In the Quiet Horror series, each book is a collection of unsettling short stories set in ordinary places where something isn’t quite right—quiet towns, lonely highways, empty houses, late-night bus rides, and rooms where the lights should have stayed on.

According to Kenney, Frazee had been planning Kelsey Berreth’s murder for months. Kenney told investigators that Frazee had asked her multiple times to kill Kelsey. In one alleged plan, she was supposed to poison Kelsey’s coffee. In another, she was supposed to attack her during a visit to Colorado. Kenney said she refused each time.

At first glance, the crime made little sense. The Amato family appeared stable and close-knit. They lived in a modest but comfortable home in Chuluota, a small community northeast of Orlando. Friends and neighbors described them as a quiet family with no obvious enemies. But as detectives began digging into Grant Amato’s life, they discovered something troubling.

Woman emailed me five years ago to tell me that she hated one of my books so much that she burned it. Last night, I thought of the perfect response.

Jason Dalton, a rideshare driver, carried out a series of shootings over several hours across different locations in Kalamazoo. The randomness and brutality of the attacks left residents in fear and confusion. The victims were ordinary people going about their daily lives when they were suddenly caught in this violent act.

Jason Dalton seemed like any other driver on the road. But as he ferried passengers across Kalamazoo, Dalton became convinced that something had taken over his iPhone — a flashing app icon that shifted from red to black, a digital signal he believed was commanding him to kill.

With DNA confirmed, signs of forced entry documented, and the case firmly classified as an apparent abduction, investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie have now moved into the most analytically demanding phase of the investigation.

The most significant confirmed development in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, is that investigators have confirmed DNA collected at her home belongs to Nancy,

Hi Shocking True Crime Fans! What a week! What a month! I’ve been shoveling snow every day for more than two weeks, and I need to go out again today as soon as I send this message to you. Of course, I know there are plenty of you who have it much worse than we do here in Michigan. Hang in there. Spring has to get here eventually, right? But it’s not here yet. So while we shiver together, you’ll need something to read. I wrapped up the Shocking True Crime Serial Killers six-pa

Today’s killers need Wi-Fi. In the modern era, violence doesn’t just happen in the shadows anymore. It happens in front of cameras, timelines, comment sections, and live feeds. Some offenders don’t just want to commit crimes. They want an audience.

On February 20, 2016 , in Kalamazoo, Michigan , an ordinary Uber shift turned into a nightmare of mass murder. Jason Dalton blended in like any other driver on the road. But as he moved through the city, Dalton became convinced his iPhone had been hijacked —that a flashing app icon shifting from red to black was issuing commands he could not ignore. It was the Devil deciding who would live and who woudl die. It was up to Jason to pull the trigger. Gas stations. Parking lots.

Windows were locked. Porch lights stayed on all night. People slept with baseball bats, knives, and loaded guns beside their beds. They weren’t afraid of gangs. Or riots. Or war. They were afraid of one man. Richard Ramirez — the Night Stalker.

Unlike quiet predators who try to disappear, Rader demanded to be seen. He mailed letters to newspapers. He sent cryptic puzzles. He bragged about murders the public didn’t even know about yet. He signed his crimes with a name designed to shock. BTK wasn’t just committing murder. He was building a brand.

Hi Shocking True Crime Fans: Three new true crime deep dives went live this week on rodkackley.com .If you missed any, here’s a quick roundup… BUT FIRST... THE COUPLE THAT KILLS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER You don’t think there is true evil in this world? I was amazed by what I learned while writing Sunset Strip Murders , the story of a couple who spent a summer killing prostitutes in LA. Doug Clark taught Carol Bundy how to kill — and she grew to love it. Talk about evil! Now, I

While America obsessed over flashy serial killers, (Gary) Ridgway quietly built one of the highest body counts in U.S. history.

(Ted) Bundy understood something few killers before him fully grasped: Attention is power. He cultivated an image—handsome, intelligent, articulate.

For years, Joel Rifkin blended into suburban Long Island like wallpaper. No criminal record that raised alarms. No obvious red flags. Just a soft-spoken man living in his childhood home, drifting through low-wage jobs, driving alone at night. Behind that quiet routine was one of the most prolific serial killers in New York history.

The Perfect Victims Most of Jack Unterweger’s victims were hookers. That wasn’t coincidence.It was strategy. Women on the street vanish quietly.

Jack Unterweger remains one of the most unsettling figures in criminal history—not just because of what he did, but because of how easily he fooled the world.

JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing from her family’s home in the 700 block of 15th Street on December 26, 1996. Hours later, her body was discovered inside the residence. An autopsy later determined that she died by strangulation.