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In the 1970s, the serial killer couple Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole carried out a horrific murder spree across the United States. In the end, Henry claimed he had killed more than 600 people, making him one of the most prodigious killers in...

At first, nobody really paid attention to the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in early 2020 outside his South Georgia community as the coronavirus pandemic dominated headlines. It wasn't until a video of his last moments surfaced a few months later...

On July 15, 1997, the murder of Gianni Versace rocked the fashion world. The investigation into what happened would uncover a killer who thrived on attention and luxury. It took the police less than three hours to figure out who the person responsible...

By the late 1980s, over 40 dead bodies had turned up in Rostov, Russia, all killed and mutilated in the same way. As authorities were sure that the person responsible would continue killing until caught, they were desperate to find him. According to...

Farmville is a sleepy, small town of 8000 people located just in the center of Virginia. It is one of those places where you can really say, "nothing ever happens." Or at least that's how it used to be before fall 2009.That September, residents of...

When the first season of Tiger King hit the nation and the whole world in early 2020, it soon became the Internet's biggest true-crime TV obsession. The show had everything: big cats, mullets, guns, amputees, gay throuple, real-life cult-like leaders,...

Last time we talked about the brutal murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez. The couple was shot to death in their fancy Beverly Hills home in August 1989. Their two sons, Erik and Lyle, were left "shocked" by the sudden loss of their parents. But police...

The night of August 20, 1989, was going to be the last in the lives of Jose and Kitty Menendez. They just did not know it yet.Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes...

Three decades ago, a whole family of five was wiped off the face of the earth in the name of religion. Cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren claimed the divine drove him to murder, but in the end, God, who he claimed to speak with, did not spare him....

In 1995, a murderer crisscrossed the US for six weeks, seducing redheaded women he met in bars before brutally murdering them. Also known as the "Casanova Killer," cops tracked his every step before they were finally able to catch him after a classic...

In 2010, a video called "1 boy - 2 kittens" was posted on Youtube and Facebook. The viral clip showed a man playing with two kittens before putting them in a very tight vacuum seal bag and vacuuming out the air, suffocating the helpless kitties....

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....