Elle Marr made an impressive splash with her debut suspense novel, 2020’s bestselling The Missing Sister, which was followed by last year’s critically acclaimed Lies We Bury. This May, she returns with her third standalone thriller, Strangers We Know—which, though fiction, takes its inspiration from real-life events. Marr, who graduated from UC San Diego before…
DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of all cellular life, much like a construction blueprint, with individual matching probabilities surpassing that of a human fingerprint. Its uses, once futuristic, now seem as commonplace as satellite radio and K-Cups. DNA’s most renowned use has its 30th anniversary this year.…
When news broke that the Golden State Killer had been arrested, the true crime community was shaken and elated, and of course, all thoughts turned to one woman: Michelle McNamara, whose recently published, ground-breaking work of investigative journalism, I’ll be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, reinvigorated a…
While Episode 1 of HLN’s newest docuseries, Unmasking a Killer, gave us a broad overview of everything that happened in the original search for the Golden State Killer—also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker—Episode 2 dives deep into the killer’s modus operandi, or the particular way in which he committed…
Close your windows and lock your doors, friends, because the most prolific killer/rapist in California history is still at large. Between 1976 and 1986, this unknown subject raped at least 51 people and murdered at least 12 across the state of California—that we know of. He was originally known as the East Area Rapist for…
HLN is reopening the manhunt for the Golden State Killer with their upcoming five-part docuseries Unmasking a Killer, premiering Sunday, March 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Golden State Killer is one of the most prolific serial killers in history, evading capture for roughly 40 years and being tied to 51 attacks and 12 murders…
