tyrone Hassel III was murdered by his wife, Kemia Hassel, and her lover, Jeremy Cuellar, who were also soldiers.

An Amish man from Ohio, Eli Weaver, who went by the name 'Amish Stud' in chatrooms he used to meet women, had his lover kill his wife Barbara Weaver.

A romance author writes about how to murder a husband—and then kills her spouse. It might sound like the plot of a novel, but it happened in Oregon in 2018.

On July 31, 1970, 4-year-old Heidi Jones found the body of her mother, 23-year-old Loretta Jones. Heidi Jones-Asay recounts the 46 years leading up to Thomas Egley's long-awaited guilty plea.

Peter Chadwick landed himself on the U.S. Marshals Service's '15 Most Wanted' list after he killed his wife, faked his own kidnapping, faced charges, jumped bail and fled to Mexico.

A&E True Crime investigates the 2014 quadruple homicide of the Chen family of upstate New York and how the devastation caused by the murders continues to impact the Albany community today.