True Crime Documentary
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The Pam Hupp Case: A $150,000 Policy, a Framed Husband, and a Murder Trial Now Set for 2028
Betsy Faria was stabbed 55 times in Troy, Missouri, in December 2011, days after naming friend Pam Hupp on a $150,000 policy. Her husband went to prison, a second man died in a staged home invasion, and Hupp’s trial now… 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
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The Amy Bradley Case: a Lifeguard Vanishes From a Cruise Ship Balcony as It Docks in Curaçao
At 5:30 a.m. on March 24, 1998, Ron Bradley saw his daughter asleep on their cabin balcony. Thirty minutes later she was gone. Twenty-eight years, a dozen sightings and a Netflix series later, Amy Bradley is still missing. Continue reading
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The Gabby Petito Case: A Bodycam Stop in Moab, a Van That Came Home Empty, and a Notebook Confession
Three weeks after Moab police filmed Gabby Petito crying in a van, she was dead in Wyoming and Brian Laundrie had driven home alone. His notebook confession, two lawsuits and a Netflix series followed, and the Moab case is now… Continue reading
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The Ed Gein Case: The Antifreeze Receipt That Led Police to a Plainfield Farmhouse in 1957
On the opening day of deer season in 1957, Bernice Worden vanished from her Plainfield hardware store, leaving one receipt behind. It led police to Ed Gein’s farm, and to the crimes that inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,… Continue reading
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The Kristin Smart Case: 30 Years, a Podcast, a Grave Under a Deck, and a Body Still Missing
Kristin Smart walked away from a Cal Poly party in May 1996 and never reached her dorm. It took a podcast, a grave under a deck and 26 years to convict Paul Flores, and searches in 2026 still have not… Continue reading
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The Natalee Holloway Case: the Aruba beach, the $250,000 sting, and the confession that took 18 years
Natalee Holloway left an Aruba nightclub at 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005, and was never seen again. Eighteen years, one FBI sting and a second murder later, Joran van der Sloot told a Birmingham courtroom what he did on… Continue reading