THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY: Digging Up the Untold Stories A look into the life of serial killer Ted Bundy, from those who knew him, to those who chased him, and from those who mourned his many victims... The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories, is a journey back in time, to when Ted Bundy was killing young women and girls in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. It’s told by those who knew him, and you’ll hear their … [Read more...]
Monte Francis: Journalist, writer and award-winning television news reporter
Meet this talented new WildBlue Press true crime author Monte Francis is a journalist and writer based in San Francisco, California. A native of Mentor, Ohio, he has received four Emmy Awards for his television news reports and several awards, including Reporter of the Year, from the Associated Press Television and Radio Association. He has covered several high-profile murder cases and his first book, By Their Father's Hand: The True … [Read more...]
Monte Francis’s ICE AND BONE Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover For Monte Francis's True Crime Book ICE AND BONE Please vote on the cover for Monte Francis's ICE AND BONE, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: On a clear, brisk night in September of 2000, 33-year-old Della Brown was found sexually assaulted and beaten to death inside a filthy, abandoned shed in seedy part of Anchorage, Alaska. She was one of six women, mostly Native Alaskan, slain … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Steve Jackson Books Hot Topics On 48 Hours, Investigation Discovery
Author To Fight Defense Attorney's Subpoenas Holy Smokes! I'm suddenly a hot commodity with 48 Hours for two separate books I'm working on. And in the meantime, another book project about serial killer Roy Melanson will be the featured topic on the Investigation Discovery channel's new show Epic Mysteries in April. Working on a book in Oregon about a man accused of murdering his girlfriend and the mother of his child by pushing her off a … [Read more...]
My Association with Postmortem Ted Bundy
True Crime author Kevin Sullivan Reflects On His Connection To A Serial Killer This piece was previously published with a typo that mis-dated the below picture of Ted Bundy at 1984, when he would have been in prison in Florida. According to Kevin Sullivan, the picture below was taken in 1975 or 1976 in Utah. Ted Bundy was never supposed to be a part of my life. I’d first heard about the guy after his escape from Colorado, and I remember … [Read more...]
SketchCop: Drawing A Line Against Crime, a True Crime Original by Michael W. Streed
SketchCop Now Available! Police Sergeant (Ret.) Michael W. Streed is “The SketchCop.” He’s a one-of-a-kind crime fighter who’s frequently called into action by police departments seeking help solving their most difficult cases. For over three decades, Michael has provided signature images for the country’s most notorious murders, rapes, and kidnappings, including the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Samantha Runnion, as well as the … [Read more...]
One Mother’s Thanks For The SketchCop
One of the more touching tributes for the work done by Michael W. Streed, the SketchCop comes from the mother of a victim: "SketchCop puts the entire investigation of my daughter's murder in a context rarely available to the public. Sarah, her friend, will beforever remembered for her unbelievable courage. The two of you clearlymade a wonderful team as you worked together to make sure the man who killed Samantha could never hurt another … [Read more...]
The SketchCop Michael W. Streed on The Night Stalker
A close call, with a close and famous case. Reading about famous true crime stories can be frightening. Being directly involved or on the fringe of one can be equally concerning. Throughout my career, I have been involved in many murder cases, but the one that hit closest to home occurred in the early 1980’s during Southern California’s Night Stalker investigation. During The Night Stalker’s murder spree, serial killer Richard Ramirez … [Read more...]
WildBlue Press Beyond the Book: Author Special Reports
Author Ron Franscell once described the role of research in writing (both fiction and non-fiction) as the submerged portion of an iceberg; the hidden depths of a project that give it shape and authenticity. We want to bring readers closer to the lived experience of our authors as they conduct extensive and sometimes emotionally intense research that informs the books we publish. Ride along with Bradley Nickell, a seasoned Las Vegas cop as he … [Read more...]
Why Did Kevin Sullivan Revisit The Bundy Murders After Resolving to Leave Them Behind?
Kevin Sullivan, author of KENTUCKY BLOODBATH, VAMPIRE and THE BUNDY MURDERS: A Comprehensive History, has been on the road researching significant sites and talking to key witnesses and people who knew Bundy's victims in order to create an original account of this infamous multi-year murder spree. Here he describes what led him to revisit this case only a few years after he resolved to leave it behind for good... When I finished my book on Ted … [Read more...]
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