The Murder of Helle Crafts: The Clues by Lake Zoar
After Helle Crafts disappeared in 1986, a dental crown and evidence recovered near Lake Zoar helped Connecticut prosecutors build a murder case.
True crime
The 1963 Great Train Robbery: The Fingerprints Left at the Farm
After £2.6 million vanished from a Royal Mail train in 1963, a local tip and fingerprints at a farmhouse helped detectives trace the gang.
The 1911 Mona Lisa Theft: The Letter That Brought Her Back
How the Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre in 1911 and a letter to a Florentine art dealer led to its recovery two years later.
The 1982 Tylenol Murders: The Bottle That Changed the Rules
Seven Chicago-area deaths in 1982 led to a nationwide Tylenol recall and changed how over-the-counter medicines are sealed.
Frank Sinatra Jr.’s Kidnapping: The Ransom and the Rumor That Followed
Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped in 1963 and released after a $240,000 ransom. The case brought arrests, a disputed allegation and an appeal.
John List: The TV Bust That Ended a 17-Year Search
John List vanished after killing his family in 1971. A sculpture shown on America’s Most Wanted helped investigators find him 17 years later.
The Chowchilla Kidnapping: How 26 Children Escaped a Buried Trailer
In 1976, 26 California schoolchildren and their driver were held in a buried trailer. Here’s how they escaped and what happened afterward.
John Dillinger: The Bank Robber America Couldn’t Stop, Until a Night at the Movies
In just over a year, John Dillinger went from a paroled convict to one of America’s most wanted men. It ended outside a Chicago movie theater in July 1934.
The Last Ride of Bonnie and Clyde: The Photos, the Manhunt and the Ambush of 1934
How a waitress and a small-time thief became America’s most wanted couple, how a roll of film made them famous, and how a six-man posse ended it on a Louisiana road in May 1934.
The Man Who Jumped Into the Night: The D.B. Cooper Mystery
On Thanksgiving Eve 1971, a quiet man in a suit hijacked a jet, collected $200,000 and four parachutes, and jumped into the dark. He was never found.
Three Men, One Raft, No Trace: The 1962 Escape From Alcatraz
In June 1962, three inmates left dummy heads in their beds and slipped off Alcatraz on a homemade raft. More than sixty years later, nobody knows what happened next.