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The crystal chandeliers of the Washington Grand Ballroom threw hard white light across rows of dress blues and medals. Elena Vale stood near the center of the polished floor, one hand resting on the high curve of her seven-month belly. The blue wool of her service dress strained a little at the middle. Her medals … Read more

The incense smoke hung thick in the ancestral hall. Celeste stood in the center of the polished floor with her two daughters pressed against her legs. Sophie’s small fingers dug into the fabric of her mother’s skirt. Ella had her face buried against Celeste’s thigh. Madame Rosalind Lin’s voice cut through the quiet. “Kneel.” Celeste … Read more

Ted Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont, yet grew up with his grandparents in Philadelphia. Bundy had a complicated childhood having mostly grown up thinking his mother was his sister and his grandparents were his parents to avoid social stigma since his father was unknown. He’s pictured here in his senior yearbook photo in 1965 … Read more

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys want a Texas forensic DNA lab known for helping crack some of the nation’s most notorious murder cases to test unknown male DNA found beneath Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails as the disgraced South Carolina attorney heads toward a new double-murder trial. Murdaugh, once a powerful personal injury attorney in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was … Read more

Betty Broderick, who died on May 8, spent the last three decades of her life in prison for murdering her ex-husband and his new wife. Prior to the 𝓈𝒽𝓸𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 double homicide on Nov. 5, 1989, and the acrimonious divorce that preceded it, Betty and Dan Broderick appeared to have the perfect life. He was a … Read more

Between 1989 and 1992, he kidnapped and murdered at least seven victims aged 19 to 22 – three Germans, two Britons and two Australians. The backpackers were picked up when hitchhiking on a long stretch of road between Sydney and Melbourne – some in pairs, others alone. Each was taken into the Belanglo State Forest … Read more

The grandparents of Gus Lamont say they are “absolutely devastated” after SA Police declared the disappearance of the four-year-old boy a major crime. On Thursday, police said they had a suspect who lived at Oak Park Station, where Gus was last seen on September 27, stressing that suspect was not one of the boy’s parents. … Read more

The wind hit the deck like a fist. Elena Vale gripped the cold rail of the emergency raft with both hands. Rain stung her face. The Mediterranean black and wild beneath her. Seven months pregnant, the baby kicking hard against her ribs as if it already knew the danger. “Get in,” Victoria said. Her voice … Read more

Ted Bundy may have stalked and killed at least 30 women—but he had no guilt about his darkest deeds. He made the bold proclamation in a series of letters from death row to his cousin Edna Martin. While he never admitted to the killings, Bundy insisted in the letters—featured in the Oxygen special Love, Ted … Read more

Robert Tulloch, who previously received a sentence of life without parole for the murders of two Dartmouth University professors in 2001 when he was a juvenile, is now eligible to be released by the time he is 62 years old. Tulloch was automatically sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in … Read more