The New York Times and Serial Productions are launching a new true crime podcast based on a family member of New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen. The five-part podcast, The Idiot, is hosted, ...

True crime is one of the most popular genres of content on social media, for film, podcasts and other pieces of entertainment, but has this obsession crossed the line of ethics?

It was a plea posted on social media. On missing posters teenage girls put up on telephone poles. A question asked of anyone who might have laid eyes on their friend. It was 2016, and Black girls and ...

With “SERIALously,” YouTuber Annie Elise discusses true-crime cases in an engaging and conversational way. With her trademark honesty, Annie takes her listeners on a journey, combining research with ...

Scroll through true crime offerings on Netflix or Hulu and you’ll see it: our culture’s basic perception of the serial killer. Usually he’s a white man with a wife and kids, fooling everyone with his ...

In this bonus podcast, we chat with Dr. Rachel Toles ahead of her May 3 appearance at Rams Head On Stage for The Psychology of Serial Killers. Toles is a clinical psychologist and criminal expert who ...

Throughout the reporting of NJ.com’s new podcast series, “Someone’s Hunting Us,” we spent hours talking to people who lost loved ones to serial killer Khalil Wheeler-Weaver. Almost universally, they ...

When talking about true crime, cultivation theory is also incredibly relevant. This theory explores how repeated exposure to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. True crime isn't just about the "who" anymore; it's about the "how" and the "why." Whether you're a seasoned sleuth who's already ...