In 1993, Gary Settle was sentenced to 177 years in prison. Twenty-six years into his sentence, he started helping other... more

In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of... more

This week, part two of the Reels family story – how two brothers went to jail in an attempt to... more

Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels refused to leave the land that had been in their family for generations – so... more

Today, a personal story from Phoebe about her mother, Valentine, who died this spring. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and... more

Soon after the Berlin Wall went up, a group of students knocked on Joachim Rudolph’s door. They told him they... more

Before Guantánamo Bay became the prison we know today, Marie Genard spent more than a year of her life there.... more

In 1977, a new bar opened on North Wells Street in Chicago. Things weren’t as they seemed at the aptly... more

One morning, two men got in a boat and sailed down a river in the Amazon rainforest. They were never... more

In the summer of 1975, two best friends attempted a robbery unlike any they’d ever pulled off before. Their target:... more