Daily Mail YouTube channel The Crime Desk has dropped a 22-minute investigative documentary as part of its new Conspiracy Vault strand.
The debut episode takes on a haunting cold case: The Dyatlov Pass Incident. In 1959, nine experienced hikers met a horrifying and unexplained end in Russia’s Ural Mountains. Their bodies were discovered scattered miles from their tent – some barefoot in the snow, others with massive internal injuries but no external trauma.
For more than sixty years, the official story about what has happened to them has failed to convince. Was it an avalanche, a weapons test, or something far stranger? In this new film, the story is investigated by US reporter Alexa Cimino (pictured).
Looking forward, Cimino will host a series of episodes that challenge the accepted narratives of some of history’s most controversial cases. Each story will be rooted in key pieces of evidence that reveal how rumour, secrecy, and cover-ups shaped the truth.
The Crime Desk launched in March 2025 and is so far up to 199,000 subscribers on YouTube. It describes itself as “your new home for gripping true crime…from breaking new developments to historic cold cases”. Among franchises it has introduced since launch is Murder Maps. The channel also analyses breaking news stories such as the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Mushroom Murder trial in Australia.
