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Tender Tales of Tremendous Catastrophe
I'm continuing to write this book of essays, along with graphics made by artist, Tony Geiger. Here's the newest! SUBTERFUGE The...
Aug 31, 20213 min read


DOES JOHN WAYNE GACY HAVE ADDITIONAL VICTIMS BURIED SOMEWHERE? SURE SEEMS LIKE IT…
During the early 1970s, John Wayne Gacy was known to be the maintenance man at an apartment building at the corner of Miami and Elston...
Mar 31, 20216 min read


GACY’S ARREST AND IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT WERE NEVER PUBLICIZED Part 2 of 3
When myself, Alison True and Bill Dorsch started working to unearth details behind the John Wayne Gacy case, I had recently been widowed...
Mar 19, 20215 min read


WHY THE 1978 JOHN WAYNE GACY SERIAL MURDER CASE IS RELEVANT TODAY - Part 1 of 3
We are in the process, as a society, of finding out a lot of public narratives served the causes of the people in power creating them. ...
Feb 17, 20215 min read


The Things I Cannot Control
Much like the rest of us, I’m done with COVID. I want to move on and “get back to normal” – whatever that means. I feel the same way...
Jan 8, 20213 min read


This weekend I was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and it was a very thoughtful trip.
This weekend I was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and it was a very thoughtful trip. We were there for my son’s birthday: every year he...
Oct 19, 20205 min read


West Garfield Park, June 2013
“This section of the West Side is just beyond Garfield Park, a major tourist destination. I think it’s always surprising to people when...
Sep 3, 20205 min read


On Being Human - Part 1 of 2
With the downtime we all now have, I've set about writing a non-fiction book about a life spent interviewing and talking intimately to...
May 13, 20207 min read


This story went straight for my heart and I felt a great amount of compassion for everyone involved.
Last year, I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting with a woman by the name of Kay Weden. In 1993, she was a school teacher in...
Apr 17, 20203 min read


Frank Lucas, aka the American Gangster, died last May and a true personality left this earth.
Frank Lucas, aka the American Gangster, died last May and a true personality left this earth when he did. I researched and interviewed...
Feb 3, 20203 min read


Gangland
Several years ago, I produced a few programs in a series for The History Channel called Gangland. As a mother of 3, for whatever nuts...
Dec 1, 20193 min read


Sometimes My Heart Breaks
True crime is a very rough beat at times. Almost all my interviewees have been through some form of hell and the interviews are...
Dec 26, 20184 min read


The quirky world of true crime and the prison industrial complex...
My shows about murder are what go in between the commercials to sell trash bags and tampons…cynical but true, so think about that when...
Dec 9, 20183 min read


Working as a producer in non-fiction television
Working as a producer in non-fiction television, I’m often in a position where I can ask people questions about the most intimate aspects...
Nov 27, 20182 min read
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