Elena Ferrarin

In October 2003, eight-year-old Josef Smith was beaten to death by his parents, Joseph and Sonya Smith. The Smiths were members of a church that promotes disciplining children in a way that some have said is abusive.

Author Barbie Latza Nadeau on how Italian women have played vital roles in mafia history, and have done anything—from keeping secrets to murder—for their families.

In 1971, Edgar Smith Jr. became a free man after spending more than 14 years on death row for the 1957 murder of 15-year-old Victoria Zielinski. In 1976, he was sent back to prison for attempted murder, where he remained until he died at age 83.

For many years, a Georgia woman ran an underground network out of her Atlanta home in order to hide children who'd allegedly been abused. Some feel she was a hero, while others believe she was a kidnapper and vigilante.

We investigate why the Charlotte Police Department took so long to identify 'The Taco Bell Strangler' who targeted Black women in the 1990s.

Serial killer Edmund Kemper, later known as the 'Co-Ed Killer,' was released on parole from Atascadero State Hospital when he was 21 after shooting and killing his grandparents when he was 15. Why did psychiatrists allow him to go free?

About two weeks before Brian Laundrie strangled his 22-year-old fiancé Gabby Petito to death in late August 2021, the couple had an encounter with law enforcement in Moab, Utah. Could different decisions by the police officers have prevented Petito's death?

We spoke a victim of Alex Christopher Ewing, also known as the Hammer Killer, about the struggles she's faced since the loss of her family.