FBI Files

The Judge Was Murdered Over Money He Never Stole

A circuit judge and his wife, shot dead in their own home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The reason: money the judge never stole. In 1987, Judge Vincent Sherry and his wi

8 Million Flyers. 4,000 Volunteers. One Girl Who Vanished Without a Trace

On the night of October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom during a sleepover while her mother slept in the next room. It was a stra

Out of Jail on August 15. Four People Dead by Labor Day.

In a quiet Ohio community, an elderly woman vanishes without a trace. Hours later, a teenage boy disappears. The police know the cases are linked—but they don't know how.

The Robbery That Rewrote How America Decides the Death Penalty

A former security professional. A sniper rifle. A single shot outside an Arizona mall that killed an armored van driver and set off a manhunt ending in a drainage culvert

The Gas Station Mogul Who Rigged Pumps and Ordered Murders

He started out washing cars for a living. Within a decade, Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa controlled more than fifty gas stations across New York City — a business empire built on

He Wrote a 26-Step "Recipe for Murder" — Then His Wife Vanished

She was a Marine Corps captain, days from finalizing her divorce and already approved for promotion. He was a disgraced former officer with nothing left to lose. When Cap

The Ex-Cop Who Planned a Murder Like a Sniper Operation

He had once worked in security himself, trained to understand exactly how armored car routes operated, and exactly when a driver would be most vulnerable. On November 28t

The Baker Everyone Trusted Was Hunting Women With an Airplane

Cindy Paulson’s Escape Exposes Robert Hansen in Anchorage  She was seventeen years old, handcuffed, barefoot, and running for her life. She had been kidnapped, tortured,

He Was One of Delaware's Most Powerful Lawyers. A Cooler That Wouldn't Sink Ended Everything

He was one of Delaware's most powerful lawyers, with ties to the governor's own office. When his secret relationship with the governor's young secretary turned deadly, he

He Hunted Strangers With a Sniper Rifle to Start a Race War

Liberty Park Sniper: The Hunt for Joseph Paul Franklin | The FBI Files It was a warm summer evening in Salt Lake City. Ted Fields, 20, and David Martin, 18, were jogging

Jack Unterweger Austria's Serial Killer Caught by the FBI

Jack Unterweger: Austria's Serial Killer Caught by the FBI | The FBI Files He was celebrated as a literary genius, a reformed man who had turned his life around behind b

CIA Headquarters Shooting Inside the International Manhunt for Mir Amal Kanzi

It was a crisp winter morning in Langley, Virginia. Cars were lined up at a stoplight, waiting to turn into the main entrance of CIA headquarters. Inside those vehicles w

Glenn Rogers From Van Nuys Truck Fire to Room 119

A burned pickup truck in a Van Nuys hospital parking lot. A woman’s body inside, strangled before the flames ever touched her. A single earring. A lottery win. And a name

Joseph Paul Franklin Liberty Park Sniper Manhunt

He was a ghost. A drifter. A man with no fixed address and no fingerprints on file. He moved across the country like a shadow, robbing banks to fund his travels and using

John Gotti’s Biggest Mistake Gave the FBI Exactly What They Needed | Full Episode

He was the most powerful mob boss in America. The head of the Gambino crime family. A man who walked the streets of New York like a king, wearing $2,000 suits and flashin

The Cowboy Fantasy That Turned Into a Killing Spree

He wore cowboy boots and carried a hunting knife on his belt, calling himself by names lifted straight from western paperback novels. Behind the costume, FBI profilers co

Five Minutes That Became the Bloodiest Day in FBI History

Eight FBI agents went out that morning expecting a routine arrest. Five minutes later, two were dead, five more were wounded, and one agent — already shot himself — fired

The Shootout That Changed How Every FBI Agent Carries a Gun

Eight FBI agents. Two armed men. Less than five minutes. On a quiet residential street in Miami in April 1986, a routine vehicle stop turned into one of the deadliest day

Hunting Darren D. ONeill_ Robin Smith Mount Rainier and a Survivor

A vanished bride-to-be. A red Torino. A drifter with a teardrop tattoo. This is the manhunt that gripped the Pacific Northwest—and the FBI agent who refused to let it go

He Thought They Were Coming for Him — They Weren't

Two Boston police officers walked into an alley to check on a domestic dispute that had nothing to do with the man they encountered there. Ted Otsuki, a parolee with a vi