WildBlue Press Author Bradley Nickell was interviewed by Alan R. Warren, host of The House of Mystery Radio Show, on Phoenix KFNX 1100 AM radio a few weeks back. If you missed it, not a problem! The recording of the show is further down on the page. You'll get to know Bradley more, learn about his path to becoming a writer, and information about the story behind Bradley's incredibly popular true crime story, REPEAT OFFENDER. KFNX is one of the … [Read more...]
John Ferak’s FAILURE OF JUSTICE Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover For John Ferak's New True Crime Book FAILURE OF JUSTICE Please vote on the cover for the John Ferak's true crime book, FAILURE OF JUSTICE: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: Feb. 5, 1985 marked one of the coldest nights on record that winter in small-town rural Nebraska. That chilly evening, tenants in one downtown … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Bradley Nickell on the Heidi Harris Show
True Crime Author Bradley Nickell was interviewed on the Heidi Harris Show on Las Vegas AM 840 KXNT on 04/13/16. Did you miss it live? No worries, we've got the recording of the show below! It's a great look into and an update to the story behind Bradley's incredibly popular true crime story, REPEAT OFFENDER. Heidi Harris is the queen of talk radio, named by Talker's Magazine as One of America's Top 100 Most Influential Radio Hosts, with … [Read more...]
ICE AND BONE: Tracking An Alaskan Serial Killer by Award-Winning Journalist Monte Francis
A Killer Is Set Loose To Kill Again When The Prosecution Fails To Stop Him On a clear, brisk night in September of 2000, 33-year-old Della Brown was found sexually assaulted and beaten to death inside a filthy, abandoned shed in seedy part of Anchorage, Alaska. She was one of six women, mostly Native Alaskan, slain that year, stoking fears a serial killer was on the loose. A tanned and thuggish 20-year-old would eventually implicate himself … [Read more...]
Listen to the F.B.I. Interview of the Serial Killer Featured in ICE AND BONE
Here is an audio clip I obtained from the F.B.I. of an interview with Joshua Wade shortly after his arrest in connection with Mindy Schloss’s disappearance. The interview appears in Chapter 40 of ICE AND BONE. What you obviously can’t see is Wade’s reaction when Agent Thoreson claims they “talked to Mindy.” Both Agent Thoreson and Detective Perrenoud, who were in the room, told me that a devious smirk came over Wade’s face: From Chapter … [Read more...]
New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Jackson Reflects On An Unexpected Reward From Writing SMOOTH TALKER
Writing true crime books has it's ups and downs. It can be a dark road through hell researching and writing about the terrible things human beings--if some killers can be classified as such--do to other human beings. It also has its rewards, some of them quite unexpected, as I was recently reminded. Anyone who reads my books knows that I'm not big on going into the gory details, or including the more "shocking" photographs included in … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Steve Jackson Discusses SMOOTH TALKER Picture Puzzle Pieces
I've been asked why I chose to write SMOOTH TALKER: Trail of Death, especially as I have already written about serial killer Roy Melanson in the past. In 2002, I published a book called NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators, which was about the history and some of the best early cases involving NecroSearch International. NSI is a group of scientists, as well as former and current law enforcement … [Read more...]
Check Out Preview of Steve Jackson’s New True Crime Book SMOOTH TALKER on Investigation Discovery’s Epic Mysteries
New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson's latest true crime book, SMOOTH TALKER, will be featured on the Investigation Discovery's Epic Mysteries show on April 9th, 2016, at 9pm ET. SMOOTH TALKER is the story of serial rapist Roy Melanson, his depredations, and the intrepid police work that went into bringing him to justice. Check out this preview. From The Preface of SMOOTH TALKER: He’s just a fat old man rotting away in a Colorado … [Read more...]
Listen To A Sneak Preview of Steve Jackson’s New True Crime SMOOTH TALKER
Check out this sneak peek of the audiobook version of New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson's new true crime book, SMOOTH TALKER. SMOOTH TALKER will be available for digital on April 7 and print April 9. Then be looking for the audiobook in early May. … [Read more...]
True Murder Radio Hosts Three WildBlue Press Authors
Kevin Sullivan, Monte Francis, and Steve Jackson were featured on True Murder Radio with host Dan Zupansky to discuss their new true crime books. Kevin Sullivan's second book on the Ted Bundy Murders, THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY, was released on March 22nd, 2016 and has been receiving excellent reviews. This second books gives readers never before published interviews and clues from the notorious Ted Bundy murders case. Kevin was on True Murder … [Read more...]
