Criminal

The first time Ed Newcomer went to the L.A. Bug Fair, he met a man who called himself the ... more

“He stole my watch. He stole my jewelry. I stopped wearing jewelry – just to see what else... more

On May 13, 1862, in Charleston, South Carolina, a man named Robert Smalls took command of ... more

In 2023, police raided the Kansas newspaper where Eric Meyer worked with his mother, Joan.... more

“Anything you can think of is going to be in the water.” Say hello on [Twitter] (https://t... more

Bettersten Wade searched for her missing 37-year-old son for nearly six months. Then she f... more

On September 18, 1998, an unusual ad ran in USA Today — a company called John’s Estate Sal... more

The bodies of a woman and her child were found inside a burned house on Christmas Day, 184... more

Stories of animals really going for it. Say hello on [Twitter] (https://twitter.com/Crimin... more

In 1985, 160 people were sent letters saying they’d won free tickets to an NFL football ga... more

In 1791, three men filed lawsuits in the General Court of Maryland. They were all suing th... more

“Children nowadays, they make maps. And say, this is the street where the store is that we... more

In 1993, Gary Settle was sentenced to 177 years in prison. Twenty-six years into his sente... more

In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in fron... more

This week, part two of the Reels family story – how two brothers went to jail in an attemp... more

Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels refused to leave the land that had been in their family fo... more

Today, a personal story from Phoebe about her mother, Valentine, who died this spring. Say... more

Soon after the Berlin Wall went up, a group of students knocked on Joachim Rudolph’s door.... more

Before Guantánamo Bay became the prison we know today, Marie Genard spent more than a year... more