A Houston man allegedly tries to hire several hit men to kill his wife. Each fails miserably. It becomes the talk of the town.

A profile of legendary Houston socialite Becca Cason Thrash.

Houston detectives investigate a series of brutal assaults on prostitutes in the Acres Homes section of the city. They thought they were after one man; it turns out they were wrong.

Thirty years after the murder in Abilene, the question remains unanswered.

An account of the trial of Warren Jeffs, the polygamous prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On a 1955 ferris wheel accident.

A profile of Rick Perry.

The coldest of cases: During 1884-85, seven women and one man were brutally murdered in Austin, Texas.

437 children were removed from Yearning for Zion Ranch as part of the largest custody battle in American history. They were eventually returned to the compound polygamist Warren Jeffs made infamous—but questions remained.

The story of Asa Earl Carter, aka Forrest Carter, the best-selling author of The Education of Little Tree, an autobiographical novel about “communion with nature and love of one’s fellow man.” He was also a Klansman, penning the famous George Wallace line, “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!”

The rise and fall of “Rock Around the Clock” singer Bill Haley.

Kevin is the only surviving Von Erich brother, born into a wrestling family that lived and died by the code of the ring.

Early last year, 10 churches were torched in East Texas. The culprits? Two Baptist teens having a crisis of faith.

The story of dog-scent lineup innovator Keith Pikett and the not-so-scientific science behind forensics.

The story of Dean Corll and his accomplices, who killed over 20 teenage boys in the Heights neighborhood of Houston in the early 1970s, and the families searching for their missing sons.

Why did a small-town girl have her family brutally murdered?

On the mysterious life story of blues icon Blind Willie Johnson and a half-century of attempts to fill in the blanks.

A pair of undercover cops infiltrate a dogfighting ring in Houston.

In 1992, Anthony Graves was arrested for brutally murdering a family in the middle of night. He had no motive. There was no physical evidence. The only witness recanted. And yet Graves remains behind bars.

The life and death of Johnny Romano, the youngest pro skateboarder ever.