New Jersey

Seven-year-old Megan Kanka was murdered by her neighbor Jesse Timmendequas on July 29, 1994, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. He was a twice-convicted sex offender. The Kanka family didn't know. Their campaign created sex offender registries across America.

In 1988, a devout Catholic mother was murdered in her Jefferson Township, New Jersey home by her 14-year-old son, Tommy Sullivan, who then took his own life. The case became a flashpoint during the Satanic Panic era, with investigators uncovering satanic symbols and the media amplifying fears of occult influence in the quiet suburban community.

In January 1988, 14-year-old Thomas Sullivan Jr. killed his mother Betty Ann in their Jefferson, New Jersey home, set a fire, and attempted to take his own life. A new documentary series now explores what drove the crime and the competing theories behind it.

The DeCavalcante crime family, operating across New Jersey and New York as part of La Cosa Nostra, inspired HBO's The Sopranos. Between 1998 and 2015, the FBI launched major operations that would ultimately dismantle the family's leadership through informants, undercover agents, and the unprecedented cooperation of made members.

Pedro Hernandez was convicted in 2017 of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz, who vanished on May 25, 1979, while walking to his school bus stop in Manhattan. The conviction came after Hernandez confessed to strangling the boy and discarding his body, but recent federal appeals have thrown the case into uncertainty.

Dorothy Arnold, a 25-year-old New York heiress, vanished in December 1910 from Manhattan. More than a century later, her disappearance remains unsolved, with no trace of what became of her ever discovered.

James Riddle Hoffa, the powerful president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, disappeared on July 30, 1975, from a restaurant parking lot in Michigan. His case has become one of America's most enduring unsolved mysteries, with the FBI pointing to organized crime involvement but no body ever recovered.

On June 10, 2016, Christina Grimmie, a 22-year-old singer and former contestant on 'The Voice,' was shot and killed by Kevin James Loibl during a meet-and-greet at Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. The attack, carried out by an obsessed fan who had traveled from St. Petersburg with intent to harm her, shocked the music world and raised urgent questions about fan obsession and venue security.

Blackwood is a fictional horror audio drama that premiered on October 24, 2018, following three teenagers investigating a local legend in the fictional town of Blackwood, Connecticut. Produced by Skylark Media in partnership with Wondery, the podcast presents itself as released recordings from five years prior, blending paranormal mystery with conspiracy thriller elements.

Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force premiered on A&E on December 9, 2008, offering viewers an unprecedented look at U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement pursuing some of America's most wanted fugitives across the New York and New Jersey region.