I get so mad when juries and judges completely ignore forensic evidence like it’s nothing. So many cases could’ve been solved if they’d taken it more seriously. Bro sometimes it feels like the body itself is literally giving them clues so how is that not enough??
I was thinking about Chester Bennington for a while especially how the investigation was handled and how the forensic evidence was interpreted. The lividity patterns on his back were discussed as a point of contention, since lividity can help indicate the position a person was in after death. I just don’t understand how people can look at forensic evidence and still have so many unanswered questions.
And the whole situation is even sadder when you consider the documentary he was reportedly working on about child exploitation and the theories people have connected to John Podesta. Obviously, theories aren’t proof, but the whole thing is still disturbing to think about. It’s just sad

Your Top True Crime shows or podcasts. Just high effort shows you consider to be the best.

Top 5

1. Explore with Us

http://www.youtube.com/@ExploreWithUs

https://www.youtube.com/@EWUCrimeStorytime

https://www.youtube.com/@EWUBodycam

1. Dr. Insanity

   https://www.youtube.com/@DrInsanityCrime

2. Beyond Evil

https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondEvill

https://www.youtube.com/@beyondevilpodcast

1. Scary Mysteries

https://www.youtube.com/@ScaryMysteries

1. Ape Huncho

https://www.youtube.com/@ApeHuncho

I watched a true crime documentary (I strongly thought Netflix but it may have been another streaming service). I remember I lived in my current house when I watched it so that was since 2015 and the case was fairly recent then.
Here are the details I remember: it happened somewhere in Asia, I believe a desert-looking area like Iran or Pakistan but I’m not for sure of actually where. there was a girl killed in a school bathroom brutally and they really went through a ton of suspects. Somehow they got to the point where I believe the actual killers boyfriend (could have been best friend or roommate) made a statement explaining that his girlfriend/friend had admitted in detail to committing the crime. She thought she was a werewolf or vampire or something supernatural like that and it was a factor in why she committed the crime.
I can not for the life of me remember this crime or name of documentary and I’ve frequently thought of it ever since because it was a very interesting case and I wanted to follow up with it. I tried asking AI and it suggested the Batar Umaar case but it said that happened in 2025 and I know I saw it longer ago than last year for certain, I would say likely even before 2020 but I’m not positive on that.
I also remember a specific clip where they showed the neighborhood where the victim lived and it was like an aerial shot and it looked like a gated community with desert for lawns and desert all around outside the gates.
I’d love any suggestions!!

El Palmar de Troya: The nuns have virtually no say within the Palmarian Church. They are forbidden from having contact with male clergy, are urged not to bathe frequently to avoid appearing attractive to men, are forced to wear a dark veil that covers their entire face, and it has even been speculated that they may practice self-flagellation. Another brutal aspect is the alleged consensual and forced intimate relationships between the sect's founder, Clemente Domínguez, and some bishops and male followers.

Opus Dei: For years, Opus Dei has been accused of aggressive recruitment, elitist thinking, promoting self-flagellation with a cilice and whip, controlling personal lives, pressuring members to sever family ties, and the brutal internal use of confessional information. Many women report being recruited at a very young age and forced into slave labor.

Edelweiss: José Eduardo González Arenas, alias "Eddie," created the Edelweiss group as a supposed hiking group inspired by the Boy Scouts. Eddie convinced minors that he was an alien named "Prince Alain" and that only those who remained loyal to the sect would survive the impending end of the world. Under this deception, he subjected the minors to absolute control, imposed silence through threats, trained them in weapons, initiated them into concepts of racial purity, and introduced them to bizarre concepts related to intimacy. In the end, he sexually abused many minors.

Documentary about the most disturbing cults in Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wF7uWpxJCw

Crímen Scientia: Parricidio en Zorita , un Hacha Sobre Toda su Familia https://crimenscientia.blogspot.com/2017/10/parricidio-en-zorita-un-hacha-sobre.html

Fascinating stuff, I’m surprised I’ve never heard of this spree killer. Very well made production with no Ai

On February 19, 1994, 21-year-old Hitomi Masuyama finished her last shift at a dental clinic in Fukushima, Japan. Her coworkers gave her flowers. Her wedding was three weeks away.

She drove off and never came home.

The next day, her car was found locked. Her wallet, flowers, and engagement ring were still inside.

For months before her disappearance, her family had received repeated silent telephone calls. After she vanished, those calls stopped.

Then, on January 4, 1995, her younger sister answered the phone.

“It’s your big sister.”

“It’s Hitomi.”

The recorded call lasted just 17 seconds. Her father listened and said the voice was nothing like his daughter’s.

The call came before the family agreed to a public appeal.

This documentary follows the strange calls, the belongings left behind, and the unanswered questions surrounding Hitomi’s disappearance. It also separates documented details from the rumours that have grown around the case.

Who was on that telephone—and what did she know?

https://youtu.be/HzD_i75hVJk

Had you heard of Hitomi’s case before? Which detail do you find hardest to explain?

When MH370’s transponder was turned off, civilian radar went blind. But military primary radar was still watching.

For almost an hour, an unidentified blip making sharp tactical turns and unexplained altitude shifts was tracked crossing back over the Malaysian coastline into the Andaman Sea.

That 60-minute window completely changed the search area from the South China Sea to the remote Southern Indian Ocean, yet it remains one of the least discussed phases of the disappearance.

Made a detailed video breakdown covering the radar timeline and satellite data:
[https://youtu.be/-5zJyKAl5n0?si=y0zKwpEbvOLpILQr\]

Would love to hear your thoughts on what actually went down in that cockpit during those 60 minutes.

After 15 years of unexplained captivity, a man is suddenly released and begins a relentless search for the person who destroyed his life.

Watching a documentary now and wondering why any of these criminals would agree to be filmed. Could these documentaries be faked by the producers as the ones being interviewed always have their faces and voices altered/covered…

Spain has been the scene of some of the most controversial religious and sectarian organizations in Europe and the world. From the alleged Marian apparitions of El Palmar de Troya, which gave rise to a religious movement with its own Popes, to Opus Dei, a powerful Catholic institution denounced by former members who continue to report practices of psychological control, exploitation, and extreme obedience, to the Edelweiss sect, a youth organization that concealed a brutal structure against minors under the guise of an innocent hiking group.

Three very different stories, but with one element in common: leaders capable of building organizations around their own beliefs, attracting people who trusted them, only to turn that trust into a tool of absolute power.

Documentary about the most disturbing cults in Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wF7uWpxJCw

A professor at a university was selling drugs & answers to his tests. He was playing 4D chess, so stupid how he was caught tho