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Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark and Sterling K. Brown as Chris Darden

It's been 10 years since the acclaimed drama about 'most famous trial in modern history'

TV 1 day ago By Asyia Iftikhar

Channel 4 quietly drops crime drama with a horrifyingly chilling true story

TV January 27, 2026 By Meghna Amin

A man standing beside a lake.

ITV fans left unable to sleep after bingeing 'absolutely brilliant' true crime drama

TV January 27, 2026 By Milo Pope

Making a Murderer was true crime gold - but what was the unseen cost of its success?

TV January 22, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

Lucy Worsley standing in front of the Tower Bridge in London holding a satchel, in a promo for Victorian Murder Club.

'My true crime series catches a notorious serial killer even darker than Jack the Ripper'

TV January 5, 2026 By Rebecca Cook

Kept in a coffin for eight days - how Stephanie Slater survived her kidnapping

UK January 3, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

Convicted murderer Erin Patterson is escorted out of the Supreme Court of Victoria following the day's proceedings in a pre-sentencing hearing in Melbourne on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN KEEP/AFP via Getty Images) 15283105

Netflix fans rush to binge crime series about woman who murdered relatives with mushrooms

TV December 30, 2025 By Alistair McGeorge

Dated today 21/03/2011 PIC ORIGINALLY SENT ON: 24/03/2010 VILLAGE POST OFFICE MURDER POST OFFICE DEATH SCENE ... Police officers at the scene in Melsonby, North Yorkshire, where Diana Garbutt died following a suspected robbery at the local Post Office TODAY (monday 21st March 2011) The trial begins at Teesside Crown Court of her husband Robin Garbutt charged with her murder. See story by North News

Did the Post Office scandal cause an innocent man to be convicted of murder?

UK December 29, 2025 By Sarah Ingram

Amanda Seyfried as Nina and Sydney Sweeney as Millie in The Housemaid, standing next to each other.

The Housemaid is the perfect trashy treat to help digest Christmas excess

Film December 26, 2025 By Tori Brazier

Amanda Seyfried as Nina and Sydney Sweeney as Millie in The Housemaid, standing next to each other.

The Housemaid is trashy cat-nip for true crime obsessives

Film December 26, 2025 By Tori Brazier

Roxie Key - why are people still sharing photos of their kids online?

A text confirmed why I would never share my child's face online

Families December 13, 2025 By Roxie Key

Creepy man finds 'amazing' dead body and calls it in to radio show instead of cops

Weird November 24, 2025 By Jen Mills

Photo of Malcolm Fairley, AKA The Fox

Harrowing true crime series about sadistic predator soars to Netflix number 1

TV November 24, 2025 By Alistair McGeorge

Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX (10762311b) David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen. 'Des' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 2, UK - 15 Sep 2020 Des, is a British ITV three-part television drama miniseries, based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, as played by David Tennant, after the discovery of decaying human remains causing the blockage of a near-by drain.

Netflix adds 'truly gripping' British crime drama based on harrowing true story

TV November 12, 2025 By Milo Pope

Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (13431741o) Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins. 'The Walk-In' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 1 UK - 03 Oct 2022 The Walk-In, is a British ITV drama series in which Stephen Graham takes the leading role, of activist Matthew Collins, a reformed Neo-Nazi, now working as a bona fide journalist for the anti-racist organisation, Hope not Hate. Written by Oscar nominated and BAFTA multi award-winning screenwriter, Jeff Pope, the drama is an explosive state-of-the-world series that explores some of the most critical and relevant issues of modern times including racism, freedom of speech and terrorism.

Netflix viewers have days left to watch 'frightening' Stephen Graham crime drama

TV November 6, 2025 By Joel Harley

Keith Cheesman smokes a cigar while wearing sunglasses in a garden.

'I was jailed for £291m robbery and I think the Louvre thieves won't make anything'

TV November 4, 2025 By Rebecca Cook

Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia. John Veasey in Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2025

Ditch your weekend plans to binge 'wild' Netflix crime series that's surged to number 1

TV October 24, 2025 By Tom Percival

Ellie Reynolds, a victim of grooming gangs, speaking to Good Morning Britain after she resigned from the Inquiry set up to investigate grooming gangs CREDIT - ITV

I'm a grooming gangs survivor - the government called me a liar

UK October 24, 2025 By Ellie-Ann Reynolds

The Monster of Florence (Picture: Netflix)

Netflix viewers rush to watch 'haunting' crime drama about Italy's first serial killer

TV October 23, 2025 By Pierra Willix

Night club manageress Ruth Ellis (1926 - 1955) poses for one Captain Ritchie, 1954. The setting is probably the flat above her club on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. In 1955, Ellis was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and hanged at Holloway Prison, becoming the last woman to receive the death penalty in Britain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Family of last woman hanged in UK in fight to have her pardoned 70 years on

UK October 22, 2025 By Sam Corbishley