The Murder Blog

Johnny Lewis: A Rising Star’s Tragic Fall On the 26th of September 2012, Los Angeles police responded to a 911 call in Los Feliz from a concerned member of the public who had heard a woman screaming from inside a house. In the driveway of the…

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, the case of serial killer Timothy Krajcir goes from bad to worse when investigators uncover a long web of sexual assaults and murders spanning decades. Follow the chain of overlooked clues and evidence as Tim…

The Maund family ran an automobile empire, beginning in 1957 with Charles Maund opening his own auto group, Charles Maund Oldsmobile-Cadillac. The success was passed on through the generations, and by the time Charles’ grandson Erik Maund was …

On April the 23rd, 2012, Lynnettee Keller and her teenage daughter, 18-year-old Kaylene Keller, were found dead in their family home. Both victims had been fatally shot. Their killer had also shot the Keller family pets to death, and then, gasoline …

 During 2013, 17-year-old Tara Willenborg was excited for the rest of her life. She had moved out of her family home and started living at an apartment, which she shared with her 21-year-old partner, Josh Lewis. Despite their age gap, family an…

1960’s Newcastle upon Tyne, the withering, dying neighborhood of Scotswood became the scene of extremes. A new age of renovation and industry had the council knocking down and rebuilding streets of old Victorian terrace houses, leaving rows of…

George Stinney, Jr was born on October 21st, 1929. He grew up in Alcolu, South Carolina. His father, George Stinney, Sr worked at the local lumberyard and sawmill. The sawmill brought a lot of life to the small town employing many of its residents. …

Scott Peterson entered the world in 1972 to an industrious and prosperous family. Both of his parents owned and ran their own businesses and provided a stable, affluent life for their son. Lee and Jackie Peterson had six children between them from p…

On the 1st of February 2002, 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was at home with her two brothers. Her dad, Damon van Dam, looked after the kids while his wife, Brenda, spent the Friday evening out drinking with some of her friends. At about half past ten…

August 14th, the summer of 2022, a couple just at the start of their journey into adulthood headed out for a day of hiking in the Talladega National Forest down in Alabama. It was a Sunday, the sun was shining and school started on Monday. The only …