True Crime Cases & Investigations
Explore criminal investigations, missing-person cases, forensic breakthroughs and courtroom developments. Our true crime features examine timelines, evidence and competing accounts, keeping the people affected at the centre of the story. Read detailed case analyses and explainers on investigative methods, with attention to the distinction between established facts, allegations and unresolved questions.
True Crime: The Live Stream Killer - Natalie McNally And The Alibi That Was Not Live
Live Stream Killer examines Natalie McNally’s murder and Stephen McCullagh’s false online alibi. Follow the investigation, the conviction and why a video’s broadcast time was not proof of his location.
True Crime: The Nottingham Attacks – Connecting The Health And Police Timelines
The Nottingham attacks inquiry has finished closing submissions. Examine the distinct questions of prevention, care, policing and emergency response, and why evidence heard must be separated from final findings.
True Crime: Lil Durk And The Evidence The Government Had To Prove
Lil Durk was acquitted in the Los Angeles murder-for-hire trial. Understand the allegations, the defence, the co-defendants’ different outcomes and why a separate proceeding remained relevant to his custody.
True Crime: The Search For Elizabeth Smart And The Meaning Of Survival
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart revisits a nine-month disappearance through the survivor’s perspective. Follow the search, the role of coercion, the rescue and the choices Smart made in the years afterwards.
True Crime: The Crash – What The Vehicle Data Could And Could Not Prove
The Crash revisits Mackenzie Shirilla’s conviction for the deaths of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. Examine the vehicle evidence, the medical argument and the difference between appeals and parole eligibility.
True Crime: Welcome To The Family And The Limits Of Suspicion
Welcome to the Family revisits Dan Markel’s murder and the connections investigators had to prove.
Follow the family dispute, the intermediary evidence and the separate legal outcomes behind the documentary.
Lindsay Clancy: The Mistrial That Has Reopened A National Argument
Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial leaves the charges unresolved. Explore the children’s deaths, the competing arguments about criminal responsibility and why the public debate cannot replace a verdict.
Lucy Letby Inquiry Says Babies Could Have Been Saved — The Safeguarding Failure Explained
The Lucy Letby inquiry report identifies failures in hospital safeguarding and says some babies could have been saved. This explainer examines the institutional lessons, proposed reforms and distinction from the separate criminal review.
The Fitbit Killer: Connie Dabate, The Digital Timeline And The Appeal
The Fitbit Killer brings attention back to Connie Dabate’s murder. Explore how wearable data fitted into the wider prosecution, why Richard Dabate’s conviction survived appeal and what the court criticised about the trial.
Hinterkaifeck: The Evidence Behind Germany’s Unsolved Farm Murders
The Hinterkaifeck murders remain unsolved. Examine the archival account, reported footsteps, delayed weapon discovery and disturbed crime scene, while separating evidence about six deaths from theories that later retellings made sound certain.
John Christie And Timothy Evans: The Murders At 10 Rillington Place
John Christie’s exposure transformed the Timothy Evans case after Evans had already been executed. Trace the evidence, competing inquiries and 1966 free pardon, keeping the victims and the precise legal record in view.
The Golden State Killer: How Genetic Genealogy Helped Identify Joseph DeAngelo
The Golden State Killer investigation used genetic genealogy to move from anonymous DNA to a family tree. Learn how that generated a lead, why direct confirmation mattered and what the case revealed about genetic privacy.
True Crime: Colin Pitchfork - How DNA Fingerprinting Changed A Murder Investigation
Colin Pitchfork’s investigation made DNA fingerprinting a landmark in forensic history.
Learn how the evidence first cleared Richard Buckland, why mass screening encountered a human obstacle, and what genetic comparisons can actually establish.
True Crime: The Mexico Surfer Murders – The Baja Surf Trip That Became A Global Case
True Crime: The Mexico Surfer Murders – The Baja Surf Trip That Became A Global Case
True Crime: Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos – How A Few Drops Of Blood Built A Silicon Valley Empire
True Crime: Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos – How A Few Drops Of Blood Built A Silicon Valley Empire
Lindsay Clancy’s Next Trial Could Be Completely Different — Because Both Sides Now Know Where the First Jury Broke
Lindsay Clancy’s Next Trial Could Be Completely Different — Because Both Sides Now Know Where the First Jury Broke
One Juror Stopped the Lindsay Clancy Verdict—Now the Entire Case Could Be Tried Again
One Juror Stopped the Lindsay Clancy Verdict—Now the Entire Case Could Be Tried Again
True Crime: The Yorkshire Ripper - The Hunt That Terrified Northern England
True Crime: The Yorkshire Ripper – The Hunt That Terrified Northern England
Why the Lindsay Clancy Judge Refused to Remove the Holdout Juror
Why the Lindsay Clancy Judge Refused to Remove the Holdout Juror
What Time Is the Lindsay Clancy Verdict Today? UK and US Times as Jury Faces Final Deadlock
What Time Is the Lindsay Clancy Verdict Today? UK and US Times as Jury Faces Final Deadlock

