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Moscow, Idaho · 2022
2022 University of Idaho Murders
Four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were fatally stabbed inside an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. Bryan Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at nearby Washington State University, was arrested that December and pleaded guilty in 2025, receiving four consecutive life sentences.
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Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California · 2009
Death of Michael Jackson
Singer Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles from acute propofol intoxication administered by his personal physician, Conrad Murray. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled the death a homicide, and Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011.
27 to watch & hear
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Bardstown, Kentucky · 2015
Disappearance of Crystal Rogers
Crystal Rogers, a 35-year-old Bardstown, Kentucky, mother of five, disappeared in July 2015 and has never been found; in 2025, her former boyfriend, Brooks Houck, was found guilty of her murder, and two other men were convicted of related conspiracy and evidence-tampering charges.
8 to watch & hear
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Modesto, California · 2002
Murder of Laci Peterson
Laci Peterson, 27 and eight months pregnant, disappeared from her Modesto, California home on December 24, 2002; her body and that of her unborn son Conner were found in San Francisco Bay in April 2003, and her husband Scott Peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering both.
22 to watch & hear
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Delta, Fulton County, Ohio · 2016
Murder of Sierah Joughin
Sierah Joughin, a 20-year-old Ohio college student, was abducted while bicycling home in Fulton County on July 19, 2016, and found dead three days later. James Dean Worley, a neighbor with a 1990 abduction conviction who was not listed in any offender database, was convicted of her murder in 2018 and sentenced to death, prompting Ohio's Sierah's Law, which created a searchable violent-offender registry.
9 to watch & hear
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Mesa, Arizona, United States · 2000s
Murder of Travis Alexander
Travis Alexander, 30, was stabbed, slashed, and shot to death in his Mesa, Arizona home on June 4, 2008. His ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013 and sentenced to life without parole in 2015 after two juries deadlocked on the death penalty.
9 to watch & hear
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Bridger–Teton National Forest, Wyoming · 2021
Killing of Gabby Petito
Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old travel vlogger, was killed by strangulation and blunt-force trauma in August 2021 while on a cross-country van trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Laundrie returned to Florida alone, was named a person of interest, and later died by suicide, leaving a note admitting he had killed her.
28 to watch & hear
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Auburn, Alabama · 2019
Murder of Aniah Blanchard
Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old Alabama college student, disappeared from Auburn in October 2019 and was later found dead of a gunshot wound; the man convicted of her murder was sentenced to life in prison in 2026.
9 to watch & hear
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Leakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland · 1999
Murder of Hae Min Lee
Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student, was strangled and found buried in Leakin Park in February 1999. Her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000; the case gained international attention after the 2014 podcast Serial, and Syed's conviction underwent multiple vacaturs, appeals, and reinstatements through 2025.
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New Canaan, Connecticut, United States · 2019
Murder of Jennifer Dulos
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five in New Canaan, Connecticut, disappeared on May 24, 2019, after being attacked at her home; her body has never been found, and she was declared legally dead in 2023. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder but died by suicide in January 2020 before trial, while his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, was convicted in 2024 of related charges.
16 to watch & hear

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Belvedere Hotel, Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland, United States · 2006
Death of Rey Rivera
Rey Rivera, a Baltimore writer and videographer, went missing on May 16, 2006, after receiving a phone call and rushing from his home; his badly injured body was found eight days later in a room beneath a hole in a low roof of the Belvedere Hotel. Baltimore Police ruled the death a probable suicide, but the medical examiner listed the manner of death as undetermined, and the case remains disputed.
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Varna Airport, Varna, Bulgaria · 2014
Disappearance of Lars Mittank
German tourist Lars Mittank vanished after fleeing Varna Airport in Bulgaria on 8 July 2014 and has not been seen since.
6 to watch & hear
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Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California, USA · 1940s
The killing of Elizabeth Short
Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the Black Dahlia, was found murdered in Los Angeles in January 1947 in a case that remains unsolved.
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1717 East Delmar Street, Springfield, Missouri · 1992
Springfield Three
Three women — Sherrill Levitt, her daughter Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter, and Streeter's friend Stacy McCall — vanished from Levitt's Springfield, Missouri home overnight on June 6-7, 1992, leaving behind cars, purses, and other belongings. None have ever been found and the case remains unsolved.
6 to watch & hear
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Nanjing University (Gulou campus) and surrounding areas, Nanjing · 1996
Death of Diao Aiqing
In January 1996, the dismembered remains of 19-year-old Nanjing University student Diao Aiqing were discovered scattered across multiple sites in Nanjing, China. The case remains unsolved decades later.
6 to watch & hear
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Vepery, Madras (now Chennai), Madras Presidency, British India · 1943
Lakshmikanthan murder case
Tamil film journalist C. N. Lakshmikanthan was fatally stabbed in Madras in November 1944. Film stars M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and N. S. Krishnan were convicted of his murder, but the Privy Council later ordered a retrial that acquitted them. The killing remains unsolved.
6 to watch & hear
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South Campus Gateway complex, High Street, Columbus, Ohio · 2006
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer
Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, vanished after a night of bar-hopping in Columbus, Ohio in the early hours of April 1, 2006. Security footage showed him talking to two women outside a bar just before 2 a.m., but no camera recorded him leaving the building, and he has never been found.
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England · 2016
Death of Corrie McKeague
Royal Air Force gunner Corrie McKeague disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds in September 2016, and a 2022 inquest concluded he died after climbing into a waste bin that was tipped into a bin lorry, though his remains were never found.
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Pimlico, London, England · 2010
Death of Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams, a GCHQ mathematician on secondment to MI6, was found dead padlocked inside a bag in his London flat in August 2010; a coroner ruled the death unnatural and likely criminally mediated, but no one has been charged and a Metropolitan Police re-investigation later called it probably an accident.
5 to watch & hear
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Cumming, Georgia · 2018
Death of Tamla Horsford
Tamla Horsford, a 40-year-old mother of five, died from a fall at a home in Cumming, Georgia, during a gathering on November 3-4, 2018; two separate investigations ruled her death accidental, though her family has disputed that finding and pushed for further inquiry.
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Austin, Texas · 2022
Murder of Moriah Wilson
Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old professional cyclist, was shot and killed at a friend's residence in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 2022, and Kaitlin Armstrong was later convicted and sentenced to 90 years in prison for the killing.
8 to watch & hear
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Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California · 2014
Murder of Amie Harwick
Amie Harwick, a Los Angeles marriage and family therapist and author, was strangled and thrown from her third-floor Hollywood Hills balcony on February 15, 2020, by an ex-boyfriend who had a history of stalking her. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2023 and sentenced to life without parole.
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Star City, West Virginia (disappearance site); body found in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania · 2012
Murder of Skylar Neese
Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappeared from her Star City, West Virginia home in July 2012 and was found murdered months later. Two of her high school best friends, Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy, pleaded guilty to killing her in a premeditated stabbing attack.
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Abbottabad compound (Waziristan Haveli), Abbottabad, Pakistan · 2011
Killing of Osama bin Laden
On May 2, 2011, U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden, founder of al-Qaeda and orchestrator of the September 11 attacks, during a CIA-led raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Three other people in the compound were also killed, and bin Laden's body was buried at sea.
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Lakewood Ranch, Florida, United States · 2016
Black Swan manslaughter case
Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina, shot and killed her estranged husband Douglas Benefield at her mother's home in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, in September 2020; she was convicted of manslaughter with a firearm in 2024 after claiming self-defense.
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Davis, California, United States · 2013
Murders of Claudia Maupin and Oliver Northup
In April 2013, Claudia Maupin, 76, and Oliver "Chip" Northup, 87, were stabbed and mutilated in their Davis, California home by 15-year-old Daniel William Marsh, who confessed after bragging to friends. Marsh was convicted as an adult of first-degree murder in 2014 and sentenced to 52 years to life; subsequent juvenile-justice law changes led to years of appeals over whether his case should be transferred to juvenile court.
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Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico · 2020
Killing of Ingrid Escamilla
Ingrid Escamilla Vargas, a 25-year-old woman, was murdered by her boyfriend in Mexico City on 9 February 2020 in an act of femicide. He was later convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison. The case sparked national outrage after graphic images of her body were leaked to tabloid media and social networks.
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Leongatha, Victoria, Australia · 2023
Leongatha mushroom murders
Erin Patterson murdered three relatives and seriously injured a fourth by serving beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms at a family lunch in Leongatha, Victoria, in July 2023. She was convicted on all charges in July 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Redding, California · 2016
Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax
Sherri Papini fabricated a three-week disappearance from Redding, California, in November 2016, and in 2022 pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and false-statement charges for staging the hoax.
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IRGC-run guesthouse, Tehran, Iran · 2024
Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed in Tehran on 31 July 2024 in an attack Iranian officials attributed to Israel, which Israel later publicly confirmed carrying out.
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Las Vegas area, Clark County, Nevada · 2008
Murders of Sharon Causse and Michael Miller
Sharon Causse Randolph and Michael Miller were shot dead at the Randolph home in the Las Vegas area on May 8, 2008; her husband, Thomas Randolph, was convicted of both murders and of conspiracy to commit murder, and the Nevada Supreme Court upheld the conviction in 2026.
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Fanad Drive, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland · 2019
Killing of Lyra McKee
Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, was fatally shot on 18 April 2019 while observing rioting in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland; the New IRA admitted responsibility, three men were acquitted of her murder in July 2026, and no one has been charged with firing the shot.
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Finch Crescent, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England · 1981
Murder of Carol Morgan
Carol Morgan, 36, was killed in the storeroom of the corner shop she ran with her husband in Linslade, Bedfordshire, on 13 August 1981; after a cold-case review, her husband Allen Morgan was convicted in 2024 of conspiring to murder her, while the person who carried out the attack has never been identified.
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Vila Leopoldina, West Zone, São Paulo, Brazil · 2012
Murder of Marcos Matsunaga
Marcos Kitano Matsunaga, 41, chief executive of the Brazilian food company Yoki, was shot dead by his wife, Elize Matsunaga, in their São Paulo apartment on 19 May 2012; a jury convicted her of qualified homicide in December 2016.
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Topeka, Kansas · 2002
Murders of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness
Mike Sisco, 47, and his fiancée Karen Harkness, 53, were shot dead in Harkness's west Topeka, Kansas, home in July 2002; Sisco's ex-wife Dana Chandler was convicted of their murders in 2012, won a new trial in 2018, faced a hung jury in 2022 and was convicted again in March 2025.
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The Magdala, South Hill Park, Hampstead, London · 1955
Killing of David Blakely
Racing driver David Blakely was shot dead outside the Magdala pub in Hampstead, London, on 10 April 1955; his partner Ruth Ellis was convicted of murder and hanged, the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, and in July 2026 she was granted a posthumous conditional pardon replacing the death sentence with life imprisonment.
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Hollywood, Los Angeles, California · 2001
Murders of Ashley Ellerin and Maria Bruno
Ashley Ellerin, 22, was stabbed to death in her Hollywood home in 2001 and Maria Bruno, 32, in her El Monte apartment in 2005; Michael Gargiulo was convicted of both murders and of the 2008 attempted murder of Michelle Murphy, and was sentenced to death in 2021.
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Fieldfare Way, Richmond Hill subdivision, Indianapolis, Indiana · 2012
Murders of Dion and Jennifer Longworth
A deliberately caused natural gas explosion at a house in the Richmond Hill subdivision of Indianapolis on November 10, 2012, killed next-door neighbors John "Dion" and Jennifer Longworth; five people were convicted over the insurance-fraud plot, two of them of murder.
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Hôtel de Pourtalès, 7 rue Tronchet, 8th arrondissement, Paris · 2016
Robbery of Kim Kardashian
In the early hours of 3 October 2016, armed men posing as police tied up Kim Kardashian in her Paris residence at the Hôtel de Pourtalès and stole jewellery worth about €9 million; in May 2025 a Paris court convicted eight defendants, four of them of the armed robbery and confinement, and acquitted two.
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Nashville, Tennessee — Jade Benning's apartment (city-level pin) · 2023
Murder of Jade Benning
Jade Benning, five months pregnant, became critically ill at her Nashville apartment on February 25, 2023, and died on March 6, her 25th birthday; her boyfriend Blaise Taylor was convicted in July 2026 of murdering her and their unborn daughter.

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