Jeff Maysh

How a Michigan real-estate broker became convinced he had cracked the lottery—and how he tricked his investors into financing his scheme

For nearly a century, an oak in a German forest has helped lonely people find love—including the mailman who delivers its letters.

The story of Dr. Rapp

Emma Perrier was deceived by an older man on the internet—a hoax that turned into an unbelievable love story.

At 33, Wendy Brown stole her daughter’s name, grabbed a pair of pom-poms, lived a teenage dream—then she went to jail for it.

How a police department tried to save a failing Rust Belt town by luring all the local drug dealers to one party