Laura Barcella

A&E True Crime explores the details about serial killer Ted Bundy's January 24, 1989 execution and the macabre hoopla, including celebrations and commemorative T-shirts, that surrounded it.

A&E True Crime takes a closer look at what famous FBI profiler John E. Douglas and others in the FBI had to say about the cult leader.

After the still-unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short—the 22-year-old woman and aspiring starlet later dubbed 'The Black Dahlia'— the media and preachers used the case to warn young women of what could happen when you try to leave your family and seek fame.

From the arrest of a suspect in the Golden State Killer case to a serial killer's confession to the murder of 90 women, 2018 has been a breakthrough year for cold cases.

Shortly after Chris Watts was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife and two daughters, prosecutors released a 2,000-page document known as the discovery (i.e. their evidence against Watts). The file contained a massive trove of surveillance photos, FBI interviews, text messages, police interviews with friends and family and more. We examine some of the discovery's details.

One element of the 1978 mass death at Jonestown that hasn't been explored much is leader Jim Jones' rampant drug abuse—and how he used substances as a tool of control in his church. A&E True Crime investigate the roles drugs played at Jonestown.

On November 15, 1990, a 2-year-old boy, Billy Blankenship, was reported to have fallen down the stairs in his babysitter's care in Concordia, Missouri. The sitter, Tawny Sue Gunter, claimed she had put the boy in her basement as she prepared lunch upstairs. The boy suffered a skull fracture and later died. But that wasn't the end of the story.

The United States may have churned out the highest number of serial killers in the world over the years, but it certainly doesn't hold exclusive rights on brutal murders. Learn about some international serial killers and how their respective countries handled their crimes.