Nearly 20 years ago, retired NYPD detectives started tracking the suspicious drownings of young men across the country after they discovered a graffiti smiley face near at least a dozen locations where they found bodies.
While her husband and daughters were out of state, Dr. Teresa Sievers was murdered. 'This was almost the perfect crime,' says prosecutor Cynthia Ross. 'There was absolutely no trace evidence.'
Lisa McVey was 17 years old when she was abducted, beaten and raped by a serial killer—and managed to survive. We spoke with McVey, now a master deputy in the Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff's Office, about how she outsmarted her kidnapper, Bobby Joe Long.
We spoke with Joni Johnston, a forensic psychologist, to explore the ancient legacy of poisonings, the psychological profile of a homicidal poisoner and common myths and misconceptions about those who poison.
Inconsistencies in a victim's story can often lead to skepticism. A&E True Crime spoke with leading trauma psychologist Dr. Rebecca Bailey about why asking victims to recount information under stress is problematic.
We spoke with legendary FBI profiler John Douglas about how a childhood injury may have pushed Joseph Paul Franklin to serial murder.
Having endured a violent and abusive childhood, Aileen 'Lee' Wuornos sold sex to survive—ultimately killing seven men. We spoke with feminist writer Phyllis Chesler about her motivation to help Wuornos's case.
Parents might not report their missing child for a myriad of reasons: because they are the perpetrator in a crime against the child, immigration concerns and more.
Missing since May 2019, investigators fear that answers to their pressing mystery—what happened to Jennifer Dulos?—were lost with the death of their chief suspect, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos.
On December 28, 1956, the Grimes sisters, 15 and 12, left home to watch heartthrob Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender in Chicago. Six decades later, their inexplicable murder remains unsolved.
