After a rough day at the picture car company when a film industry worker had threatened to bring a gas can and set the place on fire, I went home and thought to myself, "This can't be all there is to life." Working fifty hours a week at a place where they threw chairs and humiliated anyone who had figured out a way to get a job in Hollywood was hardly living the dream. It was actually more like the film, Swimming With the Sharks, starring Kevin … [Read more...]
Jury Verdict Is In; $28.1 Million Goes to the Wrongfully Convicted Beatrice 6
A federal civil rights jury in Nebraska has dinged Gage County, Sheriff's Corporal Burt Searcey, deputy/psychologist Wayne Price and the estate of late sheriff Jerry DeWitt to the tune of more than $28 million - for reckless misconduct involving the nation's largest-ever wrongful conviction case - 6 wrongful convictions in a lone murder. The terrible plight of the Beatrice 6 was the subject of my recent book for WildBlue Press titled, "FAILURE … [Read more...]
Author Monte Francis on Crime Beat Radio
Award-winning journalist Monte Francis was on Crime Beat Radio with host Ron Chepesiuk, on Thursday, July 14th, at 8pm ET. Monte discussed his new true crime book, ICE AND BONE: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer, which is the story of a killer that is set loose to kill again when the prosecution fails to stop him. ICE AND BONE was released by WildBlue Press on April 19th, 2016 and has been receiving excellent reviews. Listen to Ron's interview … [Read more...]
Denise Wallace Discusses Her Efforts To Overcome Impatience When Writing
Without a doubt, I used to be one of the most impatient people on the planet. I'm serious; I really was. Just to give an example: If I had a dinner date with the president and got hungry on the way, I'd stop somewhere and grab a burger. It's ridiculous, I know. And though I had the discipline to burn the extra calories, I was well aware that this was not a virtue, especially if I wanted to be a writer. That's why when I wanted to … [Read more...]
Author Denise Wallace Offers Six Step-By-Step Tips for Writing a True Crime Book
So, you have fallen in love with the scintillating world of true crime? The psychological profiles of killers and the investigative processes of detectives have enthralled you and left you hungry for more. You have read dozens and dozens of true crime books (make SURE you do this) and taken writing classes to learn the craft, and now you want to write one of your own. But where do you start? Step 1 First of all, you should start by … [Read more...]
Readers: John Ferak’s True Crime Book FAILURE OF JUSTICE Is A Must Read
FAILURE OF JUSTICE marks my fourth non-fiction book and third with publisher WildBlue Press of Colorado. It's the true story of America's biggest modern miscarriage of justice. And it's not your ordinary true crime story at all. It's much more. It's about the death penalty. It's about fixing a broken justice system. It's about fairness and redemption. It's about rebuilding your life - in this case six lives - after a horribly misguided police and … [Read more...]
MURDER IN THE FAMILY, a New York Times Bestselling True Crime Classic by Burl Barer
The Updated eBook-only Version of Edgar Award Winning Author's Shocking Story of Murder and Brutality " ... where for the first time an FBI profiler was allowed to testify and the controversial, pre-DNA science of allotyping was presented to a jury." 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 … [Read more...]
The Trail of Ted Bundy Photo Gallery
The photo gallery below is related to the true crime book, THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY: Digging Up The Untold Stories by Kevin Sullivan. Find the book at wbp.bz/thetrailoftedbundy On the evening of May 6, 1974, Kathy Parks and Lorraine Fargo, both Oregon State University students, spent a few minutes talking on the sidewalk area seen in the above photo. Afterward, Kathy crossed the small street and entered the Memorial Union Commons … [Read more...]
Denise Wallace’s DADDY’S LITTLE SECRET Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover For Denise Wallace's True Crime Original DADDY'S LITTLE SECRET Please vote on the cover for Denise Wallace's true crime book, DADDY'S LITTLE SECRET, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: Set in the Miami area of Florida, DADDY'S LITTLE SECRET is a WildBlue Press original true crime story written by Denise Wallace, whose father was brutally murdered. But as she's pulled into the … [Read more...]
Watch Burl Barer As He Discusses the Motives of the Killer in His Bestselling True Crime Book MURDER IN THE FAMILY
Edgar award winning author Burl Barer tells readers about the killer featured in his New York Times bestselling true crime book, MURDER IN THE FAMILY, and his motives for brutally murdering Nancy Newman and her two young daughters. The updated eBook edition of this instant bestselling true crime book will be available from WildBlue Press on June 21, 2016. Get your copy here! … [Read more...]
