The Thames Torso Murders

Were these murders the work of Jack The Ripper?

Charles Dickens and Crime

If we think of crime in Victorian London, after the gory horrors of Jack the Ripper, many people's minds turn to the fictionalised criminal underworld of Dickens' second novel Oliver Twist

Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills talk The Killing Season

The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko

Litvinenko had been warned by old friends as early as 2002 that Russian agents had been given the order to kill him

Colleen Stan

The details of the story sound like the plot of an especially sick horror film...

Who is El Chapo?

Biography of Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, aka El Chapo, one of the world's biggest drug kingpins.

Who is D. B. Cooper?

Sitting in the rear of the plane, Cooper calmly lit a cigarette and ordered a bourbon and soda.

Were These Criminals Wrongly Released?

Could these three cases have been averted if sentencing laws were tightened?

The "My Way" Killings

What caused the song "My Way" to be banned in karaoke.

The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst

Born on February the 20th 1954, Patricia Campbell Hearst was the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.

Who said it? Joe Kenda or Barack Obama

Are these words of wisdom the work of the 44th President of the United States of America, or the incomparable Homicide Hunter?

Five Things You Didn't Know About Paula Zahn

Sentencing delayed in child drug death case

The mother of a young girl who died after months of being exposed to drugs has had her sentencing delayed after the judge requested more time to consider their verdict.

Mike Tyson

The world champion boxer was convicted of rape in the early 1990s

Debunking polygamist myths

Naturally, with this come a few rumours and myths.

Facts of life if you’re in the Order

Facts of life if you’re in the Order

Meet the Polygamists

We Introduce the three brave young women who help those trapped in polygamy escape

The Jail Series 3 cast

The Fulton County Jail houses approximately 2,500 inmates ' five times the size of the Clark County Jail.

Gertrude McCabe

The Widow and the Wolf - The Murder of Gertrude McCabe                                        

Dawn Lee Swan Magyar

On January the 27th 1973, twenty year old Dawn Lee Swan Magyar was grocery shopping in Owosso...

7 Tricky Crime Riddles

Test your detective skills with these tricky riddles to see if your solve rate could make you a top detective.

The Dark Side Of Atlanta

Fulton County Jail is a place where the darkest parts of Altanta’s criminal underworld come to light.

10 things you should know about Lt Joe Kenda

10 More Things You Should Know About Lt. Joe Kenda

The Cosby Case: The Facts

In the space of a few years, Bill Cosby went from being one of America’s top actors and comedians— once the highest paid actor

Sheriff Jamey Noel Q&A

The Jail's Sheriff answers your questions about the show and his experiences.

Zac Q&A

What happened to Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman?

On 8th April 2010, Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman was found dead at a resort in Cancun...

Extraordinary facts behind the Carlina White case

Later that night, after her parents had left and the nurse shifts were changing, she was abducted. She was only 19 months old.

The Truth About Divorce Crime

One thing social scientists have proved is the link between divorce and crime.

Britain's Strangest Laws

You may have even broken the law without realising it! 

9 TV shows based on real crimes

These TV shows, while fictional, all took their inspiration from real-life crimes.

Are you a #TheJail expert?

Test your knowledge of your favourite C+I show The Jail! 

5 reasons to be glad you're not in prison right now

In some prisons, you never see the sky It’s hard for us to imagine incarceration to that degree...

7 unsolved crimes that will stop you from sleeping

WARNING: If you scare easily or are prone to nightmares, don't read on!

Do you know all of these criminology terms?

Can You get a perfect score?