By David McGrath, Author of Obsessed Validation. I was searching for that when I decided to undertake the project of telling a coherent story regarding the most dangerous era in history for children. Some intrusive thoughts come to my head about wanting to burn the whole thing down. Expose it all. I suffered a lot of sexual abuse at the hands of my mother's revolving door of boyfriends. It was mostly for ages 8-12. 1992- to say early 1996. When … [Read more...]
Lou And JonBenet Author Public Presentations
On Wednesday, October 23 & Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 6:30-8p.m., I gave back-to-back presentations on my book, LOU AND JONBENÉT, A Legendary Lawman's Quest to Solve the Murder of a Child Beauty Queen, published by Wild Blue Press. My two presentations, were part of a continuing event, titled, Cold Cases & Cocktails, Lou and JonBenét, hosted by the Highland Ranch Community Association, at the Southridge Rec Center, 4808 McArthur … [Read more...]
John Wesley Anderson at Highlands Ranch Historical Society
Author John Wesley Anderson will be giving a presentation of his book LOU AND JONBENET: A Legendary Lawman's Quest To Solve A Child Beauty Queen's Murder at the Highlands Ranch Historical Society on Monday, November 18, 2024. "John Wesley Anderson, MBA, is an author, TEDx speaker, and recipient of the 2022 Golden Quill Award presented by the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District. He retired after 30-year law enforcement career; including 22 … [Read more...]
LOU AND JONBENET Netflix documentary
I am excited to announce, that on Monday, November 25, 2024, Netflix will be releasing a new documentary based in part on my book, published by WildBlue Press, LOU AND JONBENET, A Legendary Lawman's Quest to Solve the Murder of a Child Beauty Queen. This three-episode documentary, titled Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, was directed by Joe Berlinger, who is well-known for his award-winning true crime docuseries and documentaries. This is … [Read more...]
One Year Later in Lewiston
We've reached the one-year anniversary of the tragic Lewiston, Maine shootings on October 25, 2023, and the fallout continues in a steady drumbeat of proposed laws, official investigation reports, political elections, and legal action. The solemn occasion will be marked by a commemoration event at the Colisee on October 25, 2024 honoring victims, survivors, first responders, medical personnel and all those who have banded … [Read more...]
Lewiston Commission Final Report: “Several Opportunities Might Have Changed the Course of Events” (But Don’t Ask For Solutions)
After nine months of subpoenaing witnesses and documents and listening to a wide range of testimony during sixteen public hearings, the Independent Commission To Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston issued its final report on August 20th. The 215-page report, while substantive in details that led to the failure to stop Robert Card II from killing eighteen Mainers on October 25, 2023, did not make any recommendations on how to fix … [Read more...]
Face Off – How George Erik Marquardt Compares To Breaking Bad’s Fictional Walter White
My latest book, LETHAL DOSES: The Story Behind the Godfather of Fentanyl was released Tuesday, August 27, 2024. It's the true story of the man DEA called "the best and most dangerous clandestine chemist" the agency ever encountered. George Erik "Squeak" Marquardt, a high school dropout and self-taught "chemistry genius," became a professional criminal at age twelve and, in the sixty years after that, had "no occupation other than being a drug … [Read more...]
NEW AUDIOBOOK AVAILABLE NOW! In THE LEWISTON SHOOTINGS, Robert Conlin Chronicles The Personal Stories Of A Deeply Scarred Community
Never again could anyone say, "It will never happen here." Because it did. October 25, 2023 was just an ordinary night in Lewiston, a small, working class city of 37,000 in central Maine. Friends and families had gathered to do what they loved to do with the people they wanted to be with at a bowling alley called Just-in-Time Recreation Center and Schemengees, a popular sports bar and restaurant. They felt immune from the violent crime … [Read more...]
In Memory of Elizabeth Short, Otherwise Known as “Black Dhalia”
July 29, 2024 marked the centenary of Elizabeth Short's birth. Born in Boston, Beth, as she often preferred to be called, was the middle child of Cleo and Phoebe Short. She had four sisters: Virginia, Dorothea, Elnora, and Muriel. In 1930, Cleo's miniature golf course business tanked. He positioned his car close to a bridge to create the appearance of suicide. A houseful of women has its comforts, but Cleo's abandonment appears to have profoundly … [Read more...]
Robert Conlin on Why Our Judicial System Tolerates Misconduct and Negligence
Like many millions of Americans, I am hooked on true crime stories. Some see this collective fascination with true crime as an indictment of our current society, but let's remember that Truman Capote's In Cold Blood was an international bestseller when it was published nearly 60 years ago. And 40 years before that, the Leopold and Loeb murder case and the Lindbergh child kidnapping and murder engrossed the nation. Judging by the many … [Read more...]
