If you're the type to cope with daily anxieties and stress by burying your head in a pile of riveting true crime stories—the devil you know, as they say—then do we have just the reading list for you.

A street in Whitechapel: the last crime of Jack the Ripper, from "Le Petit Parisien," 1891. Jack the Ripper is the subject of one of the top true crime books of all time. True crime can run the gamut ...

There's a certain allure to true-crime stories that draws in readers. Some true-crime books tell stories otherwise untold — while others provide a unique perspective on highly publicized crimes. The ...

In the heart of REO Town, Lansing, lies Deadtime Stories: True Crime and Other Books bookstore, full of true crime and horror books and trinkets. The store has been open since 2021, and recently ...

Ms. Nichol is a writer and activist whose sister was murdered 30 years ago. In the 1990s you would have been hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t know the name of my sister Polly Klaas. I was 6 ...