Two young girls attempt to murder another in Waukesha, Wisconsin, trying to bring an internet meme to life.

The story of a small town just outside Pittsburgh that has suffered through a half-century of economic decline, racial tension, and endless crime. Despite that trajectory, or perhaps because of it, Aliquippa has also produced an astounding number of NFL players.

How an entire industry built itself convincing lead-paint poisoning victims to sign over settlement payments for a fraction of what they’re worth.

The chaos of a group home in Long Beach, California.

How an apartheid-era psychiatrist went from torturing gay soldiers in South Africa to sexually abusing patients in Canada.

The running back’s life since he was indicted on charges of beating his son and suspended from the NFL.

The meaning of Selena, 20 years after her death.

“What it means — for the reporting we do, for the brands we represent, and for our own mental health — that we don’t stop being black people when we’re working as black reporters. That we quite literally have skin in the game.”

The tale of the first conviction overturned on faulty arson science.

What happens to the people who film famous incidents of police violence.

A man had a gift for teaching people to beat the polygraph. Now he’s going to prison.

The story of H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer.

Only after buying a new home did the Milliken family learn something terrible had happened in it.

“Super tunnels” are a speciality of the Sinaloa drug cartel – and its leader, El Chapo.

Pennsylvania is on the verge of saying yes.

The black messianic leader, known as Father Divine, that Jim Jones admired.

The anti-human trafficking stings conducted by Operation Underground Railroad are flashy, exciting, camera-ready. Whether or not they truly help victims is another question.

When all else failed, he commandeered a bus, and saved his neighbors. Now he’s in prison.

The abusive relationship between a Bell Gardens mayor and his wife ends with her firing a gun.

A business opportunity stemming from “a moment in time when the debate over how colleges should address sexual assault has reached a fever pitch.”

Nearly 4 years ago, a 12-year-old boy was murdered in a small town in upstate New York. The suspects are well known, but nobody has been convicted of the crime.

Her parents wanted Jennifer to be successful. The pressure may have led her to plot their murder.

An investigation into serial killings in a small North Carolina city.

The story of a lawyer-turned-money launderer, stolen evidence, and a bunch of comics selling at outrageously high prices at auction. And Mussolini.

Al Seckel held legendary parties in the 1980s and 90s, with attendees ranging from Slash to Francis Crick. He later became a collector of optical illusions and gave a TED talk on the topic. He may have also misled and defrauded many of the people he came into contact with.