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FBI

The truth is out there—somewhere.

The Truth Is Out There at the Dreamland Resort (or Should We Say ‘Area 51?’)

What’s the real story behind America’s most infamous Air Force base?

The Podcast Team July 1, 2025

Wading River, New York

Benson House

This house was used by the FBI to broadcast disinformation to the Nazis during World War II.

Podcast: Spaces for Spies

Where real-world American espionage comes to life.

The Podcast Team July 25, 2023

Some of the more than 50,000 beloved pets buried at Aspin Hill.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

A crop from the 1924 panorama showing members of the Osage Nation alongside prominent local white businessmen and leaders.

The Rare Archival Photos Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

While investigating the heinous Osage murders for his new book, David Grann also came to know the victims' faces.

David Grann May 18, 2017

Ethel Merman in 1953.

When the FBI Tried and Failed to Find Ethel Merman’s Stolen Jewels

She had a friendship with J. Edgar Hoover that spanned decades.

Beryl Lipton May 5, 2017

The FBI's spy house on Wisconsin Ave. Cameras could be seen in the tinted skylights on the roof.

Washington, D.C.

FBI Spy House

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Virginia E. Johnson and William H. Masters, who inspired the Showtime series "Masters of Sex."

When Churches Tried to Get Dirt on a Famous Sexologist From the FBI

William Masters upset people.

David Bixenspan February 16, 2017

The foot bridge where dead drops occurred.

Vienna, Virginia

Foxstone Park Bridge

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Martin Luther King with President Lyndon Johnson in 1966.

Peek Inside the 1977 Report Detailing FBI Misconduct While Surveilling Martin Luther King Jr.

A review of the Bureau’s assassination investigation uncovered the extent of an illegal counterintelligence program.

JPat Brown January 18, 2017

Richard Helms, left, in 1968.

The FBI File on the CIA’s 'Gentlemanly Planner of Assassinations'

Richard Helms kept secrets.

Beryl Lipton December 8, 2016

Abbie Hoffman in 1969 protesting the Vietnam War.

When the Government Tried to Bust Abbie Hoffman For Publishing Its Own Public Records

The year was 1969.

JPat Brown November 30, 2016

Protestors in New York City in April.

Records Reveal the FBI's 7 Types of Protesters

Are you a "yielder" or "psychopathic?"

JPat Brown November 25, 2016

When J. Edgar Hoover Told Some Cringeworthy Jokes Just Before He Died

It was during a rare public appearance.

JPat Brown November 16, 2016

Robert Smith was not involved.

The FBI’s 2-Year Investigation Into a Fictional Anti-Goth Cult

It took awhile, but they finally got that it was a parody.

JPat Brown November 2, 2016

The FBI can't seem to find the records it kept for Lucy Parsons, a radical labor activist who died in 1942.

The Records the FBI Might Never Be Able to Find

The bureau's history isn't very well-organized.

JPat Brown October 21, 2016

How the FBI Tied Tupac's Death to Eazy-E, Death Row Records, and the Jewish Defense League

He was gunned down on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas.

JPat Brown September 8, 2016

When the FBI Grilled Julia Child Over Her Alleged Communist Ties

No stone left unturned.

Matthew Guariglia August 31, 2016