Exposed #1

"Western George" Leslie built his criminal empire through ruthless planning and iron discipline, orchestrating a string of bank robberies that netted him a fortune—but his obsession with pulling off the ultimate heist, along with a dangerous romance, sets him on a collision course with betrayal and the law. This 1948 crime story traces how a man driven by childhood poverty to steal from banks finds that no amount of money can protect him from the enemies he's made along the way.

In 1829 Sheffield, the infamous criminals Burke and Hare discover a gruesome way to turn a profit when a dead guest at their struggling hotel catches the attention of surgeons at the local college—launching them into a murderous enterprise that escalates from grave robbing to outright killing. As their appetite for "merchandise" grows and prices demand younger, healthier bodies, the two ghouls prowl the streets with increasing desperation, targeting unsuspecting victims and luring them to their hotel. Their reign of terror eventually draws the attention of the police, who close in as Burke and Hare attempt one final, fatal scheme.

Jim Walter, known as the Lone Wolf, is Boston's most elusive criminal—a master thief who robs his victims with cynical charm, taunts the police with brazen confidence, and leaves no trace behind. Week after week, his audacious heists make headlines and turn law enforcement into the city's laughing stock, but a single fingerprint finally cracks the case wide open. As Walter's carefully constructed legend begins to crumble, the hunt closes in on the man behind the myth.

A young drifter thumbs rides with unsuspecting drivers along the Midwest highways, but none of them live to tell about it—until a mysterious anonymous tip sends police on the trail of James Hall. When detectives finally corner the ice-cold killer and confront him with physical evidence, Hall's chilling confession reveals a predator with no conscience, a man who's been murdering for money and sport for years, with a trail of victims stretching back to his teenage years.

John Barr, a radio writer with a flair for the dramatic, partners with Frank Farrara to pull off a string of carefully orchestrated robberies in late-1930s Boston—until a witness spots them at a crime scene and sets the law on their trail. When detectives discover a recorded dramatization of one of the heists among Barr's possessions, they realize the criminal mastermind has inadvertently provided the evidence needed to bring him down.

Sam Cardinella earned his fearsome nickname "Il Diavolo" the hard way—rising from a brutal childhood in Chicago's slums to become the ruthless leader of a gang terrorizing the city with robberies and murders that left witnesses too terrified to talk. When Lieutenant Norton finally catches a break in the case, he sets out to dismantle Cardinella's operation and bring the Devil himself to justice. A tense crime story of fear, interrogation, and the relentless pursuit of one of Chicago's most dangerous criminals.