A Houston man allegedly tries to hire several hit men to kill his wife. Each fails miserably. It becomes the talk of the town.

A profile of legendary Houston socialite Becca Cason Thrash.

In October 2006 a four-year-old from Corpus Christi named Andrew Burd died mysteriously of salt poisoning. His foster mother, Hannah Overton, was charged with capital murder, vilified from all quarters, and sent to prison for life. But was this churchgoing young woman a vicious child killer? Or had the tragedy claimed its second victim?

Houston detectives investigate a series of brutal assaults on prostitutes in the Acres Homes section of the city. They thought they were after one man; it turns out they were wrong.

A high school student disappears, only to turn up more than 10 years later — posing as a high school student.

Thirty years after the murder in Abilene, the question remains unanswered.

An account of the trial of Warren Jeffs, the polygamous prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On a 1955 ferris wheel accident.

A profile of Rick Perry.

A former priest becomes the prime suspect in the 1960 murder of a Texas beauty queen.

The coldest of cases: During 1884-85, seven women and one man were brutally murdered in Austin, Texas.

437 children were removed from Yearning for Zion Ranch as part of the largest custody battle in American history. They were eventually returned to the compound polygamist Warren Jeffs made infamous—but questions remained.