What do you do when the law wants you behind bars and the New York crime families want you buried? That was the life-and-death dilemma confronting Andrew DiDonato, who began his criminal career at age 14 under the watchful eyes of the local Mob. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Why was a nice Jewish boy with great grades and a bright future not in college, but tending bar in Miami? Why was his brother, a prosecutor, irked at him? Well..well educated and intelligent Owen Band found himself semi-attached to some of the most important coke dealers and distributers in Miami...he wasn't a big wheel or even a cog -- but he ...…

Dori Eurell knew her husand, Ken, an NYPD cop, was up to no good, but she didn't know how bad the no-good really was. Sooner or later, Dori believed that she would find out. She was right. Ken is now infamous as the 2nd most corrupt cop in the contemporary history of the NYPD. Dori could have ditched him when he got busted with his buddy and pa ...…

In 1972-1973, Herbert Mullin killed 13 people in California because he thought it could stop an earthquake. This is his chilling story. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

This was Ron's first visit to the show, and he is so compelling in his storytelling, you will understand why we always love having him on the program. Casper, Wyoming:1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, to the grocery store. When they finish their shopping, Becky’s car gets a flat tire. Two men pol ...…

Let's do the time warp again! Joel Blazer was a good source of really good acid *LSD* when he was traveling with the Dead -- then the bad trip happeed -- he got busted. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Okay we start off talking about the infamous Heidi crime against the NFL, and then shift gears and before you know it, we are hearing about one of the most horrific multiple murders in California history, thanks to Frank C. Girardot Jr. A strange but remarkably fascinating hour with Frank, Howard, Burl and Mark. Become a supporter of this podca ...…

Anthony M. DeStefano Anthony M. DeStefano is a New York City journalist who specializes in legal affairs, criminal justice and organized crime. He is the author of "The Big Heist", published in June 2017;"Gangland New York: The Places And Faces of Mob History, published in July 2015; "Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall Of A New York Mobster ...…

Janet McClellan identifies and analyzes a significantly neglected population of serial murderers, African-American serial murderers in the United States, and examines current profiling practices and the procedures for the satisfactory and practical application of direction in investigations, and identifies unique profiling questions that might ...…

It was the night before Christmas (almost) when, in the middle of a diamond hiest, there was a Christmas miracle. No kiddingl Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

The lust murderers examined by Janet McClellan include Theodore Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Dennis Rader. The book proposes the need for a composite typology technique in order to have a more promising approach in identifying a suspect pool from a broader range of psychosocial, offense activities, and particular offender characteristics to aid i ...…

The harrowing and heart-wrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan's kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband's extraordinary efforts to help bring her home. In 2006, 27-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-he ...…

Mike Morford and his partner Mike Ferguson have their own very popular true crime podcast and two great books from Wild Blue Press — The Case of the Zodiac Killer, and The Case of the Golden State Killer.Mike Morford joins Burl, Howard and Mark for an entertaining hour where we let Mark actually ask questions!In Northern California, he was know ...…

A classic episode from 2008 -- Jim Lichtman, author of The Lone Ranger's Code of the West joins famed character actor Marvin Kaplan (and then President of AFTRA) to talk ethics and morality at the time of the writers' strike. Also featured is the great Don Woldman and actress/singer Judy Faye. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.f ...…

Burl Barer explains how to write true crime and not make his mistakes. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Willis Wilson was minding his own business when he was arrested and charged with a horrible crime. Everyone was sure that he was guilty. He knew he was innocent. As seen on Oprah, but our show is more fun. This clasic episode features my original co-host, the great Don Woldman. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

ERIN MORIARTY of CBS returns to True Crime Uncensored because we offered her a free toaster. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

John DeDakis required two episodes to give him the time he deserved -- so here are part one and part two (two weeks apart back in 2016) of our conversations with the brilliant journalist John DeDakis Since 1969, I've been a just-the-facts-ma'am journalist working in radio and television newsrooms in Wisconsin, Germany, Virginia, Washington, D.C ...…

A.E. Sawan Presents A Story of Obsession and Revenge In THE GHOSTTHE GHOST: An Assassin’s Story, is based on the true story of the author’s experiences growing up in Lebanon during that country’s bloody civil war, as well as his time as a counter-terrorist operative. The story follows “Paul” from his childhood in the Bekaa Valley to adulthood w ...…

Serial killers in Australia are just as bad as serial killers everywhere, you just haven't heard of them. Your ignorance will evaporate in the heat of shocking information n Alan Warren returns with yet ANOTHER new book in the Serial Killers around the World series..a series of serial killers! Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.f ...…

Young Paul told his classmates that his father was a successful jeweler when he was actually a successful jewel thief. Paul pulled his first multi-million dollar heist at age 16 -- he is indeed his father's son. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

What happens when one of the most evil men in the history of America meets a man he trusts to share his darkest secrets with? How does it affect someone already on the edge of society when he is taken under the wing of a serial killer? Partly told through the letters of Arthur Shawcross, THE SHAWCROSS LETTERS is the tale of one of America’s mos ...…

PAUL GUZZO RETURNS TO GET PRAISE AND TELL US ABOUT THE INVENTION OF THE LAP DANCE AND HOW TAMPA BECAME THE STRIP CLUB CAPITOL OF AMERICA! Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Over the last 21 years, 43-year-old Seth Ferranti earned a master’s degree, got married, launched a writing career and founded a publishing house. And he did it all from behind bars.His crime and punishment are so out of line, it is difficult to believe that the USA would treat a college kid selling pot and LSD as if he were Pablo Escobar, but ...…

1991,in Anchorage, Alaska, a very pregnant Peggy Barnett along with her 9-year old daughter drove to the post office to deliver a package to an associate, George Kerr in Chugiak, fifteen miles outside of Anchorage. George's father David Kerr picked up the package three days later and brought it home. He and his wife Michelle were in the kitchen ...…

64 awards so far for Lillian Glass' brilliant documentary,Reinventing Rosalee, about her 101 year old mother surviving the Gulag and reinventing herself as a media star in her 90's. We talk to Dr. Glass, then Daniel gives us insights into the horrors of the Gulag. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Dr. Ramsland is brilliant, accomplished and blessed with an adorable laugh, Burl gets her to laugh several times, and vice-versa. We cover everything from Ann Rice to serial killers and the tragedy of death by sexual misadventure, Howard was out of town, so there is no one to dominate the show other than the host with sidebar comments by Mark B ...…

Groundbreaking history and exciting investigative journalism combine in a work jam-packed with newly unearthed finds and fresh insights that pull us deeper into the world of Jack the Ripper and closer to the man himself. Wescott does not promote a suspect but instead comprehensively investigates the murders of Polly Nichols and Elizabeth Stride ...…

Deborah Gauthier took her pledge of police ethics seriously, but the Las Vegas Police Department had different standards -- she was lucky to survive. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

At least once a year we coax Leonard Buschel away from his pressing duties as producer of the REEL RECOVERY FILM FESTIVALS to tell us stories of his life or crime, how drug dealers define success, and why he walked away from the high pressure, high stakes world of international drug importing/exporting Become a supporter of this podcast:https:/ ...…

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and the bestselling author of Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder Chronicles, Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair, Serial Killer Couples, and The Sex Slave Murders, comes the gripping historical true crime anthology, Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder (Volum ...…

The Texas Baby Murders & the nurse who killed them! Interview with author Peter Elkind. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Joe Bruno has cranked out 32 true crime books -- all of them have captured a JOE BRUNOsignificant and devoted readership obsessed with "the Mob" -- from killers to gun molls, stand up guys and rats who squeal....Joe Bruno documents them all in his amazing ongoing series of fascinating true crime books! Become a supporter of this podcast:https:/ ...…

From award-winning author Anthony Flacco comes a powerful tale of a picture-perfect betrayal that plunged his family into a fatal nightmare -- and those are the WORST KIND! Robert Peernock appeared to have the ideal life; working as a pyrotechnics engineer and computer expert and coming home to his wife and daughter, he projected the American d ...…

Why the hell would someone confess to a crime or multiple crimes, they didn't commit? Prof. Alan Hirsch is the leading expert on false confessions, and we will find out why you can't believe a confession, even one that has accurate details. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Camille Kimball, Official True Crime Hottie and Emmy Award winner and brilliant broadcaster tolerates another hour with Burl, Howard, Mark and Magic Matt Alan discussing primaerily MASTERS OF TRUE CRIME, and Burl explains his diagnosis of "Charming." Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Famed television writer/producer Gary Grossman has a hit thriller series. #4 is out now, and it is incredibly timely. Gary joins us for an hour of fun conversation. "As local and national political figures are systematically assassinated, President Morgan Taylor assigns Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke to work with America’s intelligence servi ...…

Yes, the famed diamond thief (retired), Pavle/Paul Punch Stanimirovic explains why and how you steal millions on a 3-day weekend Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Two famous unsolved crimes get solved in this episode because one of the participants in both crimes is our guest -- yes, Punch is back telling how and who and all that jazz. As usual, he is semi-out of control and vastly amusing Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Never before revealed insights from the FBI file on Frank Costello, Top Hoodlum by brilliant journalist Anthony M Destefano Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman’s life-changing experience in a relationship with rock legend Joe Walsh. At once envious, glamorous, debauched and disturbing, it’s her long and winding journey from life in the fast lane to sobriety and redemption.Set in the late-eighties and nineties, these are so ...…

When the killers murdered a frail old farmer, they left behind one living witness: the farmer's devoted dog. This true story will have you throwing Timmy down the well justo see Lassie go running to Gramps. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

McCain, a writer who grew up on army bases, takes aim at the military and the ways soldiers bring the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq home with them. Her best-seller, MURDER IN BAKER COMPANY, recounts the murder of 25-year-old Army Specialist Richard T. Davis by four fellow members of the army's Third Infantry.This is the same case that inspired t ...…

A story of war, a murder, and justice. After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust – in ghettos, on death marches, and in concentration camps – a young couple seeks refuge in Canada. They settle into a new life, certain that the terrors of their past are behind them. They build themselves a cozy little cottage on a lake in Muskoka, a cottage t ...…

Reformed diamond heist mastermind and bank robber and credit card fraudster and commercial burglar and son of the world's greatest gentleman thief explains how the Russian gangsters were sent to America as an act of kindness by the Soviets who agreed to allow Jews to leave Russia -- some of these people wouldn't know Torah if the head Rabbi of ...…

A monster was on a killing spree. In just nine months, seven people went missing; all of their bodies eventually discovered in a wooded lot behind a suburban strip mall. But the investigation that led law enforcement to their suspect, William Devin Howell, is only part of the story behind HIS GARDEN: Conversations With A Serial Killer.A practic ...…

Not until Dirty Trickster, Corporate Spy does a memoir exist by one of the principal Watergate saboteurs-provocateurs that exposes the full extent of the insalubrious side of politics and negative campaigning. And that is not all: After Watergate, Kelly became a corporate security consultant that provided undercover agents for client companies ...…

Paul Stanimirovic, alias Paul Montana, alias Paulie Zaza aka "Punch" returns with another astonishing hour including how he won over $1.8 million a year three years in a row at the Hard Rock Casino in Florida playing the slot machines. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…

Two formerr corrupt NYPD cops from Betrayal in Blue and The Seven Five discuss temptation, greed and what they are like today. Burl Barer and Frank Girardot co-wrote Betrayal in Blue with Ken Eurell Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Pat Craig was Burl's co-host on the Walla Walla High School Radio Program on 250 Watt KTEL when they were teenagers. That was long ago -- both Burl and Pat have become best selling authors and Pat was also a SF rock star for a while. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support…