Statistics
As of 2022, nearly 67%
How many violent crimes reported went unsolved?
Killed their parents, framing it as a mob killing. Argued self-defense on the grounds of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse.
Who are Lyle and Erik Menendez (the menendez brothers)
Known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, this serial killer killed and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Diagnosed with BPD, SPD, and psychotic disorder.
Who is Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer?
True of False: Violent crime has fallen in the last 25 years
True
This singer was killed by Mark Chapman, super fan turned hater for this singer's famous 1966 remark "We are more popular than Jesus now".
Who is John Lennon?
In 2022, 48% of 809,000.
How many violent crimes had female victims?
Between 1989 and 1990, they shot and robbed 7 male clients. They claimed that the victims had either graped or attempted to grape her and it was all self-defense.
Who is Aileen Wuornos?
This serial killer abducted, graped, and murdered dozens of young women and girls in various states between 1974 and 1978. Typically convincing their targets he was in need of assistance or tricking her into believing they were an authority figure.
Who is Theodore Robert Bundy?
True or False: More than half of violent crimes are reported to the police.
False, only 41.5% of violent crime victims reported the crime.
Known for the movie Inspector Gaget and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in 1987 this actor would be driving on the wrong side of the road and crashed head-on with another vehicle, killing two passengers in the other car. They would initially be charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and would avoid the charge, receiving a lesser charge and a fine of $175.
Who is Matthew Broderick?
80%
what percent female is the audience of true crime shows?
Convicted of murdering their husband, the defendant claimed self-defense. They suffered repeated and brutal beatings from their husband for years.
Who is Betty Moran?
This killer graped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys near Chicago, Illinois. They became known as the Killer Clown. They committed the murders in their home, where they would bury the bodies under the house. 26 victims were found buried in the crawl space of the home.
Who is John Wayne Gacy?
True or False: Over 3.5 million home burglaries occur annually in the US.
True!
Who is Ryan Grantham?
65%
what percent of True Crime consumers are interested in content about murder?
Struck husband 15 times with a hatchet before grabbing a knife and stabbing him 21 times. They had been married 31 years and allegedly suffered through many incidents of spousal abuse.
Who is Nancy Seaman?
Also known as the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron, this killer was active in London, England, in 1888. Attacks involved women who worked as ladies of the night in the slums of East End London. Their throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations with the removal of internal organs.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
True or False: Most home Burglaried occur in the daytime.
True.
This singer was killed by Kevin James Lobel, who believed he knew her. When this singer was posted with another man, Lobel decided in 2016 that if he could not be with her, nobody could.
Who is Christina Grimmie?
46,000
The defendant shot and killed their partner, Albert Hampton, in their home in California. They explained, "He deserved it. I just couldn't take it anymore. I told him to stop beating on me".
Known as the Candy Man, this serial killer abducted, graped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 29 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973. They were aided by two teenage boys who would eventually kill him.
Who is Dean Corll?
True or False: true crime started in 2010
This singer was killed by Yolanda Salvador, the president of her fan club. This singer has a movie about her life, which was tragically ended too soon, where Jennifer Lopez plays her.
Who is Selena? (Selena Quintanilla)