Crime stories have never been more popular. They offer morality plays with heroes, villains – and occasionally clean resolutions.

The NFSA's Amal Awad spoke to ABC journalist Rachael Brown about investigating true crime and the power of podcasting.

The NFSA's Amal Awad speaks to The Australian journalist Hedley Thomas about true crime investigation.

The investigations into two of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century in Australia and how they were solved through emerging forensic science methods.

In this teaser, leading in to Homicide’s opening title sequence, convict Edgar Thompson (Roy Alexander) is on the run after escaping from the prison farm at Beechworth.

On 12 January 1965 the bodies of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, both 15 years old, were found in the sand dunes at Wanda Beach, near Cronulla, in Sydney.

This newsreel reconstructs the coronial inquest into the Pyjama Girl mystery, one of the most baffling unsolved murder cases in Australian criminal history.

This 1930s newsreel recounts the coronial inquest into the Pyjama Girl mystery, one of the most baffling unsolved murder cases in Australian criminal history.

This short film by Cate Shortland is a snapshot of a relationship in its last days.

Della (Gillian Jones) definitively ends her relationship with Dale (Aaron Blabey) then performs at a casino.