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True crime

Vox's coverage of true crime news.

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

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

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

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

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

The surreal true crimes behind Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales

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

What do true crime series like Dahmer owe the victims?

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

The 11 best true crime series on Netflix

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

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

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

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

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

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

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