It's uncanny that another "baddie" - Bad Boy Diddy Combs - was in my neighborhood, likely up to no good. In my recently published Privileged Killers- which is about murderers who had been aquaintances of mine during the heyday of murder and serial killing- I explain how Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, drove the road past my house several times in the process of buying a gun from a friend. His MO was to strike whenever the urge to commit mayhem struck.. This was in the … [Read more...]
Next-level psychopath tops Ira Einhorn
Besides writing extensively about my former acquaintance, Ira Einhorn, in my book, Privileged Killers, I've blogged about this next-level psychopath here and here. Plus photos here. Comparisons Why am I comparing Einhorn, called the Unicorn Killer, to a next-level' psychopath? Because, for starters, he kept his murder victim around for two years before police arrested him. Used more sophistication than Virginia McCullough did. Used his smarts to mummify his victim and stuff … [Read more...]
Trailer for recently published PRIVILEGED KILLERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6judSddQU Ira Einhorn - one of several killers featured in book. Please leave a comment about the trailer. What do you think? Do you like it? Always love feedback, and truly appreciate any book reviews like the "Advance Praise' reviews at the start of my book. See these reviews (and leave your own review) here. … [Read more...]
Trailer for just published revised edition of CLEFT HEART
https://youtu.be/WDzXtkpSWd0 What do you think? Do you like it? Please leave a comment. … [Read more...]
Controversial Utah Cleft Palate Care -II
A summary of Part I re Cleft Palate Care At Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah, pediatric surgeons are taking controversial risks with how they care for kids with cleft lip and palate. This is the conclusion of a ProPublica article of which the below is the second of three parts. I’m reprinting it in my blog because the article is disturbing. (I’ve added several new subheads in brackets below.) It is interesting that the recent article was penned by Megan Rose a crime reporter who … [Read more...]
California’s death row on fast-track to close.
California's death row inmates relocating The wheels of government move slowly sometimes, not unlike the wheels of the publishing world. (My Privileged Killers is finally out.) I've not been posting about California's death row, but been posting about rehabilitation and other prison matters for some time now. This recent story about the speeded up emptying of California's death row is a case in point (my summary and headings based on LA Times story): According to California’s … [Read more...]
How race may still affect outcomes despite opportunities.
I had the pleasure last month to meet Jimmy Hatch for the second time in several years. He's a decorated, wounded Navy Seal vet.** He started Yale four years ago as a "nontraditional" student at age 52. He stood out on campus because of his age and definite real world prep as opposed to the often prep-school prep of his much younger young classmates. Hatch came to the attention of a trio of Yale classmates who run a monthly zoom forum featuring interesting people to showcase. … [Read more...]