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Historic Crime: Stepping Back in Time
A large part of my research for Pretty Evil New England involved traveling to crime scenes, historical societies, libraries, and cemeteries. And every so often I hit the motherload, which is exactly what…
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23 Physical Abnormalities of Serial Killers
Part of my research for my true crime project includes reading studies about serial killers—both male and female murderers, even though I’m concentrating on the latter—and much of the information I’ve uncovered won’t…
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Taunton State Hospital: Spooky Research Trip
Researching true crime is a journey in and of itself. Unlike fiction, where we conduct most of our research online, true crime requires us to leave the house on a regular basis. In…
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One Writer’s Journey into True Crime
The stars aligned, angels sang, and the gates of heaven opened wide. That’s how it felt, anyway, when an amazing opportunity to write true crime came my way. In May, someone tweeted to…
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How To Investigate Serial Murder
Active serial murder investigations present many challenges to law enforcement, according to the FBI. Some of the pressures include public outcry, the media, law enforcement management, and the frustration of investigators at not being…
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How Many Serial Murderers Stalk Your Streets? 2019 Stats
In 1992, Dr. Mike Aamodt started collecting and coding data on serial murderers. Today, the Radford Serial Killer Database contains 3,304 serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers, and other types of multiple murderers. With over…
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The Crow Continues to Astound Us
Anyone who’s spent time on Facebook has probably seen crow videos that claim these incredible birds are smarter than fifth grade children, but is that even a fair comparison? After all, humans and…
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Behind the Scenes of SILENT MAYHEM + Giveaway!
In case you haven’t heard, SILENT MAYHEM went up for pre-order on Friday. Yay!!! And like every one of my books, there’s more to the story than what’s on the page. If you…
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Dear Serial Killer …
I read a ton of serial killer thrillers. It’s my preferred genre as a writer, movie-goer, and reader (along with true crime). When authors do their homework, the books are superb. Can’t put…
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WRECK — #TrueCrime by Harvey Stanbrough
I invited my buddy, Harvey Stanbrough — a prolific writer whose penned over 45 novels, novellas, craft books, and 200 short stories — to share an experience from his cop days. Boy, did he deliver!…
