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Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was arrested in May 2018 and later convicted of rape and sexual assault in both New York and Los Angeles.

A new documentary series premiering on Hulu in mid-January follows the DNA Doe Project as they work alongside law enforcement to solve cold cases through genetic investigation. The series focuses on a Texas murder victim who has remained unidentified for 38 years.

Herbert Baumeister was a seemingly ordinary Indianapolis businessman who, in the early-to-mid 1990s, murdered at least 11 confirmed victims on his 18-acre property. When police finally searched Fox Hollow Farm in June 1996, they uncovered remains of young men who had vanished after visiting gay bars—and investigators suspected his actual victim count may have reached 25 or more.

In May 2015, Leah Martin, a 22-year-old mother and receptionist, vanished from Graham, Texas. Her body was discovered months later in a shallow grave in a coworker's backyard, sparking a murder investigation that would expose a conspiracy among three men and become the subject of an Oxygen network true crime series.

On 22 September 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was stabbed approximately 28 times in her aunt and uncle's home in Pocatello, Idaho, by two classmates who had meticulously planned the murder as a real-life recreation of Scream. The killers, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, documented their intentions on VHS tape and are now the focus of a three-part Hulu docuseries.

On September 22, 2006, high school student Cassie Stoddart was stabbed to death by two of her classmates, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, who claimed inspiration from the horror film Scream. Now, Hulu's new docuseries explores the crime that shocked a community and the disturbing evidence that helped convict them.

Investigation Discovery's Death by Fame series explores the case of actress Maple Batalia, a talented performer whose promising career took a devastating turn. The episode 'Diary of a Madman' from Season 3 examines the circumstances surrounding her death.

AMC+ has launched "True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here," a documentary series examining serious crimes committed in American towns. The series covers multiple cases, including a couple murdered in Royse City, Texas, and a sleeping couple killed in Cookeville, Tennessee.

On October 16, 2001, Corporal Michael Douglas Beverly of the Chester Police Department was shot multiple times in the face and chest while standing outside his unmarked car in the Highland Gardens neighborhood of Pennsylvania. His killer was Maurice Day, an 18-year-old he had been mentoring to keep away from the streets.