A small Iowa sheriff’s office comes up big in Ferak’s new book, DIXIE’S LAST STAND
(Seated: Shelby County Sheriff Gene Cavenaugh, with chief deputy Mark Hervey ) Photo Courtesy of The Harlan Newspapers As I set out to produce this story as an original True-Crime Feature for WildBlue Press, there was no shortage of angles. Questions about self-defense, justification and mandatory sentencing laws. The crime was bizarre given the length of […]
BOGEYMAN’S Jackson covers another heartbreaking Cold Case
The idiom “got away with murder” has come to mean something other than its literal definition. Figuratively, it’s used to describe someone who was allowed to do something that others would be criticized or punished for–such as “he gets away with murder just because he’s so cute.” But to a true crime writer, especially one […]
VAMPIRE’S Sullivan Never Meant To Write About Bundy
Several days ago I wrote an article about real evidence, and how those personal items of murder can have an impact on the one holding and viewing such evidence. Mostly, the reaction will be positive, but there will be times when a sense of repulsion will surface based solely on what is confronting you. […]