A 39-year-old married police officer, father of two young children, and field-training officer sat in his police vehicle in a residential neighborhood with a rookie in training.

People naturally open their doors when someone on the other side knocks or rings the bell. We naturally trust people. It’s built into our DNA until someone compromises that trust, but until they do, we open the door.

Small towns often evoke images of peaceful streets, friendly neighbors, and quiet nights. Yet beneath this calm surface, some communities harbor dark secrets and gripping stories of crime that captivate and intrigue.

Shortly after the school year began, a school bus driver stopped to drop off a middle school student. A student on the bus said something insulting to....

Adult children visiting their parents so the grandchildren can visit sounds lovely. Unless the grandfather has a loaded shotgun behind his bedroom door.

It was a lucrative family business until an FBI nation-wide crackdown brought it to a screeching halt.

On his last night, at around 10:30 pm, a caller ordered a pizza for delivery. When the delivery man arrived at the location, he found the owner of the property had let it go into uninhabited ruin.

They lived in a generational home with a 71-year-old mother, her 44-year-old daughter, and her 19-year-old granddaughter.

Have you ever been on a plane that is diverted to another airport? In this true crime, once in the air.....

I’m drawn to crimes involving school employees or students. This true crime involved both.

Divorce can be an ugly, destructive life event for many estranged couples. When you see no other options but to divorce and you have...

In 2005, a 36-year-old man worked at his family’s restaurant. In 2007, he was on trial for breaking into a young woman’s home. The...

It wasn’t his first stint in prison. He’d had an explosive personality since he was a child. As the 34-year-old man left the prison after...

Most people have heard about the scam when someone calls and pretends to be a relative in jail needing money. The three-man crew in this...

It’s a scary time for parents when their teenagers drive. Boys often want to drive too fast. Speed isn’t as alluring to girls but in this...

Have you heard of Rent-a-Hitman?

Imagine you and your boyfriend are driving back to your apartment after spending time in a big city.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. This famous,...

Imagine you’re on a flight from the middle of the U.S. to the eastern seaboard when one passenger goes a little cray-cray. Perhaps...

The school hired him to be the Dean of Academics. In less than one month, the local authorities arrested him. They charged him with...