For thirty years, I covered crime and punishment as a television reporter in Las Vegas. Naturally, organized crime cases were part of that coverage. But, along with crime and courts, I also had another, very unusual beat: atomic testing. In the mid 1980s, before the US and Russia signed a treaty banning underground nuclear detonations (above ground testing had ended in 1963) there were usually several atom bomb tests each year in … [Read more...]
Oleg Konovalov Discusses Leaderology For The Digital Era
Author Oleg Konovalov We are still hesitant to stop trying to create leaders by using approaches and techniques from the Industrial Era. We fail to consider that such a decades’ old approach fails in the new and radically demanding conditions of the Digital Age. Reliance on a few prominently gifted leaders is not enough anymore. At the same, new emerging contextual factors make leadership as a critical function even more complex and … [Read more...]
WRONG NUMBERS Photo Gallery
Check out the photos from Glen Meek and Dennis N. Griffin's new true crime book, WRONG NUMBERS! … [Read more...]
Katherine Ellison On “The Story That Wouldn’t Let Me Go”
Find out more about Katherine's new book here! The tale I tell in “Mothers & Murderers,” has haunted me for almost forty years -- and eluded me for nearly thirty. I was first entangled with its characters in the summer of 1981. At the time, I was a cub reporter, covering a San Jose, California, trial involving the contract murder of a wealthy bachelor named Howard Witkin. Ten years later, after the murder investigation took … [Read more...]
TANTAMOUNT Photo Gallery
Get a closer look at the photos from Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester's new true crime TANTAMOUNT … [Read more...]
DADDY’S LITTLE SECRET Soon To Be Featured On Investigation Discovery
Investigation Discovery episode, Daddy's Little Secret, begins shooting in Delray Beach, FL Airing This Fall Denise Wallace will star in a one-hour documentary based on her true crime book, Daddy's Little Secret. The premiere episode will be featured in the new Investigation Discovery series, The Truth About Murder. Production will begin this summer on location in Delray Beach, FL. DADDY'S LITTLE SECRET: A Daughter's Quest To Solve Her … [Read more...]
UNDERWORLD Author Roman Martín on Dispelling the Hollywood Myth About Mickey Cohen
Find out more about Roman Martín's new book here! Bonjourno, amici nostra! Welcome to UNDERWORLD, my spanking new blog about organized crime (“OC”) and the Italian-American Mafia, coupled with helpful hints about how to improve your own budding criminal career. Rather than waste time about my motivations for doing so, or about my bonafides as a self-proclaimed expert, let’s just get right to it. Today’s topic is all about … [Read more...]
Author Caitlin Rother; Taking a Look at the Death Penalty, Nationally and in California
Author Caitlin Rother When Governor Gavin Newsom issued an order to extend the moratorium on executions in California in March, the lead detective and the victims’ families in the Hawks case were all very upset. After sitting through three trials in this case, two of which resulted in death sentences for defendants who killed their family members, they have been waiting a decade to see these murderers receive the ultimate punishment. But … [Read more...]
Rother Looks Back on the Career-long Coverage of a Murder Case
Skylar Deleon looked increasingly thin and feminine, as he appeared with his attorney, Gary Pohlson, at pre-trial hearings. Photo by John McCutchen As a professional journalist for the past 32 years, I’ve published thousands of news and feature articles for newspapers and magazines. I’ve also written and coauthored 13 books since 2005, penned countless blog posts, and I’m working on two new books as we speak. But now that I’m looking back … [Read more...]
New York Times Bestselling Author Caitlin Rother Releases Updated Edition of DEAD RECKONING, Packed With New Details
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m working with WildBlue Press once again, this time to release a newly revised and updated version of my book, DEAD RECKONING, one of my most popular books. So much has changed since the book was originally released in 2011 that I barely know where to start. But suffice it to say that this meaty update provides lots of up-to-the-minute new material, including recent photos, many of which can be found on the … [Read more...]
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