The massacre and the aftermath would inspire a bestselling paranormal-inspired book, as well as a successful film and a number of spinoff movies.

From ‘The Necrophile Rebel’ to the ‘The Butcher of Rostov’

So, let’s forget - briefly - about the ganglands we know all about and take a little time out to explore some altogether more odd mobs…

The killers who targeted tourists in search of fun and adventure

Dermot Murnaghan returns to investigate five shocking British murder cases

He killed both his grandparents, his own mother and 7 other women in a variety of sick and depraved ways

There has long been speculation that serial killer, Levi Bellfield was involved in the slayings

From biker gangs and Albanian gangsters to a Mormon splinter group, these are some less-well-known American crime groups

To some twisted murderers, the act of killing is one they prefer to indulge in at home

Not all April Fools’ pranks are innocuous. Some tricks are so downright dangerous in their design that they’ve led to death

Many of the world’s most prolific serial killers are relative unknowns, despite racking up some truly horrifying kill counts | Image: Shutterstock

Crime+Investigation spoke to Cherry and Morgan from Crimepedia about the podcast and what they're looking forward to at CrimeCon

Cults and Extreme Beliefs,  dives deep into the murky and often secretively criminal world of some controversial sects

A search for the 6-year-old was launched with close to 100 police officers and a pack of bloodhounds canvassing the lower Manhattan area

In April of 2010, Manchester was rocked by the brutal murder of 12-year-old

In less than an hour, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had killed 12 of their classmates and 1 teacher, injuring 24.

London has seen it all and suffered the consequences.

Almost 30 years have passed since the final day of the Waco siege - an operation that sought to bring down a cult in Texas that ended in death and devastation, just one of criminal history's most famous sieges

Whether they’re housing serial killers, sex offenders, or the criminally insane: here are four of Britain’s deadliest prisons

Hundreds of children abused over claims of witchcraft and possession

The podcast led many to believe that Syed was innocent, and earlier this year a judge granted him a retrial.

These crimes seem to take on a more sinister tone when we consider the date on which they were committed. 

Were these murders the work of Jack The Ripper?

Litvinenko had been warned by old friends as early as 2002 that Russian agents had been given the order to kill him

Everything about Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills talk The Killing Season

If we think of crime in Victorian London, after the gory horrors of Jack the Ripper, many people's minds turn to the fictionalised criminal underworld of Dickens' second novel Oliver Twist

The details of the story sound like the plot of an especially sick horror film...

Born on February the 20th 1954, Patricia Campbell Hearst was the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.

What caused the song "My Way" to be banned in karaoke.

Could these three cases have been averted if sentencing laws were tightened?

Sitting in the rear of the plane, Cooper calmly lit a cigarette and ordered a bourbon and soda.

Biography of Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, aka El Chapo, one of the world's biggest drug kingpins.

The mother of a young girl who died after months of being exposed to drugs has had her sentencing delayed after the judge requested more time to consider their verdict.

Are these words of wisdom the work of the 44th President of the United States of America, or the incomparable Homicide Hunter?

Everything about Five Things You Didn't Know About Paula Zahn

The world champion boxer was convicted of rape in the early 1990s