For a limited time, get John Ferak's hit true crime book, BODY OF PROOF, for only 99cents beginning Thursday, June 16! But hurry, the price will gradually increase after each day of the countdown. BODY OF PROOF details the possibility of tainted evidence used in the trial of the man accused of killing Jessica O'Grady, in Omaha, Nebraska. Get your copy here! From the book: “As each day in May passed, the saga surrounding the charming coed’s … [Read more...]
Police Lt. Oliver Reflects on Solving Notorious Murder Case
In 2007 I was promoted to Lieutenant of Investigations at the Beatrice Police Department. I was briefed about the appeal process that was already in motion involving Joseph White. I was thinking “what a waste of the courts time." When the DNA results came back I was surprised to say the least. The Helen Wilson task force was formed, and I was given the opportunity to be in charge of it and handing out assignments. I was thinking “how are we … [Read more...]
Did A Psychic Help Solve The Helen Wilson Rape-Murder in Beatrice, Nebraska?
As of February 1988, the Helen Wilson murder investigation was in need of a fresh set of eyes - like a psychic, perhaps? By 1988, more than a hundred potential suspects had been interviewed, examined and excluded. Mostly these were southeastern Nebraska residents, but some were out of state serial rapists from the likes of Kansas and Colorado as well. It didn't matter. Wherever the Beatrice Police Department seemed to go looking, … [Read more...]
John Ferak on The House of Mystery Radio Show
WildBlue Press author John Ferak was on The House of Mystery Radio Show, with host Alan R. Warren, to discuss his hit true crime book, BODY OF PROOF. The House of Mystery Radio Show airs live every Saturday from 6-7a.m. on Phoenix KFNX 1100 AM radio, which is one of the top 100 most-listened to radio stations in the U.S.! Acclaim for BODY OF PROOF Take a bow, John Ferak! BODY OF PROOF is a superbly crafted tale of murder and mystery but, … [Read more...]
John Ferak Set To Discuss BODY OF PROOF On Two Radio Shows Saturday
WildBlue Press true-crime author John Ferak continues to make the media rounds this summer answering questions about his most recent best-seller, BODY OF PROOF: Tainted Evidence in the Murder of Jessica O'Grady? wbp.bz/bop On Saturday morning, Ferak will tape an appearance on Donna Gore's popular Shattered Lives Radio Podcast as part of the WildBlue Press Author Series. This weekend's show will be hosted by Donna's sidekick, Delilah Jones. … [Read more...]
John Ferak in Dixie’s Hometown: New Video Interview with Iowa Sheriff Gene Cavenaugh
As Dixie Shanahan, central figure in John Ferak's true crime, DIXIE'S LAST STAND: Was in Murder or Self-Defense? anticipates the possibility of being released from prison, John is in Iowa corresponding from Dixie Shanahan's hometown, Defiance, and the prison where she has been held since 2003 for the murder of her husband, Scott Shanahan. Here John interviews sheriff Gene Cavenaugh about Shanahan's upcoming appeal hearing and what he thinks … [Read more...]
John Ferak’s New Video Series from the Hometown of Dixie Shanahan
John Ferak, author of hot new release BODY OF PROOF, is in Iowa corresponding from outside the prison where Dixie Shanahan lives since she was convicted for the murder of her abusive husband. John documented her story in DIXIE'S LAST STAND: WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE and now he returns to her hometown of Defiance Iowa to document the latest chapter in DIXIE'S story. Will the court hear Dixie's appeal? Will she remain in prison? Was it … [Read more...]
Who’s the popular Omaha news commentator featured in BODY OF PROOF?
Tom Becka of Omaha's FOX 42 Midway through writing my draft of BODY OF PROOF: Tainted Evidence in the Murder of Jessica O'Grady? an idea popped in my head. Why not interview a journalist with strong familiarity with the tragedy? Sure, I lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for nine years, but I don't have the same pulse in the community as I did from 2003 through 2012. Nowadays, I live in Appleton, Wisconsin. For BLOODY LIES, I interviewed Nebraska … [Read more...]
Sheriff Dunning tells BODY OF PROOF author he suspects there’s an accomplice still out there
He's a Republican politician and the City of Omaha's most visible law enforcement official. Tim Dunning began his career as a small suburban police officer during the early 1970s. Soon afterward, he joined the big-city Omaha Police Department. He worked there for more than 20 years. By 1994, he ran for sheriff of Douglas County (the same county where Omaha's located) and he defeated the incumbent sheriff. And Tim Dunning's remained the … [Read more...]
Behind the Book Video: John Ferak on BODY OF PROOF
John Ferak's latest true crime, BODY OF PROOF: Tainted Evidence in the Murder of Jessica O'Grady, is not his first book featuring fallen CSI commander David Kofoed. BODY OF PROOF was written as a sequel to Ferak's BLOODY LIES: A CSI Scandal in the Heartland. In this Behind the Book video, Ferak describes how the two books are related. BODY OF PROOF has been shaking up the Amazon bestsellers lists for true crime categories! … [Read more...]
