The Body in Room 348
Solving the mystery of the corpse in the Eleganté Hotel.
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Allegation Ends Coach's Career
A college football coach is falsely accused of producing and possessing child pornography.
Yrs. Truly, A Lincoln
On the grifter who made a living forging the signatures of American heroes.
Alone With the Strangler
Encounters with Albert DeSalvo, the self-confessed Boston Strangler.
CSI: Italian Renaissance
On paleopathologist Gino Fornaciari and his investigations into murders from centuries past.
When Mom Has a Secret
Finding out your loved one is a notorious fugitive.
17 Days in November
Two brothers dreamed of baseball stardom. One would end up killing the other.
"I Was a Monster"
Ten years after D.C. area sniper shootings, an interview with Lee Boyd Malvo.
The Lying Disease
On an affliction for the digital age, “Munchausen by internet.”
A Pickpocket's Tale
A profile of Apollo Robbins, widely regarded as the world’s best pickpocket.
After the Fall
On the mysterious death of a high school basketball star in Dallas.
Framed
She was the Southern Californian PTA mom everyone knew. Who would want to harm her?
The Weather Inside
Rolf Kaestel stole $264 in 1981. He’s still in jail.
Innocents
In El Salvador, pregnant women have more to fear than Zika.
Taken
A 55-year-old cold case ends with a conviction. But was justice really served?
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A Child Vanishes
Playing outside after dinner, best friends Kathy and Maria meet a man calling himself “Johnny.” Kathy runs home to grab mittens; upon her return, her 7-year-old friend and the stranger are nowhere to be found.
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Women Wronged
The story of Jack McCullough, once known as John Tessier, a man who once lived near Kathy and Maria and has a troubling history of abusing women.
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Bulldogs on the Case
Police zero in on McCullough after a deathbed confession.
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'That's Him'
Half a century after her friend was abducted, Kathy identifies the man who took Maria.
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The Whole Truth?
Jack McCullough is convicted of Maria’s kidnapping and murder, but questions are raised about the evidence (or lack thereof) presented at trial.
Ryan Leaf's Jailhouse Confessions, Written By His Cell Mate
A profile of the NFL quarterback gone bust.
Bad Blood
The death of a Russian dissident and how radioactive poison became a tool of assassins.
Apocalypse, New Jersey
A dispatch from Camden, “America’s most desperate town.”
The Innocent and the Damned
Allegations of child sexual and Satanic ritual abuse overtake an Austin suburb.
The Hunt for Mukhtar Ablyazov: Banker, Criminal, Fugitive, Victim?
Searching for the alleged Kazakh Bernie Madoff.
Broken Stride
The death of a runner and the “ongoing culture war between fitness enthusiasts and automobiles.”
Fire Behavior
What really happened in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
The Girls Next Door
An investigation of the American sex trafficking industry.
The Perfect Mark
How a Massachusetts psychotherapist fell for a Nigerian e-mail scam.
The Case of Sacco And Vanzetti
Analysis of the trial from future Supreme Court justice.
