Vanity Fair Confidential

A headless torso washes ashore. A mobs daughter is executed mob-style. A millionaires young wife vanishes. Some believe that Robert Durst knows exactly what happened to all three victims. He is "The Fugitive Heir."

When political activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair mysteriously disappears, shell touch off one of the most baffling missing persons cases in American history- a case full of strange clues, false leads, and lethal suspects.

Christophe Rocancourt. A charming, cunning, French imposter. When he crosses paths with police investigator George Mueller, they begin a cat and mouse game that leaves officials wondering what it will take to stop the Frenchman dead in his tracks.

J. R. Robinson was a master of deceit who led a sinister secret life. He was a con man who called himself the "slave master." No one in his life had any idea just how vicious his crimes were, or how far he would go to cover them up.

Phil Spector, dubbed "the mad genius" of rock n roll, had a penchant for guns. When police are called to his mansion, they find the body of a woman and a music legend who seems to have spiraled out of control. Who pulled the trigger? And why?

Two men are convicted of abducting and killing 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico, and sentenced to death. Both men maintain their innocence and a race to identify the real killer begins before an execution date is set.

Panic blankets an Alabama town when a couple is brutally murdered and a father and son are executed. Police are shocked to find that one was buried alive.

There are thousands of victims. All members of the American Air Force. How far will they go to stop a covert war against women?

Children of affluent American families declare war on the country using guns and bombs to kill. How many will have to die before justice is served?

Susan Cummings. She is an heiress and daughter of a billionaire arms dealer. Roberto Villegas. He is a revered Argentinian polo player. Their worlds would collide on a 340-acre estate. And only one would live to talk about it.

When the owner of a 345-acre hilltop estate dies suspiciously, the eyes of Orange County, Virginia, turn to his pretty second wife – once the hospice nurse for his late first wife. Is she guilty of killing the man shed comforted?

Detectives uncover a national underground organization that gives members specific instructions on how to arrange “death events” without being detected. How many will die before they expose the truth?

In 1980, a serial killer abducts women from downtown Los Angles and dumps their bodies in bizarre places. When an unidentified caller telephones police, they must decipher fact from fiction as the woman confesses to a bizarre series of events.

After a serial killer known as the Stocking Strangler is sentenced to death in Georgia, Vanity Fair writer David Rose uncovers shocking facts about the case and races to stop the execution.

In Austin, Texas, detectives uncover a day care abuse scandal that horrifies the community, and women from across the country come forward with chilling tales of ritual abuse.

Bikram Yoga is considered the worlds most popular yoga yet several women claim its founder, Bikram Choudhury, sexually harassed and even assaulted them. How did this man allegedly go from healer to sexual predator?

An elite private school is under fire for decades-old allegations of sexual abuse of students by staff members. How high will the number of victims and perpetrators climb? And how deep did the cover-up go?

The daughter of a Peruvian political candidate disappears after a night out in Lima, Peru. The man she was last seen alive with is linked to the disappearance of young American woman 3,000 miles away. What nefarious scheme is the man a part of?

Young, cult author J.T. LeRoy’s meteoric rise to literary stardom is truly remarkable. But it seems like the more books he sells, the more bizarre his behavior becomes. Is it too much fame too soon, or is something happening behind the scenes?

After a governors aide vanishes without a trace, an investigation is launched exposing the dark secrets of one of the most powerful men in the state.

She is the first lady of Scientology. She is the wife of the Church’s leader. And after Shelly Miscavige disappears from public view, the public and some of the Church’s former insiders want to know – what happened to Scientology’s vanished queen?

After a wealthy socialite goes missing, police wonder if two of the most wanted con artists are behind her disappearance.

A woman becomes entangled with a brooding leading man in Hollywood and with the son of a world-famous actor, then shes found shot to death, prompting investigators to ask if one of them was capable of killing her in cold blood.

A New York socialite is terrorized by a sadistic stalker who threatens to kidnap her daughter; she is left asking about his identity, his motives and his willingness to carry out his threats.