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Diane Dimond was great fun on our show Saturday. If you missed it, it is right over there on the player.
Here is Diane on her very first TV gig -- WCBS in New York. Why bother starting in a small market when you can melt the camera lens with one sultry gaze?
If you have ever wanted to share a video via your webcam, or don't have a webcam but want to use the webcam feature on your favorite IM/chat program, the Video2Webcam software works just dandy. The best aspect is its ability to play just about every video format you might have on your computer. Yes, you can run your "real" webcam through this software, and click back and forth between pre-recorded media and your live cam with split second ease.
The software installs quickly, easily and there are no "issues" with VISTA, if that's your operating system. They offer excellent customer support, and while this product doesn't have fancy bells and whistles, overlays, or screen capture special effects, it gets the job done with ease and quality.
If you want to record your video sessions on MSN, they also offer an MSN Recorder that works okay, but is not as versatile in recording/capturing as I would like. The ability to screen capture and do supers would be nice..perhaps it can be done, but I haven't figured it out yet.
Back to Basics: The Video2webcam program works fine, thank you. Oh, it is on sale right now and a big discount. That helps too. There is a "free version" but it has a watermark and certain limitations. Buy the real version -- it gives you customer support and free updates for the life of the universe or something.
I do a live true crime talk show every Saturday, and we have our own approach to the topic, guests, and content. One thing we avoid doing is having a panel of talking heads offer their opinions and speculations on current high profile unsolved cases.
The reason for this policy isn't simply that there are other established shows both on radio and television that use that as their basic format, and there is no need to cover the same ground they already do so well, but because Don and I share concerns about what can become "trial by talk show" and "indictment by sound bite." That doesn't mean that I turn down guest appearances on some of these programs, but rather that I personally will not speculate on an ongoing investigation because of the concerns expressed by the FBI at an important symposium, and published on the FBI website.
The public’s interest in serial murder cases makes serial murder an attractive storyline for the media. To further the public’s interest in these cases, the media uses people who are willing to speak as experts on the topic of serial murder and more specifically, individuals willing to comment on the current, featured case. These commentators are commonly referred to as talking heads, and it appears that there is no shortage of people willing to do this.
Individuals utilized by the media to comment on serial murder cases include both experts and pseudoexperts. Experts are identified as academicians, researchers, retired law enforcement officials, mental health professionals, and retired law enforcement profilers who have developed specific knowledge and experience in serial murder investigations. Pseudoexperts are self-proclaimed profilers and others who profess to have an expertise in serial murder, when, in fact, their experience is limited or non-existent. The media will recruit talking heads, whether true experts or pseudoexperts, to offer their opinions on current cases, when they have no official role in the investigation and no access to any of the intimate facts of the case. When individuals appear in the media and discuss ongoing cases, they have an enormous potential to negatively influence investigations and may even cause irreversible damage. They often speculate on the motive for the murders and the possible characteristics of the offender. Such statements can misinform the public and may heighten fears in a community. They may contribute to mistrust and a lack of confidence in law enforcement and, more importantly, may taint potential jury pools. These statements may also impact the behavior of the serial murderer, because it is unlikely that an offender discriminates between a talking head and a law enforcement official actively involved in the case. When offenders are challenged by statements or derogatory comments made in the media, they may destroy evidence, or more tragically, react violently. What is your opinion on this topic? Feel free to leave your comments. Don and I love hearing from you.
Dawn Schiller is our special guest on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED on Outlaw Radio!
You can join us LIVE Saturday at 2pm Pacific, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern and 10pm UK by clicking this link!
By age 20, Dawn Schiller had been prostituted, raped and nearly kidnapped; linked to the 1981 gruesome Wonderland murders; and chased cross country by federal officials and drug lords. She had also been the girlfriend of the legendary porn star John Holmes for nearly five years—a disturbing relationship centered on her yearning for love and eventual fear, and his desire for power and drugs. In her disquieting memoir, The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes (Medallion Press, August 2010) with forewords by Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth, Schiller offers a candid and shocking account of the troubling childhood that led her to Holmes and how her fragile emotions and his addictive persona thrust her into an unsettling and brutal world of abuse, cocaine, prostitution and murder.
“The Road Through Wonderland is a gripping and beautifully written memoir about Dawn Schiller’s teen years with John Holmes. This riveting account moves the reader from Dawn’s impoverished beginnings in a rough neighborhood to a much worse life under the spell of John Holmes. Drug addiction, sexual abuse, hooking and being sold for drug favors, suicide attempts, physical abuse that almost left her dead, psychological trauma, and being way too close to multiple murders: Dawn endured far too much for any teenager. This book is a firsthand account of Dawn’s descent into hell and her struggle to survive.”
~ Lois Gresh, New York Times best-selling author of The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series
Dawn Schiller is our special guest on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED on Outlaw Radio!
You can join us LIVE Saturday at 2pm Pacific, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern and 10pm UK by clicking this link!
By age 20, Dawn Schiller had been prostituted, raped and nearly kidnapped; linked to the 1981 gruesome Wonderland murders; and chased cross country by federal officials and drug lords. She had also been the girlfriend of the legendary porn star John Holmes for nearly five years—a disturbing relationship centered on her yearning for love and eventual fear, and his desire for power and drugs. In her disquieting memoir, The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes (Medallion Press, August 2010) with forewords by Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth, Schiller offers a candid and shocking account of the troubling childhood that led her to Holmes and how her fragile emotions and his addictive persona thrust her into an unsettling and brutal world of abuse, cocaine, prostitution and murder.
“The Road Through Wonderland is a gripping and beautifully written memoir about Dawn Schiller’s teen years with John Holmes. This riveting account moves the reader from Dawn’s impoverished beginnings in a rough neighborhood to a much worse life under the spell of John Holmes. Drug addiction, sexual abuse, hooking and being sold for drug favors, suicide attempts, physical abuse that almost left her dead, psychological trauma, and being way too close to multiple murders: Dawn endured far too much for any teenager. This book is a firsthand account of Dawn’s descent into hell and her struggle to survive.”
~ Lois Gresh, New York Times best-selling author of The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series