A film director who caught New York real estate scion Robert Durst on a hot mic apparently admitting to multiple murders said he felt “sad” over the chilling TV moment. “The Jinx” director Andrew Jarecki reflected on the alleged 2015 confession ahead of the release of “The Jinx: Part Two,” which follows on from Durst’s … Read more
Convicted killer Robert Durst died in 2022 — but the bizarre story of the multimillionaire New York real estate heir turned murderer is still unravelling. On Wednesday, HBO dropped the first trailer for “The Jinx: Part Two,” the juicy continuation of the 2015 documentary series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” that … Read more
For almost three decades, Kristine S. Ervin lived an inconceivable horror story – hoping and praying that the two monsters who abducted, brutally raped and murdered her mother in April 1986 would be caught. She wanted justice – and also revenge – to finally be served. Eight years old when the life of Kathy Sue … Read more
A woman has revealed the moment she fell for a death-row inmate, before spiraling into a life of drugs. Benjamin Ritchie was driving a stolen van in 2000 when a police officer saw him and gave chase. After wrecking the van, Ritchie fired five shots. One of the bullets killed the cop. Ritchie was convicted … Read more
A woman has revealed the moment she fell for a death row inmate before spiraling into a life of drugs. Benjamin Ritchie was driving a stolen van in 2000 when a police officer saw him and gave chase. After wrecking the van, Ritchie fired five shots. One of the bullets killed the cop. Ritchie was … Read more
Move over, Ted Bundy — there’s a new-old serial hottie in town. Recently released AI-generated renderings of Jack the Ripper reveal the infamous 19th-century prostitute killer to be a dashing gentleman with a darkly alluring, wild-eyed energy. The dangerously dreamy drawings come courtesy of Jeff Leahy, a long-time Ripper enthusiast from Carmarthen, Wales, who produced a … Read more
Rapper Killer Mike clashed with host Sunny Hostin on “The View” Monday after offering some praise of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, while also explaining he’s focused on local elections when asked to explain why he wasn’t endorsing President Biden yet. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Killer Mike, a longtime progressive activist, about why he was hesitant to … Read more
True-crime doc watchers who are in committed relationships may see “Lover, Stalker, Killer,” a bracing account of a lurid series of misdeeds directed by Sam Hobkinson, and breathe a sigh of relief over being out of the dating pool. It begins in 2012, when Dave Kroupa, an auto mechanic in Omaha, was rebounding from a … Read more
The father of Selena Quintanilla, who was brutally murdered in 1995, has lashed out against a new Oxygen documentary featuring her convicted killer, Yolanda Saldívar. The Texas-born Quintanilla, a Grammy-winning singing sensation known as the “Queen of Tejano Music,” was only 23 when she was shot to death by Saldívar, her confidant, agent and president … Read more
Way to kill the vibe. The rapper Killer Mike, whose real name is Michael Render, was taken away in handcuffs at the Crypto.com Arena during the Grammys 2024 on Sunday after winning three awards before the main broadcast. He was arrested due to an alleged physical altercation with a security guard at the event, according … Read more
Emile Hirsch went looking in a pineapple under the sea to draw inspiration for his latest role. The actor plays court stenographer Walden Dean in the new thriller “Walden,” who seeks revenge on criminals that bypass prosecution. Hirsch, 38, initially had “no idea how to play” the role when he originally got the part — that … Read more
Kaley Cuoco may be our newest caper girl Friday, but even her flame of charisma tapers off early in “Role Play,” directed by Thomas Vincent. Calling on the same knack for high jinks that she perfected on the Max series “The Flight Attendant,” the onetime sitcom actress plays Emma, a suburban mom with a secret: … Read more
Apparently, some time in 1964, a professional ice skater and animal trainer named Dave Pitts, on the road with his chimp Spanky, picked up a young hitchhiker who was in the middle of a killing spree. The story of Pitts’s encounter with Larry Lee Ranes, whose brother also became a serial killer, was fictionalized in … Read more
Michael Mann’s new drama “Ferrari,” about several important weeks in the life of the racecar driver and manufacturer Enzo Ferrari, is many things: biographical drama, thriller, period costume film, and also a story about business rivalries, domestic disputes and personal grief. Adam Driver plays the automotive magnate as a man divided between his obsessive pursuit … Read more
Mickey Mouse isn’t just for kids anymore. A trailer has dropped for a horror comedy film in which Mickey Mouse is the psycho killer – on the first day that the 1928 Disney short film “Steamboat Willie” has entered the public domain. “Steamboat Willie” was directed by Walt Disney, and it’s an 8-minute short that … Read more
People with treatment-resistant hypertension could benefit from a new procedure that the FDA recently approved. The minimally invasive procedure targets nerves near the kidneys to help control high blood pressure when medications fail to do so. Dr. Samin Sharma, an interventional cardiologist and director of the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital … Read more
A UK mom is mourning the death of her 26-year-old son, who was so addicted to ketamine that his bladder shrank to the size of a marble. “This drug is a killer,” 47-year-old Clare Rogers, mother of the late Rian Rogers, told the Times Of London. “It is taking bladders from young children.” Ketamine is … Read more
Cautious seafarers are rocking the boat so orcas won’t. As killer whales continue to target boats off Spain and Portugal, some enterprising sailors have devised an unlikely way to keep Free Willy at bay — by blasting heavy metal music across the water. The unlikely alleged orca deterrent surfaced recently in the Facebook group “Orca … Read more
David Fincher can’t get enough of that murderous stuff — his filmography bleedeth over with miscreants (“Alien 3”), home invaders (“Panic Room”) and multiple maniacs (“Seven,” “Zodiac,” “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “Gone Girl”). During one of his periodic breaks from painting the big screen red, Fincher served as a producer and director on … Read more
The demimondes depicted by the American master Martin Scorsese vary widely — his New York stories alone span three centuries — but they have one common requirement: It takes intelligence, of one kind or another, to navigate them. His protagonists are smart, street smart, shrewd, skillful or some combination of those qualities as a rule. … Read more