Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...

Throughout Central Europe, 16th-century noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory is infamous for torture and murder. But was she really as evil as history tells it? Irretrievably mired in myth and speculation, ...

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adnan Syed, whose case amassed a worldwide following of “Serial” podcast listeners, will remain free — even though his murder conviction still stands, a Baltimore judge ruled on ...

A Baltimore judge ruled Thursday that Adnan Syed, who was featured in the "Serial" podcast more than a decade ago, does not have to return to prison and will remain on five years of supervised release ...

In August, 2024, National Geographic and The New Yorker Studios released “Killer Lies,” a TV docuseries adapted from this article. To enjoy more reporting, news, and other writing from the magazine, ...

4 keys to writing modern Python Here’s what you need to know (and do) if you want to write Python like it’s 2025, not 2005. How to use uv, the super-fast Python package installer Last but not least, ...

It was supposed to be just another silly episode of “The Dating Game.” At a taping of the popular TV show in 1978, host Jim Lange introduced three male suitors who were there to be cutely questioned ...

Load More Investigators in the City of Angels scrambled to find not one but several independent killers targeting Black women in the 1980s and 1990s, as detailed in a new true-crime special now ...