La Criminalité

A deep dive into the world of true crime.

The aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade

On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the landmark case Roe v. Wade, ruling that a person’s right to an abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. 49 years later, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overturned that...

On the case with Chris Lambert

Santa Lucia Hall. As a freshman at Cal Poly living in Santa Lucia Hall, the story of Kristin Smart has loomed in the back of my mind since I first arrived on campus.   In May 1996, 19 year old Kristin Smart disappeared on her way back to her dorm after attending...

How Cal Poly is keeping students safe on campus

Cal Poly’s Safety Way intersects North Perimeter Road. Cal Poly has several safety measures in place to help prevent crime on campus and keep students safe. Emergency blue light phones, like this one, are positioned at various locations around campus. Pictured is the...

How the true crime genre impacts its audience

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com When I was about five or six years old, in the back room of my grandma’s house, my mom pointed to a random house across the street and told me the people living there could be murderers as a lesson about why I shouldn’t talk to...

True crime continues to take the world by storm

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com A year after documentaries like “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel”, “Murder Among the Mormons”, and “The Sons of Sam: A Decent Into Darkness” dominated Netflix, true crime is still ranking among the top genres today....