Full Cases
Block by Block: Deep Ellum, Dallas
Deep Ellum is Dallas's music and nightlife district: a railroad junction that dates to 1873, a blues street in the 1920s, a music scene again since…
The long-form case files
Full Cases
Undercurrent’s full case breakdowns: who the victims were, what the record shows, and the system failure beneath the headline.
Full Cases
Escape from Alcatraz: The Unsolved Case File
Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin left Alcatraz on June 11, 1962. Here is what the FBI, the U.S. Marshals and the record say, and what…
Full Cases
David Parker Ray, the Toy Box Killer: The Case File
David Parker Ray was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 2001 and died in prison in 2002. He was never convicted of murder. Here is the court and…
Full Cases
Christa Pike: The Full Story, From 1995 to the Failed Execution
Christa Pike full story: what happened to Colleen Slemmer in 1995, how three people got three different sentences, and what happened when Tennessee…
Full Cases
Betty Broderick: The Case File
Betty Broderick was convicted in 1991 of killing her ex-husband and his wife. Here is what the courts, the parole boards and the coroner reports…
Full Cases
Rex Heuermann: the architect behind the Gilgo Beach murders
Who is Rex Heuermann, and why did it take twelve years to arrest him? Rex Heuermann, a Manhattan architect from Massapequa Park, New York, pleaded…
Full Cases
Duane Davis: the man who talked himself into a Tupac murder conviction
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was convicted on August 31, 2026 of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 Las Vegas killing of…
Full Cases
Dan Markel: eleven years and one fake knock
On a July morning in 2014, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was shot in the garage of his Tallahassee home. It was no robbery — it…
Full Cases
Jeff German: the reporter's killer was the official
An elected official murdered the investigative reporter who exposed him — to kill the story. It didn't work.
Full Cases
Kouri Richins: the grief book
Kouri Richins built a public identity as a grieving widow and children's-grief author — a year after she poisoned her husband, Eric, with fentanyl.…
Full Cases
Reta Mays: seven veterans, one night ward
Between 2017 and 2018, nursing assistant Reta Mays murdered at least seven elderly veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg…
Full Cases
Tiana Notice: the officer who warned her killer
In the weeks before she was murdered, Tiana Notice did everything right. She had a restraining order. She reported violation after violation. The…
Full Cases
Makayla Meave: the stranger who never existed
For twenty-four hours, an entire county searched for a bald man in a white truck. He never existed. This is the case of Makayla Meave — a…