Crime and Punishment

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.