Steven Jones

The St. Lawrence Seaway is one of the largest and most complex engineering projects of the 19th and 20th centuries.  Canals, locks, and channels allow …

Frédéric Bourdin wasn’t always a criminal. As a child, he was lonely and longed for the stable family he never had. Maybe it was this …

In 1995, the quiet suburban streets of Commerce Township, Michigan, were disrupted by an unusual sight. Vehicles emblazoned with EPA logos, accompanied by the police, …

If you drive through the sleepy towns of Western Pennsylvania, you might hear the locals speak of a ghostly figure who roams the dark roads …

On March 21, 1947, a Harlem resident noticed a foul stench in the air. It was coming from the once-grand brownstone mansion next door. Everyone …

When someone goes missing from a community and is never found, the mystery of it can haunt the area.  This sort of misery is only …

It was late when Brandon Victor Swanson called his parents to come pick him up–a little before 2 am. He had been out partying the …

Each year, over 600,000 people go missing in the United States alone. Of those, about 90,000 are never heard from again. It’s a chilling number, …

When Genie Wiley’s mother brought her into a social services office, she hadn’t been out of her home in years. Genie was 13, but the …

Imagine being in subzero temperatures, standing on a frozen lake. A small hole has been cut in the ice you stand atop, perhaps no more …