“What’s the coolest crime site you’ve ever visited?” It is crime buffs’ most common question. And after traversing thousands of miles from Pennsylvania to Southern California, and the northern Rockies to the Mexican border, I’ve visited historic crime-related spots most of us have only seen in books or movies. It’s every crime buff’s dream to stand precisely where Wyatt Earp, Bonnie & Clyde, Charles Manson, or Butch Cassidy once … [Read more...]
SUMMARY EXECUTION: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
An incredible true story that reads like an international crime thriller peopled with assassins, political activists, shady FBI informants, murdered witnesses, a tenacious attorney, and a murderous foreign dictator. On June 1, 1981, two young activists, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were murdered in Seattle in what was made to appear like a gang slaying. But the victims' families and friends suspected they were considered a threat to the … [Read more...]
WildBlue Author John Ferak Revisits Details Of The Steven Avery Case
WildBlue Press author John Ferak writing for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin has revisited details behind the evidence-planting theory raised at The Making A Murderer Steven Avery's trial, along with his lawyer Kathleen Zellner's court transcripts. Ferak is fast becoming a nationally recognized journalist on the topic of wrongful convictions, evidence planting, and DNA exonerations from his WildBlue Press books FAILURE OF JUSTICE and BODY OF … [Read more...]
Bestselling True Crime Author M. William Phelps: There Are Always More Bodies
I am convinced that part of the “high” a serial killer gets from his murderous path of violence after he is arrested and facing the iron fist of justice is taking pleasure in the fact that he alone knows there are additional bodies (his victims) somewhere out in the world. What’s more, there is no doubt he will use those bodies as a bartering chip in dealing with law enforcement and/or the legal system when the time comes. Or, maybe the … [Read more...]
MURDERERS’ ROW, Volume One, Photo Gallery Of Letters
Get a closer look at the photos included in New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps's new true crime book, MURDERERS' ROW: A Collection Of Shocking True Crime Stories-Volume One. … [Read more...]
M. William Phelps: ON MURDERERS’ ROW SITS A PATHETIC, DESPERATE LIAR
There’s a certain familiarity with the sociopath one encounters after writing 30-plus books about one-off murderers and serial killers. Interviewing scores of these people, one tends to develop an almost inherent, instinctive sense for how they go about manufacturing and inventing lies, carefully orchestrating each one, and then inserting those lies into public discourse. Patricia “Pat” Olsen—the subject of “Murder in Massachusetts,” the … [Read more...]
Master Of True Crime M. William Phelps Spins 6 Terrifying Tales Of Murder And Mayhem
MURDERERS' ROW: A Collection Of Shocking True Crime Stories--Volume One Small-town homicide. Big-time madness. All from the author who Vincent Bugliosi calls “one of America’s best true crime journalists.” In this riveting collection of true crime stories from the files of award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of 32 books, M. William Phelps, someone tries to pin a gruesome murder on a horse, infamous serial killer Son … [Read more...]
Using Human Scent Dogs to Track Down a Killer
One of the ways the feds were able to track down Joshua Wade after he had already evaded conviction in the murder of Della Brown, was to use human scent dogs. I had never written about Bloodhounds before writing ICE AND BONE, and what I discovered astonished me. The dogs were able to pick up Wade’s scent two whole weeks AFTER he had used the ATM card of one of his victims. This video, which the FBI shared with me, picks up as a dog named … [Read more...]
My Association with Postmortem Ted Bundy
True Crime author Kevin Sullivan Reflects On His Connection To A Serial Killer This piece was previously published with a typo that mis-dated the below picture of Ted Bundy at 1984, when he would have been in prison in Florida. According to Kevin Sullivan, the picture below was taken in 1975 or 1976 in Utah. Ted Bundy was never supposed to be a part of my life. I’d first heard about the guy after his escape from Colorado, and I remember … [Read more...]
NecroSearch International Confronts Many Monsters In NO STONE UNTURNED
It takes a certain kind of person to willingly confront murderers and deal with the ripple effect of their monstrous crimes. And not just police officers or those you'd typically associate with the justice system. The members of NecroSearch International, a "membership by invitation only" group of scientists, criminalists and law enforcement officers, are those kinds of people, too. Headquartered in Colorado but operating all over the United … [Read more...]
