Crime Junkie

Law enforcement Explorer programs were created to mentor teens interested in policing. But weak oversight created an environment where officers could manipulate that trust.

In 2021, Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her apartment and what Massachusetts investigators quickly called a suicide slowly revealed itself to be something much more sinister.

In the 1970s, few places on Earth were more queer-friendly than San Francisco, but it wasn’t all rainbows in the Bay City. When the bodies of gay men started turning up one after another, fear spread like wildfire.

For decades, police said Rowena Wilkinson Zapalac died via suicide by masturbation. But her family always believed there was more to Rowena’s death than met the eye.

When a couple from Oso, Washington, is discovered missing, it doesn’t take long for detectives to develop a prime suspect.

27-year-old Linda Sherman vanished just as she's making plans to leave her troubled marriage. Her family had no answers — until a human skull appeared.

In June of 2023, a woman was brutally murdered in Floyd County, Kentucky, while attending a gathering at the home of a local dentist.

In 1979, the tiny town of San Miguel, California, was shaken when two kindergarten girls vanished in broad daylight from a main street.

18-year-old Christion Olson heads out for a night with friends in July 2024. But when he comes home early the next morning, the unimaginable happens.

In March 2020, the mysterious death of a mother of two is ruled a suicide. But her loved ones believe there’s more to her death than meets the eye.

John O’Keefe, a Boston Police Officer, died January 29, 2022. Karen Read is charged with backing into him, but her defense team alleges a massive cover-up.