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My Bucket List Adventures
As a bit of a daredevil in my younger days, I was blessed to check some fun and memorable items off my bucket list. One of my friends took me acrobatic flying in…
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This Was a Book I Knew I Had To Write
My interest in writing about Detective Frank P. Geyer came after the profound sadness I felt while reading in two popular books that Geyer’s beloved wife and only daughter were killed in a…
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Secret Search for Gideon Marsh – June 1892
Sample text from the “Secret Search” chapter in Detective in the White City: Authorities deemed the mission classified to prevent media from tipping off the fugitive. No one knew the details, not even his wife and…
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Chilling: Little Girl Giggles During K9 Search in Chris Watts Case
While reviewing documents, images, and videos from the Chris Watts capital murder case for a true crime book, I came across something that ran chills down my back and brought tears to my…
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Research Trip for Detective Geyer Book
Early in the month of May, I made another research trip to Philadelphia, Washington DC, and surrounding cities and was honored to meet with Detective Geyer’s amazing family. Unlike troubling claims that Geyer’s wife…
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Cover Reveal: Detective in the White City
Excited to reveal my cover for Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer! Its been a long journey and a year and a half of research, but the wait…
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Newspaper Ad for Detective Frank Geyer’s 1896 Book
I found an old newspaper ad for Detective Geyer’s book about the H. H. Holmes, Benjamin Pitezel investigation. The price of the Geyer’s book was inflated to $1.50 due to National sensationalism…
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H. H. Holmes, the Clodhopper Who Almost Didn’t Graduate
Herman Webster Mudgett, M. D., known as H. H. Holmes, barely squeaked by as a medical graduate of University of Michigan in 1884. Mudgett held a horrific record among University graduates–he was the…
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Holmes’ Own Story: Holmes Confessed 27 Murders – Lied Then Died
Holmes’ Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders – Lied Then Died features eighty-seven (87) restored and sourced rare historical illustrations and photographs. Holmes’ Own is a fascinating look into the mind of one of America’s first…
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Unsolved Mystery: Novelist Georgi Markov Poisoned With Deadly Ricin
News reports of envelopes tainted with the deadly biological agent, Ricin, got me thinking about the 1978 assassination of a Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov, who was an acclaimed novelist and playwright. Why was…
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What are Bioterrorism Agent Categories?
Bioterrorism, one of the five types of terrorism that come from the acronym CBRNE (see CBRNE article), is the intentional release of a biological agent. There are four types of biological agents: bacteria,…
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You Got This!
You Got This quote: If you find yourself wondering if you can go on, remember how much you’ve accomplished. Then raise your head high and be proud. YOU GOT THIS! – JD Crighton…
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What The Heck is CBRNE?
What the heck is CBRNE and what does it stand for? CBRNE is an acronym used to describe types of terrorist weapons, which stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives. CBRNE is…
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District Attorney Ray Gricar: Mystery is Still Unsolved
Ray Gricar, the Centre County district attorney who failed to prosecute Jerry Sandusky in 1998, is missing and his case is still unsolved. Conflicting theories proliferate the Internet about what happened to Gricar.…
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Do you think Albert DeSalvo is the Boston Strangler?
Boston authorities announced a break in the Boston Strangler case. New DNA evidence linking Albert DeSalvo to one of the unsolved Boston Strangler victims, Mary Sullivan, nineteen, is key in exhuming DeSalvo’s body…
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Bring Michaela Garecht Home – Missing Since 1988
On the morning of November 19, 1988, Michaela Joy Garecht was nine years old when she was abducted by an unknown male in the Rainbow Market parking lot in Hayward, California. Michaela was…
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Character Bio and Backstory Form
Seasoned authors as well as new ones know that if you are not careful you can loose track of your characters biographies and backstories when writing a novel. While there are many different…
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Is Madeleine McCann Still Alive?
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann captured headlines in 2007 when she vanished from the family’s vacation apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve coast, nine days before her fourth birthday. Numerous sightings…
