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The Forgotten Tale of How America Converted Its 1980 Olympic Village Into a Prison

Budget approval for a small New York town to host the games came with one very large caveat.

Brianna Nofil August 16, 2016

Grave of Levi Doan, "An Outlaw"

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doan Outlaw Graves

The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.

Hold These Tiny Crime Scenes in the Palm of Your Hand

Death is precious in these artistic mini worlds.

Kate Silver August 4, 2016

The 9 Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won't Die

It's been around for centuries.

Erik Shilling August 3, 2016

The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England

Broadsides were the Facebook posts and tweets of their day.

Natalie Zarrelli July 26, 2016

What It's Like to Be an Underwater Crime Scene Investigator

Welcome to CSI: Lakes, Rivers, and Oceans.

Ella Morton July 22, 2016

A tiger shark.

How Did a Shark in a Sydney Aquarium End Up With a Human Arm?

It opened its mouth and a murder mystery came out.

Matt Soniak July 21, 2016

Los Feliz murder mansion

Los Angeles, California

Los Feliz Murder Mansion

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Criminals Targeting Victims with the Geo-Located Pokémon Go Game

This weekend brought a rash of robberies in Missouri thanks to the popular app. And that's not the only unintended consequence of augmented reality.

Reyhan Harmanci July 10, 2016

The Folsom Prisoner Who Built Functional Miniature Carnivals Out of Toothpicks

It was the best way for William Jennings-Bryan Burke to kill time during his 23 years in prison.

Lauren Young July 8, 2016

The Hidden Security Bugs in Architecture That You Never Noticed

Some of the best security features are subtly interwoven into the fabric of building design.

Lauren Young June 24, 2016

The KGB Museum.

Tallinn, Estonia

KGB Museum

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Police Find Swarm of Bees Intentionally Placed in Car’s Trunk

Tao Tao Holmes June 21, 2016

A Guide to Memorials and Vigils for the Orlando Massacre

Around the world, landmarks have turned rainbow.

Erik Shilling June 13, 2016

The Married Woman Who Kept Her Lover in the Attic

Dolly Oesterreich, her "Bat Man," and one of the strangest sex scandals ever.

Addison Nugent June 7, 2016

Sydney’s Jazz Age Criminal Queens Ruled the Streets With Razors

Knives and unlicensed grog were their weapons of choice.

Naomi Russo May 23, 2016

Found: A Stolen Letter From Christopher Columbus

It ended up in the Library of Congress.

Sarah Laskow May 19, 2016

NYC's Great Ice Cream Crime Craze of 2016

Summer's coolest criminal enterprise. Can the thieves be stopped?

Jessie Guy-Ryan May 14, 2016