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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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Haunted House: Crime Writer’s Research Trip
As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to a reported haunted house for research. I’m now racing toward the finish line for RACKED and edits come back for SILENT MAYHEM tomorrow…
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What is Adipocere or Corpse Wax?
After deciding to use a specific decomposition process in my WIP, I called my consultant at the Grafton County Medical Examiner’s. I hadn’t spoken to her in a while. Our last conversation wound…
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Reindeer: 10 Fun Facts
1. A Reindeer By Any Other Name is Still a Reindeer In some regions of the world, Reindeer are called caribou. In North America reindeer refers to Eurasian populations and caribou refers to…
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Female Serial Killers — Unmasked
Most female serial killers work alone, and they’re quite good at it. It’s a mistake to underestimate a woman where serial murder is concerned. A study from Penn State reclassified the average female…
