Frank was the muscle for a loan shark named Pete. Andy owed Pete $250k. One day Frank encouraged Andy to repay the loan by firing a handgun at him. The bullet whizzed past Andys ear narrowly missing

Alvin called 911 from a payphone and said, I think my wife passed out. But she was already dead. Many folks didnt know Alvin had a wife. The ones that did, said he was keeping her hostage. She ha

Forensic criminologist Oscar Heinrich opened the first private crime lab in 1910 and solved 2,000 cases in his 40-year career. We look at three of them: The Case of the Calculating Chemist; The Case of the Great Train Heist; and The Case of Allene Lamso

Pat Benatar wrote her 1980 song, Hell is for Children, to bring awareness to child abuse. A topic private investigator James Hastings knows all too well. This tough Army veteran of Iraq spent eight rough years on the front lines investigating child abuse

Pink-collar criminals are mid-level employees that embezzle from the workplace. People like Sandy Jenkins, the mild-mannered comptroller at the world-famous Collin Street Bakery. And Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller for the City of Dixon, Illinois.

The media called her, The Polish Girl. But to friends and family in Chicago, she was Maggie. A man spotted her green Nissan Altimaon his way to work. Maggies body was lying in the back seat. It would take homicide detective Mike Hammond, four years to

Serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells left a path of destruction across the U.S. from 1979 through 1999. It is believed he murdered 22 people, including several children (although he puts the figure at 70). A steady pursuit of self-gratification and self-preserv

When it comes to guardianships, you've heard the stories of abuse, over-medicating, theft, and embezzlement. The names Amanda Bynes, Casey Kasem, Brian Wilson, and Britney Spears come to mind. But the real problem in this domestic disaster is the unethica

Insurance fraud is a criminal act. And in Philadelphia it's legendary. The City of Brotherly Love is famous for fraudulent auto accident techniques like the Swoop and Squat. But the real problem in this Philadelphia experiment is the general acceptance

Dr. David Acer was a quiet, unassuming Florida dentist in the 1980s. Then several of his patients became infected with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Four of them would eventually die from the disease, including a patient named Kimberly Bergal