Nearly 20 years ago, retired NYPD detectives started tracking the suspicious drownings of young men across the country after they discovered a graffiti smiley face near at least a dozen locations where they found bodies.
On December 28, 1956, the Grimes sisters, 15 and 12, left home to watch heartthrob Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender in Chicago. Six decades later, their inexplicable murder remains unsolved.
A&E True Crime speaks with journalist Jerry Mitchell about his book, Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era, about how to handle cold cases, the FBI's harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. and his role in the prosecution of serial killer Felix Vail
The double murder of hitchhikers Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero in the summer of 1980 shook Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Nearly 40 years later, the Appalachian community is still haunted by the unsolved case, now known as the 'Rainbow Murders.'
On February 2, 2008, a man walked into a woman's clothing store in Chicago and shot and killed five women. It's one of the worst mass murders in the city's history, and the murderer is still on the loose.
Since the 2017 murder of Indiana teens Libby German and Abby Williams, local authorities have not released any information about the cause or time of death of either victim, leading to rumors and speculation. We spoke with Indiana State Police First Sgt. Jerry Holeman about why the police are holding back details about the murder.
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.
The murders of Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, shocked the small town of Delphi, Indiana because of their apparent randomness. But what makes this murder case different than most is that it is believed one of the victims may have captured audio and photo clues that point to her killer.
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