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True crime, an 8 billion dollar a year business, is everywhere all the time. Why? Read Harry MacLean's recently published article: “ Feeding the Media Monster: How America Became Obsessed with True Crime ” » Read why are we obsessed with true crime in my article titled: “ Feeding the Media Monster: How America Became Obsessed with True Crime ” or read more of my articles on Crime Reads here: crimereads.com/author/harrynmaclean Harry MacLean is a writer and lawyer living in

The new movie "Deliver Me From Nowhere" is the story of Bruce Springsteen writing and producing his album "Nebraska." As I recount in my book " Starkweather, the Untold Story of the Crime Spree That Changed America, " Springsteen was in a deep depression after his overwhelming successful "River." He happened to watch "Badlands," the movie about Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate's reign of terror throughout Nebraska and Wyoming in 1958. (Produced by Terrance Malik, starrin

Watch the film, In Broad Daylight, based on the book by Harry MacLean.

Of this drawing Starkweather said: ". . .is the kind of girl I used to think I'd like to have. . . Well, that kind a girl would look like...

IN MURDERER CHARLIE STARKWEATHER'S FANTASIES HE WAS EITHER A SHERIFF OR THE LADER OF AN OUTLAW GANG. THIS COWBOY, ALTHOUGH SMOKING AND...

Murderer Starkweather finished this painting on the day of his execution, June 25, 1959, and gave it to the warden as a gift. I plan on...

"Starkweather" hit the stores a year ago. Sales have been strong. As have the reviews. ( harrymaclean.com ), and endless podcasts and...

Lincoln Sheriff Karnopp cuffs Charlie Starkweather for the drive from Douglas Wyoming to Lincoln Nebraska after his capture. The many...

"Starkweather will hit the shelves in paperback on the 14th. Julya and I willl be in India when it hits, but we'll be pulling for it on...

Betty Jean, Caril Fugate's two-and-a-half year old sister. Starkweather claimed Caril watched as he threw a knife into her throat and...

I get inquiries about Starkweather photos; specifically, unknown or unpublished ones. In this his photo Caril is smiling from the...