Big Bird finding a dead woman in his house; a cannibal police officer; a horse suspected of murder; a mysterious crate with horrifying contents; a teenager who murdered his baby sister; one criminal's shocking motive for killing three people; a lady feeding dead men to hogs; an international assassination suspect is murdered in North Carolina for a completely unrelated reason; a family search that ended in harrassment, stalking, and death … [Read more...]
Ted Bundy, Murder, and Our Quest to Know More
This will be my last post writing about Ted Bundy. Having written a six-book series, totaling over 1,400 pages, beginning with The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History, and ending with, The Enigma of Ted Bundy: The Questions and Controversies Surrounding America’s Most Infamous Serial Killer, it’s time to bring it all to a close. And in this last book, Enigma, I deal with some issues that couldn’t be discussed in detail in earlier … [Read more...]
TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES: Classic Journalism With Commentary by New York Times Bestselling Author Mike Rothmiller
What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common? They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s, and now these stories and that of many others are brought together in their original form in a two-volume set: TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES: Serial Killers, Outlaws, and Justice … Real Crime Stories From The 1800s. Compiled and commented on by New … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for True Crime Chronicles Volume One
Available in ebook and paperback: wbp.bz/tcc1 True Crime Book trailer for True Crime Chronicles: Serial Killers, Outlaws, And Justice ... Real Crime Stories From The 1800s Volume One by New York Times Bestselling Author Mike Rothmiller. What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common? They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s, and now … [Read more...]
A.J. Flick
A.J. Flick is a writer, editor and repurposed journalist based in Tucson, Ariz. Her byline has appeared in numerous news websites and publications across the country. When she isn’t writing, she loves endurance hikes and wilderness explorations. Just kidding. She would rather read and watch a lot of TV and movies. … [Read more...]
Henry J. Cordes And Todd Cooper: Award-Winning Journalists And Authors Of PATHOLOGICAL
Henry J. Cordes has spent more than 30 years as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, writing about crime, sports, the Statehouse, politics and public policy. He has five times received the University of Nebraska’s Sorensen Award for the state’s most distinguished journalism and has won national awards for deadline reporting, sports writing and investigative reporting. He previously authored two books on Nebraska football history, “Unbeatable” … [Read more...]
Mike Rothmiller On Why He Resurrected Stories From The 1800s: “I Thought I Had Seen and Heard It All, But I Was Wrong”
True Crime Chronicles volumes 1 & 2 are my recent works. The books are filled with shocking true crime stories from the 1800s as they originally appeared in newspapers. My commentary accompanies each story. Unlike today, these articles detail the grisly killings, the investigations, and in many cases, the unearthing of bodies the killers buried in gardens or fed to the hogs. In the 1800s, these stories mesmerized the nation. The … [Read more...]
How Thirty Years Of Law Enforcement Resulted In KILLING WOMEN
I’ve had a lot of people ask what prompted me to begin writing. The truth is that this all started as a genealogical project many years ago. As a retired law enforcement officer, early in my career I worked for a college police department. We received our police authority from the county sheriff’s office. My dad would remind me that in 1897 (yes, 1897), my great-great grandfather was the sheriff of the same county I was … [Read more...]
KILLING WOMEN: The True Story of Serial Killer Don Miller’s Reign of Terror
Will A Serial Killer Soon Walk The Streets Again? Don Miller was quiet and reserved. As a former youth pastor, he seemed a devout Christian. No one would have ever suspected that the recent graduate of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice was a serial killer. However, when Miller was arrested for the attempted murder of two teenagers in 1978, police quickly realized he was probably responsible for the … [Read more...]
Rod Sadler
My interest in writing true crime started early in my career as a police officer. It actually began as a genealogy project when I was researching my great, great grandfather. He had served as the sheriff in Ingham County, Michigan in 1897 and investigated the brutal murder of an elderly woman by her daughter-in-law. As I progressed through my career, I discovered how much I enjoyed both researching and writing true crime. My ability to … [Read more...]
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