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  1. 1d ago

    THE CORPORATION-LUCKY Luciano: The Man Who Became The CEO of Crime

    April 15, 1931. Coney Island. Joe "The Boss" Masseria was eating lobster when 4 men walked in. By the time Lucky Luciano walked out of the bathroom, the Mafia had a new CEO. He didn't want to be king. He wanted a board of directors. This is Lucky Luciano. The man who turned street gangs into a corporation.

    THE CORPORATION-LUCKY Luciano: The Man Who Became The CEO of Crime

  2. 3d ago

    APRIL 2, 1993: The Day a Mother Snapped, the Ellie Nesler saga

    APRIL 2, 1993. JAMESTOWN, CALIFORNIA. A preliminary hearing. A smirk. Five shots. Ellie Nesler was a single mom who waited 4 years for the system to protect her son. When it didn't, she decided to protect him herself. This is the Ellie Nesler saga.

    APRIL 2, 1993: The Day a Mother Snapped, the Ellie Nesler saga

  3. 3d ago

    This is Highway 16. They call it the Highway of Tears.

    June 11, 1994. Smithers, BC. 16-year-old Ramona Wilson left to meet friends and never came home. Highway 16 stretches 719km through northern BC. No buses. No cell service. For decades, women traveling this road disappeared. This is the story of Ramona, Alberta, and the mothers who refused to let them become statistics.

    This is Highway 16. They call it the Highway of Tears.

  4. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    THE CASTLE: How H.H. Holmes Turned Murder Into Industry

    In 1893 Chicago hosted the World's Fair. 27 million people came to see progress. Across from the fairgrounds, Dr. H.H. Holmes opened a hotel. It had gas chambers, acid vats, and chutes to the basement. This is the story of how he turned murder into a business.

    THE CASTLE: How H.H. Holmes Turned Murder Into Industry

  5. 6d ago

    Two Years vs 10 Years: The Plea Bargain That Destroyed a Teen

    What would you do if the choice was: lose 10 years of your life to a jury... or lose 2 years by lying and saying you did it? A 19-year-old roofer from Toronto had to do that math. And the system bet on him folding

    Two Years vs 10 Years: The Plea Bargain That Destroyed a Teen

  6. Jul 22

    Better 10 Guilty Go Free: The Robert Baltovich Story

    Better for ten guilty people to go free than for one innocent person to suffer." But what happens when the system forgets that? In 1992, Robert Baltovich went to prison for murder. The problem: he didn’t do it. And while he sat in a cell, a serial killer was still walking free.

    Better 10 Guilty Go Free: The Robert Baltovich Story

  7. Jul 20

    He Rode To The Neighbor’s House And Never Came Home

    Two bikes against a barn. One car with doors open in a gravel pit. Red clay on a farmhand’s boots. 1981. Two teenage boys in Caledon, Ontario disappeared. One father searched for 40 years. The other family packed the bedroom in a week. This is what happened on Horseshoe Hill Road.

    He Rode To The Neighbor’s House And Never Came Home

  8. Jul 18

    They Asked For Paychecks. They Got Bullets.

    The workers in Magdalena weren't asking for revolution. They wanted Sunday off and to be paid in money, not coupons. United Fruit said no. The Colombian government said no. Then General Cortés Vargas gave them 5 minutes to leave the plaza. When they didn't, the army fired. The bodies went on trains to the sea. For decades the official story was: "There were no dead." Until a politician held up a child's skull in congress, and a novelist made the world remember.

    They Asked For Paychecks. They Got Bullets.
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