The story of a high school quarterback’s descent into madness, and its tragic end.

The questionable close relationship between a mobster/informant and an F.B.I. agent during a bloody Colombo crime family battle.

When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.

The anatomy of a bungled, massively expensive undercover sting conducted by the Seattle Police Department.

A bank robber tells the story of a successful heist.

The story of the 1969 murder spree by Charles Manson and “Family” as told by those close to the case.

Bernard Peters and his son, Scott, robbed and shot a Salvation Army worker in 1996. Since then, they’ve been sharing a cell at Elmira Correctional Facility.

A profile of Larry Garrison, the man who “gets paid to bring tabloid stories to TV news programs.”

All told, the military acknowledged this summer, 14 soldiers from the base have been charged or convicted in at least 11 slayings since 2005 — the largest killing spree involving soldiers at a single U.S. military installation in modern history.

For 18 months, Coatesville, Penn., was besieged with an improbable number of arsons.  But who started the fires – and why?

An interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire.

An investigation into rising crime rates in small American cities. Is a lauded antipoverty program to blame?

How crooked officials pulled off a massive scam, spent millions on Dubai real estate, and killed the author’s law partner when he tried to expose them.

Early last year, 10 churches were torched in East Texas. The culprits? Two Baptist teens having a crisis of faith.

How Craigslist dealers do business in New York City.

A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.

In 1960, beer heir Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and murdered. A look back at the crime and the man who committed it.

A student fires three shots during a sixth period social studies class. “Then nothing happened, and that’s a problem.”

How skateboard legend Mark “Gator” Anthony was born again, first as a street preacher, and then as a rapist and murderer.

How a 22-year-old with five warrants for her arrest in Utah conned her way through Brooklyn armed with nothing more than a dirty mouth and a penchant for faking pregnancy and/or cancer.

The strange life of Boston Corbett, the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth in 1865.

The story of dog-scent lineup innovator Keith Pikett and the not-so-scientific science behind forensics.