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"THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER" --award-winning journalist B.R. Bates joins us!

 

SATURDAY  2PM Pacific/5pm Eastern LIVE on Outlawradiolive.com

THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER: The Homicides Of Serial Killer Benjamin Atkins

 

The chilling case that shook Detroit to its core. The true story of serial killer Benjamin Atkins.

THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER: The Homicides Of Serial Killer Benjamin Atkins offers a chilling, in-depth account of the horrifying crimes committed by one of America's most notorious serial killers.

In this gripping narrative, award-winning journalist B.R. Bates delves into the twisted life of Benjamin "Tony" Atkins, whose reign of terror in Detroit spanned less than a year in the early 1990s. Known for targeting vulnerable women in Detroit's most dangerous neighborhoods, Atkins attacked at least 13 women along a mile-and-a-half stretch of Woodward Avenue, one of the city's most iconic streets.

Known as "the nation's fastest serial killer," Atkins' crimes were brutal and relentless, leaving victims abandoned in the dark corners of the Cass Corridor and Highland Park. Only when the lone survivor of his horrific spree came forward did law enforcement begin to connect the dots and ultimately capture the monster behind the killings.

Through meticulous research in this second book in her Murders In The Motor City series, Bates uncovers the complex web of motivation, abuse, and desperation that led Atkins to target sex workers, while also exploring the societal pressures and systemic neglect that shaped his dark path. A poignant look at a killer's psychology, Bates invites readers to understand how a troubled life could give rise to such monstrous behavior.

Compelling Editorial Review

"THE CRACK CITY STRANGLER" is well-researched and superbly written. Bates takes the reader behind the scenes and describes Benjamin Atkins's actions in a riveting manner. She paints a vivid picture of the victims that is both factual and heartbreaking." - Scott Fulmer | Host and Producer, A Study in Crime | A True Crime Podcast

First Book in the Murders in the Motor City series

The first book in the Murders in the Motor City series is THE 'BABY DOLL' SERIAL KILLER: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides.

He was the boy next door—sweet, friendly, unassuming. But behind John Eric Armstrong’s innocent façade lurked a monster. Prowling Detroit’s streets, he preyed on women who never saw the danger coming. The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer unearths his chilling crimes and the hunt to stop him.

Author B.R. Bates

B.R. Bates is a longtime author and journalist whose career includes 10 years in the daily newspaper business, as well as writing and editing work in the corporate, health-care, ministry and government sectors. She graduated from Michigan State University's accredited School of Journalism.

CAITLIN ROTHER-- NEW UPDATED "BODY PARTS" with SHOCKING NEW INFO!

ALSO COMING SOON:  

 

Listen LIVE Saturday February 22nd 2pm Pacific Time/ 5pm Eastern Time on Outlawradiolive.com

Caitlin first appeared on our show to talk about B2ODY PARTS in March of 2009..
it is 16 years later, and Caitlin is back with a NEW EDITION of this famous true crime classic!

In this significantly updated edition, Rother has added 32 pages of new material about the identification of serial killer Wayne Adam Ford's first victim, via forensic genealogy, 25 years after he killed and dismembered her in Eureka, CA.

This 25-year-old victim now has her name back--Kerry Anne Cummings--and her family, whom Rother interviewed for this new edition, now has closure. The rest of the book takes a psychological look at the life of Ford, a long-haul trucker who was convicted of murdering four troubled young women during rough sex, dismembering two of them, then turning himself in so he wouldn't kill again. Still claiming the women’s deaths were accidental -- and that their strangulation was erotic asphyxiation, for their pleasure -- he is on death row, but now at a prison in San Luis Obispo in California. 

OBSESSED -- AUTHOR DAVID McGRATH is our special guest January 18th

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"OBSESSED: A Survivor's Quest To Find Justice For The Lost Boys Of New England"

 

In the tranquil towns of New England during the 1970s, a sinister mystery unfolded when several boys vanished without a trace and the community’s peace was shattered. With law enforcement stymied in its search for answers, whispers of a possible serial killer surfaced, especially after one boy’s body was found years after his disappearance. But what happened to the others remained a heart-wrenching puzzle.

In 2013, author David McGrath, a former host on the Law Enforcement Today Network and an investigator with a relentless drive for justice, watched a documentary about the cold case investigation regarding the missing boys. Himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and active in his local community with a sex abuse therapy group, McGrath was struck by the number of unanswered questions in the documentary.

What followed, beginning in January 2014, was a five-year quest to find the answers to this child abduction and murder mystery. Traveling all over the United States, he uncovered a labyrinth of dark secrets just beneath the surface and unknown to most residents of the bucolic communities from which the boys disappeared. Haunted by his own past, he had to navigate these dark waters if he wanted to bring truth and justice to the victims and their families.

 

 

 

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CATHY SCOTT --BEST SELLING TRUE CRIME AUTHOR RETURNS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH

LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH 2pm pt/5pm et on OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM

Cathy Scott is a tour de force in true crime as a Los Angeles Times and New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning investigative journalist.

She attracted international acclaim for her classic true-crime biographies, THE KILLING OF TUPAC SHAKUR and THE MURDER OF BIGGIE SMALLS, both bestsellers. Ann Rule has described Scott as "a star writer in the crowded field of true crime."

She is always up to something, and we will get an update on her latest something this Saturday on True Crime Uncensored!  

 

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CHAINED BIRDS -- A TRUE CRIME MEMOIR - CARLA CONTI IS OUR GUEST SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16TH

 

LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2PM PT/5PM ET  OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM

   "CHAINED BIRDS is a book that will generate emotions from frustration to sadness and even awe at the events that transpired. Carla Conti has penned a book destined to be a future true crime classic." —Manhattan Book Review (5-Star)

After three years in Europe, former journalist Carla Conti* just wanted to settle her family into the suburbs of Philadelphia. But her high school friend Scott Powell, a lawyer handling a brutal prison stabbing case, needed a favor. Before she knew it, Carla became part of the defense team and mired in the terrifying world of federal prison gangs, penal abuse, and corruption.

Then, when she agreed to write a tell-all book on the violent machinations behind the court case — with Scott’s client as an inside source — the stakes turned deadly. Two different prison gangs issued “hit orders” against the prisoner she and Scott now considered a friend, and the journalist and defense attorney were imperiled by association.

CHAINED BIRDS is a true crime memoir of Carla’s 10-year journey to advocate for federal inmate Kevin Sanders and help him re-enter society after prison. But the mission came at a cost as Carla struggled to balance her own, Scott’s, and Kevin’s safety while writing an exposé on the horrific conditions that led to the shutdown of an experimental prison program in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

This thrilling, frightening book depicts a journey filled with unlikely friendships, invisible victims of prison abuse, failings in our criminal justice system, and redemption through storytelling.

*Carla Conti is a pen name used by the author to protect her real identity for fear of retribution.

CHAINED BIRDS -- A TRUE CRIME MEMOIR - CARLA CONTI IS OUR GUEST SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16TH

 

LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2PM PT/5PM ET  OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM

   "CHAINED BIRDS is a book that will generate emotions from frustration to sadness and even awe at the events that transpired. Carla Conti has penned a book destined to be a future true crime classic." —Manhattan Book Review (5-Star)

After three years in Europe, former journalist Carla Conti* just wanted to settle her family into the suburbs of Philadelphia. But her high school friend Scott Powell, a lawyer handling a brutal prison stabbing case, needed a favor. Before she knew it, Carla became part of the defense team and mired in the terrifying world of federal prison gangs, penal abuse, and corruption.

Then, when she agreed to write a tell-all book on the violent machinations behind the court case — with Scott’s client as an inside source — the stakes turned deadly. Two different prison gangs issued “hit orders” against the prisoner she and Scott now considered a friend, and the journalist and defense attorney were imperiled by association.

CHAINED BIRDS is a true crime memoir of Carla’s 10-year journey to advocate for federal inmate Kevin Sanders and help him re-enter society after prison. But the mission came at a cost as Carla struggled to balance her own, Scott’s, and Kevin’s safety while writing an exposé on the horrific conditions that led to the shutdown of an experimental prison program in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

This thrilling, frightening book depicts a journey filled with unlikely friendships, invisible victims of prison abuse, failings in our criminal justice system, and redemption through storytelling.

*Carla Conti is a pen name used by the author to protect her real identity for fear of retribution.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NICK BRYANT-- THE SCANDAL BEHIND THE P. DIDDY SCANDAL!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26th 2pm pt/ 5pm et on OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM

Investigative journalist Nick Bryant, the man who told the truth about Jeffrey Epstein long before anything was done to stop the sexploitation of minors and the blackmail of celebrities and politicians, returns with insights into the P. Diddy scandal that you wont get explained to you elsewhere!

Here is a sample of info from Nick's blog:

Andre Damian Williams Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, once again has the distinction of covering up child sex trafficking. He received that distinction for overseeing a federal grand jury that didn’t indict Sean “Diddy” Combs on a single count of child sex trafficking and/or molestation. 

Before I address Williams’ new offenses against children, I should offer a reminder about his prior offenses. Williams was appointed the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in December of 2018, and he became the point-man for the Epstein cover-up. He was slated to oversee the trial of Jeffrey Epstein, but Epstein became preoccupied with his death. Williams, however, oversaw the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, which was a travesty of justice even before it commenced: Federal prosecutors only indicted Maxwell on one-count of child trafficking, even though her and Epstein had trafficked children for approximately 25 years. Moreover, the federal prosecutors were aware of over 30 child Epstein trafficking victims, but they only called four victims as witnesses, and those victims had been exclusively molested by Epstein and Maxwell.

 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NICK BRYANT-- THE SCANDAL BEHIND THE P. DIDDY SCANDAL!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26th 2pm pt/ 5pm et on OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM

Investigative journalist Nick Bryant, the man who told the truth about Jeffrey Epstein long before anything was done to stop the sexploitation of minors and the blackmail of celebrities and politicians, returns with insights into the P. Diddy scandal that you wont get explained to you elsewhere!

Here is a sample of info from Nick's blog:

Andre Damian Williams Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, once again has the distinction of covering up child sex trafficking. He received that distinction for overseeing a federal grand jury that didn’t indict Sean “Diddy” Combs on a single count of child sex trafficking and/or molestation. 

Before I address Williams’ new offenses against children, I should offer a reminder about his prior offenses. Williams was appointed the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in December of 2018, and he became the point-man for the Epstein cover-up. He was slated to oversee the trial of Jeffrey Epstein, but Epstein became preoccupied with his death. Williams, however, oversaw the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, which was a travesty of justice even before it commenced: Federal prosecutors only indicted Maxwell on one-count of child trafficking, even though her and Epstein had trafficked children for approximately 25 years. Moreover, the federal prosecutors were aware of over 30 child Epstein trafficking victims, but they only called four victims as witnesses, and those victims had been exclusively molested by Epstein and Maxwell.

 

THE LAST JEWISH GANGSTER--DAVID LARSON RETURNS 10/12/2024 2pm pt/5pm et

  Preparing for the release of the third book in the series, Larson gives us the story of a man who became a murdering gangster to make his mother proud of him.  Oh, the joys of family!!

1. "A fascinating character study of an unapologetic criminal. David Larson masterfully weaves this tale in Michael Hardy's own words, resulting in a powerful, inside story of a gangster's life." —Cathy Scott, Los Angeles Times-bestselling author

RESEARCHING AL CAPONE -- JEFF MCARTHUR IS OUR SPECIAL GUEST OCTOBER 5TH 2PM PACIFIC TIME

   Jeff McArthur has written two fascinating books that illumine two little known aspects of Al Capone's life and career.  Uncovering these stories is one thing. Researching the truth of these stories and turning that information into compelling books is something else entirely.

Joining us on True Crime Uncensored, Jeff will tell us the process and challenges he encountered researching and writing these two fascinating books:

LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH 2PM PT/ 5PM ET ON  OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.COM 

  The Great Heist: The Story of the Biggest Bank Robbery in History, and How All the Money was Returned.

On a sunny September morning in 1930, six men entered the Lincoln National Bank in Nebraska's capital city armed with revolvers and Thompson submachine guns. In eight minutes they emerged with more than 2.7 million dollars, the largest take of any bank heist in history. A nationwide search for the bandits would lead Nebraska authorities through the rough, gangland streets of Chicago and East St. Louis, and deep into the heart of the Capone organization. The Great Heist not only chronicles the search for the bandits and the trials that followed, but the incredible story of how they got the money back.

The other great book about Capone's life and family is the amazing true story of Al's lawman brother!  

Two Gun Hart: Law Man, Cowboy, and Long-Lost Brother of Al Capone

Born in Italy and raised in Brooklyn, Vincenzo Capone left home when he was a teenager. He traveled with a wild-west show and fought in Europe during the Great War where he earned a medal for sharp-shooting. Upon his return, he settled in Nebraska where he went by the name Richard Hart. He married, had children, and worked closely with the local Indian communities. He dressed like the type of cowboy he had seen in silent movies, rode a horse, and wielded two six-shooters at his side, which earned him the name “Two Gun” Hart. When the Volstead Act made alcohol production illegal, Richard joined the ranks of law enforcement and became one of the most successful Prohibition officers in the country. He chased down criminals, busted alcohol stills, and protected the Indian reservations he served, all under an assumed name. But his past caught up with him when his younger brother, Al Capone, became one of the most infamous criminals in the country. They were two siblings on opposite sides of the law, both ambitious and skillful, and both of the same family.

THE LEWISTON SHOOTINGS -- ROBERT CONLIN IS OUR GUEST

Live Saturday 9/21/2024 on True  Crime Uncensored on Outlawradiolive.com  2pm PT/ 5pm ET

October 25, 2023 was just an ordinary night in Lewiston, a small, working class city of 37,000 in central Maine. Friends and families had gathered to do what they loved to do with the people they wanted to be with at a bowling alley called Just-in-Time Recreation Center and Schemengees, a popular sports bar and restaurant. They felt immune from the violent crime that seemed to wrack the rest of the country in a state that the FBI had just named the safest in America.

Then Robert Card II, a deeply paranoid Army Reserve soldier, walked into both places with a high-powered rifle and opened fire, killing 18 people and wounding 13 more. He then fled to a third location, where according to the evidence and the testimony of his best friend, he likely planned to lay in wait and kill his ex-co-workers when they came to work the next morning.

The tragedy is that the numerous red flags he had raised in the months before weren't enough to stop him before he carried out his terrible plan. A combination of watered-down gun control laws and law enforcement and military negligence made sure of that.

In THE LEWISTON SHOOTINGS—An All-American Tragedy, author and award-winning journalist Robert Conlin traces the shootings that deeply scarred a community that thought it was the last place on earth where a mass shooting would take place. Never again could anyone in Lewiston or the state of Maine say, "It will never happen here."

Because it did.