Another great media review for REPEAT OFFENDER: Sin City's Most Prolific Criminal and the Cop Who Caught Him, has just rolled in. Mark P. Sadler, the author of BLOOD ON HIS HANDS, had this to say writing for Suspense Magazine: "There are some criminals out there that are habitual hard-core offenders. Nickell, a Las Vegas detective in the covert unit known as the Repeat Offender Program, or ROP, shares with us one such character, Daimon Monroe, … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Columnist Calls REPEAT OFFENDER “an impressive writing debut”
Glenn Cook, the senior editorial writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, had this to say Monday, April 20, about Bradley Nickell's first true crime book REPEAT OFFENDER: Sin City's Most Prolific Criminal and the Cop Who Caught Him: "Local libraries have no shortage of Southern Nevada true crime stories, many of them written by valley journalists. But the latest book in the genre comes from a writer with a far different background. Bradley … [Read more...]
About Giving – Why Do you Care? By Author Bradley Nickell
As some of you know, a portion of the profits from my true crime book, REPEAT OFFENDER, will be given to The Rape Crisis Center of Las Vegas. The Rape Crisis Center has been gracious in honoring my request to earmark the money for victims of child sex abuse to receive counseling services. When you read REPEAT OFFENDER, you'll understand why. Some have said, "Why do you care? You're a writer, and yeah, I know you're a cop, but why would you … [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 Disturbed by what they’d witnessed of outdated techniques for locating clandestine burial sites and the recovery of the … [Read more...]
Having Feet in Two Worlds by Kevin Sullivan
If you’re reading this blog, I assume you know me, and if that’s true, then I don’t have to tell you I write true crime – books, articles, and blogs – with a bit of history thrown in for good measure. But what you probably don’t know is that I’m an ordained Christian minister with over 30 years’ experience. If you’re thinking that sounds a bit strange, well, you’re not alone. After all, many believe, the world of crime, murder, and mayhem, are … [Read more...]
WildBlue Author Bradley Nickell Donates to The Rape Crisis Center of Las Vegas
After reading some of the harrowing stories our authors have the guts to tell, you may be left wondering "what can be done to help the victims?" We are looking into future avenues for partnering with victim assistance programs. In the mean time our authors have found ways to contribute to the greater good through writing. A portion of the proceed from Steve Jackson's NO STONE UNTURNED will go to NecroSearch International to assist them in … [Read more...]
Can A Lifelong Cop Become A True Crime Writer? By Author Bradley Nickell
I’m not going to snow you over here. Up until about 2008, I had no interest to become a true crime writer. I had been a cop for about 16 years in Las Vegas and life was good. I was at the top of my game, respected in my profession, was raising a family, and cruising right along. I read a book maybe once every couple of years—life was busy and I spent most of my down time with my family or coaching youth baseball. I was living out my dream of … [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...]
The Humanity Behind the Science at NecroSearch International
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...]
