For more than thirty years I covered the sometimes mean -- but always interesting -- streets of Las Vegas as a TV investigative reporter. From the devastating explosion of the PEPCON rocket fuel factory in 1988, to the mass murder at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in October, 2017, I have been a professional eyewitness to Las Vegas history. During that time, I was honored with ten Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts … [Read more...]
WRECKING CREW Gives An Inside Look Into Kathleen Zellner’s Efforts To Free Steven Avery
“Ferak chronicles the long and sordid history of the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s department and the reason Sweaty’s license was suspended. Framing Avery was just par for the course." -- Kathleen Zellner In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK’s Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the … [Read more...]
Bestselling Author M. William Phelps Provides Another True Crime Hit With TARGETED
In Colbert, Georgia, on June 5, 2000, local amateur bodybuilder, 38-year-old Doug Benton, disappears. Two weeks later, Benton is found shot and ‘stabbed,’ his body encased in cement inside a cattle trough, dumped on a remote stretch of farmland. Local law enforcement—with help from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation—launch what is later alleged to be a ‘targeted’ investigation, focused on one of their own—local deputy sheriff, 36-year-old Tracy … [Read more...]
Author John Ferak’s Work on the “Making A Murderer” Steven Avery Case
Wrongful Convictions At The Crux Of 'Making A Murderer' And FAILURE OF JUSTICE Who would have predicted that a Christmastime 10-part documentary on a true-crime right here in Wisconsin would spark international interest in America's criminal justice system and the plight of wrongful convictions like we've never seen before? My new true crime book, FAILURE OF JUSTICE, describes such a case, as did the Netflix series, 'Making a Murderer,' which … [Read more...]
FAILURE OF JUSTICE: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions; A True Crime Thriller By John Ferak
'MAKING A MURDERER' TIMES SIX! If the dubious efforts of law enforcement that led to the case behind MAKING A MURDERER made you cringe, your skin will crawl at the injustice portrayed in FAILURE OF JUSTICE: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions. Award-winning journalist and bestselling author John Ferak pursued the story of the Beatrice 6 who were wrongfully accused of the brutal, ritualistic rape and murder of an elderly … [Read more...]
Caitlin Rother Radio Interview: The Hazards of Investigative Journalism
Multi-genre crime maven and author of NAKED ADDICTION, Caitlin Rother, gave an in-depth interview on KPPV radio with DJ Phone. Caitlin described their conversation as follows: "DJ Fone, who does an afternoon radio talk show "Q&A with DJ Fone" on KPPV in Prescott, AZ, the locale of my upcoming book, THEN NO ONE CAN HAVE HER, had me on the radio for an hour on Tuesday, July 21, and got me going on my favorite soapbox and hot-button … [Read more...]
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