Criminal

The night before she gave birth, Susan Horton had a salad for dinner. The next day, doctor... more

When Tabatha Trammell was 50 years old, she started studying to become a doula — a support... more

Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson had to prepare his staff to... more

When Jeffery Manchester escaped from prison, a lot of people weren't surprised. But they d... more

Between 1998 and 2000, more than 40 stores and chain restaurants across the country were r... more

In the midst of the 1996 race for North Carolina governor, a new candidate emerged. Her na... more

In May of 2021, the National Park Service received a call that a woman had fallen over the... more

A Toronto police officer was having an affair with a government worker – and then they fou... more

Right after sunset, three boats sailed towards the rice plantations on the Combahee River.... more

“Christopher Kinahan is probably the most successful and entrepreneurial criminal that Ire... more

Last year, a committee of state lawmakers in Texas issued a subpoena for a man on death ro... more

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