Part 1: Author Ferak explains newly obtained crime photos from DIXIE’s murder case
Iowa bedroom of Dixie and Scott Shanahan, late October 2003. CAPTION: Author’s perspective: Study this photo carefully. What do you see? On the wall, there’s a portrait of Jesus Christ. The drapes are drawn shut. Two lamps on each side of the bed. A blue pillow. But did you notice the lump in the bed? […]
Post Six: One Man’s Quest To Answer The Romanov Questions and Finish What His Family Started
In 2013, I was invited by Peter Sarandinaki to join his first expedition to Perm, Russia to locate the remains of the Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov, the final leg of a journey he’d been on for years and, in a way perhaps, his entire life. We just completed the third expedition and, having not […]
Post Five: A Visit To The Belaya Gora (White Mountain) Monastery; A People And Their Faith
On Sunday the members of our expedition to locate the remains of the Grand Duke Mikhail Romanov were taken on a field trip by our Russian hosts to the Belaya Gora (for White Mountain) monastery. Located on a high hill about 100 kilometers from Perm, the monastery is both a reminder of Russia’s tragic past, […]