Cocaine Quarterback Owen Hanson Founded an Ice Cream Brand After Working for the Cartel

The Colorado man pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and two daughters.

R.Kelly claimed North Carolina prison staff led him to overdose.

Giving birth behind bars inspired the creator to become a prison reform advocate.

Smith drowned her two sons in October 1994 by launching her car into a lake.

The Culture Club singer struggled with drug abuse early in his career.

She will likely spend the rest of her life incarcerated.

The leader was sentenced to life behind bars in 2011.

The accused killer resides at N.Y.C.'s Metropolitan Detention Center.

How a notorious facility evolved through the arts.

Life is not as cushy for famous inmates as many people may believe.

A law would restrict isolation to four hours and require due process.

The last meals of infamous inmates have varied widely.

Governor Ralph Northam pardoned Crosson in 2021 after 19 years in prison.

Yarris brings his story to the Great White Way with 'The Fear of 13'.

How the mafioso formed a unique bond with an FBI agent.

Platforms like Meet-An-Inmate and LoveAPrisoner foster closeness.

'Portobello' host Enzo Tortora was sentenced to 10 years for drug trafficking.

The family’s Great Depression kidnapping spree made headlines.

Only four of them were directed by Martin Scorsese.

Institutional rules prohibit inmates from getting inked.

The Colorado facility is America's only federal supermax prison.

How the incarcerated spend an American holiday.

Johnny Depp played the crime boss in 'Black Mass' 10 years ago.

Prison inmates have been sentenced to lengthy stays.

The execution of a prisoner on death-row usually results in the beginning of a new trauma for the family members they leave behind.

The feared Chicago crime boss spent his last days in isolation.

New York's infamous serial killer, who murdered six people in the 1970s and is up for parole in 2024, is at Shawangunk Correctional Facility. But will he be released?

A&E speaks with journalist Jerry Mitchell about his book and how to handle cold cases.

Hired in 1921, James E. Amos was the first Black agent to work publicly for the FBI and worked high-profile cases involving murder, organized crime, Nazi spies and more during his 30-plus years of service.

For incarcerated women, childbirth can be very different from state to state.

Tommy Ray, a special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, came up with an idea that would revolutionize cold-case homicide investigations: making a game out of it.

There is a history of investigators, reporters, and even regular people (like the volunteers on 60 Days In) going undercover in prison to expose wrongdoing, danger, and bad treatment. Read inspiring stories of intrepid souls who went behind bars to find truth.

Derrick Jamison, who spent 20 years in prison for murder before being exonerated on his execution day, and Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, tell us what it's like in the final hours leading up to an execution.

Expert FBI profiler John Douglas shares how he turned the sophisticated and cruel tactics of murderer Larry Gene Bell against him.

We spoke with legendary FBI profiler John Douglas about how a childhood injury may have pushed Joseph Paul Franklin to serial murder.

James Atkinson, who has spent decades designing and installing listening devices for the FBI, CIA and other agencies, tells us about some of the dangerous undercover work he's done and unusual things he's bugged.

In 2022, Vicky White, an Alabama corrections officer, helped an inmate, Casey White, escape. But she's not the only prison worker who's risked her life to help an inmate break free. We speak with experts on the phenomenon of officer-inmate relationships.

Writer Jeanette Hurt explains how her father helped expose corruption at the Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers and Warehouse Workers Union.

Mafia 'freelance contractor' and actor Gianni Russo spoke to A&E True Crime about his polio-afflicted childhood in the Little Italy section of New York City to friendships and feuds with legendary mob figures like Frank Costello and John Gotti.

Richard Lopez, a former prison chaplain, spoke to A&E True Crime about how murderers on death row come to embrace a higher power while awaiting execution.

An ex-offender describes learning of his release—and preparing for it—after over three decades behind bars.

Breaking down the five levels of federal prisons in the U.S.

Q&A with Kevin Flynn on editing the crime compilation, The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat.

Former FBI special agent John Douglas spent his 25-year career with the Bureau interviewing hundreds of America's most infamous killers, from Charles Manson and Ted Bundy to the 'BTK Killer,' Dennis Rader and more. The 'Mindhunter' author talks to us about his new book, 'The Killer Across the Table,' and his tried-and-true interview techniques.

For over a decade, Whitey Bulger was America's most wanted gangster—the FBI's biggest domestic target. Wanted for 19 counts of murder, he hid in plain sight for 16 years with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. Read how he was caught.

The December 11, 1978 Lufthansa heist by the Lucchese crime family, which took place at New York's JFK airport, was the most infamous caper in U.S. history.

Journalist Murray Weiss, who has covered organized crime for over 30 years and who is now at the New York Post, tells us why working-class people loved John Gotti, how the Mafia has changed since the 1980s and what it was like for John Gotti Jr. to leave the mob.

Convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat groomed prison worker Joyce Mitchell in an elaborate plot to escape.

A notorious Boston mob boss serving a life sentence for his part in 11 slayings, James 'Whitey' Bulger, 89, was ailing and confined to a wheelchair on October 30, 2018, when he was slain at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton. But the details around his death remain murky.

There are countless theories about how Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa died and where his body might be. Here's a look at the three most plausible and a few of the most bizarre.