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What ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Gets Right and Wrong

What ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Gets Right and Wrong

Fact-checking the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s series on notorious killers

October 9, 2025

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and was starting over.…

October 3, 2025

Director Patrick Graham’s New Documentary Demands Answers for a Crime That Still Haunts Goa

'The Dupatta Killer', centred around one of Goa's most notorious serial killers, asks difficult questions about India's justice system.

March 25, 2025

20 Most Anticipated Movies of Sundance 2025

From a J-Lo prison musical to docs on Sly Stone, house music and Pee-wee Herman — our picks for the…

January 21, 2025

The Menendez Brothers Are Stars. Could the Attention Get Them Pardoned?

A new Netflix documentary joins the parade of content about the Menendez brothers — amid an ongoing inquiry to re-examine…

October 9, 2024

Netflix’s ‘The Lady of Silence’ May Be the Year’s Best True Crime Doc

Maria José Cuevas’ documentary on “The Little Old Lady Killer,” a serial killer who targeted elderly women in Mexico City,…

July 29, 2023

‘Free Chol Soo Lee’: The Anti-True Crime Documentary That Exposes Much More Than a Terrible Miscarriage of Justice

The documentary ostensibly covers a wrongful conviction for murder and a fight for justice, but the film also delves much…

August 23, 2022

The 25 Best True-Crime Podcasts of All Time

From chat shows to deep dives, we rank the true-crime podcasts that keep us hooked

July 4, 2022

Kim Wall’s Life Was Overshadowed by Her Killer. A New Doc Hopes to Set Things Straight

Hot off ‘Britney v. Spears,’ director Erin Lee Carr’s ‘Undercurrent’ separates the brilliant life of journalist Kim Wall from her…

March 9, 2022