The Politics Of Murder 2nd Edition – Updated and Expanded

By Michael Cordova | July 28, 2026

On a hot July night in 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed 98 times inside her Somerville, Massachusetts, home. Within hours, police identified 15-year-old Eddie O’Brien, the best friend of one of her sons, as the suspect. Eddie had no criminal history, no clear motive, and no apparent opportunity. Yet his case emerged during a national […]

The Watch Stands As Written: Voices From The Midwatch

By Michael Cordova | July 14, 2026

From Midnight Watch to History: The Navy’s Most Unique Tradition It’s January 1, 1926, 0300 hours aboard USS Idaho (BB 42) anchored in San Pedro Harbor, California. The night is dark, the midwatch duty, from midnight to 4 a.m., is long and lonely. A young ensign, E. V. Dockweiler, the Officer of the Deck, must enter the ship’s […]

SERIAL CITY: Detroit and the Hunt for Multiple Serial Predators

By Michael Cordova | June 30, 2026

The True Story of Detroit Being Overrun by Multiple Serial Predators at the same time. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods. To the public, the […]