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John Ferak’s New Video Series from the Hometown of Dixie Shanahan

John Ferak, author of hot new release BODY OF PROOF, is in Iowa corresponding from outside the prison where Dixie Shanahan lives since she was convicted for the murder of her abusive husband. John documented her story in DIXIE’S LAST STAND: WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE and now he returns to her hometown of Defiance Iowa to document the latest chapter in DIXIE’S story. Will the court hear Dixie’s appeal? Will she remain in prison? Was it murder–or self-defense?

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