Introducing Unsolved Histories

The team that brought you The Letter has a new show called Unsolved Histories. Season 1 is about a plane crash over the Gulf of Alaska during the Cold War. An airliner carrying 101 people took to the skies near Seattle moving military personnel and their families to their new ass ...  Show more

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace. 239 people were on board — and 38 minutes after takeoff, the plane simply disappeared. No distress call. No radar contact. Nothing. In this two-part special, we dive deep into the haunting mystery of Malaysi ...  Show more

In Part Two of our MH370 deep dive, we explore what happened after the plane disappeared — and why the mystery only deepened. With strange satellite pings, simulator data that mirrors the crash route, and families reporting phones that kept ringing, the unanswered questions feel ...  Show more

Honolulu, on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu, is a quintessential paradise. In 1986, it was also the hunting grounds of a serial killer who was never caught: The Honolulu Strangler. Investigators believe he claimed as many as five victims before seemingly disappearing into thin air. ...  Show more

The midair collision between a passenger jet and a helicopter over Washington on Wednesday night was the deadliest plane crash in the United States in more than 20 years.

Emily Steel, a Times investigative reporter who has been covering the crash, explains what happened. ...