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At the turn of the decade in the 1980s, Hugh Hefner thought he had hit the jackpot and discovered the greatest thing that Playboy had ever had: 20-year-old model Dorothy Stratten. The young rising star's beauty had been drawing comparisons to Marilyn...

When a lifeless body is discovered with a total of 20 stab wounds, a knife still rammed four inches into the chest, most of us would think: that is a homicide, let's go and find the killer. But, as absurd as it sounds, that was not the case with...

The school day in Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, on January 11, 2013, had started like any other day. Classes were going on as usual, but there was somebody missing, nobody had just noticed yet. At least no one else than Jacquelyn "Jackie"...

Family annihilators is a term used to describe men who murder their entire families. Often behind such an act is some kind of incident, like a job loss or other money issues. While there are often signs indicating an individual may be on the edge of...

When 33-year-old Chris Watts' whole family suddenly disappeared without a trace on August 13, 2018, the seemingly devastated husband and father of two little girls gave a TV interview from his porch in Frederick, Colo., begging them to come home....

When 33-year-old Chris Watts' whole family suddenly disappeared without a trace on August 13, 2018, the seemingly devastated husband and father of two little girls gave a TV interview from his porch in Frederick, Colo., begging them to come home....

This is part 2 and starts with Dennis Rader's murder of the Otero family, and continues through his sentencing. The reason this episode is much longer than normal, is because I added parts of the audio from Denis Rader's court confession. It's such a...

When something terrible happens, something that is so evil, it transcends the limits of human understanding, we begin to look for an explanation. For example, when a mass murderer takes 50 innocent lives in a ruthless killing spree, we look at that...

Corpus delicti is a Latin term from the Western legal theory that literally means "body of the crime." This principle requires proof that a crime took place before an individual can be charged with that crime. Thus, what comes to homicide, the corpse...

Have you ever heard about the girl who was one night hearing ominous dripping coming from within her home? She was scared, but her faithful dog was keeping her company under the bed, licking her hand off and on in comfort. Eventually, the girl had to...

According to The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, only around 16% of all serial killers are female. In fact, they are so rare that even the man credited with coining the term "serial killer," FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler, did not discuss...

As Halloween is just around the corner, it is time for jack-o-lanterns, costume planning, and stocking up on all our favorite Halloween candy. But what really sets the mood for the spooky season is turning off all the lights, cozying up on the couch...

At around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, a call came in 911 dispatch in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The operator heard screaming and sounds of struggle in the background before a young boy's voice saying that somebody was attacking his family....

On January 17, 1998, 16-year-old Fabio Tollis and 19-year-old Chiara Marino suddenly disappeared. The couple had spent their Saturday night drinking beer and listening to heavy metal music at Midnight Pub in Milan, Italy. But, they never made it back...

The metal community was shocked to its core on December 8, 2004. That day was difficult enough for many of those in the music community as it marked the 24th anniversary of John Lennon's death. But nobody was ready for history to repeat itself when...

On the morning of January 15, 1947, Betty Bersinger was walking down the sidewalk in the neighborhood of Leimert Park, Los Angeles, with her 3-year-old daughter Anne in a Taylor-Tot stroller. The two were heading to a shoe repair shop when something...

In the late 1970s, the residents of New York City were terrified. Six people had been murdered and at least seven injured along the way in seemingly random attacks between the summers of 1976 and 1977. Despite being at the center of the largest...

"Holy crap, we are letting her go free." Those were the words of one of the 12 jurors just after they had voted to acquit 25-year-old Casey Marie Anthony of murder charges over ten years ago. To this day, the decision haunts those involved and...

When 28-year-old bar manager Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in New York in 1964, she was just one of the 636 murder victims in the city that year. No more than four paragraphs were written about her death in the newspaper. That all changed after...

Today, we’re talking about a killer that was clearly not okay mentally. He doesn’t have electricity at every floor. Maybe because of that, he killed his pregnant girlfriend and led police on a high speed chase while dangling the baby he removed (cut)...

I’ll be honest, this case is long, confusing, and frustrating. It has a large cast of characters, drug dealing, an abduction, a shooting, an alleged rape, and a lot of finger pointing. The bottom line is that a senseless crime was committed towards...

The story of the killer today is extraordinary, because he was so ordinary. He was often described later as "normal looking" by both victims and friends. He had everything to live for... two years into a medical degree and a fiance... but a secret...

In August of 2005, University of Texas students were moving into the dorms and the apartments of the campus, excited about the beginning of a new school year. However, on the western edge of the university campus, there was one apartment with yellow...

This is the story of Jodi Arias and what led up to her killing Travis Alexander. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released and to see visuals that go along...