When Mary Bailey was 11 years old, her mom asked her to shoot her abusive stepfather. She obliged. She speaks with us about how that action has affected her life.

The reign of the bodybuilding world's most famous couple, Sally and Ray McNeil, ended after Sally murdered Ray with a shotgun in 1995.

About two weeks before Brian Laundrie strangled his 22-year-old fiancé Gabby Petito to death in late August 2021, the couple had an encounter with law enforcement in Moab, Utah. Could different decisions by the police officers have prevented Petito's death?

Rita Smith, a renowned domestic violence expert and advocate, tells A&E True Crime about some red flags that indicate an abusive partner may be homicidal.

The ex-wife of infamous con man John 'Dirty John' Meehan shares how he used 'love bombing' and 'coercive control' to manipulate and abuse women.

2020 was the deadliest year in United States history. But much to the chagrin of police departments nationwide, the homicide rate across the country skyrocketed in the pandemic's first six months. We look at why.

Shayna Hubers shot and killed her boyfriend, Ryan Poston, claiming it was self-defense. But at the murder scene, there were few indications of a domestic disturbance. Read more about this bizarre case.

For years, her name was treated as a shorthand joke: Lorena Bobbitt, the angry, crazy wife, a 22-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant who had cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis with a kitchen knife while he slept in their Northern Virginia home. The June 1993 incident served as international tabloid fodder for months.

One in nine men experience severe physical violence at the hands of intimate partners. And when they do, their survival is uniquely challenging.

There's a new epidemic coming to light in Alaska—and in other areas around the U.S.—where hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Native American women are turning up missing or murdered. But legislative, funding and awareness-raising efforts are under way, and the issue is getting some political traction from the #MeToo movement. .