TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER

STATE CRIMES -- THE PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'IS OF IRAN, BURL TELLS THE STORY

Today I'm doing the show by telephone from home as I am high risk for the virus.  I will be sharing my little known but certainly most important true crime book, LOVE AT THE COST OF LIFE.  An oral history of the persecution of the Baha'i religious minority in Iran.

I will share the story of how I became involved,  the process of how the book was written over a period of ten years, and share at least one of the chapters.

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DRUG SMUGGLER RETURNS - Leonard Buschel live Saturday on TCU

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 From Philly to Tel Aviv, Jamaica to Los Angeles, Leonard built a reputation as an honest and reliable drug dealer and drug smuggler, primarily selling hashish and pot, although he personally consumed all manner of consumables.

He didn’t get busted or go to prison, but he “found himself” at the movies. Co-Founder, with  Robert Downey Sr. of the Reel Recovery Film Festivals, Writers in Treatment and the recently postponed Experience Strength and Hope Awards, Leonard joins us for a fun hour of drug fueled adventures and how living a life awake and aware has kept him sane, productive, drug free and as eccentric as ever. 

 

 

DOOMSDAY CULTS : The Blind leading the Bland

 We haven’t figured out the grand mystery of how Alan R. Warren cranks out so many books. Perhaps he made a deal with THE DEVIL??? Not likely — there was no concept of a literal “bad god” in opposition to the Almighty, playing little games for galaxies and collecting souls much as smokers collected Raleigh coupons or housewives hoarded Green Stamps until over a thousand years after Jesus.

But I digress. Jim Jones convinced his 1000 followers they would all have to commit suicide since he was going to die. Shoko Asahara convinced his followers to release a weapon of mass destruction, the deadly sarin gas, on a Tokyo subway. The Order of the Solar Temple lured the rich and famous, including Princess Grace of Monaco, and convinced them to die a fiery death now on Earth to be reborn on a better planet called Sirius. Charles Manson convinced his followers to kill, in an attempt to incite an apocalyptic race war. 

These are a few of the doomsday cults examined in this book by bestselling author Alan R. Warren. Its focus is on cults whose destructive behavior was due in large part to their apocalyptic beliefs or doomsday movements. It includes details surrounding the massacres and a look into how their members became so brainwashed they committed unimaginable crimes at the command of their leader.

Usually, when we hear about these cults and their massacres, we ask ourselves how it possibly happened. We could also ask ourselves, what then is the difference between a cult and a religion? We once had a small group of people who unquestionably followed a person who believed he was the son of God. Two thousand years later, that following is one of the most recognized religions in the world. This book in no way criticizes believing in God. Rather, it examines how a social movement grows into a full religion and when it does not. And what makes the conventional faiths such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism stand above groups such as the Branch Davidians or Children of God. We get the full story on these nut jobs and their hapless followers when Allen Warren returns Saturday 2pm Pacific time. 
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John Ferak "Wrecking Crew" -- Live Saturday 2pm PT on TCU!

John Ferak has the rare ability to make a fascinating true crime story even more compelling by virtue of his talents as both an investigative journalist and brilliant storyteller.

An authority on wrongful arrest and conviction cases, Ferak’s fifth true-crime book, WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery, is available in paperback or as an e-book.

In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK’s Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. The case became the wildly successful Netflix “Making A Murderer” documentary.

 

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John Ferak "Wrecking Crew" -- Live Saturday 2pm PT on TCU!

John Ferak has the rare ability to make a fascinating true crime story even more compelling by virtue of his talents as both an investigative journalist and brilliant storyteller.

An authority on wrongful arrest and conviction cases, Ferak’s fifth true-crime book, WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery, is available in paperback or as an e-book.

In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK’s Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. The case became the wildly successful Netflix “Making A Murderer” documentary.

 

Listen live Saturday 2pm PT by clicking this link!

Brilliant Artist Sean Sullivan -- Pop Culture King of Outlaw Art Returns

He is called LayercakNY but not really because his work is often in overlays one atop the other creating time warp and event specific references that drop kick nostalgia out of the octagon of depression.  The experience of his art reminds me  of shaving.

He’s an asshole, a bully, a hustler. “Everything you’ve heard about me is true,” Sullivan grinned. “And I’m worse than that.”

  I don't mean the actual process of dragging a razor over my face,  but in the meditative state the mind runs free  -- or perhaps leisurely strolls...images and snippets of recollections arise from the mind's own recycle bin -- instances and conversations pile up on each other from the heavy "portable" Philco TV upon which I watched JOHNNY JUPITOR, SUPERMAN, CPN CY AND POPEYE, THE LATE SHOW, SHOCK THEATER  ...Howdy Doody -- omg-- Buffalo Bob had a heart attack live from the NBC studio in NYC

His father was a detective in the bomb squad. and his mother the superintendent for a tenant building. They lived on 71st Street, near Lincoln Center Theater.   The Amsterdam projects were down the block, along with poverty and crime. On the weekends, his mother sent him to stay with his grandmother near Gun Hill Road & Fordham in the Bronx.

 

and my brother's girlfriend comes out of his bedroom angry as hell, grabs a piece of fried chicken off the table and throws it at him....she misses and the chicken breast lands in my toy box .. not the big toy box that Uncle Phil made for me, but the smaller carboard one where I keep my little guys -- plastic and rubber cowboys... and hand puppets ...

"What  British protectorate are you from, Mr. Barer?"

My mother.

Brilliant Artist Sean Sullivan -- Pop Culture King of Outlaw Art Returns

He is called LayercakNY but not really because his work is often in overlays one atop the other creating time warp and event specific references that drop kick nostalgia out of the octagon of depression.  The experience of his art reminds me  of shaving.

He’s an asshole, a bully, a hustler. “Everything you’ve heard about me is true,” Sullivan grinned. “And I’m worse than that.”

  I don't mean the actual process of dragging a razor over my face,  but in the meditative state the mind runs free  -- or perhaps leisurely strolls...images and snippets of recollections arise from the mind's own recycle bin -- instances and conversations pile up on each other from the heavy "portable" Philco TV upon which I watched JOHNNY JUPITOR, SUPERMAN, CPN CY AND POPEYE, THE LATE SHOW, SHOCK THEATER  ...Howdy Doody -- omg-- Buffalo Bob had a heart attack live from the NBC studio in NYC

His father was a detective in the bomb squad. and his mother the superintendent for a tenant building. They lived on 71st Street, near Lincoln Center Theater.   The Amsterdam projects were down the block, along with poverty and crime. On the weekends, his mother sent him to stay with his grandmother near Gun Hill Road & Fordham in the Bronx.

 

and my brother's girlfriend comes out of his bedroom angry as hell, grabs a piece of fried chicken off the table and throws it at him....she misses and the chicken breast lands in my toy box .. not the big toy box that Uncle Phil made for me, but the smaller carboard one where I keep my little guys -- plastic and rubber cowboys... and hand puppets ...

"What  British protectorate are you from, Mr. Barer?"

My mother.

Ex-Wiseguy Charlie Wilhelm returns Saturday - TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED

The new  expanded edition of WISED UP  arrived in the mail, and I was immediately hooked. What a fascinating true story!   We simply had to invite Charlie Wilhelm back for another hour of one man's daring redefinition of his own reality.

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A book isn't about the plot. The plot is the external excuse for the internal transformation of the dynamic character. In the final analysis, all books are about sin, redemption, vindication and cash.

Wised Up is a page turner, a vivid and fascinating look at organized crime in Baltimore." -- Jerry Capeci, author of Jerry Capeci's Gangland

Arson, loansharking, drug dealing, extortion - it was all in a day's work for Charlie Wilhelm.

In Baltimore, an organized crime syndicate of over 200 men took orders from him and his partner, strong arm enforcer Billy Isaacs. For over twenty years, Charlie lived the sweet life, making $10,000 a week in untaxed cash. ORDERED TO KILL But everything changed in 1995, when Isaacs demanded that Wilhelm take out two men he suspected of cheating him. Charlie Wilhelm didn't want to kill  but he didn't want to die, either.

Turning to FBI agent Bruce Hall who'd grown up in the old neighborhood with Charlie, he became a double agent, working undercover against his former associates.

Danger lay everywhere, from suspicious hoodlums to dirty cops and even a Mob tipster working in the U.S. Attorney's office. One misstep could spell death not only for Charlie, but for his wife and children. Yet Wilhelm's efforts not only saved lives- they resulted in twenty convictions for offenses ranging from bribery and conspiracy to drug dealing and murder. Now, in his own words, Charlie Wilhelm tells his incredible true story of a wild life lived on both sides of the law.

Charlie Wilhelm joins us for a fascinating hour -- you should join us also.

How to Rob a Bank without the Bank Tellers even knowing about it. Punch returns today at 2pm PT

 

Punch only robbed two banks -- one of them twice -- but forget running in the door brandishing weapons and barking orders...there is a much more refined and sensible method. Punch explains the art of the silent bank heist Saturday 2pm PT on true crime uncensored.  Listen live via outlawradiolive.com

Stephen and Joyce Singular -- True Crime Tag Team This Saturday 2pm Pacific Time on True Crime Uncensored

 

Two true crime writers in the same family, working together can be wonderful or it can be all work and no play.  We;ll. we shall see how it plays out in the Singular household this Saturday when both Stephen and Joyce are our special guests. Listen live via outlawradiolive.com   Just click on the "listen live" radio at 2pm Pacific Time! 

Dennis Griffin returns !

Legendary mob writer returns for a special career retrospective Saturday 2pm Pacific Time  Listen live via outlaw radio live.com