They’re going to show a new kind of “monster.” On Monday, Netflix said that Season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology series will be called “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Season 1 was called “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters, 36, in the title role (he also won a Golden … Read more
Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons co-star in the true-crime drama “Love & Death” as married people who have a disastrous affair with each other — ending in murder. The HBO Max miniseries premieres April 27 and written by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”). It’s based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery … 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
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
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
On Sept. 22, 1998, police were called to the Palo Alto, California, home of Vladimir Pokhilko. They discovered a gruesome scene: The Tetris co-developer was dead, his throat slit; he was still gripping the knife. His wife Yelena and their 12-year-old son Peter had been bludgeoned to death with hammers and then stabbed. There was … Read more
There’s a thin line between good and evil. But for most of 2003, that line was nearly nonexistent between New Jersey critical care nurses Charles Cullen and Amy Loughren. The two were inseparable. Working side-by-side on the graveyard shift at Somerset Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit in Somerset, NJ, Cullen, a seemingly dutiful caregiver, and … Read more
A Netflix-driven surge of interest in cannibalistic killer Jeffrey Dahmer is boosting tourism in Milwaukee, local businesses say. Ryan Murphy’s wildly popular show for the streamer, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has true crime buffs itching to retrace the killer’s creepy footsteps in the city once better known as the home of “Laverne … Read more
If you’ve been sleeping with the lights on after binging terrifying true crime shows, you’re not alone. It seems everyone — including Hollywood’s biggest stars — has become obsessed with true crime as streaming platform Netflix and more release shows, podcasts and movies about real life mysteries. Fox News Digital spoke to psychotherapist Dr. Robi … Read more
When she was 9, Jan Broberg’s close, loving, religious family in Pocatello, Idaho, became close friends with another family, the Berchtolds. Both families’ fathers, leaders in their local chapters of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS), were named Bob. To avoid confusion, Bob Berchtold asked the Brobergs to call him “B.” Both families liked … Read more
Jeffrey Dahmer’s final would-be victim, who escaped and led police to the twisted serial killer’s lair, has been thrust back into the spotlight following Netflix’s widely-watched mini-series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” — but despite ending the sicko’s spree, the man hailed a hero lived a tragic life. Tracy Edwards became a national name in 1991 … Read more
Jeffrey Dahmer survivor Tracy Edwards is known for playing a key role in the arrest of the prolific serial killer, having been one of the fortunate victims who was able to escape. Dahmer – who is the subject of chilling new Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – was convicted of killing 17 men and … Read more
They were identical twins, two black girls in a white world with a bond so fiercely strong, nobody else could get in. Now, their fascinating — and troubling — story is about to hit the big screen. “It definitely messed with my head,” Letitia Wright told The Post of shooting her new movie “The Silent Twins,” … Read more