Louisiana – famous for its Mardi Gras, spicy cuisine, and Dixieland jazz – is also the scene of some of the most notorious crimes in the country. Bestsellers Ron Franscell (who wrote THE DEADLINE, a WildBlue classic mystery) and Rebecca Morris write about a sultry, Southern beauty who proved to be a deadly hitchhiker; the bloodiest day in New Orleans history captured on live TV; how life for a young woman changed just because she … [Read more...]
Ron Franscell: Is true crime’s death exaggerated?
A few years ago, author Joe McGinniss, whose Fatal Vision is among a handful of acknowledged classics in true crime, pronounced the genre deader than Marley: “The last three books I’ve written have been about soccer, which nobody in America cares about; horse racing, which nobody in America cares about; and true crime, a genre that expired sometime last century . . .” If the genre is dead, it died fairly young. It hasn’t even been 50 years … [Read more...]
RON FRANSCELL-“Best Of” on True Crime Uncensored
Bestselling author Ron Franscell waxes poetic about his books, crime and criminals and writing on host Burl Barer's radio program True Crime Uncensored. Here's the "Best of Ron Franscell" Collection. … [Read more...]
