Events described as a media circus include:
Aruba • The disappearance, and assumed killing, of
Natalee Holloway committed by
Joran van der Sloot (2005–)
Australia • The
Azaria Chamberlain disappearance of 2-month-old baby in
outback Australia (1980) • The
Beaconsfield Mine collapse (2006) • 2009
Violence against Indians in Australia controversy •
Schapelle Corby Drug smuggler (2014) •
2023 Leongatha mushroom murders trial
Brazil • The
murder of Isabella Nardoni (2008)
Canada •
Albert Johnson aka Mad Trapper of Rat River, a trapper fleeing RCMP concerning a dispute with local indigenous over trapping rights evades a manhunt for a month over 240 km, ending in a shootout at a cabin (1932) •
Conrad Black, business magnate of newspapers, convicted of fraud, embezzlement and corporate destruction, imprisoned in Florida (2007) • Toronto mayor
Rob Ford's life, including his usage of drugs, alcohol and involvement with organized crime (2013) •
Paul Bernardo and
Karla Homolka (serial killers) convicted for the murders of
Tammy Homolka,
Leslie Mahaffy, and
Kristen French (1987–1992) •
Omar Khadr (detained as a minor at Guantanamo Bay in 2001, transferred to Canada in 2012, released in May 2015) •
Luka Rocco Magnotta, who murdered his
Chinese-national roommate and mailed his remains to schools and public offices in 2012 before fleeing to Germany where he was arrested. •
Fatal traffic accident of the Neville-Lake children and their grandfather (2015)
Chile •
2010 Copiapó mining accident (2010)
Colombia • The
Death of Luis Andres Colmenares (2010)
India •
Sheena Bora murder case •
Death of Sushant Singh Rajput •
Offensive remarks by Ranveer Allahbadia on India's Got Latent Italy •
Murder of Maurizio Gucci, by hitmen ordered by ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani (1995) •
Amanda Knox (convicted of the
murder of Meredith Kercher; her conviction was subsequently overturned) (2015)
Japan •
Murder of Shiori Ino Malaysia •
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (2014)
Peru •
Joran van der Sloot and the murder of
Stephany Flores Ramirez (2010)
Philippines • Assassination of a
Spanish landowner by a
Filipino laborer in
Negros in 1890, which was covered by
Spanish-owned newspapers in
Manila in the year's first half. • Cabading killings (1961), a case wherein a father killed his family and his son-in-law before killing himself. • Murder of Lucila Lalu (1967) •
Vizconde massacre (1991) •
Pepsi Number Fever 349 incident (1992) •
Murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez (1993) •
Manila Film Festival scandal (1994) • Execution of
Flor Contemplacion (1995) •
Chiong murder case (1997) • Murder of
Nida Blanca (2001) •
Vhong Navarro assault incident (2014)
Romania •
Disappearance and alleged murder of Elodia Ghinescu, especially on
OTV, which aired a couple hundred episodes on the matter (2007)
South Africa •
Oscar Pistorius on
trial for death of his girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp (2013–2014)
South Korea • Suicide and funeral of K-pop star and
Shinee member
Kim Jong-hyun (2017)
Spain • The
Alcàsser case (1992) • The
Wanninkhof-Carabantes case (1999–2006) • The disappearance of
Marta del Castillo (2009–2013) • The
José Bretón case (2011) • The murder of
Asunta Basterra (2013) • The disappearance and murder of
Diana Quer (2016–2018) • The murder of
Gabriel Cruz (2018)
Thailand •
Tham Luang cave rescue (2018)
Ukraine •
Mykola Melnychenko's involvement in the
Cassette Scandal (1999–2000)
United Kingdom • The
McLibel case (1997) • The disappearance of
Madeleine McCann (2008) • The life, career, death and funeral of
Jade Goody (2009) • The
News International phone hacking scandal • The
Charlie Gard case (2017) • "
Megxit" feud between
Meghan Markle/
Prince Harry and the
royal family (2020–2023) • The public absence and cancer diagnosis of
Catherine Middleton (2023–2024)
United States apartment on May 26, 2011 • The 1924 murder trials of
Beulah Annan,
Belva Gærtner, and several other female suspects in Chicago, adapted into the
Chicago franchise by a newspaper reporter • The 1932
kidnapping of toddler Charles Lindbergh Jr. Journalist
H. L. Mencken described the incident as "the biggest story since the
Resurrection". • The 1933
murder trial of Jessie Costello, the "smiling widow" • The early 1930s string of
public enemies, ranging from mafia leaders such as
Al Capone to smaller-time gangsters, most enduringly famously
Bonnie and Clyde • The 1954 trial of
Sam Sheppard. The
U.S. Supreme Court held "massive, pervasive, and prejudicial publicity" prevented him from receiving a fair trial • The premature birth and death of
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963) • The
1965 littering trial against singer
Arlo Guthrie and Richard Robbins, deliberately turned into a local media circus by arresting officer
William Obanhein to deter others from repeating their actions • Coverage of the investigation and trial of the
1969 murders of
Sharon Tate and four others by the
Manson family • The
murder of John Lennon in December 1980. • David Gelman, Peter Greenberg, et al. in
Newsweek on January 31, 1977: "Brooklyn born photographer and film producer Lawrence Schiller managed to make himself the sole journalist to witness the execution of
Gary Gilmore in Utah....In the Gilmore affair, he was like a ringmaster in what became a media circus, with sophisticated newsmen scrambling for what he had to offer" • The
rescue of baby Jessica McClure (1987) • The
O. J. Simpson murder case (1994–1995) • The
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal (1998) • The
Elián González custody conflict (2000) • The
Summer of the Shark (2001) • The trial of Scott Peterson for the
murder of his wife Laci Peterson (2004), "The circus became even more raucous when Peterson went on trial for murder in 2004" • The trial of
Martha Stewart (2004), "The stone-faced Stewart never broke stride as she cut a path through the media circus" • The
Runaway bride case (2005) • The escape of and manhunt for
Ralph "Bucky" Phillips (2006) • The disappearance of
Stacy Peterson (2007) • The alleged teenage "
pregnancy pact" at
Gloucester High School (2008) •
The Casey Anthony murder trial (2011), "Once again, it was relentless media coverage that in large part fed the fascination with the case", Ford observed • The
killing of Trayvon Martin (2012), "Here is where the media circus takes a decidedly ugly turn", Eric Deggans wrote • The
murder of Travis Alexander (2013), where Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder • The
Killing of Cecil the lion (2015) • The
murder of George Floyd and the
protests that followed (2020) • The
Killing of Gabby Petito (2021) • The
Casey White prison escape (2022) •
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock (2022) • The
Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trial (2022) • The
2022 University of Idaho killings (2022) • The various scandals surrounding
George Santos (2022–2023) • The
trial of Alex Murdaugh (2023) • The
Titan submersible implosion (2023) • The
Killing of Brian Thompson and arrest of suspect
Luigi Nicholas Mangione (2024) • The
Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie (2026) • Outside the home of Cole Tomas Allen in Torrance, California, who instigated the
2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting (2026) ==See also==