Jerry Marcus fooled them all. He was "a nice guy," always helped at home, did well in school, an athlete, and always employed. When things went wrong, he was the first to help clean up the mess. He was the last person anyone suspected of being a serial killer. After Marcus was caught and sentenced to life in prison in the late '70s, author Linda Lou Long spent years corresponding with him. The Tuskegee Strangler gives an inside look into the … [Read more...]
Leslie Ghiglieri’s True Crime THE DECISION TO KILL Wins Literary Titan Gold
"When a crime is committed, numerous questions are asked... When everything about who you are and who you love is torn apart, what have you got left to stand for?" January 2023 | The Literary Titan Book Awards are awarded to books that have unique writing styles, vivid worlds, complex characters, and original ideas. Read the full review from Literary Titan Hear the author on CRIME BEAT About the Book A 1986 … [Read more...]
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER: Murder at Fort Devens by William J. Craig
True story of the lengths the government will go to keep their secrets hidden. It was a dreary winter afternoon in Ayer, Massachusetts, a quintessential New England town, the type that is romanticized in Robert Frost's poems. But on January 30, 1979, a woman's scream pierced the northeast tempest wind. In an unassuming apartment building on Washington Street, Elaine Tyree, a mother, wife, and US Army soldier had her life brutally ripped from … [Read more...]
TED BUNDY The Yearly Journal Volume One
Due to Sullivan’s extensive writing about Ted Bundy (which has produced six books), he’s become a sort of magnet over the years, drawing out many people who were part of the Bundy story, but have otherwise kept a low profile over the decades; and these first-person contacts continue to this day. As such, this is the first book in a new series of books, whose aim is to bring new revelations to the public about Bundy, the victims, the murders, and … [Read more...]
THE LAST JEWISH GANGSTER
Volume One The Early Years In 1944 Brooklyn, newborn Michael J. Hardy is rejected by his mother so she can run with gangster Bugsy Siegel, Hardy's godfather. Shirley Rook rose to the top of the criminal ranks. As the Queen of New York City crime, she laundered Mob money, ran the city's largest bookmaking operation, and handed payouts to dirty cops, politicians, and judges. To win his mother's love and respect, Hardy became a fearless gangster. … [Read more...]
CARMINE AND THE 13th AVENUE BOYS
Carmine was an armed-robber, credit-card fraudster, shylock, and, in the midst of a bloody South Brooklyn gang war, a survivor. These are his stories. This is the true story of Carmine Imbriale - a gambler, a brawler, a bandit, a bookie, an enforcer. For two decades, Imbriale was a street-level operative in one of the most violent crews in the Colombo Family, and he endeared himself to some of the major figures of organized crime while … [Read more...]
THE HUMANZEE EXPERIMENTS: This Time Science Went Too Far
Ten must track down and stop rogue scientists behind the development of criminal technology in THE HUMANZEEE EXPERIMENTS, the next installment of The 'Ten' Mystery Series! The International Security for Technological Innovations, a federal agency tasked with finding unsanctioned and unethical technologies that pose a threat to global safety, hires Ten to track down the scientists behind the creation and weaponization of chimpanzee human … [Read more...]
VAMPIRES, GATORS, AND WACKOS: True Crime Stories From A Florida Newspaperman
Teens savagely murder a couple in the name of their vampire cult. A sex-starved teacher cannot get enough of her young male student. The case of a missing child keeps cops awake at night for years after his confounding disappearance. During his decades-long crime coverage in Central Florida, journalist Frank Stanfield covered every atrocity that man or nature could unleash. Vampires, Gators, and Wackos: A Florida Newspaperman's … [Read more...]
The “Ten” Mystery Series Continues With THE KILLING MACHINE
The next installment in award-winning author Terry Persun’s The ‘Ten’ Mystery Series! THE KILLING MACHINE, follows the cyber detective and scientist known as Ten. He is assigned to work on a top-secret project for the government that is abruptly and mysteriously terminated. In a tragic twist of events, Ten learns that the agency he was working for is the very same government faction that ordered his wife to be killed, and is now hunting him … [Read more...]
Suzanne Buchanan Exposes The Sinister Truth Behind “The Backpacker Murders” and Thailand’s Mafia In New True Crime THE CURSE OF THE TURTLE
Koh Tao--a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, surrounded by pristine beaches, swathed in sunshine, and a mecca for tourists, divers and backpackers. But "Turtle Island" has its dark side. In 2014, Koh Tao was the site of the brutal double murders of two British backpackers, but theirs weren't the only suspicious backpacker deaths. My name is Suzanne Buchanan. I am the former owner and editor of the Samui Times, a news publication on Koh Samui, … [Read more...]
