How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.

Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.

Isaiah Wall wants to get his life on track. But first, he’s gotta buy drugs for the police.

With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.

The doctor who worked on both Kennedy and Oswald tells his story.

An annual re-enactment drags America’s history of racist violence into the light.

He stole over $1 million in chips – then checked himself into casino’s hotel to live like a king.

Maurice Lerner missed his shot at the majors and landed in the Rhode Island mafia.

In El Salvador, pregnant women have more to fear than Zika.

A young journalist spent her days covering sexual assault and domestic violence. Then she became the story.

An unlikely duo from Boston treks to Bolivia, hoping to solve a 30-year-old aviation mystery.

We like to believe that the blame for wrongful convictions falls on individuals: the racist prosecutor, the crooked cop. It doesn’t always work that way.

Anatomy of a murder trial.

Rolf Kaestel stole $264 in 1981. He’s still in jail.

On police brutality in New York and the race riots of 1964.

Meeting Christopher Thomas Knight, a.k.a. the North Pond Hermit, who lived alone in the Maine woods for nearly 30 years.

“He kissed me directly on the lips. I thought, ‘Oh my God, gross.’”

Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.

When the battered body of a Cambridge Ph.D. student was found outside Cairo, Egyptian police claimed he had been hit by a car. Then they said he was the victim of a robbery. Then they blamed a conspiracy against Egypt. But in a digital age, it’s harder than ever to get away with murder.

A former Saint and Super Bowl champion, Will Smith, was shot and killed by another player named Cardell Hayes. Their fatal collision highlights the fine line between triumph and tragedy in football and life in New Orleans.

The story of a home invasion, a torture session, and one lawyer who nearly killed another.

A sociologist embeds with a gang in Chicago.

Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.

Alben Sagan got his name from the U.S. Marshals. Then he got a fortune from a woman he’d only known for a few years.

The perilous existence of confidential informants.