The U.S.-Mexico border is land of lore and legends buried deep in the American psyche. This rugged and arid region has proved to be fertile ground for memorable literature by writers such as Cormac McCarthy and his border trilogy, among others. I was first introduced to the border as a young college student traveling from Ohio to Mexico City for a semester of immersion into Central and South American language, culture, and history. We changed … [Read more...]
BOGEYMAN-Steve Jackson-LATalkRadio
Steve discusses BOGEYMAN and his other books, as well as writing in general, with LATalkRadio hosts John Johnson and Dr. Estella Sneider. … [Read more...]
BOGEYMAN-‘He stands on the edge of a foul dark pond …”
"He stands on the edge of a foul dark pond as the cold winds of hell howl around him. In his cruel hands, he holds a collection of shiny pebbles that represent every child he took, subjected to unspeakable horrors and pain, and then remorselessly killed in the most terrifying manner imaginable. With each murder, the monster, this bogeyman, this nightmare, tosses a pebble into the bottomless waters causing ripples of misery and devastation to … [Read more...]
Bogeyman – Throwaway Kids
Editor’s Note: Katlyn Sweet is the daughter of Detective Gary Sweet, one of the main investigators whose quest to catch serial child-killer David Penton is the subject of BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent’s Nightmare. She wrote this blog about her father's investigation and its impression on her then and now. A small child is abducted, scared, murdered and tossed onto the earth like she means nothing to this world. In fact, the small child is … [Read more...]
Bogeyman – Why I Chose This True Crime Story
Since the August publication of BOGEYMAN, I've frequently been asked how and why I chose this particular story to write about. I know what drives some of that: True Crime authors usually steer clear of stories about the murder of children, particularly those involving a killer who’s a stranger … a bogeyman. Sure there are the books in which the parents murder their offspring (and sometimes spouse), and we’re all justifiably horrified. But … [Read more...]
Bogeyman-A Man of God
Editor’s Note: Katlyn Sweet is the daughter of Detective Gary Sweet, one of the main investigators whose quest to catch serial child-killer David Penton is the subject of BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent’s Nightmare. This post involves her father’s prison interview with Penton and her reaction to reading about it in the book. Although detectives were 99 percent certain that Penton was the murderer of the young girls, he had no intention of … [Read more...]
BOGEYMAN Detective Interviewed on True Murder
Date: August 20, 2014 (83 minutes) Detective Gary Sweet of the Garland Police Department in Texas discussed his involvement in the investigation to catch child serial killer David Penton. Listen in as Dan Zupansky interviews one of the country’s best cold case detectives. … [Read more...]
Bogeyman by Steve Jackson – True Crime – Press Release
NYT bestselling author Steve Jackson haunts bookshelves with a new WildBluePress true crime original – Available Now BOGEYMAN “He was every parent’s worst nightmare. The bogeyman they’d warned their children about disguised as the friendly stranger; the fiend who lurked in the shadows outside of bedroom windows waiting for his chance to strike. … Then a team of tenacious Texas lawmen set out to bring the monster to justice and make sure he … [Read more...]
Steve Jackson Writes A True Crime About Every Parent’s Nightmare In BOGEYMAN
New York Times Bestselling Author Pens A True Horror Story About A Real-life Monster include "https://wildbluepress.com/wp-content/themes/magazine-pro/wbp-maincontentsalesbuttons.php?title=bogeyman"; BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent's Nightmare. The inspirational true crime story describing in dramatic detail the efforts of tenacious Texas lawmen to solve the cold case murders of three little girls and hold their killer accountable for his … [Read more...]
Bogeyman – The Nightmare
Editor’s Note: Katlyn Sweet is the daughter of Detective Gary Sweet, one of the main investigators whose quest to catch serial child-killer David Penton is the subject of BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent’s Nightmare. This blog involves one of her reactions to reading the book about an investigation that impacted her family directly. Imagine … dreaming of a man every night. The old nightmare. You can still see his face after all these years. He’s … [Read more...]
