If there’s something strange in your borough or ’hood, who you gonna call? The Post busters — ’cause we ain’t afraid of no ghosts. Prepare to take a walk on the dark side, courtesy of what is sure to be this summer’s guiltiest pleasure, “Haunted, Abandoned and Hella Creepy.” The new, weekly ghost hunting series … Read more
The one consistent element that I appreciate in British thrillers across all genres is their knack of getting right to the point, sometimes in the opening scene — then toggling back and forth to fill in the contextual blanks and simultaneously move the action forward. “Clean Sweep,” a new Irish thriller starring Charlene McKenna, fits … Read more
A third man has been charged in connection with the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay in New York City. Jay Bryant, 49, was indicted in federal court in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday and charged with the death of the hip-hop legend, whose birth name is Jason “Jay” Mizell. Two … Read more
A soap opera actor named Jefferson Machado, who vanished nearly five months ago, has been found dead in a trunk outside of a home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The actor’s passing was confirmed on his Instagram page by a family friend named Cintia Hilsendeger. “It is with great regret that we inform you that … Read more
Judy Malinowski was a dead girl talking. From the grave, the slain Ohio mother-of-two testified against ex-boyfriend Michael Slager in her 2018 murder trial. Clinging to life on a hospital bed with burns covering 95% of her body, an amputated arm that had been scorched to the bone and bolts of pain surging through her … Read more
Brazilian fitness influencer Luanne Murta Jardim dos Santos Martins has died after being shot in front of her family during a robbery gone bad, local news reported. She was 30 years old. Her family confirmed her passing in a statement posted to her Instagram page. “Our dear star Luanne passed on to shine brighter,” they … Read more
Before real estate agent Kouri Richins allegedly poisoned her husband, Eric Richins, to death, the two had sparred over a $3.75 million home — which is now in contract. Located in Heber City, Utah — Kouri, 33, allegedly argued with Eric, 39, about her plans to purchase and flip this 20,000-square-foot home just days before … Read more
A pair of crime scene cleaners have gained a loyal following on TikTok for showing the gruesome blood, guts and tales of murder they have encountered on the job. Long Islander Tom DeSena, 23, and Junior Lallbachan, 26, from Guyana, South America, are the duo behind TikTok account @thesoulmediators — which has more than 250,000 … Read more
Bad to the bone and made for the screen, give me a complicated villain over a one note hero any old day but especially on April 29, National Villain Day. Interestingly, and etymologically, the word villain translates to common villager and comes from the Medieval belief, held by the aristocracy, (and let’s be real those … Read more
In his controversial novel “American Psycho,” Pisces Brett Easton Ellis writes, “It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.” Given the popularity of true crime as entertainment and our cultural fascination with serial killers, it would seem we as people crave constant confirmation of that cruelty. … Read more
Koko Da Doll, a black transgender woman who was featured in the acclaimed 2023 Sundance Film Festival documentary “Kokomo City,” died Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. She was 35 years old. The Atlanta police department reported that the sex worker — whose real name is Rasheeda Williams — had been found with an “apparent gunshot wound” on Martin Luther … Read more
An up-and-coming fashion designer who dressed Lady Gaga and other celebrities was murdered in her Manhattan apartment with a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and other drugs last year, cops and reports said Friday. A neighbor spotted Kathryn “Katie” Gallagher’s keys dangling from the door of her apartment on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side … Read more
An OnlyFans model jailed for killing the father of her three children is calling for her prison to implement conjugal visits so that she can have sex behind bars. Abigail White — who has described herself as a “fake Barbie” because of her blond locks, big breasts and plump pout — stabbed her boyfriend Bradley … Read more
Jim Gordon — the Grammy-winning rock drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison — who was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 while suffering from schizophrenia, has died. He was 77. His publicist, Bob Merlis, confirmed to The Post on Wednesday that Gordon died Monday at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville of natural … Read more
Aaron Carter’s fiancée Melanie Martin is raising questions about his untimely death and final moments — just days after his mother doubled down on claims her son may have been murdered. “Many factors discussed with the police and coroner do not add up to [a] simple overdose,” the child star’s fiancée told the Sun. “I … Read more
Robert Anzilotti retired as Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in 2021. But, as exclusively revealed in the upcoming A&E documentary “The Torso Killer Confessions,” Anzilotti has now closed his seventh cold-case linked to serial killer Richard Cottingham: the murder of Mary Ann Della Sala, who was 17 when she vanished in … Read more
Drake will not be deposed by defense attorneys in connection to slain rapper XXXTentacion’s murder trial, according to reports. The defense lawyers for the three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion floated the possibility that superstar Drake might have actually been behind the 2018 slaying as the two rappers had a public feud. Court documents showed … Read more
Watching true crime shows may help prepare you if you find yourself in a similar situation, according to an expert on morbid curiosity. Coltan Scrivner, a research scientist at Recreational Fear Lab and an expert in morbid curiosity, feels there’s an almost primal reason people are endlessly fascinated by true crime content. According to Scrivner, morbid curiosity … Read more
A Brazilian model and nightclub owner was discovered dead with 11 stab wounds in what authorities are calling a homicide. The grisly incident came to light on February 3 after the body of Thaís Rocha Secundino, 28, was found in her jeep in São Paulo, Brazil. According to authorities, she had sustained knife wounds to … Read more
When homicide detectives called Jackie Vadurro at the end of January, claiming to have matched her 23andMe DNA test kit to a 36-year-old cold case murder, she thought they were joking. But, no — the cops were dead serious. “I was so taken aback,” Vadurro, 31, told The Post with a chuckle. “I knew I hadn’t done … Read more