True crime

Vox's coverage of true crime news.

The Murdaugh murders saga continues as Stephen Smith’s death is ruled a homicide

By Aja Romano March 23

The Delphi murders were a local tragedy. Then they became “true crime.”

By Aja Romano March 6

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son

By Aja Romano March 3

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano January 18

Why we’re relitigating the Casey Anthony case now — and why we shouldn’t

By Aja Romano December 20, 2022

The surreal true crimes behind Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales

By Aja Romano November 30, 2022

Adnan Syed is free — and it only took years of criminal justice reform

By Aja Romano October 11, 2022

What do true crime series like Dahmer owe the victims?

By Aja Romano September 28, 2022

The owl did it, and other reasons true crime fans love The Staircase

By Aja Romano May 6, 2022

The 11 best true crime series on Netflix

By Aja Romano March 24, 2021

Netflix’s misguided Night Stalker series treats its cops like gods

By Aja Romano January 25, 2021

One Good Thing: This true crime podcast about a murderous doctor is even scarier during a pandemic

By Aja Romano December 7, 2020

Podcasts like The Thing About Pam are why I’ll never get tired of true crime

By Aja Romano April 22, 2020

Netflix’s flawed Aaron Hernandez documentary raises more questions than it answers

By Aja Romano February 2, 2020

Predators like Ted Bundy control their narratives. True crime podcasts are changing that.

By Aja Romano May 3, 2019

HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed comes armed with an agenda and little else

By Aja Romano March 11, 2019

Netflix’s Conversations With a Killer willfully participates in Ted Bundy’s 3-ring circus

By Aja Romano January 25, 2019