TRUE CRIMES with BURL BARER & DON WOLDMAN

Harry N. Maclean November 21st on True Crimes!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:24:33 -0700

Listen by clicking this link Saturday 2pm Pacific Time, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern, 10pm UK. Or listen via Itunes. Go to RADIO, then NEWS/TALK, then OUTLAW RADIO.

November 21st 2pm Pacific, 3pm Mtn, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern, 10pm UK

Harry N. MacLean live on True Crime!

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Just Released
"The Past Is Never Dead"
The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption

From Basic Civitas, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, for more information go to www.perseusbooksgroup.com

From Edgar Award Winner
Harry N. MacLean

In 1964, at the beginning of a hot Mississippi summer, Klansman James Ford Seale was involved in the kidnapping and murder of two young black men. He and fellow Klansmen chained the youths to iron weights and dumped them alive into the Mississippi River. Not until January 2007 was Seale finally brought to justice, in what might be called the ultimate cold case.

In The Past Is Never Dead bestselling author Harry MacLean follows the twists and turns of a trial that took forty-three years to come to pass. Through the unfolding drama we see past the stereotypes about Mississippi, finding a culture far different from, and in many ways better than, its endemic racism and bloody history would suggest.

At the heart of The Past Is Never Dead is a gripping legal battle over Seale’s fate, putting to the test Mississippi’s struggle for redemption, and questioning whether it is indeed ever possible to overcome the past.

"Even decades after the Civil Rights Movement wrought real change throughout the United States, Mississippi remains ground zero for what can be called the ongoing drama of racial inequality. This is the ground Harry Maclean walks in this fierce, moving, and tremendously engaging book."

– Henry Louis Gates Jr., Director, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African & African American Research, Harvard University

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25th Anniversary Edition
Includes a complete update from the author with new information
on the killing and the investigation.

"In Broad Daylight"

Edgar Award Winner
Harry N. MacLean

For twenty years, Ken Rex McElroy terrorized the citizens of northwest Missouri without conscience or remorse. On July 10, 1981, McElroy was shot to death on the main street of the small town of Skidmore, as he sat in his pick-up. Forty-five people watched, yet no one was ever indicted for the murder.

Harry MacLean won an Edgar Award for In Broad Daylight, first published in 1989. The book tells the story of McElroy’s reign of terror, the murder itself, and the town’s conspiracy of silence as to the identity of the killers. The book was reissued in 2007 with an epilogue containing new information on the killing and the investigation.

“Gripping…excellent and disturbing…a fine and richly rewarding book.”

– The Washington Post Book World

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Who REALLY assasinated Martin Luther King, Jr?

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:25:27 -0700

Not Lost Forever by Steve Jackson

Friday night on ABC's 20/20, then Saturday on True Crimes!

STEVE JACKSON, author of Not Lost Forever.

Saturday October 17th 2pm Pacific time on True Crimes!

LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY THE 17th By Clicking this Link!

or listen via Itunes Steve Jackson will reveal for the first time, the shocking truth of who REALLY assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr. No kidding. Steve isn't some crackpot, he is a serious investigative journalist with a story that will leave you amazed, amused, aghast, agog and thunderstruck!

Steve Jackson is a brilliant award winning author and journalist -- he's been on all the big TV shows...BUT ..the true climax of his career is being LIVE in the Lighten Up Lounge this coming Saturday 2pm Pacific, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern and 10pm UK time!

His new book, NOT LOST FOREVER, is garnering world wide praise...and his reputation as a true crime author is right up there amongst the best. Steve may be slightly more famous than I, but I HAVE MORE HAIR! Then again, he can always buy a wig, but I can't purchase his talent at any price.

If you haven't read Steve Jackson's True Crime books, you're missing some gut wrenching page turners...and that's a compliment!

You can also read a fascinating interview with Steve by our pal Ron Franscell on In Cold Blog

Partners in evil

Listen Saturday for Steve Jackson in the Lounge with Don Woldman, and Burl Barer on the phone from Texas, where lethal injection is a way of life!

Don Woldman co-host of TRUE CRIME

True Crimes is produced with a vengeance by Magic Matt Alan on Outlaw Radio!.

Legendary Burl Barer and producer Matt Alan

PS: Murder in the Family, the NYT Best Seller by Burl Barer is back! Get yours now from your favorite book seller!

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Secrets of a Hollywood Private Eye. INSTANT REPLAY

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:36:25 -0700

Fred Wolfson, PI

Fred Wolfson, the world's most famous private eye, brings his amazing stories, wit and wisdom to True Crimes.

LISTEN NOW ON THE PLAYER...just scroll down. It's on the left! Press play and enjoy!

Secrets of a Hollywood Private Eye is a white-hot, page turner expose of cheating spouses, greedy conmen, easily duped superstars, jealous directors, kidnapped children, and every type of civil and criminal caper imaginable in a town known for tinsel and glitter.
This compelling compendium of stranger than fiction cases from the files of Fred Wolfson, PI, take

him not only to the exclusive Bel Air and Beverly Hills haunts of the rich and famous, but also to the hooker strewn street corners of seedy Hollywood Blvd, criminal hideouts in South America, and terrorist investigations in Saudi Arabia.
Whether Wolfson is tracking down missing money for Caesars Palace, outfoxing an international swindler, or breaking up a black market of stolen children, all the action is one-hundred percent true. The real bonus is that Wolfson doesn’t simply recount his adventures, but he shares the methods, both legal and otherwise, that made him the most in-demand and respected private detective of our time.

The famous names drop like quarters in a Vegas slot machine – The Rolling Stones, Roseanne Barr, Groucho Marx , Zsa Zsa Gabor, Michael Jackson, Rodney King, and the list goes on.

Wolfson’s fascinating reminiscences detail exactly how to tell when someone is lying, cheating or stealing from you. You’ll learn the tragic consequence of failing to conduct a simple background check, and how to find out the truth about anyone.
A compelling read from the first paragraph!

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COREY MITCHELL instant replay of his appearance on TRUE CRIMES

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:39:20 -0700

Corey Mitchell, author of PURE MURDER

Corey Mitchell, famed true crime author and founder of IN COLD BLOG, returns to TRUE CRIMES

SCROLL DOWN TO THE PLAYER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE!!! Listen now to our show with Corey Mitchell!

COREY MITCHELL, Author of PURE MURDER,
Corey will bring us up to date on the recent developments in the Yogurt Shop Massacre, the subject of his famous book, Murdered Innocents.

Yogurt Shop Massacre
On December 6th, 1991, fresh-faced teens Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas began to close up the Austin, Texas yogurt shop where they worked. They were joined by Jennifer’s younger sister, Sarah, and her friend Amy Ayers. Less than an hour later all four girls were dead—apparent victims of a fire. But closer examination revealed that they had been bound and gagged, sexually assaulted, and shot execution-style. It was the most horrific crime the peaceful college town had seen since the infamous University of Texas Tower shootings in 1966.
False Confessions
With no physical evidence or eyewitnesses and more than a hundred bizarre confessions to weed through, the Austin police faced one of their toughest cases ever. The family and friends who chanted “We will not forget,” would have to wait nearly eight years before Robert Springsteen IV, Michael Scott, Maurice Pierce, and Forrest Welborn—teenagers themselves at the time of the murders—were taken into custody. Intense questioning revealed how their plan to rob the yogurt shop exploded into a drug- and sex-fueled spree of rage and brutality. But their story wasn’t over yet.
Strange Justice
In February 2003, several months after the final verdict had been read, a final shocking twist would rock the city of Austin once more...

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Best Selling Author Lisa Cohen Saturday Sept. 12th!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:09:55 -0700

Lisa Cohen. Shana Punim Deluxe!

listen live by clicking this link, or listen via Itunes (radio,talk, outlaw radio)

She has BIG HAIR and a BEST SELLER! Yes, that's her own hair, and her new book AFTER ETAN is getting rave reviews everywhere.

Afteretancover

"Cohen, an Emmy-winning TV producer, has created a real - life thriller, which kept me up long past midnight and all the late late-night shows. In astonishing and sometimes deeply disturbing detail, she depicts the anguish of Etan’s family, the agonizing search for his abductor, and the dogged determination of a variety of law-enforcement officials "

On the morning of May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz kissed his mother goodbye on the sidewalk outside his parents’ downtown Manhattan loft and set off for his school bus stop, walking the two short blocks on his own for the very first time. But he never made it to school that day, and he never came home.

Etan Patz, the most famous missing child since the Lindbergh baby, became quite literally the poster child for a new movement, in a case that would change our cultural landscape forever. Thirty years later May 25th will be recognized as National Missing Children's Day, as it is every year, in Etan's honor.

But despite the overwhelming publicity his case received, the public knows only a fraction of what happened, because it is so much more than a heart-wrenching mystery.

It is also the story of the men, women, and children who were touched by his life, after he vanished.

It's the story of the agonies and triumphs of the Patz family.

It's the story of the careening twists and turns of federal prosecutor Stuart GraBois's relentless pursuit of his prime suspect. Jose Antonio Ramos is in prison not for Etan Patz, but BECAUSE of him. GraBois put him there for another crime against a child, and won't rest until Ramos faces charges for crimes against Etan. The serial child molester is up for parole in June 2009, and even if he doesn't get it, Ramos will walk free in 2014. Unless GraBois, Stan Patz, and others working with them, stop him.

From GraBois's creative "outside the box" tactics, to the veteran cop who made his first pedophile bust on a dark Times Square rooftop, to the FBI rookie who cut her teeth chasing the case through the dark recesses of a child molester's mind…this is the story of the heroic investigators who, to this day, thirty years later, continue to seek justice for Etan.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews and nearly twenty years of research - including access to the Patz family's personal files – in the first book ever on the subject, Lisa R. Cohen finally reveals the entire dramatic tale, and lays out the case against Jose Ramos for the public to judge for themselves.

Lisa Cohen joins Burl Barer and Don Woldman LIVE Saturday September 12th!

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BURL BARER RETURNS TO THE LIGHTEN UP LOUNGE!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:16:25 -0700

Burl Barer

Legendary Burl Barer, Edgar Award winning co-host of TRUE CRIMES on OUTLAW RADIO returns to join Don Woldman Live in the Lighten Up Lounge Saturday September 5th! Set your clocks, brush your teeth, and pray for deliverance! The show starts promptly at 2pm Pacific, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern and 10pm UK time.

LISTEN LIVE BY CLICKING THIS LINK

or via Itunes

Don Woldman co-host of TRUE CRIME

Joining Burl and Don in the Lighten Up Lounge will be some of the most amazing criminals and crime fighters in contemporary American history! So far invitations have gone out to Kenny Gallo, Fred Wolfson, William Jefferson Clinton, Fracisco Franko, Luther Burbank, Duncan Renaldo, Johnny Fratto, Turhan Bay, Aldo Ray, Pat O'Day, Tina Faye, and to our dismay, some of them might show up! The following week is famous author Lisa Cohen, and we have rumors of Susan Murphy Milano bringing her BIG HAIR to the lounge in person! As Burl also knows numerous people of high risk lifestyle, he may have them show up just to scare the neighbors.

All this insanity somehow managed to win the Detective Award for Best True Crime Radio Program. Go Figure.

Produced by Magic Matt Alan, Homecoming Queen.

TRUE CRIMES!!!

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Father executed for death of kids was innocent!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:47:46 -0700

FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMES THIS SHOCKER!!

In a withering critique, a nationally known fire scientist has told a state commission on forensics that Texas fire investigators had no basis to rule a deadly house fire was an arson -- a finding that led to the murder conviction and execution of Cameron Todd Willingham.

The finding comes in the first state-sanctioned review of an execution in Texas, home to the country's busiest death chamber. If the commission reaches the same conclusion, it could lead to the first-ever declaration by an official state body that an inmate was wrongly executed.

Indeed, the report concludes there was no evidence to determine that the December 1991 fire was even set, and it leaves open the possibility the blaze that killed three children was an accident and there was no crime at all -- the same findings found in a Chicago Tribune investigation of the case published in December 2004.

Willingham, the father of those children, was executed in February 2004. He protested his innocence to the end.

The Tribune obtained a copy of the review by Craig Beyler, of Hughes Associates Inc., which was conducted for the Texas Forensic Science Commission, created to investigate allegations of forensic error and misconduct. The re-examination of the Willingham case comes as many forensic disciplines face scrutiny for playing a role in wrongful convictions that have been exposed by DNA and other scientific advances.

Among Beyler's key findings: that investigators failed to examine all of the electrical outlets and appliances in the Willinghams' house in the small Texas town of Corsicana, did not consider other potential causes for the fire, came to conclusions that contradicted witnesses at the scene, and wrongly concluded Willingham's injuries could not have been caused as he said they were.

The state fire marshal on the case, Beyler concluded in his report, had "limited understanding" of fire science. The fire marshal "seems to be wholly without any realistic understanding of fires and how fire injuries are created," he wrote.

The marshal's findings, he added, "are nothing more than a collection of personal beliefs that have nothing to do with science-based fire investigation."

Over the past five years, the Willingham case has been reviewed by nine of the nation's top fire scientists -- first for the Tribune, then for the Innocence Project, and now for the commission. All concluded that the original investigators relied on outdated theories and folklore to justify the determination of arson.

The only other evidence of significance against Willingham was another inmate who testified that Willingham had confessed to him. Jailhouse snitches are viewed with skepticism in the justice system, so much so that some jurisdictions have restrictions against their use.

Samuel Bassett, an attorney who is the chairman of the commission, said the panel will seek a response from the state fire marshal and then write its own report.

Contacted Monday, one of Willingham's cousins said she was pleased with the report but was skeptical that state officials would acknowledge Willingham's innocence.

"They are definitely going to have to respond to it," said Pat Cox. "But it's difficult for me to believe that the State of Texas or the governor will take responsibility and admit they did in fact wrongfully execute Todd. They'll dance around it."

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Runaway Husbands replay/ BURL IS OUT OF PRISON!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:13:05 -0700

Scroll down and on the left hand side of the page is a special player all cued up to Vikki Stark of Runaway Husbands!
This is the show we did with her on TRUE CRIMES -- we join the show about 5 minutes in. Don't worry, all you miss is the intro and Burl being a smart-ass (So what else is new?)
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Burl Barer spent the day in the Gateway, Texas Women's Prison with Rhonda Glover, found guilty of murder in the shooting death of her boy friend, Jimmy Joste. She is more gorgeous in person than she is in either her beauty photographs or her booking photo! Listen this coming Saturday 2pm pacific for Burl's complete report on life behind bars -- and not the kind of bar where our producer Matt Alan minds his own business and then finally has to stand up, or walk home.

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Runaway Husbands' Vikki Stark Highlights on Player!

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:13:05 -0700

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If the playlist doesn't show on the player, just scroll down and you will find another player on the left hand side. Enjoy!

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WOLDMAN TAKES VEGAS; BARER PENETRATES TEXAS

nobody@vox.com("TRUE CRIMES") — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:59:06 -0700

Las-vegas

Don Woldman, famed attorney to the stars, is off to Las Vegas for R&R.

The Legendary Burl Barer is off to Gateway, Texas to the Women's Correctional Center.

Hence, Matt Alan presents TRUE CRIMES GREATEST HITS this Saturday 2pm Pacific on Outlaw Radio. Next week, Burl Barer will be reporting live from inside the prison's bowels.

Upcoming guests in September include famous people and infamous gangsters -- sometimes the same person -- Lisa Cohen, Kenny Gallo, and some of the biggest frauds in the world.

Legendary Burl Barer and producer Matt Alan

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TRUE CRIMES with BURL BARER & DON WOLDMAN

Harry N. Maclean November 21st on True Crimes!

Harry N. MacLean live on True Crime!

Just Released"The Past Is Never Dead" The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption

From Edgar Award WinnerHarry N. MacLean

"In Broad Daylight"

Edgar Award WinnerHarry N. MacLean

Who REALLY assasinated Martin Luther King, Jr?

Secrets of a Hollywood Private Eye. INSTANT REPLAY

COREY MITCHELL instant replay of his appearance on TRUE CRIMES

Best Selling Author Lisa Cohen Saturday Sept. 12th!

BURL BARER RETURNS TO THE LIGHTEN UP LOUNGE!

Father executed for death of kids was innocent!

Runaway Husbands replay/ BURL IS OUT OF PRISON!

Runaway Husbands' Vikki Stark Highlights on Player!

WOLDMAN TAKES VEGAS; BARER PENETRATES TEXAS

Just Released
"The Past Is Never Dead"
The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption

From Edgar Award Winner
Harry N. MacLean

Edgar Award Winner
Harry N. MacLean