Global True Crime

John DeMars was a 30-year-old husband and father of two living in Nutley, New Jersey. He worked in banking in Manhattan and made the same commute to and from work almost every day. But on Friday, the 20th of December...

One evening in September 2006, 22-year-old Brian Barrett finished his shift at work, got into his pickup truck in the parking lot outside his workplace, and was shot. At first, there was no obvious motive. No clear...

In 1996, Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered outside her holiday home in Ireland. Before long, one man became the main suspect. Almost thirty years later, doubts still remain. What really happened that night? Was the...

One December night, in a remote corner of Ireland, a woman was brutally murdered on the road outside her holiday home. There were many suspects, but very few clear motives. Who would have wanted to kill this charming...

On the 9th of December 1988, 40-year-old Hollywood cameraman Robert “Bob” Samuels was found murdered inside his home in Northridge, California. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, had been separated for more than two years...

On the night of July 29, 1995, thirteen-year-old Thad Phillips is asleep on the couch when he wakes up to the familiar feeling of his father picking him up to carry him to bed. But he soon realizes that the person...

On the 30th of April 1991, Conor and Sheila Dwyer, a married couple in their sixties, were seen at a church close to their home in the small Irish town of Fermoy. The following day, Sheila spoke to her sister on the...

A brand new season of Global True Crime launches on Monday, 3 August. We're looking forward to sharing a new selection of cases from around the world. In this trailer, we share a preview of what’s to come. Follow us on...

In 1980, a young couple disappeared together with their baby daughter. They left everything behind, their families, their lives, every trace of themselves. For more than four decades, their relatives held on to one...

In early July 2012, two horrifying discoveries were made on the beach in Southsea, in southern England. More specifically, human remains that were later identified as belonging to a 30-year-old man who lived in the...

Clowns are supposed to make us laugh. Colourful wigs, exaggerated expressions and oversized red shoes are things we associate with birthday parties, circuses, and children’s entertainment. But what happens when a clown...

In the early hours of 12 March 1992, Jack and Caren Koslow were woken by two unknown men entering their bedroom. Within minutes, their home in the affluent Rivercrest neighbourhood of Fort Worth, Texas, had become a...

On the night of December 13 into December 14, 2020, 21-year-old Jason Landry got into his car to begin the three-hour drive from college back to his parents’ home for Christmas break. Investigators were later able to...

During the night between 30 April and 1 May 1999, 16-year-old Marianne Vaatstra cycled home after a night out in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It was a route she already knew well, through an area...

"If something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is Tim, as that is who would do something to me. I'm putting this in writing that I'm fearful he will somehow harm me, come after me...