TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER

RON CHEPESIUK RETURNS WITH THRILLING NEW TRUE CRIME BOOK! The Real Mr. Big

Listen Live Saturday, April 24th 2 pm PT/5 pm ET at Outlawradiolive.com

Burl Barer and fact-checker Mark Boyer are thrilled to have Ron back on the show.

Born in 1960, Ruiz Henao grew up poor but wanted to be rich like the drug dealers he saw growing up in the cocaine-producing region of Colombia’s Valle of the Cauca. To realize his ambition, Ruiz Henao moved to London, United Kingdom, in 1985. There he and his wife settled in the quiet suburb of Hendon, where he held down mundane but respectable cleaning and bus driving jobs. At least to outward appearances ...

Summer of 2003, Ruiz Henao decided to get out of the drug business. But he finally made the one mistake that would get him caught. It cost him a 17-year prison sentence, with more tacked on when he tried to make one last deal from behind prison walls.

THE REAL MR. BIG, co-written by Ruiz Henao with bestselling author Ron Chepesiuk, is the story of how an ambitious Colombian immigrant set up a sophisticated drug trafficking enterprise that earned him law enforcement's description as "the Pablo Escobar of British drug trafficking"

"Ron Chepesiuk is one of our greatest living true crime writers -- his books embrace diverse cultures of criminality in a world rapidly shrinking into a multicultural neighborhood where crime is often a matter of opinion, policy, and financial opportunity." -- Burl Barer

A search for the truth behind the DEA’s life imprisonment of LSD's most famous martyr.

Special Guest Dennis McDougal  Listen Live Saturday 2pm pt by clicking this link

Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King:” William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.
 

Pickard’s personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to traveling the world for the State Department, Pickard’s story is one of remarkable genius—that is, until a DEA sting named “Operation White Rabbit” captured him at an abandoned missile silo in Kansas. Pickard, the DEA said, was responsible for 90 percent of the world’s production of lysergic acid.
 
The DEA announced to the public that they found 91 pounds of LSD. In reality, the haul was seven ounces. They found none of the millions of dollars Pickard supposedly amassed, either. But nonetheless, he is now serving two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Pickard has become acid’s best-known martyr in the process, continuing his advocacy and artistic pursuits from jail.

Pickard has successfully sued the US government because his requests for information on his case returned two blank DEA documents. But the appeals of his sentence have continually failed. The author visits him regularly in jail in an effort to find the truth.

A search for the truth behind the DEA’s life imprisonment of LSD's most famous martyr.

Special Guest Dennis McDougal  Listen Live Saturday 2pm pt by clicking this link

Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King:” William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.
 

Pickard’s personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to traveling the world for the State Department, Pickard’s story is one of remarkable genius—that is, until a DEA sting named “Operation White Rabbit” captured him at an abandoned missile silo in Kansas. Pickard, the DEA said, was responsible for 90 percent of the world’s production of lysergic acid.
 
The DEA announced to the public that they found 91 pounds of LSD. In reality, the haul was seven ounces. They found none of the millions of dollars Pickard supposedly amassed, either. But nonetheless, he is now serving two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Pickard has become acid’s best-known martyr in the process, continuing his advocacy and artistic pursuits from jail.

Pickard has successfully sued the US government because his requests for information on his case returned two blank DEA documents. But the appeals of his sentence have continually failed. The author visits him regularly in jail in an effort to find the truth.

THE MURDER OF BIGGIE SMALLS-- SPECIAL GUEST CATHY SCOTT

 Living in Las Vegas, and already a famed True Crime author, Cathy Scott was the natural choice to investigate and reveal the inside story of the Murder of Biggie Smalls.

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Respected journalist Cathy Scott has traveled from Las Vegas to New York and Los Angeles, interviewing those involved with Smalls and reviewing court documents and police reports surrounding the case in order to tell the real story of the murder of Biggie Smalls.

The Murder of Biggie Smalls uncovers what those around Smalls and Shakur don't want to be revealed, including:

The possibility that Smalls may have owed gang money and was killed to collect on the debt.

That Puffy Combs, Smalls's record producer, may have hired Crips members as bodyguards, who in turn killed Smalls over a financial beef.

That Combs may have been the intended victim instead of Smalls.

The investigation into Suge Knight, Tupac Shakur's record producer, and the suspicion that he may have masterminded Smalls's murder from his California prison cell.

Smalls's mother's belief that the federal government was involved in the murder and that police have conspired not to solve the crime.

Cathy Scott is a tour de force in true crime as a Los Angeles 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. Ann Rule has described Scott as "a star writer in the crowded field of true crime."


A memoir of a former drug kingpin, FREEWAY RICK ROSS: THE UNTOLD AUTOBIOGRAPHY, which Cathy co-wrote with Ross, was released in June 2014 to a standing-room audience at its Los Angeles launch and was a finalist in ForeWord Reviews' Best True Crime Books of 2014.

You can find out more about this author by visiting her Web site at cathyscott dot com and her "Crime She Writes" blog for PsychologyToday dot com.

Next Week Frank Girardot returns for Part II of SO YOU WANT TO WRITE TRUE CRIME

Popular Character Actor and Human Trafficking Victim Mark Howell is our guest

  He's one of those actors you see on TV or in the movies whose name you don't know but you know him when you see him -- he's Mark Edward Howell and he's been in numerous TV shows, movies, and commercials.. ( I will ask him if he gets free Doritos).

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He was also a victim of human trafficking, a multi time cancer survivor and all around interesting character.  He joins us today on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED.

Oh...and he also does music videos!

 

 

SATIN PUMPS -- THE CRIME THAT FASCINATED A NATION. STEVE KOSAREFF LIVE!

SHOCKING CRIME, COMPELLING BOOK!   SATIN PUMPS

It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television, and newspapers through three trials. Screenwriter and author Steve Kosareff joins us LIVE Saturday 2pm Pt/5pm ET

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 Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his glamorous socialite wife?

Or did the gun accidentally discharge as he claimed?

Early in the evening on July 18, 1959, Dr. Bernard Finch and his girlfriend, Carole Ann Tregoff, drove from their Las Vegas love-nest to the Finch home in the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina to speak to his wife Barbara about obtaining a speedy divorce in Nevada. But the plan went awry and the conversation turned deadly with Barbara’s lifeless body ending up in her in-laws’ backyard next door.

After a high-speed chase with police, Finch was arrested the next morning in Las Vegas and charged with Barbara’s murder. Then, during his court hearing in West Covina, Carole was arrested on the witness stand and charged as his accomplice.

Soon others were named as part of a larger conspiracy. But who were they and what parts did they play in these deadly events?

Set against the midcentury CinemaScope glamour of Hollywood, Las Vegas and Palm Springs, “Satin Pumps: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized The Nation”​ is a true crime memoir written by former Finch patient, screenwriter and author Steve Kosareff. 

JON MACK -- HOLLYWOOD SCREAM QUEEN LIVE ON TCU THIS SATURDAY!!

JON MACK "SCREAM QUEEN" AND MUSICAL MARVEL JOINS BURL BARER AND MARK BOYER SATURDAY 2pm PT /5PM ET.

 

 listen live at outlawradiolive.com  Just click on the listen live radio

Her recent projects include horror indie 'The Amityville Murders' The Amityville Murders (2018) , 'Acceleration' Acceleration (2019) with Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo and Sean Patrick Flanery and 'Kill Chain' Kill Chain (2019) which Amazon Studios released in 2019, where Mack played alongside Nicolas Cage. She recently completed 'The Deep Ones' The Deep Ones (2020), a Lovecraftian science fiction horror feature in early 2020 to be released later this year.

 

 

JON MACK -- HOLLYWOOD SCREAM QUEEN LIVE ON TCU THIS SATURDAY!!

JON MACK "SCREAM QUEEN" AND MUSICAL MARVEL JOINS BURL BARER AND MARK BOYER SATURDAY 2pm PT /5PM ET.

 

 listen live at outlawradiolive.com  Just click on the listen live radio

Her recent projects include horror indie 'The Amityville Murders' The Amityville Murders (2018) , 'Acceleration' Acceleration (2019) with Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo and Sean Patrick Flanery and 'Kill Chain' Kill Chain (2019) which Amazon Studios released in 2019, where Mack played alongside Nicolas Cage. She recently completed 'The Deep Ones' The Deep Ones (2020), a Lovecraftian science fiction horror feature in early 2020 to be released later this year.

 

 

DANIEL GENIS RETURNS! He Went to Prison and Came out with a Hot New Book!

  Daniel Genis, aka the Apologetic Bandit, spent ten years in prison after an absurd string of armed robberies (pocket knife + Mia Culpas) to pay off his Heroin dealer. That's Daniel with your host, Burl Barer in that charming picture.

    What can a literate, well educated multi-lingual man about town do in prison besides make delicious faux cheesecake, assist the Rabbi, and fail at bodybuilding?  Read books, of course!

    Out of prison, Daniel wrote a book --- a book about what books to read while you are in prison.  Despite none of my books, to my knowledge, are on his list, he sold his book for big bucks to a major publishing house!  Go figure. Crime does pay, and the hours are good.

Daniel Genis returns to True Crime Uncensored Saturday 2pm PT/5pm ET. Listen live by clicking this link!

Hear this episode and over 100 more on your favorite podcast server including spotify, iTunes and all the rest! 

 

Jon D'Amore Returns -- New Books, New Fame and the Past is Ever-present

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AND/OR HEAR THE PODCAST LATER ON SPOTIFY, ITUNES, OR YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER, AND ALSO ON ANCHOR.FM AND WE POST IT ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. 

Jon D'Amore first came on the show with The Boss Always Sit in the Back, and then returned with Deadfellas, a merry mix of zombies and wiseguys....and then?  Well, Jon has a way of transversing genres with ease and creativity....and now he's back with new books, new ideas and his famous entertaining personal presentation. 

I promise to ask Jon to re-tell the fabulous story of how his rock n roll and studio production knowledge kept the Boss from being set up and convicted by the Feds.

Jon's ever-present past is as entertaining as his new books, and he is always a delight to have on the show! 

Here is a clip of a radio interview with Jon from a few years back

You Want to Write True Crime? Frank C. Girardot, Jr and Burl Barer will teach you how!

We get lots of emails and text messages asking: How do I become a true-crime journalist and/or author?

This Saturday we will do our best to answer that question.  Join us 2 pm pt/5 pm et

on Outlawradiolive.com