Opinion | True Crime, Keith Morrison and Me

The stories may be based in reality, but they portray a fictitious world.

Clara Birdlong, Identified 44 Years After Death, Was Most Likely Serial Killer’s Victim

The police say Samuel Little, who was in Jackson County, Miss., in 1977 and decades later confessed to more than 90 murders, is believed to have killed Ms. Birdlong.

Trail in Decades-Old Florida Killings Leads to Brazilian Man

Roberto Wagner Fernandes, who died in a plane crash in Paraguay in 2005, killed three women whose bodies were found in Miami and Broward County in 2000 and 2001, the authorities said.

Le serial-killer des années 60 enfin démasqué? Certains refusent d’y croire

Fayçal Ziraoui, un Français, a provoqué un tollé en ligne en affirmant avoir déchiffré deux cryptogrammes révélant l’identité du criminel californien ‘Zodiac’. Les amateurs de l’affaire sont sceptiques.

I’ve Cracked Zodiac, a French Engineer Says. Online Sleuths Are Skeptical.

Fayçal Ziraoui caused an online uproar after saying he had cracked unsolved ciphers attributed to the Zodiac killer in California and identified him, potentially ending a 50-year-old quest.

Long-Buried Secrets: The Serial Killer and the Detective

For decades, a string of killings of teenage girls haunted suburban New Jersey. A local investigator began to wonder: Could there be a link to a series of infamous Times Square murders?