John Ferak is an award-winning investigative journalist and true crime author. His latest true crime book, FAILURE OF JUSTICE, details the largest wrongful conviction case in the United States to date. John was on The House of Mystery Radio Show with host Al Warren on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at 8pm PST, to discuss his new book and his work on Netflix's "Making A Murderer" Steven Avery case. Listen to the interview … [Read more...]
NO STONE UNTURNED Photo Gallery
Here are more photographs related to the people and stories in NO STONE UNTURNED. We'll be adding more as time goes on so visit us again. … [Read more...]
NecroSearch Members Loan Expertise, Hearts, and Minds To Justice And Victims
From The Foreword of NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators by Steve Jackson In 1988, several criminalists and other scientists sat down in a Denver-area restaurant and came up with the idea of burying pigs to study changes to the environment caused by the graves and their contents. Disturbed by what they’d witnessed of outdated techniques for locating clandestine burial sites and the recovery of the … [Read more...]
KENTUCKY BLOODBATH: Author from the Bluegrass State Reveals his Motives
Very soon, my true crime tome, KENTUCKY BLOODBATH, will be released by WildBlue Press. It's a trip into the odd, fascinating, and often shocking world of true crime. As such, a few words from yours truly are in order... Having grown up reading true crime, it wasn’t at all surprising that one day after I’d begun my writing career that I dove into true crime, putting onto pages those strange and terrible events that are part and parcel of … [Read more...]
REPEAT OFFENDER Photo Gallery
The photographs contained in the Repeat Offender photo gallery are actual crime scene photographs from the investigation of Daimon Monroe and his associates. The photographs were obtained through public records requests through the 8th District Court of Nevada. Hundreds of photographs were taken during the investigation and these represent some of the more important parts of the Repeat Offender story. Other photographs here … [Read more...]
A crime of national news intrigue, a book for cops, mystery readers
In about ten days, true-crime readers from across the globe can become acclimated with a tiny western Iowa community that captured the national spotlight a decade ago: https://dev.wildbluepress.com/dixies-last-stand-john-ferak-true-crime/ This was a murder case that ultimately generated incredible public awareness on hot-button topics such as domestic violence and murder in self-defense. How big a deal was the murder case involving Dixie … [Read more...]