Discussion w/ Author and Crimescape Editor Marilyn Bardsley

Behind The Yellow Tape

Marilyn Bardsley is the editor of Crimescape Books. Crimescape Books is a collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whose books have been made into major motion pictures. Crimescape short nonfiction books are designed to give the reader all the information needed to understand everything relevant to the story. One thing that differentiates Crimescape books from other true crime books is that our authors are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as a police detective, investigative reporter, forensics professional or criminal psychologist. Crimescape authors are good story tellers. Marilyn is the former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's Crime Library, the premier true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers. She also appears frequently on news programs and documentaries for the History Channel, The Learning Channel and Carolina Public Television. Her feature story on the Atlanta child murders, co-authored with Rachael Bell, was required reading for the police task force investigating the Green River serial murder case. Her most popular feature articles are on Jeffrey Dahmer, Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, the Boston Strangler, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the Son of Sam, Charles Starkweather, Albert Fish, the Hillside Stranglers, John Dillinger, Fred and Rose West, Leopold and Loeb, and Ted Bundy. Marilyn has written full biographies of Al Capone, Eliot Ness and J. Edgar Hoover.