Seth Ferranti
The Affluenza Murder Case That Shocked America 100 Years Ago
The concept that helped Ethan Couch didn't exist yet, but the fact of two justice systems—and some Puritan morality—made for a wild end to a brutal murder case.
What Federal Inmates Are Saying About Paul Manafort Getting Just 47 Months
"Only the non-connected do real time," one told us.
A Former Dannemora Prison Guard Penned a Wild Account of the Famous Escape
After feeling news reports got the story wrong, Charles A. Gardner wanted to tell his insider's tale.
This California Airport Bomber Was a Godfather of 'Lone Wolf' Terrorism
The "Alphabet Bomber" attacked LAX, manipulated the media, and set the stage for decades of fear and far-right attacks.
HBO’s New Film ‘O.G.’ Was Shot in an Active Prison
We spoke to star Jeffrey Wright about the unique and real experience that saw him acting alongside real prisoners and guards.
Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' Is Wonderful and Weird
The adaptation of the comic written by Gerard Way is "a ten hour movie," inspired, in part, by Wes Anderson.
'Velvet Buzzsaw' Director Dan Gilroy Thinks the Art World Is Broken
"I don't think the quality of a work should be judged by the number of views or clicks or amount of pay."
Trump's Wall Symbolizes the End of American Optimism
A historian argues that the politics of the frontier and expansion have been replaced by a sense that there isn't enough to go around.
Ted Bundy Tells His Own Horrific Story in Netflix's New True Crime Doc
Joe Berlinger's 'Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes' shows us the man behind the monster.
A Drug Kingpin Ran His Empire from a Laptop, Then Snitched on His Own Assassins
Pain pills in the US. Meth from North Korea. Shipments of gold. Yachts full of cocaine. Contract killings. They all added up to a witness for the feds.
The Prison System Is a Nightmare, but Not for the Reasons You Think
How it's become an agency of social control.
The Wild Story of Whitaker Wright, the Con Man Who Killed Himself in Court
The Bernie Madoff of the late 1800s, he was "the world's most shameless swindler."