I’m going to be on the Ed Norris Show this morning at 9:05, 105.7 in Baltimore, talking about psychics and crime solving. You can listen to it here, just click on Listen Live at the top right. Ed Norris was the first commanding officer of the NYPD’s Cold Case Squad, and I wrote about psychics […]

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Things have really changed since my book first came out in 2005. Now when I search Google news under “cold case” thousands of articles come up. I’m highlighting this article because the author, Leigh Hornbeck, called me (and quoted me) and because she highlights less well known cases from her area (Albany, NY).  I’m all […]

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This one is just too bizarre.  LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus, who was recently profiled in LA Weekly’s People issue, was arrested for the 1986 murder of Sherri Rae Rasmussen (the wife of her boyfriend).  The picture below (by Kevin Scanlon) is from the article [the article has since been removed].  She was a 25 year veteran of […]

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… really, I do. But take the help, Yonkers Police Department. I just read an interesting article in the New York Times about the Yonkers Police Department’s reluctance to let a writer see the case files for the 1952 murder of labor leader John Acropolis. I don’t want to downplay their concerns, but they can be […]

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