Mary Carole McDonnell built a true-crime TV empire. Then the FBI came for her.

Mary Carole McDonnell was added to the FBI's Most Wanted list in December 2025. Mark Harris for BI Mary Carole McDonnell needed cash. The veteran TV executive, whose company carved out a niche as a prolific producer of true-crime shows like "Corrupt Crimes" and "Motive to Murder," had racked up more than $1 million in debt in 2017 and was on the hunt for a cash infusion, court filings show. McDonnell was used to hustling: She told people she was heir to a famous aerospace fortune, but she…