Unforgotten Casebook — One case. Every angle. One place.

Unforgotten Casebook

Unforgotten Casebook

One case. Every angle. One place.

Explore books, movies, podcasts, news coverage, and court records—organized by true crime case and real-life story, together in one place.

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THE CASE LIBRARY

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236 cases in the collection

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More media formats first · Book-only cases last in each section

U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.

Partners & family

1 cases
CASE 096Colorado

2018

Shanann Watts & her daughters

Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife Shanann and their daughters Bella and Celeste in Colorado in 2018. He initially appeared in public appeals for their return. His guilty pleas and the discovery of the victims revealed that the disappearance story had concealed a family murder.

Disappearances & cold cases

1 cases
CASE 118Boulder, Colorado

1996

JonBenét Ramsey

Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her family’s Boulder home in December 1996 after a ransom note was discovered. The investigation and public speculation placed her family under intense scrutiny. The killing remains unresolved; media allegations are not findings of guilt.

Civil rights & equality

1 cases
CASE 200New York; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.

1971–1993

Ruth Bader Ginsburg & the fight against sex discrimination

Ruth Bader Ginsburg challenged laws that treated people differently because of sex, developing a litigation strategy before her Supreme Court appointment. On the Basis of Sex dramatizes an early tax case involving a male caregiver; her collected writings offer a wider view of her legal career.

Disability & access

1 cases

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