True Crime
Was Freddy Krueger’s Body Just Identified?
On the first day of the new year, it was reported that the bones of Joseph Henry Loveless, bootlegger and murderer, had finally been identified. In 1979 his torso was found in in a burlap sack in a ca...
Armchair Detectives Get to Work in Trailer for Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
In the seedy underbelly of the Internet, there’s an unwritten rule, rule zero: Don’t F**k With Cats. In December of 2010, this rule was torn to shreds following the publishing of a video c...
Is Murder by Numbers Based on a True Story?
Following it’s initial release in 2002, The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw dubbed the psychological thriller Murder by Numbers a movie consisting of “…a garbled, unbelievable plot; ...
6 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to After Season One of Serial
Feeling a sort of void in your life now that you’ve finished season one of Serial? Nobody blames you. But, you’ll need something to satisfy that true crime hunger you have, right? Fear no...
Is Scream Based on a True Story?
It’s August 24th, 1990. Sonja Larson and Christina Powell were friends, roommates and freshman to be at the University of Florida in Gainesville. They had their whole lives ahead of them. But th...
In A Scene Ripped Right Out Of A Movie, Police Captured The Las Vegas Hammer Murderer
On January 3rd of this year, at 12:30am, the body of 46-year-old homeless man Daniel Aldape was found on a street corner in a deserted area of Las Vegas. He had reportedly been trying to shield himsel...
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 this installment,...
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 premium cable network HBO.
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...