In 1935, a man with no luggage, using a fake name, was found tortured inside a locked room at the Hotel President in Kansas City. His last words were a lie, and the police had no weapon, no suspects, and no motive. Read more

In the summer of 1919, a young woman named Bella Wright was found dead on a quiet country lane in Leicestershire, a bullet wound in her head. The only clue? A mysterious, well-dressed man seen with her shortly before her death, riding a distinctive green bicycle. Read more

In May 1979, the American justice system was shaken to its core. Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. — known by criminals as "Maximum John" for the harsh sentences he handed down — was shot and killed by a sniper outside his San Antonio home. Read more

In the summer of 1975, panic swept through an Ann Arbor hospital. Patients in the intensive care unit, many recovering well, inexplicably stopped breathing. Doctors and investigators raced to find the cause, realizing this was no medical anomaly — it was murder. Read more

In 1998, John Ruffo, a charismatic New York businessman, was due to begin a 17-year sentence for an audacious $350 million bank fraud. He drove to an ATM, withdrew a few hundred dollars, abandoned his car at JFK airport, and simply vanished. Read more