Working on updates for the eBook and audiobook release of my 2002 true crime book NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World’s Premier Forensic Investigators has given me the opportunity to revisit some of the stories about NecroSearch International. How they got started. How they evolved. Their early “failures” (though as learning experiences they weren’t thought of as failures) and the success stories that put them on the map with law … [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...]
Classic True Crime NO STONE UNTURNED Now An eBook And Audio Book Featuring “Where Are They Now?” Updates
The Story Of "The World's Premier Forensic Investigators" By New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Jackson Catches Up On Cases More than a dozen years have passed since my true crime book NO STONE UNTURNED was released in print. At the time, NecroSearch International, the inspirational and eclectic group of scientists and law enforcement investigators described in the book, were little known outside of the few agencies who had come into … [Read more...]
Symposium Takes True Crime Author Back To Scene From NO STONE UNTURNED
Reflections On The Ripple Effect of Violent Crime, Michele Wallace, and Serial Killer Roy Melanson In The Mountains of Colorado In March, I had the great privilege of presenting lectures to several sociology/criminology classes at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, and then giving the keynote speech for the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at the university. The class lectures centered on a power point … [Read more...]
Author Ferak invited to Wisconsin’s Fox Cities Book Festival, April 20-26
I'm pleased to say that November's book presentation on BLOODY LIES in #Appleton, #Wisconsin at the downtown public library certainly is leading to bigger and better things in 2015. Shortly afterward, I was invited to give one of the presentations during the week-long Fox Cities Book Festival right here in the Fox Valley where I happen to live. During the third week of April, I am slated to give my presentation at the Kimberly (WIS) … [Read more...]
Catch The WildBlue Press Author Series On Shattered Lives Radio With Donna Gore
Listen to the archived radio interviews from the WildBlue Press Author Series. Authors included Steve Jackson, John Ferak, Kevin Sullivan, Burl Barer, Caitlin Rother, Ron Franscell, Bradley Nickell and Carolina Sarassa discussing their books and writing with host Donna Gore on Shattered Lives Radio. Then find the books you'll be wanting to read at dev.wildbluepress.com. … [Read more...]
WildBlue Press Author Bradley Nickell On Cop Talk Radio
23 year veteran Las Vegas Police Detective and WildBlue Press Author Bradley Nickell will be making a guest appearance on Cop Talk radio with dynamic host Dominick Izzo on Monday, 03/23/15 at 7 PM Eastern, 4 PM Pacific. Be sure to tune in! True-crime fans especially won't want to miss this broadcast. Dominick and Bradley will be talking about Bradley's upcoming WildBlue Press true-crime release, REPEAT OFFENDER, the unbelievable investigation … [Read more...]
Ferak Writing Sequel To Debut True Crime BLOODY LIES And Another CSI Scandal
THE TALE OF THE BLOOD-SOAKED MATTRESS Was it a CSI commander's finest hour ... or something quite different? Jessica O’Grady was a tall, starry-eyed Omaha, Nebraska co-ed in search of Mr. Right. Christopher Edwards was a deceitful and darkened soul. CSI commander Dave Kofoed was on the prowl for sensational murder cases to keep his prestigious crime lab in the constant media spotlight. In May of 2006, Jessica’s sudden and mystifying … [Read more...]
Generation Why Podcast recommends DIXIE’S LAST STAND to its listeners
In January, Harlan, Iowa's newspaper had a complimentary front-page article about DIXIE'S LAST STAND: Was It Murder or Self-Defense? dev.wildbluepress.com/Dixie Days later, Twin Cities' DARKNESS RADIO host Dave Schrader made DIXIE the topic of a 90-minute segment on True-Crime Tuesdays. In February, we had a lively hour-long discussion about DIXIE on SHATTERED LIVES RADIO with host Donna R. Gore and Delilah Jones. Then came Sunday, … [Read more...]
Membership In NecroSearch International A Proud Moment In Crime Author’s Career
I wrote the first edition of NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators in 2001 and it was published a year later. I'd first met several of its members a few years earlier while working on my first true crime book, MONSTER. They'd been working with Detective Scott Richardson, then of the Lakewood Police Department, to help find the clandestine grave of murder victim Cher Elder and recover her remains. Order … [Read more...]
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