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Botched Gas-Chamber Execution of Jimmy Lee Gray Led Mississippi to End New Gas Sentences

Eyewitnesses described prolonged agony caused by a flawed chamber that left his head slamming into steel.

Zeigler's Bid for New Trial Begins as Defense Unveils DNA Tests in 1975 Murders Case

Manhattan DA to Retry Pedro Hernandez in Etan Patz Case

Prosecutor’s Book on Golden State Killer Reveals Anatomical Corroboration Detail

Reopened Murder Case Kept 'Angel of Death' Nurse Genene Jones From Early Release

Netflix’s Aileen Wuornos Film Reignites Questions Over Confession, Motive and Prosecution

George Banks, Convicted of 13 Wilkes-Barre Murders, Dies in Pennsylvania Prison at 83

MGM+ Orders Four-Part 'The Hillside Strangler' Docuseries for January 2026 Premiere

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers Hits No. 1 on U.S. Netflix, Reviving Scrutiny of the Wuornos Case

Netflix’s Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers Revives Rare Interviews to Reexamine Wuornos’ Confession

Arizona Executes Richard Djerf for 1993 Phoenix Family Murders

Peacock’s Devil in Disguise Centers Gacy’s Victims as Netflix’s Ed Gein Monster Draws Fire

Judge to Rule Within Days on Pedro Hernandez’s Release After Patz Case Conviction Overturned

Netflix’s Ed Gein Series Rekindles Coverage of Crimes, Unanswered Claims and a Carnival Car

Netflix’s ‘My Father, the BTK Killer’ Recasts a Notorious Case Through the Killer’s Daughter

Netflix’s Ed Gein Drama Dominates Viewing as Accuracy Complaints Mount

‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Is a Netflix Hit as Scrutiny Mounts Over Accuracy and Ethics

Charlie Hunnam Secured Rare Ed Gein Audio as Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story Launches

Netflix Releases 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' Worldwide With All Eight Episodes

Netflix Releases Trailer for 'Monstruo: La Historia de Ed Gein,' Sets Oct. 3 Premiere