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Crime

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

Site of the First Train Robbery in the West

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Restoration of Historic Italian Palace Interrupted by Mob Arrests

The Camorra gets into the preservation racket.

Erik Shilling May 5, 2016

Found: Harper Lee’s Own Article About the ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders

It didn't have a byline.

Sarah Laskow April 26, 2016

Found: A Ferrari Stolen Over 28 Years Ago

It still has only 45,000 miles on it.

Sarah Laskow April 16, 2016

Where the Missing Millions Went After Britain's Biggest Gold Heist

Newly leaked documents reveal a complex money-laundering scheme.

Erik Shilling April 4, 2016

Duluwat/Tolowot Marker

Eureka, California

Duluwat Island Plaque

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

The Story Behind the Bulletproof Photo Craze

Men shot each other all the time, it seems, for publicity photos in the 1920s.

David Goldenberg March 31, 2016

It made an appearance in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris

The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Marm Mandelbaum, the Queen of Fences, ran her own school for criminals.

New York's First Female Crime Boss Started Her Own Crime School

Marm Mandelbaum, the Queen of Fences, turned street rats into professional criminals.

Eric Grundhauser March 23, 2016