Family Murders
Crimes committed inside families: parents, spouses and children, and the secrets behind closed doors.
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The Murdaugh Case: Two Life Sentences, a Clerk’s Whispers and a Retrial in 2027
On June 7, 2021, a South Carolina lawyer from a family of prosecutors called 911 to report his wife and son shot on the family hunting property. Five years later, the case is still not settled, and much of the… Continue reading
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The Robert Durst Case: A Missing Wife, a Murdered Friend, and the Hot Mic That Undid Him
Kathie Durst vanished in 1982, Susan Berman was shot in 2000, and a Texas jury acquitted Robert Durst of a third killing. A documentary hot mic finally caught him in 2015, but the full courtroom reckoning outlived him. Continue reading
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The Ruby Franke Case: How the 8 Passengers YouTube Mom Went From 2.3 Million Subscribers to a Utah Prison
Ruby Franke filmed her six children for 2.3 million YouTube subscribers. On August 30, 2023, her emaciated 12-year-old son escaped through a window in Ivins, Utah. What followed changed her family — and Utah law. Continue reading
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The Dupont de Ligonnès Case: A Family Buried Under the Terrace and the Father France Cannot Find
In April 2011, police found Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children buried under the family terrace in Nantes. Her husband Xavier vanished days earlier, last seen leaving a budget hotel on foot, and fifteen years later France is… Continue reading
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The Susan Smith Case: Nine Days of Lies, Two Boys in John D. Long Lake, and a Parole Board’s Answer
For nine days in 1994, America hunted a carjacker who never existed. Then Susan Smith confessed that her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, were at the bottom of John D. Long Lake, and Union, South Carolina, has never stopped… Continue reading
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The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Case: A Murder in a Pink House and the Mother Who Invented a Lifetime of Illness
Dee Dee Blanchard convinced the world her daughter was dying. In June 2015, Gypsy Rose had her killed. The full story of the Munchausen by proxy case, the sentences, her 2023 release, and her new life through 2026. Continue reading
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The Lori Vallow Daybell Case: The ‘Doomsday Mom’ Who Called Her Own Children Zombies
Lori Vallow Daybell said her children were zombies. In 2020 their remains were dug up in her new husband’s Idaho backyard. Here is the full story of Charles Vallow, Tylee, JJ and Tammy Daybell, the trials that followed, and where… Continue reading
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The Betty Broderick Case: five shots at dawn, a $16,000-a-month divorce, and a death in prison at 78
On November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick used a stolen key to enter her ex-husband’s San Diego home and shot him and his new wife as they slept. Two trials, two parole denials, and a hit TV series later, she died… Continue reading
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The Diane Downs Case: A Mother, a Dark Oregon Road, and the Daughter Who Said “My Mom”
In May 1983, Diane Downs drove her three wounded children to a Springfield, Oregon hospital and blamed a bushy-haired stranger. Her surviving daughter told the truth, the prosecutor adopted the children, and in December 2025 a parole board turned Downs… Continue reading
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The Casey Anthony Case: 31 Days, a Nanny Who Never Existed, and the Verdict That Set Her Free
Two-year-old Caylee Anthony was last seen on June 16, 2008, and her mother did not report her missing for 31 days. Here is how the Casey Anthony trial ended in acquittal, what came after, and where she is in 2026. Continue reading
