On the early morning of March 6, 1993, an intense fire broke out in a tiny nursery. Sixteen minutes later, firefighters had extinguished the blaze, only to reveal a room burned so severely, everything was virtually unrecognizable. Then, they were told to look for a baby. What they discovered looked more like a monster from a horror film. The small skull had been incinerated, and the legs and arms were nothing more than charred stumps. The only … [Read more...]
Zodiac Killer’s ‘340 Cipher’ Cracked After 51 Years
Some believe the message contains a hidden clue which may bring us closer to solving the case than ever before. Dubbed the "340 cipher," the message was unraveled by a trio of code breakers -- David Oranchak, a software developer in Virginia, Jarl Van Eycke, a Belgian computer programmer, and Sam Blake, an Australian mathematician. Source: cnn.com In the late 1960’s, and early 1970’s, an enigmatic serial killer terrorized the San … [Read more...]
WildBlue Press Summer Accolades Include Feature on The Dr. Phil Show
Anne K. Howard’s HIS GARDEN has been featured on news outlets such as AuthorsReading.com, NBC Connecticut, People.com, AETV.com, and The New Britain Herald. William Florence, author of RAPTOR’S RIDGE, has had work published nationally in The Bulletin for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, APMENews for the Associated Press Managing Editors Group, and for travel publications such as Arizona Highways, and Michigan … [Read more...]
New True Crime Book Dives Deep Into the Life of the Golden State Killer
Check out the book trailer for 'THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER' Read 'THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER' by Mike Morford and Mike Ferguson. In 1976, a masked predator terrorized Sacramento County in California by sneaking into the home of his victims and performing unforgivable acts. He traveled all through Northern California, then moved onto Southern California where his sick and sadistic ways didn’t slow down. To those living in … [Read more...]
Was It An Accident? Or Was She Pushed? Read ‘SAVING ANNIE’ From New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Jackson
Book 3 Pre-Order Coming Soon! In March 2009, pretty, vivacious Rhonda Casto plunged to her death from a 300-foot cliff in the Oregon woods. The only witness, Stephen Nichols, the father of her nine-month-old baby, Annie, told police investigators she slipped and fell. Yet, Nichols’ story didn’t mesh with the facts. And some of his other actions raised suspicions as well, including just days after her death trying to collect on a … [Read more...]
Investigation Discovery Show Previews Case Behind New True Crime By Steve Jackson
The Real Story With Maria Elena Salinas Gives Taste Of "SAVING ANNIE" As with most true crime television documentaries, especially involving a case with as many moving pieces and storylines as are involved in my new book, SAVING ANNIE, the creators of "Fall of Innocence" made some mistakes, got some things wrong, and barely touched on many of the facts. Prior to airing, the producer acknowledged that even at an hour, the show could only … [Read more...]
THE CRATE: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice
Winner of 7 Literary Awards! “THE CRATE is an important and impressive piece of work. I’m glad it was written, and I’m glad I read it.” -- Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher Series After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust – in ghettos, on death marches, and in concentration camps – a young couple seeks refuge in North America. They settle into a new life, certain that the terrors of their past are … [Read more...]
WildBlue Press Teams Up With Criminology Podcast To Bring Readers THE CASE OF THE ZODIAC KILLER
In the late 1960’s, and early 1970’s, an enigmatic serial killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay area of Northern California, and teased the police tasked with stopping him. Through bold letters and cryptic ciphers mailed to local newspapers as well as taunting calls to police, the Zodiac left his mark on the state of California. Without warning he was gone, but not before achieving infamy in the annals of true crime history. Just who was the … [Read more...]
THE BEAST I LOVED’s Robert Davidson Warns “Don’t Believe The Con Man”
Domestic violence is all about power and the need to control, which comes from the monumental insecurity virtually all batterers suffer from. Like little children, they have a constant, nagging, inescapable fear of abandonment that they never outgrew like normal children do, and so carry around their warped perception of a fearful world that leads so reliably—and unfairly—to the abuse of their partners. Because most batterers have experienced … [Read more...]
Author Deborah Vadas Levison
For as long as I can remember I’ve dreamed of being an author, the same way some little kids dream of being ballerinas or Major Leaguers. Well, I don’t pirouette, and I sure can’t hit a ball, but from time to time I do come up with a pretty good metaphor. My life has two parts: the first in Canada, where I grew up, and the second in the United States, where I’ve lived for twenty years. In Toronto, I attended the Royal Conservatory of Music as … [Read more...]
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