Alcatraz was designed to be the most escape-proof prison in America, surrounded by freezing water and powerful currents. Yet in 1962, three inmates vanished after building a raft from more than 50 ...

Toby Dorr, then Toby Young, a married mother of two, shocked the nation when she helped her lover, John Manard, escape from Lansing Correctional in Kansas.

Pender, convicted of a 2000 double murder, has maintained her innocence in the case.

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

Disney is spotlighting an Indiana crime story starring an Indianapolis woman who a prosecuting attorney once called the "female Charles Manson." The company’s Hulu streaming service debuted a ...