Help Us Finalize A New Cover For Burl Barer's True Crime Book MURDER IN THE FAMILY Please vote on the cover for Edgar Award Winner Burl Barer's updated edition of his August 2000 New York Times bestselling true crime classic, MURDER IN THE FAMILY, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: On March 15th, 1987 police in Anchorage, Alaska arrived at a horrific scene of carnage. In a modest downtown apartment, they … [Read more...]
In Love With a Dead Man? The True Love Story in Burl Barer’s MAN OVERBOARD
Barb Fraley fell in love with Harold Stegeman who treated her like a queen, provided for her six kids, built her a new home and her own restaurant. The restaurant went bust, the couple went broke, and then one day at a pancake house, Barb was arrested for passing a counterfeit $100 bill. Next thing she knew, Harold was arrested. Then she found out that Harold wasn't really Harold -- he was Phil Champagne, a man who died in 1984. Strange but … [Read more...]
Dispatch from Author Burl Barer
I don't think we are allowed to talk about it yet, but it is safe to say that the world's #1 television network devoted to non-fiction thrillers (aka True Crime) is preparing a one-hour prime time special on the Legendary Burl Barer and Frank C. Girardot's new full length true crime collaboration -- a story that is raises allegations guaranteed to upset everyone and cause endless debates. The book will be published in April, 2016 with great … [Read more...]
Burl Barer Explores Low Hanging Fruit and Pulls-off Time Travel
When I came home tonight from my exciting adventures in the Valley, I automatically anticipated the usual warm and amusing greeting from my adorable Isis the Dog -- and then I remember that she passed away a couple weeks ago. and she won't be waiting for me at the top of the stairs, wagging her entire rear end as fast as she can -- and then runs to get a dog toy and bring it to me --Prehaps she is showing off (I have this and you don't). I … [Read more...]
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