True Life
Documentary ‘Casting JonBenet’ Brilliantly Captures The Impact Of A Sensationalized Murder
Casting JonBenet, a 2017 documentary recently released on Netflix, follows the casting of local Colorado actors for the roles of the Ramsey family, as well as other major players involved with the tit...
More True Crime Documentaries Should Be Like Tower
Tower is a 2016 documentary about the 1966 Charles Whitman shootings on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Whitman, a former U.S. Marine, killed both his mother, Margaret E. Whitman, and his wi...
The Scariest, Most Overlooked Aspects of Real-Life Serial Killers
Real life, unfortunately, will always be more terrifying than the movies. There are plenty of people in history, even recent history, who have done all manner of unspeakable things. Some get away with...
Scream, Murder, and Moral Panics
To mark the twentieth anniversary of Wes Craven’s game-changing slasher, Scream, Wicked Horror presents a week of specially-themed content celebrating the movie’s enduring appeal. In thi...
Slenderman Documentary Locks Down Premiere Date, Releases Trailer
Award-winning director Irene Taylor Brodsky’s film, Beware the Slenderman made its world premiere at SXSW last March and it has now been dated for a 2017 release on prem...
The Story Behind The People’s Temple And The Jonestown Massacre
On November 18, 1978, an American cult led by Jim Jones orchestrated a mass-suicide that claimed the lives of over 900 people, 287 of which were children murdered by their own parents. Once a peace an...
The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Turned Killers
In 1979, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono were arrested as the main suspects in the kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of ten female victims whose ages ranged from twelve to twenty-eight ye...
Creepy Clowns Reported Trying to Lure Kids into Woods!
Residents in South Carolina are fearing for their kids’ safety after reports of creepy clowns trying to entice children into the woods. The unusual reports started in the last week or...
Teen Bites off Victim’s Face After Killing Couple
Police walked into a shocking and gruesome scene at a home in Tequesta, Florida last week. Deputies found 19-year-old student, Austin Harrouff hovering over one of his victims, and biting the man...