“I think with true crime, it creates this thirst for punishment,” says incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon. Credit: Luke Piotrowski In the decades Lennon’s been behind bars, America has become ...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on tragedy and turns it into entertainment.

After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.

Day after day, the mountain lion struggled to free itself. But the steel-jaw trap held its grip. Desperate, the big cat bit the trap so hard that it broke a tooth. It tugged and wrenched and twisted.

Men sent to Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, better known as CAAIR, work full time at chicken processing plants. The hours are long, the conditions are brutal and the program keeps all the ...

San Rafael police Officer Mark Wilkinson closes his eyes against smoke from the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, Calif. Credit: Paul Kuroda Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations ...

Leonard and Selma Fisch, wealthy real estate investors, bought this Beverly HIlls mansion in March 2007. Credit: Stuart Palley for Reveal Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our ...

Update, March 9, 2015: California attorneys suing Spinal Solutions for making counterfeit screws are gearing up to file another 25 lawsuits on behalf of individual patients in the coming months, ...

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. This story was produced in partnership with the Northwest News Network. On the surface, Father James ...

San Diego native Aaron Harvey insists that he never has been affiliated with a gang. But in 2014, he was charged with nine counts of criminal street gang conspiracy for shootings that occurred when he ...

More than two dozen states in the U.S. do not check whether security guard applicants are prohibited by court order from possessing guns. Credit: Steven Lane/AP photo/The Columbian Lack of consistent ...

Retired Gen. James Mattis earned the nickname “Mad Dog” for leading U.S. Marines into battle in Fallujah, Iraq, in April 2004. In that assault, members of the Marine Corps, under Mattis’ command, shot ...