Hacker News with Generative AI: True Crime

On the Real-Life Story of Deep-Cover Russian Spies Living as American Families (lithub.com)
It was a muggy, overcast afternoon in June 2010 when Ann Foley’s life unraveled.
Espionage, Russia, United States, True Crime
12 points by archagon 9 days ago | 1 comments
The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians (wired.com)
I know this is unconventional, but I’m going to start by telling you the ending. Or at least, the ending as it stands today. Most of the people involved in this story wind up either dead, maimed, spending months in a mental hospital, languishing in jail, or gone underground.
True Crime, Crime, Journalism, Society
8 points by valtism 62 days ago | 2 comments
True crime stories are influencing the real-life justice system (cbc.ca)
For better and worse, a rebirth in our cultural fascination with true crime — spurred, in part, by the launch of the hit podcast Serial a decade ago — has led to changes in the criminal justice system, legal experts say.
True Crime, Justice System, Law, Media Influence
36 points by colinprince 111 days ago | 54 comments
A Taping of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Saved an Innocent Man from Death Row (2017) (innocenceproject.org)
A new documentary film recounts how a Los Angeles man narrowly avoided a death sentence for a murder he did not commit when footage from a taping of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm corroborated his alibi.
True Crime, Television, Innocence Project, Criminal Justice
98 points by nadermx 122 days ago | 84 comments
True Crime: Allan Pinkerton's Thirty Years a Detective (1884) (publicdomainreview.org)
Allan Pinkerton, Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Exposé of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes (New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1884).
True Crime, History, Biography, Crime, Law Enforcement
60 points by samclemens 138 days ago | 20 comments
Everything you've been told about the 'Chickenpox bomber' is wrong (hushkit.net)
Misinformation, History, True Crime
21 points by vonmoltke 295 days ago | 13 comments
Rachel Aviv Wrote That New Yorker Story on Lucy Letby (niemanlab.org)
Journalism, Writing, True Crime, New Yorker
48 points by chapulin 344 days ago | 20 comments
The Bad Trip Detective (nautil.us)
True Crime, Crime, Psychology, Mystery
60 points by dnetesn 369 days ago | 72 comments
Netflix Accused of Using AI Photos in True Crime Documentary (petapixel.com)
AI, Documentary, Netflix, True Crime
16 points by Michelangelo11 371 days ago | 0 comments