The 15-year-old’s case was being forgotten, so Andy Van Den Hurk gambled his own freedom to find her killer. — When 15-year-old Nicole Van Den Hurk was murdered in the Netherlands in 1995, her family hoped police would act quickly to find the culprit and bring them to justice. However, as the years went by and leads dried up, they began to fear the schoolgirl’s memory was fading and the…

Cooking more could work wonders on your mindset, according to a study. — As our penchant for shows like MasterChef demonstrates, being competent in the kitchen is a desirable skill to have. However, knowing your skillet from your saucepan could do more than make you the envy of your friends — it might be an asset when it comes to your mental health…

Susan Hoppes from Washington is the real name of the woman found in the mountains in 1994. — It was a case that had baffled investigators in Colorado for the best part of 30 years: a woman, presumably murdered, whose remains were found on a remote hiking trail yet never claimed or identified. Now, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office and the woman’s family need wonder no more, because…

New video footage has been released in the Gilgo Beach case that investigators hope might jog someone’s memory. — Authorities in New York have released new surveillance footage linked to the mysterious Long Island Serial Killer case in the hope that a member of the public might remember details that could help them solve it. A press conference was held by Suffolk County this week at which Police Commissioner…

Her brave fight for life and a quick-thinking 911 dispatcher ensured a knife attack didn’t become a murder. — It was 1995, and a 25-year-old lawyer named Jennifer Morey was making a name for herself in Houston’s male-dominated legal world. She was career-focused at a time when it was still difficult for women to break through that glass ceiling, and she had her own apartment in a high-end complex…

Student Corazon Amurao was weeks from graduation when she became a Final Girl in a crime that shocked America. — It was the 1960s, and the USA was inviting students from abroad to study nursing to fill some of the gaps in its healthcare industry. Corazon Amurao was one of the young women who answered the call, moving from the Philippines to Chicago to pursue a prestigious new career. However…

Maura’s sister Julie hopes to use the site’s reach to find out at last what happened to the missing woman. — There are true crime communities all over the internet, with blogs, podcasts and forums dedicated to covering cases and sometimes even bringing justice for the victims. One of the newest of these is TikTok, which has risen to become the world’s most popular website since the app first became available…

Nancy Crampton-Brophy is on trial for the fatal shooting in Oregon. — It’s a crime that has been gripping the US state of Oregon: a romantic suspense author stands accused of writing all about how to kill someone — and then acting on her own advice. In this case, the writer is a little-known novelist called Nancy Crampton-Brophy, and the deceased is…

Authorities think they may know who was responsible for a string of unsolved murders in Idaho. — All unsolved murder cases must be tantalising for police, but few more so than the Lewis Clark Valley Murders that took place between 1979 and 1982 in northern Idaho. That’s because one person seems to link all five deaths — but investigators can’t seem to be able to prove it. …