WildBlue Press Author I am a South African born crime historian and broadcaster living in the United Kingdom. I am a member of the American Society of Criminology and considered an expert on the "I Don't Like Monday's" school shooting in 1979. My formative years were spent in sunny California after moving from the UK. I started my career at a small radio station in the Bay Area, Northern California after attending university in San Diego … [Read more...]
THE TUSKEGEE STRANGLER: The “Nicest” Serial Killer They Ever Met
Jerry Marcus fooled them all. He was "a nice guy," always helped at home, did well in school, an athlete, and always employed. When things went wrong, he was the first to help clean up the mess. He was the last person anyone suspected of being a serial killer. After Marcus was caught and sentenced to life in prison in the late '70s, author Linda Lou Long spent years corresponding with him. The Tuskegee Strangler gives an inside look into the … [Read more...]
Calling All Writers and Investigators!
Do you have a true crime story you’ve been wanting to tell? Are you compelled by mysterious, unexplained, and unsolved crimes? Are you hooked on true crime podcasts, books, and documentaries and want to take your research to the next level with your own true crime book? We’re here to give you a voice and a platform to tell your stories. Reach out to us at wbp.bz/authors with your manuscripts. … [Read more...]
Leslie Ghiglieri’s True Crime THE DECISION TO KILL Wins Literary Titan Gold
"When a crime is committed, numerous questions are asked... When everything about who you are and who you love is torn apart, what have you got left to stand for?" January 2023 | The Literary Titan Book Awards are awarded to books that have unique writing styles, vivid worlds, complex characters, and original ideas. Read the full review from Literary Titan Hear the author on CRIME BEAT About the Book A 1986 … [Read more...]
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER: Murder at Fort Devens by William J. Craig
True story of the lengths the government will go to keep their secrets hidden. It was a dreary winter afternoon in Ayer, Massachusetts, a quintessential New England town, the type that is romanticized in Robert Frost's poems. But on January 30, 1979, a woman's scream pierced the northeast tempest wind. In an unassuming apartment building on Washington Street, Elaine Tyree, a mother, wife, and US Army soldier had her life brutally ripped from … [Read more...]
TED BUNDY The Yearly Journal Volume One
Due to Sullivan’s extensive writing about Ted Bundy (which has produced six books), he’s become a sort of magnet over the years, drawing out many people who were part of the Bundy story, but have otherwise kept a low profile over the decades; and these first-person contacts continue to this day. As such, this is the first book in a new series of books, whose aim is to bring new revelations to the public about Bundy, the victims, the murders, and … [Read more...]
THE LAST JEWISH GANGSTER
Volume One The Early Years In 1944 Brooklyn, newborn Michael J. Hardy is rejected by his mother so she can run with gangster Bugsy Siegel, Hardy's godfather. Shirley Rook rose to the top of the criminal ranks. As the Queen of New York City crime, she laundered Mob money, ran the city's largest bookmaking operation, and handed payouts to dirty cops, politicians, and judges. To win his mother's love and respect, Hardy became a fearless gangster. … [Read more...]
Frank Stanfield
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...]
