true-crime

This Eccentric Academic Thinks the Zodiac Killer Is a Hoax

And he’s hated by the subculture of amateur sleuths who won’t give up trying to figure out the killer’s identity

The 30-Year Search for the U.K.’s Most Famous Missing Son

“I’ll never stop looking for answers. How could I? How could I ever give up on my boy?”

How to Kill a Black Man Twice in America: The Botham Jean Story

The character assassination that follows the actual assassination of black victims of police violence is all too familiar — and equally tragic

The Awfully Familiar History of Doppelgänger Crimes

Manny Balestrero should have never walked into that life insurance office. But on January 14, 1953, he did, looking to borrow $325 from his wife’s…