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Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen Headed to New York’s Cushiest Prison

A weekly Scrabble game with The Situation and Fyre Fest's ringleader awaits

International law enforcement shut down the Wall Street Market and Silkkitie dark web marketplaces.

Police Pull Plug on Two Dark-Web Markets, Seize $615K and Cryptocurrency

McAllen Texas

Affluent Texas City Thrives on Border Trafficking

Sterling Van Wagenen

Sundance Film Festival Co-Founder Charged with Sexual Assault of a Minor

the situation

The Situation, the Fyre Fest Guy and the Fappening Guy are Prison Pals

swatting

A Brief History of Swatting

A New Orleans Hotel Is Offering a $15K Stay for Returned Stolen Items

A New Orleans Hotel Is Offering a $15K Stay for Returned Stolen Items

Lufthansa Heist robbery at JFK Airport. Employee shows FBI men where he and others were tied during robbery. (Photo By: Nick Sorrentino/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

Inside The $6 Million Airport Heist That Shocked the Nation 40 Years Ago Today

How A Former Cocaine Kingpin Could Help Take Down El Chapo

How A Former Cocaine Kingpin Could Help Take Down El Chapo

The Mystery of Sir Harry Whitecliffe, the Serial Killer Who May Never Have Been

The Mystery of Sir Harry Whitecliffe, the Serial Killer Who May Never Have Been

Usha, the 26 year old leader of the grassroots Red Brigade, teaches the art of self-defense to other members of the Red Brigade. (Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)

These Real-Life Female Vigilantes Rival Jennifer Garner In “Peppermint”

Many faces of El Dorado Jane Doe

The Woman With Many Faces: Who Was El Dorado Jane Doe?

Klaas Faber, a convicted war criminal who escaped punishment.

8 People Who Almost Got Away With It — But Didn’t

Detail from Metro Nashville Police Flyer issued after Marcia Trimble's disappearance.

The Shadowed City: In 1975, the Murder of Marcia Trimble Changed Nashville Forever

police, corruption

Who Killed Rachael DelTondo?

FBI badge and sidearm. (Photo: Wikimedia)

When an FBI Agent Gets Too Close to a Crooked Source

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NXIVM

Book: Nxivm Sex Cult Had Designs On Taking Over Mexico

john doe, jane doe

6 Terrifying Unsolved Crimes You’ve Never Heard Of

sweden, crown jewels, heist

So You’ve Stolen Sweden’s Crown Jewels. Now What?

Drew Peterson in 2008 (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Dirty Cops: Police Officers Who Crossed the Thin Blue Line

Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa casting his reel into water off side of boat called The Yellow Rose II during fishing trip, w. his cohorts behind him, off coast of Miami, FL. (Photo by Frank Dandridge/Pix Inc./The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

It’s Been 43 Years Since He Vanished. Where Is Jimmy Hoffa?

ShutterJack/Getty Images

Hidden Venom: Famous Unsolved Poisonings

April Tinsley, age 8

Police Capture Alleged Child-Killer Who Taunted Them for Decades

NARCOS S01E03 "The Men of Always"

The Recipe for “Narcos,” According to Real-Life DEA Agents Who Lived It

A sign near the front door of the Hells Angels motorcycle club headquarters in New York reads "No Parking Except Authorized Hells Angels," Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Earlier in the week an out-of-town man was shot after moving an orange cone meant to save a parking space for club members. The secretive group has frustrated police by refusing to help identify the shooter. (AP Photo/Tom Hays)

Hells Angels at 70: Rebels With a Cause

prison escapes

The Most Ridiculous (And Real) Prison Escapes of All Time

(Fotografierende/Pexels)

Meet the Average (Alleged) U.S. ISIS Recruit

Donna Hylton (Donna Hylton)

“A Little Piece of Light” Author Donna Hylton Talks About Her 27 Years in Prison

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