Liz Golyar was a fun companion for Dave Kroupa until Cari Farver entered the story. Then the gaslighting began, and Dave and his family were terrified while law enforcement struggled to solve a stalking and harassment case that made no sense. The story became "Lover, Stalker, Killer" on Netflix.
Michelle Martinko was an 18-year-old Cedar Rapids, Iowa high school student when she was found stabbed to death in her car at the Westdale Mall in December 1979. Her case went cold for 39 years, until DNA technology brought her killer Jerry Lynn Burns to justice.
In October 2014, 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck vanished from a rural Michigan Halloween party. Six months later, her Poison Ivy costume and remains were found in a wooded lot, and DNA evidence connected Daniel Clay to her murder.
Randy Steven Kraft ("The Scorecard Killer") went on a brutal 12-year killing spree of young men between 1971 and 1983. He is suspected of committing up to 67 murders across three states.
For several decades, police have noted hundreds of young men disappearing and dying under unusual circumstances in the Midwest. Is it the work of the Smiley Face serial killer (or killers), or is the whole thing a conspiracy theory reinforced by Internet groupthink?
True crime stories come from many sources—documentaries, TV series, podcasts, books. But what about music? Industrial goth band Skynd takes a darkly poetic approach to crime stories with their deep lyrical dives into the twisted psyches of serial killers and their victims.
The devastating murder of an up-and-coming young journalist was known in Denmark as Ubådssagen ("the submarine case") and became the subject of an HBO Max documentary: "Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall."
In 1989, 17-year-old Kelli Hall was finishing up her shift at a Mobil Station when she had a chance encounter with Jeffrey Ferguson—an encounter that would have devastating and horrific consequences.