Frank Stanfield has been a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 40 years, including at the Orlando Sentinel, where he covered the double-homicide trial of vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell. Since then, he has covered the case for other news outlets through the appeals process and a resentencing hearing in 2019, where he pleaded with the court to reduce his life sentence. He continues to cover other stories -- the kind that make Florida … [Read more...]
THE CURSE OF THE TURTLE Gallery
Photos from Suzanne Buchanan's new true crime book on Thailand's "Backpacker Murders" … [Read more...]
Suzanne Buchanan
Suzanne Buchanan is the exiled ex-owner and editor of the Samui Times news publication in Thailand. She has taken part in a documentary called Love in a Foreign Climate for ITV and has been interviewed and appears in a documentary about murders and suspicious deaths in Thailand for SKY Documentaries. Suzanne's true crime book about Thailand's "Backpacker Murders" is now available. Find out more here. Check Out Suzanne's … [Read more...]
Investigating a Prohibition-Era Cold Case Murder
Author James Stewart introduces his debut book. Has he finally solved the 1923 murder of dancer Fritzie Mann? Learn more about MYSTERY AT THE BLUE SEA COTTAGE. Purchase the title on Amazon. Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism, notorious Hollywood scandals, Prohibition corruption and a lively culture war, Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguing true crime story of a beautiful dancer, a … [Read more...]
27 Years To Convict My Sister’s Killer
Author Renee Fehr gets personal about the murder of her sister, Sheryl, and her family's 27-year battle to get justice. Learn more about THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE. Purchase THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE on Amazon. "The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine." Renee Fehr knew that Gregory Houser killed her sister Sheryl. There was not a single doubt in her mind. Yet for 27 years Houser walked free. But Renee wouldn't rest … [Read more...]
Awaiting The Verdict: How Lizzette Martinez Survived The Weeks Before Justice In R. Kelly’s New York Trial
I am Lizzette Martinez, one of the many survivors who suffered abuse at the hands of famed singer R. Kelly. The relationship began when I was just seventeen and continued into my early twenties, but the effects of everything that happened have followed me my entire life. I was listed in the indictment for R. Kelly’s trial in New York, and this is my story—my life outtake—of what it was like to sit and wait for justice again after all this … [Read more...]
Lizzette Martinez and Keelin MacGregor
Lizzette Martinez is the survivor and silence-breaker featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary Surviving R. Kelly, Parts 1 & 2. She was one of the first women to come out about the singer publicly to Buzzfeed in 2018. Puerto Rican and from a music family, Lizzette, an aspiring vocalist, was seventeen when she met R. Kelly at a Miami mall. She began a working association with the star that quickly turned into an abusive relationship. Her … [Read more...]
WATCH ME DIE Photo Gallery
Exclusive photos from Bill Kimberlin's true crime book … [Read more...]
Bill Kimberlin, Psy. D.
Author Bill Kimberlin, Psy.D. has been researching and writing about death row and the execution process for well over a decade. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, a Master of Arts degree in Counseling, and a Doctorate in Psychology. Kimberlin began a postdoctoral residency in psychology but was most interested in understanding the worst of the worst criminal minds. This led him to focus on the psychology of those on … [Read more...]
The Strange Case of Wilma Frances Minor and Cora Mickle-Hoffer
A key prosecution witness in the Fritzie Mann murder case of 1923 in San Diego was a woman named Wilma Minor, who five years later became the most famous person involved in the case due to her involvement in a bizarre hoax. Nobody in San Diego would’ve predicted this any more than they would’ve believed that Wilma had been involved in a very different but even more bizarre episode ten years before. Judging by the news coverage of the case, she … [Read more...]
