TRUE CRIME BOOKS BLOG

I’m heading back to Skidmore this weekend. David Dunbar, the former sheriff of Skidmore who resigned after McElroy pulled a shotgun on...

A recent post suggested that Del Clement was a hero for his role in shooting Ken McElroy. That debate is a fascinating and endless one,...

James Ford Seale will again take his case before the United States Supreme Court. You will recall that Seale was convicted of kidnapping...

A story came out today that AP writer Jules Loh had died. The story held out Loh’s work as some of the best ever, and noted that his...

David Baird was a few months out of law school when he was appointed country prosecutor in Nodaway County, Missouri. A few months later,...

One of the reasons I let my subscription to the New Yorker lapse several years ago was the increasingly snarky tone of their content. The...

In an article in the February issue of American Way Magazine, the author writes that Emmett Till was murdered at the Bryant grocery store...

Last Saturday morning I was checking my e-mail when I got a note informing me that “The Past Is Never Dead” had been selected as...

The debate over Del Clement continues. Loved ones often have a hard time seeing the truth of the ones they love. I spent three years in...

James Ford Seale –Round Two on the Statute of Limitations Issue The federal appellate process can be long and tangled. On March 13 the...

I just returned from three weeks on Ocean Isle Beach, one of the barrier islands not far from Wilmington, North Carolina. I went there to...