Cold Serial: The Jack the Strangler Murders by Brian Forschner, investigates a century-old series of murders and the deranged offender who committed them. In the early 1900’s, a string of heinous crimes took place in the town of Dayton, Ohio. Five young girls were raped and brutally killed. In an era when women lacked rights […]

Does anyone remember how a trip to the grocery or book store would inevitably lead you to peruse a crime magazine? And then one day, they were extinct. Well, now they’re back. One is, anyway. British magazine publisher Imagine Publishing announced Thursday the release of their new “Real Crime” magazine. The first issue is a […]

Here is a nice little profile on my book, Deadly Hero, and the Phil Kennamer case in the Sunday edition [July 12, 2015] of the Tulsa World by writer Jimmie Tramel. Tulsa World readers searching for a copy can find the paperback version here, and the Kindle version, here. A warm and special thank you […]

. What can you buy for $1.99? Eighteen months of hard work for my latest book, Deadly Hero: The High Society Murder that Created Hysteria in the Heartland, which will go on sale on Amazon on May 20. It is available for preorder now. The $1.99 sale will last until May 31. Here is the […]

A tale of love, murder, insanity and the law. Plus two zealous newspaper reporters and a couple of clever detectives in 1930s Boston. Tommy Gun Winter” is the improbable but true story of four Bostonians who once shared the front pages with John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie and Clyde. One was a beautiful […]

This gem of a true crime story, which takes place in Paris 1889, is now out in paperback—making it affordable to everyone with a price range of $7.87-$11.36 on Amazon. Author Steven Levingston is the non-fiction editor for the Washington Post. Book Description: A delicious account of a murder most gallic—think CSI Paris meets Georges […]

. Book Review: The Murder of Maggie Hume: Cold Case in Battle Creek, by Blaine Pardoe & Victoria Hester, History Press, August, 2014. While researching and writing his last true crime book, Murder in Battle Creek: The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick, which was great reading, veteran author Blaine Pardoe was repeatedly confronted with another […]

  Follow HistoricalCrimeDetective.com on Facebook The Zodiac Killer, whose serial murders terrorized northern California in the late ’60s, was a man named Earl Van Best Jr., according to a new book by Gary L. Stewart, who happens to be his biological son. Stewart’s The Most Dangerous Animal of All, as we reported Monday, is for […]

The Mammoth Book of Murder: True Stories of Violent Death This book contains 200 gripping accounts of homicide, criminal investigation, forensic science, criminology, and courtroom drama by veteran true crime writer Jim Fisher. The collection features murder-for-hire, arson murder, historic and celebrated murders, junk science, strange cause and manner of death cases, women who kill, […]

Review: Murder in Battle Creek, The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick, by Blaine Lee Pardo, One of the golden rules when it comes to writing a true crime book is to never write about a murder that hasn’t been solved. It’s a good rule to follow until it’s broken, and it produces a well written […]