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Jul 9 2013

Why True-Crime? Why Write About Serial Killers?

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I have been asked repeatedly, “Why do you choose to write about serial killers, why not something else, something a bit less gruesome and more eclectic?” Well, they don’t all say that. Most say, “Aren’t you afraid?” And some say, “Of all the things you could write about, why whacko’s?”

Societies rejects and the underbelly of humanity is what intrigues me. Why shouldn’t it, I have a family history acquainted with these type of monsters… sort of.

When I was a young lad, I recall stories of the boogeyman of London, Jack the Ripper. I have cousins living in London and I always wondered… How could they live somewhere a fiendish murderer, the most twisted of all, has lurked the streets and might come back to seek revenge? I was a child then. I had no concept that the Ripper was dead, or an enigma. I figured he could shape-shift, and come and go as he pleased, sort of the Grim Reaper of the UK.

I began a lifelong journey of researching Jack. Then I moved on to the next twisted psychopath. In the mid-1960s, Richard Speck captured the attention of the world with his proclivity toward torturing, committing rape, then murdering eight female students at South Chicago Community Hospital. I lived a mere 24 minute car ride from the scene of the murders. When I was a child, the thought of living so close to the scene was scary.

It was in the late 1960s when, like the rest of America, I was suspended in a state of catatonic shock when Charles Manson and the Manson Family brutally committed acts of murder in California’s elite neighborhoods where only the rich and famous, the “untouchables” of society, met their fateful ends.

In the late ‘70s, David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam”, killed eight innocent victim claiming his dog instructed him to kill and the dog was, “possessed by demons.” Not to mention growing up in the era with Ted Kaczynski the “Uni-Bomber” whose rampage lasted 3 decades, ‘70s-‘90’s. Ed Gein’s trial in 1968. The Zodiac Killer. Ted Bundy in the 1970s who confessed to over 30 murders. Gary Ridgeway “The Green River Killer” who confessed to murdering 49 women in Washington between 1982 and 1998. The cannibalistic nature of Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy, the “Killer Clown” again, lived less than three miles from where I resided, and the list could go on forever.

These demented serial killers all played a significant role in my life when I was growing up. I can tell you where I was, and what I was doing, when the verdict came in on Ed Gein, on Jeffery Dahmer, Gacy and the rest of the killer crew. But the ones closest to me, the killers and incidents that influenced my life the most, where those closest to my family.

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My Uncle, Frank Smith, worked for Hughes Aircraft Corporation in the 1960s. He lived in Los Angeles and Hollywood, and was close friends to many Hollywood celebrities. One day he vanished. He was an amateur photographer. He dropped off his roll of film at the neighborhood photo shop and that was the last he was ever heard from. His car was parked in front of the store. His film was on the sidewalk. His keys were even lying beside the car, but he vanished and was never heard from or seen again. His paycheck from Hughes Aircraft Corporation dated the prior week was never cashed.

Then there was the day my coworker, my brother-in-laws nephew (not sure how he would be related to me, but we always referred to him as my nephew, and family none the less), noticed a book I was reading, the memoirs of “Bambi” Bembenek, who was a Milwaukee, WI, police officer. Bambi was convicted of killing her husband and taking the authorities on a chase across America and into Canada. It turns out, “Bambi” is my nephew’s cousin, again not sure how that translates to my relationship, but too close for comfort!

The most recent is the connection, in 2012, is to the killer cop, Drew Peterson. Peterson a Police Sergeant in Bolingbrook, IL, was found guilty of murdering his third wife Kathleen “Kitty” Savio. He is also a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy Cales Peterson. My wife is Kathleen Savio’s first cousin.

As you can certainly see, I have always been… shall we say, “encompassed” or “encircled” by killers, serial killers, mass murders, and the most deviate of society. To be an author and not to write about them would be a waste. My nature is to promote awareness and safety from these aberrations and miscreants. If my writing brings about a single turned head at the precise moment to avoid a possible disaster, and saves one person if only by chance… the “why” in what I do is no longer in question!

True Crime Author Dane Ladwig

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Look for both books coming this fall 2013!

Sites:

“Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitchapel Ripper”

http://www.holmestheripper.com/

YouTube Video Trailer ~ “Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitechapel Ripper”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagndVCPZM8

“First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology”

 http://www.rjparker.net/search?q=True+Crime+Serial+Killers+Anthology

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Jul 1 2013

Interviewing a Serial Killer…Timothy Wayne Krajcir

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Recently, I concluded interviews with convicted rapist and serial killer Timothy Wayne Krajcir. The revealing and shocking dialogue between Krajcir and myself, along with a composite of his psyche evaluation and a historic account of his case, which kept investigators at bay for over several years, will be published in the first annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, due out later this year (’13). You can follow the developments of the Anthology by subscribing to http://www.rjparker.net/  or the Anthology Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/TCSKAnthology?ref=hl .

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I have been acquainted with the criminal acts and the minds of serial killers as I have been researching my current book, Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitechapel Ripper, but in those cases, the murderer(s) have been deceased for well over a century. It takes on a different twist when you actually sit across from someone who has murdered people and you can recall the media frenzy surrounding the case from your adolescence years.

To be presenting a first-person perspective in the Anthology regarding a demented serial killer Hell bent on destruction and carnage is both an honor and a curse. Since the interviews, I have experienced sort of a “connection” with the dark side of humanity and the diabolic acts some people are capable of committing. I would love to go into this further, but I cannot it is reserved for the Anthology. Sorry!

However, I will share this… The interview convinced me Timothy Krajcir experiences no more remorse for killing the nine women (spanning from 1977 – 1982) than he did when he committed the crimes. In fact, there are certain areas of the case he is quite proud of and takes pleasure in bragging about.

I sure do hope you follow the links I mention in this article and stay up to date on the current developments in the True Crime Serial Killers Anthology and Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitechapel Ripper. The most “cutting-edge authors in contemporary true crime” are collaborating on the Anthology and it shall prove to be monumental. Likewise, the intensive research in Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitechapel Ripper will forever change history and establish the Ripper and Holmes to be one in the same.

I look forward to meeting you on my journeys through the underground abyss of these shocking accounts of serial killers who have empowered themselves as deputies of torment and death. Though some live to tell their tales like Krajcir, many take the truths of their deeds with them to their graves like Dr. H. H. Holmes. While the unfortunate innocent victims have paid with their lives, there is a certain comfort in knowing the murderers have paid with their eternal souls!

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Visit the website of “Dr. H. H. Holmes and the Whitechapel Ripper”…

http://www.holmestheripper.com/

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Jun 11 2013

Do You Enjoy Great True Crime Books? You Will Love This…

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The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology

Lately, I have been searching for “new” books on serial killers.  Not new as in unused, but new as in fresh ideas.  I have dozens of books in my private collection all doing a grand job accounting for the A-list of criminally insane and your typical frontrunners such as Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos.

There is nothing wrong with educating oneself on the well-known and often recorded tales of high-profile upper crust sensationalized serial killers.  However, have you ever wondered about other “not so” elite serial killers?  The ones who are just as deadly, just as cunning, and just as gruesome as those of the more “distinguishable” killer.  These homicidal maniacs and outcasts have stories that are just as compelling, if not more, then their more infamous fraternal successors and predecessors.

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You may have noticed a new sidebar widget on my blog, over there to the right below the Facebook and RSS feeds widget.  I am honored to be listed among some of the greatest minds of true crime.

Later this year, The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, will bring global talent together in a consorted effort to construct a book based on the “lesser known” serial killers from around the world.  Lesser known, but infamous all the same.  These killers have amassed more than 250 known murders between them, and countless other homicides, no doubt attached to these self-appointed executioners are unaccounted for, which remain unresolved.

This is the first ever True Crime Serial Killers Anthology ever published!

As you can imagine this is a major undertaking.  To get the right mix of authors, the perfect blend of topics (serial killers), and then bringing it all together and raising the funding to promote such major project so it accurately represents the goals of the group and the ideals proper to paying homage to the victims, and properly distributing the books, takes a daunting determination.  Fortunately, this group of authors has that!

We are proud to say we have giving hearts.  Upon release of The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, 100 paperback copies will be sent to hospitals to benefit Wounded Allied Soldiers (through “Soldiers Angels Foundation” http://soldiersangels.org/books.html) free of delivery and cost.  A very small token of our gratitude for the sacrifices Armed Forces personnel make to ensure our safety and freedoms.  However, our gratitude does not stop there.  We will continue our efforts to support our troops for as long as book sell and we still breathe.

More on this a bit later…

I would like to introduce our team of devoted cutting-edge contemporary true crime authors (links to the authors individual websites are located under their names in blue text).

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Michael Newton — Has published over 260 books and many True Crime Encyclopedia’s

http://michaelnewton.homestead.com/

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RJ Parker – Best Selling True Crime Author and Publicist

http://www.rjparker.net/

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Peter Vronsky – True Crime Author, Historian, Filmmaker

http://www.petervronsky.com/

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Lee Mellor – True Crime Author, Musician, Historian

http://www.leemellor.com/

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Cathy Scott – True Crime Author, Award Winning Journalist

http://www.cathyscott.com/

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Sylvia Perrini – True Crime Author, Historian

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Dane Ladwig – True Crime Author, Historian, Chaplain

http://www.daneladwig.com/

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Karen Scioscia – True Crime Author, Journalist

http://karendscioscia.com/

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Kim Cresswell – Award Winning Fiction Author

http://www.kimcresswell.ca/

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William Cook – Macabre Author, Graphic Artist

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The elite list of writers comprising The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, is rich in knowledge and individually each author has met with success and is well-respected in the True Crime community.

When we first began brainstorming this idea, the excitement level was “through the roof.”  And the energy, and interest, has escalated from there.  The idea of writing about serial killers who have “slipped through the cracks” or were lesser known because a media, political, or public event pushed the story aside is thrilling.  Especially when these criminals account for so many innocent lives lost in a society where we just began adopting the policy of locking our doors within the last 50 years or so.

The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, will accrue costs, it is inevitable.  To assist in accomplishing our goals (this is the place I said I would revisit), we are kicking off a campaign to invite everyone to become a part of The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology.  As you might guess, preparation and formatting, copyediting and proofreading, design, marketing and promotion, publication and distribution, of a paperback and most all eBook formats, Soldiers Angels gifts, and the narrating cost of an audiobook are in the thousands.

By visiting:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/true-crime-serial-killers-anthology

You can contribute to our combined effort and in turn benefit such wonderful causes as individual “National Hero’s” or “Heroes in the Line of Duty” (armed forces, police, firefighters, paramedics).  You may even want to be listed in the The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, as a “Contributor,” this is where you make that happen.

In the least, we ask you share the exciting news about The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology!

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Dane Ladwig is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Dane's book, "Piercing the Veils of Death," received critical acclaim from the General Assembly. Dane is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Theology, and a graduate of Elmhurst College with degrees in English and Philosophy. Dane has also released, "The First Annual Serial Killers Anthology," which was a collaborative effort with some of the world's leading true crime authors. Also, his newest release, "Dr. H. H. Holmes and The Whitechapel Ripper," has been met with superior results. Dane has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, in Shaw Media, and has been a guest featured speaker on several radio broadcasts.

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