I've been asked why I chose to write SMOOTH TALKER: Trail of Death, especially as I have already written about serial killer Roy Melanson in the past. In 2002, I published a book called NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators, which was about the history and some of the best early cases involving NecroSearch International. NSI is a group of scientists, as well as former and current law enforcement … [Read more...]
Smooth Talking Serial Killer Subject Of New True Crime By NYT Bestseller Steve Jackson
The body of Anita Andrews, the owner and bartender at Fagiani’s Cocktail Lounge in Napa, California was found in her bar ... ... raped, beaten, and stabbed to death in a bloody frenzy. She’d last been seen alive the night before talking to a drifter who sat at the end of the bar, playing cards and flirting with her. But the stranger, along with Anita's Cadillac, had disappeared. Unable to locate a suspect, police investigators sadly watched … [Read more...]
True Murder Radio Hosts Three WildBlue Press Authors
Kevin Sullivan, Monte Francis, and Steve Jackson were featured on True Murder Radio with host Dan Zupansky to discuss their new true crime books. Kevin Sullivan's second book on the Ted Bundy Murders, THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY, was released on March 22nd, 2016 and has been receiving excellent reviews. This second books gives readers never before published interviews and clues from the notorious Ted Bundy murders case. Kevin was on True Murder … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Steve Jackson Interviewed For 48 Hours Story On Oregon Murder Case
Show aired March 5 In the course of working on a potential book in Oregon about a man accused of murdering his girlfriend and mother of his child by pushing her off a cliff in 2009, I suddenly became a focal point of a January hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case. Pre-trial efforts to dismiss a case are not unusual. However, the defense attorney, Mike Arnold, partly based his witness questioning during testimony on the … [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...]
Burl Barer Reveals Angie Rodriguez’s Terrible Past
Finding her husband dead on their bedroom floor was not the only horrific experience in Angie Rodriguez's life. Burl Barer reveals information about the past the main woman featured in his new true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER, co-written with Frank C Girardot Jr. A TASTE FOR MURDER will be available from WildBlue Press on March 8th and featured on the Investigation Discovery show “Epic Mysteries” on March 12th! Order your copy today! … [Read more...]
John Ferak’s New True Crime Book Title Contest
Help Us Finalize A Title For John Ferak's New True Crime Book Please vote on the title for John Ferak's new book that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: Feb. 5, 1985 marked one of the coldest nights on record that winter in Beatrice, a small-town in rural Nebraska. That chilly evening, tenants in one downtown three-story apartment building hunkered down for a night of restful sleep. The next day, they were … [Read more...]
Frank C. Girardot Jr on the Inspiration Behind A TASTE FOR MURDER
Find out the inspiration behind Burl Barer and Frank C Girardot Jr's upcoming true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER. Get your copy on March 8th, 2016! … [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...]
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