Murder: True Crime Stories

After Jane Stanford's death, the president of Stanford University conducted an independent investigation to find out what happened. But was he after the truth -- or trying to cover it up? Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

Jane Stanford and her husband Leland were one of the most powerful couples of the 19th century, and the founders of Stanford University. Along the way, they made a lot of enemies. After Leland's death, Jane was left on her own to fight them off. And in February 1905, it seemed like one of them finaly got to her. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse

When police discovered Bernice Worden's body in Ed Gein's farmhouse, they also uncovered a collection of horrors too terrifying to comprehend. And as they learned more about Gein and his motivations came into focus, the story only became more disturbing. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

November 16th, 1957 marked the first day of Wisconsin's deer hunting season. It was also the day Bernice Worden disappeared from her hardware store. When the police zeroed in on a suspect, they also discovered a collection of horrors so disturbing it defied explanation. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

After the authorities realized that H.H. Holmes had killed Benjamin Pitezel, they discovered that he was much more than a simple fraudster -- he was a serial killer. But was "the Devil in the White City" as depraved as he seemed? Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

In 1889, Benjamin Pitezel befriended a man named H.H. Holmes in Chicago. The two of them became partners in crime, and cooked up a plan to defraud a life insurance company by faking Benjamin's death. But Benjamin had no idea that his friend Holmes had other ideas. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

Despite an exhaustive search, the authorities couldn't track down Marie Hilley after she murdered her husband and tried to kill her daughter. With Marie on the run, her surviving family anxiously waited to see if she would be brought to justice. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

To outside observers, Frank and Marie Hilley were the ideal 1950s couple. But behind closed doors, their marriage was far from perfect. Frank did everything he could to keep his wife happy, but it was never enough. And she took it out on him in the most terrifying way imaginable. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

After William Desmond Taylor was found murdered in his home, both the police and press rushed to find the culprit. As wild rumors swirled around the investigation, three potential suspects emerged: William's butler, his leading lady, or a vengeful drug dealer. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.

William Desmond Taylor was one of early Hollywood's biggest celebrities. But before he became a famous director, he was an enigma, full of dark secrets. And on February 2nd, 1922, he was found dead in his home, killed by a single gunshot to the back. Murder: True Crime Stories is part of Crime House Studios. For more, follow us on Instagram @crimehouse.