On March 15th, 1987 police in Anchorage, Alaska arrived at a horrific scene of carnage. ... ... In a modest downtown apartment, they found Nancy Newman's brutally beaten corpse sprawled across her bed. In other rooms were the bodies of her eight-year-old daughter, Melissa, and her three-year-old, Angie, whose throat was slit from ear to ear. Both Nancy and Melissa had been sexually assaulted. After an intense investigation, the police … [Read more...]
Reflections From FAILURE OF JUSTICE Author on Week 1 of Beatrice 6 Trial
Lincoln, Nebraska. That's where the media spotlight returned this past week. A handful of journalists are covering the plight of the Beatrice 6. It's now been eight years since Beatrice, Nebraska, a city of 12,000, became the new home of the country's worst nightmare involving a miscarriage of justice. A total of 6 people lost 70 years of their lives for somebody else's rape and murder. The threat of Nebraska's dreaded electric chair played a … [Read more...]
Watch Actual Videos of Beatrice 6 Interrogations And False Confessions!
John Ferak's new true crime book, FAILURE OF JUSTICE: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions, details the largest wrongful conviction case in U.S. history. It is the story of the Beatrice 6 who were wrongfully accused of the brutal, ritualistic rape and murder of an elderly widow in Beatrice, Nebraska, and then railroaded by law enforcement into prison for a crime they did not commit. Watch some of the interrogations and false … [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...]
John Ferak Discusses FAILURE OF JUSTICE With Host Alan R. Warren on The House of Mystery Radio Show. Listen Here!
John Ferak is an award-winning investigative journalist and true crime author. His latest true crime book, FAILURE OF JUSTICE, details the largest wrongful conviction case in the United States to date. John was on The House of Mystery Radio Show with host Al Warren on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at 8pm PST, to discuss his new book and his work on Netflix's "Making A Murderer" Steven Avery case. Listen to the interview … [Read more...]
Silence of The Lambs? FBI Profiler Featured in John Ferak’s New True Crime Book
At the FBI, Peter Klismet was truly part of an elite force. He became a psychological profiler long before the box office smash movie Silence of Lambs starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster that highlighted the FBI's efforts to track down serial killers like the fictitious Hannibal Lechter. In real life, Klismet's highly specialized training as psychological profiler was put to the test in February 1985. He boarded a plane and flew into … [Read more...]
Kevin Sullivan Interview about THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY on The Opperman Report
True crime author Kevin Sullivan will be featured on The Opperman Report with host Ed Opperman on Friday, May 27th, to discuss his new true crime book, THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY: Digging Up the Untold Stories. This is Kevin's second book on the Ted Bundy murders. THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY offers never before published interviews and clues on this historic case. A look into the life of serial killer Ted Bundy, from those who knew him, to those who … [Read more...]
Monte Francis Talks About His New True Crime Book ICE AND BONE
Award-winning journalist Monte Francis released his new true crime book, ICE AND BONE, with WildBlue Press on April 19th, 2016 and has been receiving excellent reviews. ICE AND BONE is the true story of an Alaskan serial killer that is set loose to kill again when the prosecution fails to stop him. Get your copy today! “A chilling chronicle of victims brutally murdered by a cold, merciless killer, against a backdrop equally as unforgiving – … [Read more...]
Nebraska AG Jon Bruning: Some Didn’t Want To Believe The Beatrice 6 Are Innocent
A staunch conservative and prominent Republican, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning never anticipated he would find the media spotlight for exposing the nation's largest wrongful conviction case right in his backyard. In November 2008, Bruning made a shocking announcement to all Nebraskans- his state agency had uncovered irrefutable proof that a terrible injustice had been committed nearly 20 years earlier in Beatrice, a small community … [Read more...]
Neil Gordon’s JOE BATTERS Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover For Neil Gordon's True Crime Book JOE BATTERS Please vote on the cover for Neil Gordon's historical true crime book, JOE BATTERS, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: Tony Accardo had secrets. Not the boyish yarns of pranks and horseplay, but Hitchcockian tales of the macabre. The mastermind of close to 800 murders, his notorious portfolio included Jimmy Hoffa, Sam Giancana, Bugsy … [Read more...]
