On June 4, 2008, a 30-year-old legal-insurance salesman named Travis Alexander was brutally slain in the bathroom of his Mesa, Arizona home. We examine the details of the crime, the conviction of Alexander's girlfriend Jodi Arias and what Arias's life is like in prison now.
Known for her empathetic approach with the public, officer Jill Marshall was first drawn to law enforcement in high school, and has never second guessed that path. She spoke with us about how she got started, lessons she's learned on the job with the Warwick Police Department and the real story behind her dog's name.
In 1989 amid a media frenzy, five Black boys were arrested for raping and beating a Central Park jogger. After years in prison, their charges were vacated—but their lives were changed forever.
Helen Potts, a young woman of wealth and privilege overdosed on morphine and died in 1890 while attending a prestigious finishing school. Her husband, Carlyle Harris, a med student whom she had married in secret, had prescribed her some pills containing the drug. But the pills contained enough morphine to kill a person—and Harris knew it.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department senior deputy and law-enforcement vet spoke with A&E True Crime about his unit's relationship with the public and how technology makes his job both safer and more fun.
Chris Watts, the Colorado man serving three life sentences for the brutal murder of his wife and two young daughters claims to have had a religious conversion behind bars and is now an evangelical Christian. Murderers David Berkowitz, Jeffrey Dahmer and Karla Faye Tucker also claimed to have found or rediscovered God after being incarcerated. We speak with experts about why so many notorious criminals might make such claims while behind bars.
Twenty-two years ago, Amy Fisher walked out of an upstate New York prison. Dubbed the 'Long Island Lolita' by New York tabloids, she had dominated headlines in 1992 as the obsessed, gun-toting teen caught in a love triangle with a mechanic and his wife.
Former FBI special agent John Douglas spent his 25-year career with the Bureau interviewing hundreds of America's most infamous killers, from Charles Manson and Ted Bundy to the 'BTK Killer,' Dennis Rader and more. The 'Mindhunter' author talks to us about his new book, 'The Killer Across the Table,' and his tried-and-true interview techniques.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and a former boyfriend are in prison for the murder of Gypsy's mom, Dee Dee Blanchard, who was believed to have an attention-seeking psychological condition, Munchausen syndrome by proxy. We speak with Gypsy Rose's father, Rod Blanchard.
They committed their crimes before they were old enough to vote. Then they were condemned to die in prison. As of 2018, there were approximately 2,100 juvenile lifers behind bars. A&E True Crime looks at some of the juvenile offenders whose landmark cases have changed the law of the land.
