The popularity of true crime stories has taken off in the last couple of decades, triggered by the advent of TV documentaries and podcasts. Even casual buffs know famous cases like Zodiac, JonBenet, Springfield Three, Fort Worth Three, and the Texarkana Moonlight Murders.
In all those, and many more, much of the dark appeal comes from not knowing what really happened while pondering a plethora of intriguing clues, blind alleys, red herrings, and the like.
Then there are cases where people pretty much know what happened and who did it, only they can’t prove it. Take the murder of Bob Crane.
