Sponge-Fraud!
The curious case of SpongeBob SquarePants illustrator Todd White, three ninjas, and an art caper.
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One Boy, Two Girls, and Homicide
A teenage love triangle turns tragic in Pinellas Park, Florida.
The War for Drugs
How Juarez became the murder capital of the world.
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Inhaling the Spore
A trip to the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
The Wedding Sting
A faked marriage between undercover agents leads to the arrest of a dozen drug dealers.
Why Baltimore Blew Up
The failures of the “broken windows” approach to policing.
Feet Lost and Found in the Pacific Northwest
Searching for the source of British Columbia’s grim flotsam.
The Legend of Dope Lake
What happened when a plane full of marijuana crashed in Yosemite Park.
Chasing ISIS
The investigators tasked with finding jihadists embedded within Europe.
This is Rikers
Voices from the inside of New York City’s infamous jail.
The Divine Inspiration of Jim Jones
The black messianic leader, known as Father Divine, that Jim Jones admired.
Amor Prohibido
The meaning of Selena, 20 years after her death.
The Imam’s Curse
The family accused of funding the Pakistani Taliban.
Who Killed Lorenzen Wright?
Investigating the unsolved murder of a former NBA player.
Who’s Been Killing the Feral Peacocks of Palos Verdes?
A case of peafowl dividing a neighborhood.
Where the Bodies Are Buried
How forensic anthropologist Sue Black does her job.
The Curse of the Bahia Emerald
Meet the giant green rock that seduces and destroys.
Finding Lisa
The search for a woman’s true identity and the unmasking of a serial killer.
Busted
How police brought down a tech-savvy prostitution network in Seattle.
Mysterious Circumstances
The world’s foremost Sherlock Holmes expert found dead in a locked room, leaving no note.
How Ivanka Trump And Donald Trump Jr. Avoided a Criminal Indictment
Chinatown’s Ghost Scam
Following the fraudsters who use gods and myth to steal from the elderly.
The Obsidian Serpent
Orange County’s first serial killer in 25 years stalked homeless men.
King of Boise
How a home-schooled teenager became an oxy kingpin.
After Unthinkable Loss
Sitting with a group of mothers who lost a child.
