Moments before boarding a passenger flight on 11 May 2019 as the first officer, pilot Christian "Kit" Martin, a former army ranger, was arrested by a swarm of heavily armed officers for the murders of three of his neighbors. The arrest captured global attention as Martin's mugshot, clad in a pilot's uniform, spread across the internet, sparking a media firestorm with headlines such as "Monster in the Cockpit." A combat helicopter pilot, Kit … [Read more...]
SAVING SANDOVAL Author Craig Drummond Recieves Local Salute Our Troops Recognition
Craig W. Drummond is celebrated in the local news! The SAVING SANDOVAL author recieves the January award for Salute Our Troops. Check out the full story in the video below. Saving Sandoval is the true account of the defense of U.S. Army Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval, Jr. Sandoval, a 22-year old infantry paratrooper deployed to the forward operating base of Iskan during the enemy uprisings of 2007 in Iraq. Iskan was located in the "Triangle of … [Read more...]
Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Author
Did you know President Abraham Lincoln wrote a true crime story? Abraham Lincoln is known for many things. He was the 16th President of the United States and held the country together during the Civil War. Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, freed the slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation, and championed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed slavery once and for all. Many people know what he looked like: tall, with a … [Read more...]
Meet Steve Kosareff, Author of True Crime Memoir, SATIN PUMPS
Meet Steve Kosareff, author of true crime memoir, SATIN PUMPS: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized The Nation. The Finch-Tregoff murder was national news to all, and personally shocking to the Kosareff family... It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his … [Read more...]
Author Steve Kosareff Introduces His True Crime Memoir, SATIN PUMPS
Steve Kosareff introduces you to his lovebird, Stinky, and to his true crime memoir, SATIN PUMPS: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized The Nation. Maybe Stinky will answer some of the questions remaining around the Finch-Tregoff murder... It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young … [Read more...]
“Non-Traditional” Serial Killings And The Stories That Blew The Author Of TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES Away
"I was blown away" while researching True Crime Chronicles. I was researching an incident involving Wyatt Earp in the newspaper archives when I discovered hundreds of remarkable true crime stories from the 1800s. Frankly, I never thought of the possibility there were "traditional" serial killers as we know them in the 1800s. Indeed, there were massacres of Native American's by the US military, but those have always been viewed as the "Indian … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for True Crime Chronicles Volume One
Available in ebook and paperback: wbp.bz/tcc1 True Crime Book trailer for True Crime Chronicles: Serial Killers, Outlaws, And Justice ... Real Crime Stories From The 1800s Volume One by New York Times Bestselling Author Mike Rothmiller. What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common? They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s, and now … [Read more...]
Detective Paula May On Domestic Violence Victims And Why They Stay
"Hidden beneath our outward surfaces are layers of ourselves that we never see and others never see. Sometimes we do see the 'red flag' layers and easily dismiss them. We accept these red flags as 'normal defects' that could be present in every single human being. I was one who did dismiss red flags. I didn't know people like this could exist. I was raised to love people and do no harm. I had much to learn! Paula writes a profound and passionate … [Read more...]
Meet Author Paula May
Writing is my second favorite solo pastime; reading is my first. My name is Paula May, and I recently retired after thirty years in law enforcement; over twenty in major crime investigation and the last ten as Chief of Police directing major criminal incident response and investigation. For a country farm girl who grew up in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, reading was my entertainment, my educator, my gateway to the world beyond my … [Read more...]
YOU HAVE A VERY SOFT VOICE, SUSAN: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking by Susan Fensten with Brian Whitney
This is not a typical story of Internet stalking. It is an unusual case of friendship and deception so pitiless and unyielding that it opened a door to Hell into the author’s life. This is an unforgettable story for today’s digital world driven by social media in all of its permutations and cruelest forms. The story begins with Susan Fensten’s online search for her father’s family, a search that soon turns into a two-year frightening … [Read more...]