In 2013 it came to light that a man named Ariel Castro had kidnapped and held three young women in his home for a decade. Here's what happened to the house.
Vanilla Ice is best known for "Ice Ice Baby," but the troubled star also has a long list of arrests to his name. Here's how many times he's landed in cuffs.
The United States hands out the most life sentences of any nation in the world. Here's what it really means when someone is sentenced to life in prison.
Diane Feinstein was thinking of leaving politics, but the assassination of two of her colleagues in San Francisco ended up catapulting her political career.
La Luz del Mundo was founded by Aarón Joaquín González in 1926. The church grew under the leadership of his son, but was plagued by controversy from the start.
Sometimes, a murderer can escape justice for decades. But the investigators never forget, and in 2023, now have far more advanced tools to solve cold cases.
Tupac Shakur was killed on September 13, 1996. For years, the case seemed destined to remain cold - until Duane Davis was charged on September 29, 2023.
Suzanne Morphew went missing on Mother's Day in 2020 - May 10 - and her body was discovered in September 2023. Here's what we know about her death so far.
Convicted felon Jason Billingsley is a suspect in the murder of tech star Pava LaPere, who was found dead in an apartment building just days before his arrest.
Members of Pastor Naasón Joaquín García's church, La Luz de Mundo, accused him of a variety of sex crimes, including against children. This is where he is now.
Mobsters have a well-deserved reputation for brutality and criminality. But many members of the mafia have served in the military, and some with distinction.
In the 1980s Satanic Panic was in full swing, so when teenager Gary Lauwers was killed, some blamed a Satanic cult. Here's who was really behind the murder.
On the surface, Wheatus' "Teenage Dirtbag" seems like a song about a crush on a girl, but it was also inspired by Satanic panic accusations in the 1980s.
Anthony Sully was a police officer before he fell into a life of substance abuse and murder. Here are the details of the disturbing California Bay Area case.
The BTK serial killer began murdering in the 1970s; in 2005 Dennis Rader was convicted of the string of brutal murders. So what is prison life like for him?
The 1980 Oktoberfest event in Munich turned deadly thanks to the actions of 21-year-old student Gundolf Köhler. Here's the story of the tragic bombing.
Naturally, Crime Junkie co-host Brit Prawat loves crime-related TV shows - and she told us which true crime and scripted crime series are her favorites.