Unsolved Crimes

Arlene Fraser, a 33-year-old mother of two from Elgin, Scotland, disappeared from her home on 28 April 1998. Despite a murder conviction, her body has never been found, and questions about the case persist to this day.

On Halloween Eve 1975, Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old Connecticut student, was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her family's Belle Haven backyard. Nearly five decades later, the case remains a tangled web of wealth, power, and allegations involving the Kennedy family.

Herbert Richard Baumeister, a successful German-American businessman, operated one of America's most prolific killing sprees from the late 1980s until his 1996 suicide in Canada. Police discovered the remains of at least 11 men buried on his 18-acre Indiana estate, with evidence suggesting he may have killed at least 25 victims overall.

Robert Durst, the eldest son of a New York real estate dynasty, died in prison in January 2022 after being convicted of murder. Despite investigations into three deaths across multiple states, Durst was convicted of only one crime—yet his name remains synonymous with evasion and privilege.

In 1998, Marion Barter sold her house, told her family she was traveling the world, and vanished without a trace. Nearly three decades later, her daughter Sally Leydon is using podcasting to solve what authorities couldn't—or wouldn't.

In 2017, journalist Ronan Farrow published explosive reporting in The New Yorker that exposed Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual assault and the sophisticated system he used to silence accusers. The investigation earned Farrow a 2018 Pulitzer Prize and became a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement.

Alaina Urquhart, an autopsy technician turned podcaster, co-hosts Morbid: A True Crime Podcast, one of America's most popular shows. Since 2018, her unique perspective on death and forensic science has captivated millions of listeners worldwide.

Steve Ainsworth spent over 30 years investigating homicides and major crimes for the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, examining more than 2,500 deaths and leaving an indelible mark on some of America's most notorious cases.

Variety hosted the inaugural True Crime Summit on March 13, 2026, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, bringing together influential creators and industry figures to discuss the craft, ethics, and business of true crime storytelling.

2026 brings a slate of major true crime documentaries across Netflix, ID, and HBO Max, featuring everything from Elizabeth Smart's firsthand account of her 1996 kidnapping to the Hillside Strangler's shocking on-camera confession. These releases promise archival footage, FBI investigations, and perspectives rarely heard before from victims and perpetrators alike.

Brian Walshe, 50, was convicted of murdering his wife Ana, a 39-year-old Serbian-American real estate executive, who disappeared on January 1, 2023, from their Cohasset, Massachusetts home. After initially misleading police, Walshe pleaded guilty to obstructing the investigation but was found guilty of first-degree murder on December 15, 2025, and sentenced to life without parole.

The United Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented surge in fraud crime, with 2.09 million confirmed cases reported in the first six months of 2025. The crisis reveals vulnerabilities in digital banking systems that extend far beyond British shores, prompting international law enforcement to reassess fraud prevention strategies.

Denmark has developed specialized resources to address stalking cases, including dedicated centers and documented accounts of obsessive behavior. Recent cases and podcasts have brought attention to the prevalence of stalking in the Nordic country.

In May 2023, INTERPOL launched a coordinated campaign across six European countries to identify women found dead under suspicious or unexplained circumstances. By 2025, the initiative had expanded to 47 cases—and delivered its first major success when Turkish police identified a victim found in Barcelona two decades earlier.

Danish journalist and true crime author Carsten Norton has documented the complex history of Pusher Street, the 100-meter stone-paved thoroughfare in Copenhagen's Freetown Christiania that evolved from a 1970s social experiment into one of Europe's most notorious open drug markets before its closure in 2024.

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A new book by Danish author Peer Kaae draws on original police archives to document ten murder cases investigated by Rejseholdet between 1927 and 1948, including the wartime killing of celebrated poet-priest Kaj Munk and previously unreleased details about how Danish detectives solved one of the nation's most cynical crimes.

Australian Crime Stories delivers engaging retellings of Australia's unique criminal cases through a popular Spotify podcast. With a 3.9-star rating and a dedicated subscriber base, the show presents factual accounts of true crime from the country's distinctive legal landscape.

A Lithuanian family disappeared without trace after a market visit, leaving investigators puzzled—not by the vanishing itself, but by one family member's striking emotional detachment. A new Danish podcast explores the case that challenges conventional expectations of grief and suspicion.

Australia's true crime podcast landscape has exploded in 2026, with homegrown productions dominating international listening charts. Led by the anonymous-hosted Casefile True Crime and a wave of investigative series from major news outlets, Australian podcasters are setting the standard for crime storytelling worldwide.