Writing is my second favorite solo pastime; reading is my first. My name is Paula May, and I recently retired after thirty years in law enforcement; over twenty in major crime investigation and the last ten as Chief of Police directing major criminal incident response and investigation. For a country farm girl who grew up in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, reading was my entertainment, my educator, my gateway to the world beyond my … [Read more...]
Women Paid No Attention To Elliot Rodger. He Got His Revenge. Find Out More In THE “SUPREME GENTLEMAN” KILLER
"All I ever wanted was to love women, and in turn to be loved by them back. Their behavior towards me has only earned my hatred, and rightfully so! I am the true victim in all of this. I am the good guy. Humanity struck at me first by condemning me to experience so much suffering. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. I didn’t start this war… I wasn’t the one who struck first… But I will finish it by striking back. I will punish everyone. … [Read more...]
Brian Whitney Discusses ‘Incel’ Killer Elliot Rodger, The Subject Of His New True Crime Book
The “Supreme Gentleman” Killer is the tale of Elliot Rodger’s descent into madness which he documented through his manifesto My Twisted World. It is also the story of how he became thought of as a “hero” and an inspiration to men who consider themselves a part of the “Incel Revolution.” Rodger felt that he was a “supreme gentleman”, and a man of class and taste, yet he never found a woman who wanted him sexually. To say he was … [Read more...]
MJ Preston’s Highwayman Horror Series Continues With FOUR
Having abstained from killing for almost a year, the Highwayman is coming unglued. Unsure if the FBI is watching, Lance Belanger spends his days and nights in a paranoid malaise, longing to kill again. Meanwhile, in Bucharest, Romania, an Interpol raid leads to clues and a witness who can identify the Highwayman. Armed with new evidence, newly promoted SAC FBI Agent, Dave Maxwell heads for Bucharest, as his team of investigators redeploys … [Read more...]
Larry Sells Tells Of The Most Dangerous Man He Has Ever Prosecuted In New True Crime BEAST OF NEW CASTLE
WINNER: American Book Fest Award for True Crime: Non-Fiction! Maybe the youngest son of a violent criminal named Hoggy Thompson was born a beast. Maybe rage was beaten into him. One thing was certain, by the time he reached manhood, Jerry Thompson was a savage killer. He had no conscience about rape, child molestation, or thrashing a dozen men in a prison fight. Once he got his hands on a gun, any target would do. He didn't leave … [Read more...]
Margie Porter On What She Has Learned From Writing True Crime
My grandson, a college student, asked if I gain any special insights from writing about crime. He raised the age-old question, “Can people be born evil? Can life events force them to become that way?” There are no clear-cut, scientific answers, of course, but it is interesting to ponder how we become the people we are. We have all experienced our share of trauma, but if hunger, poverty, and mistreatment made people evil, wouldn’t the residents … [Read more...]
THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY MURDERS Reveals Serial Killers’ Connection to 50-Year-Old Double Murder Cold Case
Harrowing story of the unsolved murders of Elizabeth Perry and Susan Davis. College friends, the two women were brutally knifed to death and their bodies left off the parkway. In "The Garden State Parkway Murders," true crime writer and attorney Christian Barth dives into the harrowing story of the unsolved murders of Elizabeth Perry and Susan Davis. College friends, the two women were brutally knifed to death and their bodies left off the … [Read more...]
Author Christian Barth on Samuel Cowell, Ted Bundy’s Abusive Grandfather: Fact Or Fiction?
From somewhere within Dante Alighieri’s Ninth Circle of Hell, encased far beneath the deepest strata of ice the Florentine bard carved especially for Judas Iscariot, the ghost of Ted Bundy has surfaced, merrily laughing. With the rating success of the true-crime docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, America’s preoccupation with the notorious serial killer has rekindled once more, enjoying a peculiar renaissance unseen since … [Read more...]
HOW NOW, BUTTERFLY? A Mother’s Struggle After Her Son Murders Her 4-Year-Old Daughter
A mother recounts her unthinkable experience after her thirteen-year-old son murders his little sister-and her struggle to emerge from devastation. Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine-but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was thrust into this unimaginable situation when her thirteen-year-old son, Paris, murdered her beloved four-year-old daughter, Ella. Charity goes through … [Read more...]
Charity Lee On “Making Something Beautiful Come Out of My Family’s Ugliness”
Writing this book was an experience that was gut-wrenching, humbling, and ultimately rewarding. It also reminded me of many things, some I didn’t want to be reminded of. One day years ago, as I stood on my back deck, in the sunshine, watching my dog play with the cats in the grass, I had an epiphany. They are common in my life but, contrary to popular belief, epiphanies don’t always bring a peaceful understanding of an issue. Sometimes they … [Read more...]