When I first was approached to help write THE SHAWCROSS LETTERS I had no idea what I was getting into. I knew it to be the story of Arthur Shawcross, one of America’s most notorious serial killers, and his friendship with a man named John Paul Fay. As a fan of true crime, I have read books before where a famous killer befriended a member of society, and I always found them lacking, they always seem to be reaching for something, promising some … [Read more...]
Author Brian Whitney
I have been writing for a few years now, in that time I have been the co-author of books with spiritual gurus, Christian grandmothers, and adult film stars, such as Rebecca Lord. My book of interviews Subversives: Interviews With Radicals was released in November of 2017. My first book with WildBlue was Raw Deal, which I co-authored with Gil Valle, who is better known as The Cannibal Cop. I also write regularly for many popular websites, such as … [Read more...]
Michael Withey, Author of “Summary Execution: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes”
Hello, my name is Michael Withey and I’m a Seattle-based human rights lawyer and first-time author. Writing Summary Execution has long been my “bucket list” of one. I have dedicated my career to fighting for the “little guy” against powerful interests and to protecting constitutional rights, civil rights, and human rights. In June of 1981, I was a crusading young lawyer when my best friends Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo were murdered in a … [Read more...]
New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Fleeman
Bestselling true crime author Michael Fleeman makes his WildBlue Press debut with BETTER OFF DEAD, about a shocking murder that exposes a quiet California community's dirty secrets. His books include the recent releases THE BLACK WIDOWER and CRAZY FOR YOU, the New York Times bestseller THE STRANGER IN MY BED, and LACI, the first book about the Laci Peterson case. A former journalist for the Associated Press, where he covered the O.J. … [Read more...]
Award Winning Author Richard T. Cahill Jr. Brings Readers New True Crime SIDETRACKED: The Betrayal and Murder of Anna Kithcart
As the sun rises over the quiet city of Kingston, New York on July 12, 1988, a local transient discovers the remains of 19-year-old Anna Kithcart. The pretty, black teen-ager had been strangled and beaten to death, with the letters “KKK” carved into her thighs. While her heartbroken family mourns, and the police work around the clock to uncover the truth, the investigation is complicated by the entrance of the Reverend Al Sharpton who insists … [Read more...]
Award Winning Author Richard T. Cahill Jr.
Richard T. Cahill Jr. received his undergraduate degree in History/Political Science from Mount Saint Mary College in 1993 and earned his juris doctorate degree in 1996 from Albany Law School. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and previously served as the representative in the House of Delegates for the New York State Bar Association. His professional experience includes clerking for a criminal court judge, serving as … [Read more...]
Bestselling Author M. William Phelps Provides Another True Crime Hit With TARGETED
In Colbert, Georgia, on June 5, 2000, local amateur bodybuilder, 38-year-old Doug Benton, disappears. Two weeks later, Benton is found shot and ‘stabbed,’ his body encased in cement inside a cattle trough, dumped on a remote stretch of farmland. Local law enforcement—with help from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation—launch what is later alleged to be a ‘targeted’ investigation, focused on one of their own—local deputy sheriff, 36-year-old Tracy … [Read more...]
M. William Phelps: In An Age of True Crime Excess
MY NEW BOOK, TARGETED, IS ABOUT A former Oglethorpe County Georgia sheriff’s deputy who claims to have been framed for a particularly brutal—for a female killer—murder. By whom, you ask? A few of her former fellow law enforcement officers—which has become somewhat of an ornamental and allegorical theme running through our (seemingly) “violent” and (seemingly) “corrupt” American law enforcement community today. We are living in an age of … [Read more...]
Chris Russo Blackwood
Chris Russo Blackwood has always had a passion for solving mysteries. In 2012, she became intrigued by the uncanny coincidences and drama surrounding My Brother's Keeper and began chronicling the myriad facts in this case that would become the basis for her first book. Working side-by-side with her friend, public relations executive Ann Edelman, and Ted Kergan, the victim’s brother and protege, whose dogged determination kept this case alive for … [Read more...]
Man And Woman Killed In Miami Murder-Suicide
Isis Valdes Cruz, 40, was getting out of her car on Wednesday when she was approached by her estranged husband, Heriberto Garcia Ortega, 55, on 58th Court. They got into an argument and Heriberto slashed his wife's throat with a knife, then stabbed himself. Responding officers found Isis dead at the scene and Heriberto conscious but bleeding profusely. He later died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. More Florida Murder-Suicides Man Shoots Neighbor … [Read more...]
