Behind many serial killers is a mother who shaped them — sometimes through control, sometimes through neglect, sometimes through a mixture of need and resentment that never resolves.

“I don’t know if you guys have ever in your life shot anybody..., but it really is fun.," Carol told the detectives,

Monsters rarely break into our homes.More often, they live there.

Most killers disappear after the act. Others can’t let it end. For them, the moment of death is not the finale — it’s the beginning of something private, possessive, and deeply personal. Criminal psychologists refer to this as trophy keeping

Eighty years ago, fourteen-year-old Thora Chamberlain vanished after leaving for a high school football game. Her disappearance launched one of the FBI’s most astonishing manhunts — and inspired one of the most haunting true crime stories ever told.

Before Norman Bates, Leatherface, or Buffalo Bill, there was Ed Gein—the quiet Wisconsin farmer whose nightmarish crimes changed horror forever. Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story has revived fascination with the real man behind Hollywood’s most enduring monsters.

Thanks to Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the “Butcher of Plainfield” is once again haunting the headlines.Ed Gein’s name has become synonymous with madness, isolation, and the grotesque.

She baked bread, loved funerals—and poisoned her family. What followed was a murder investigation and trial unlike anything Ohio had ever seen.

The 1950s weren’t all sock hops and soda fountains. Beneath the surface of post-war prosperity, organized crime thrived, evolved—and occasionally exploded into the headlines.

This partnership with Jersey Shore Entertainment to develop and package my book Murder! Molly & The Mob: A (1950s) Shocking True Crime Story for screen adaptation is just the beginning!

So, on this tropically hot, steamy late afternoon, he marched into the Mercantile Saginaw Virtual Branch and Lending Office at around 5:30 p.m.—about thirty minutes after the cashless bank had closed—and said he wanted to cash a check.

They loved. They lied. They killed. And the truth is more twisted than fiction. Two real murders. Two unforgettable women. One chilling true crime

Noir speaks to me. Always has. The darker and dirtier, the better. While the stories in the St. Isidore Noir Collection are technically “fiction,” they all come from true crime—twisted, real cases that stuck with me like smoke in a cheap motel curtain.

Uncover the sinister side of humanity with "The Murder of Sydney Sutherland: Shocking True Crime Stories." This riveting collection plunges you into the infamous and perplexing murder cases, each meticulously researched and vividly recounted to grip your imagination and keep you on the edge of your seat.

In the early morning hours of July 14, 2013, 25-year-old Brandon Lawson placed a frantic 911 call from a desolate stretch of highway in...

The babysitter looks at little Mr. Adorable and starts to say, See? There’s nothing to worry about... And then she sees it. Holy Shit!

In the realm of True Crime novels, the line between reality and fiction can often blur, transporting readers into dark and ominous worlds...

The person on the other end of the line says there might be someone dead in one of the homes in the Woodland Ridge mobile home park.

As we consume true crime narratives, it is vital to keep a thoughtful perspective.

Podcast episode from "Mysteries, Mayhem, and Merlot" discusses the chilling case of Jenny Ann's murder, featuring guest Rod Kackley. Not...