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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 26: Storytelling in Dixie 27:11
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHere’s the thing about the South—if you can’t tell a story, they won’t feed you. They’ll simply deposit you behind the barn and let you wither away. That doesn’t happen often because everyone down there can spin a yarn. Some better than others, but a story is a story. This is a rich tradition and congers up names like William Faulkner, James Dickey, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Conner, Tennessee Williams, Mark Twain, Harper Lee, Truman Capote (who spent much of his childhood in Alabama), James Lee Burke, and the list goes on and on. Where did this tradition come from? Since much of the South was settled by Scotch- Irish immigrants, they transported their storytelling skills across the pond. Ever hear of a Scotsman who couldn’t reel off a story over a few glasses of whiskey? Me, either. Plus, the South was rural, poor, and with fewer resources, so much of society revolved around the farm, and hearth and home. Books were a luxury, meaning that family entertainment came from stories told by the fireplace. I grew up in Alabama. Huntsville to be exact. Not your typical southern town. Sure we had acres of farmland, churches on every corner, enough pickup trucks to cause a traffic jam, and a cacophony of country music, but we also had a space program. Snuggled up to the city is NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center where Werner von Braun and cohorts built the rockets that sent men into orbit and eventually to the surface of the moon. Made for an interesting soup of folks. Rednecks and scientist, all dining on barbecue and biscuits, and of course pecan pie. So, what is it that makes Southern storytelling so compelling? It’s the many facets of the area. You can’t write about the South without considering country music, the blues, country stores, cornbread, sweet tea, and the weather. Weather : Weather is a character in Southern stories. The rain, the hair-raising electrical storms, and, of course, the heat and humidity conspire to alter everything in life. The cracking of lightning puts nerves on edge while the sauna-like air wilts your clothing, slows your walk, and stretches out your drawl like back strap molasses creeping over a mess of hotcakes. In his famous “Ten Rules of Writing,” Elmore Leonard admonished authors to never start a story with the weather. He forgot to tell that to James Lee Burke. His Dave Robicheaux series moves around the swamplands of Louisiana, a place where weather is most definitely a character. Don’t believe it. Read the first paragraph of his Edgar Award-winning Black...…
We are so honored to bring you ex-criminal prosecutor and current bestselling author Marcia Clark. She joins us to talk about her latest book, TRIAL BY AMBUSH , her first True Crime novel. Marcia Clark is the best selling author of nine legal thrillers and one memoir, starting with four bestselling legal thrillers featuring prosecutor Rachel Knight: The Competition , Killer Ambition , Guilt by Degrees , and Guilt by Association . TNT optioned the books for a one-hour drama series and shot the pilot, which starred Julia Stiles as Rachel Knight. Her most recent series features criminal defense attorney Samantha Brinkman and includes Blood Defense , Moral Defense , Snap Judgment , and Final Judgment . Marcia’s latest thriller, released in September 2022, The Fall Girl , was a standalone featuring two leads with alternating chapters. Marcia narrated the audiobook along with TV writing partner, Catherine LePard.…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 25: Stroll Through Forensic History 35:19
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: FORENSIC SCIENCE TIMELINE Prehistory: Early cave artists and pot makers “sign” their works with a paint or impressed finger or thumbprint. 1000 b.c.: Chinese use fingerprints to “sign” legal documents. 3rd century BC.: Erasistratus (c. 304–250 b.c.) and Herophilus (c. 335–280 b.c.) perform the first autopsies in Alexandria. 2nd century AD.: Galen (131–200 a.d.), physician to Roman gladiators, dissects both animal and humans to search for the causes of disease. c. 1000: Roman attorney Quintilian shows that a bloody handprint was intended to frame a blind man for his mother’s murder. 1194: King Richard Plantagenet (1157–1199) officially creates the position of coroner. 1200s: First forensic autopsies are done at the University of Bologna. 1247: Sung Tz’u publishes Hsi Yuan Lu (The Washing Away of Wrongs), the first forensic text. c. 1348–1350: Pope Clement VI(1291–1352) orders autopsies on victims of the Black Death to hopefully find a cause for the plague. Late 1400s: Medical schools are established in Padua and Bologna. 1500s: Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) writes extensively on the anatomy of war and homicidal wounds. 1642: University of Leipzig offers the first courses in forensic medicine. 1683: Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) employs a microscope to first see living bacteria, which he calls animalcules. Late 1600s: Giovanni Morgagni (1682–1771) first correlates autopsy findings to various diseases. 1685: Marcello Malpighi first recognizes fingerprint patterns and uses the terms loops and whorls. 1775: Paul Revere recognizes dentures he had made for his friend Dr. Joseph Warren and thus identifies the doctor’s body in a mass grave at Bunker Hill. 1775: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) develops the first test for arsenic. 1784: In what is perhaps the first ballistic comparison, John Toms is convicted of murder based on the match of paper wadding removed from the victim’s wound with paper found in Tom’s pocket. 1787: Johann Metzger develops a method for isolating arsenic.…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 24: Common Writing Mistakes 23:50
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Writers, particularly early in their careers, make mistakes. Often the same ones over and over. Here are a few pitfalls to avoid. OVERWRITING: Too many words Too cute by far Strained Metaphors Purple prose DIALOG: Tag alert Characters all sound the same Inane conversations “As you know” chatting SHOW VS TELL: DESCRIPTION: Not too much Not too little Just enough—the telling details SCENES: In and Out quickly—in medias res Leave question/tension at end POV: Stay in one at a time Except Omniscient—hard to do PACING: Fast but not too fast Vary pace BACKSTORY: How much? When? ENTERTAIN:…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 23: Apollo 11 and Me 27:07
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES : It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years. Exactly 50 years. This show has nothing to do with crime writing or the science of crime. It is rather a step back in world history. And in my personal history. Yes, I was there. Inside the gates of the Cape Canaveral Space Center. July 16, 1969, 9:32 a.m. I remember it like it was yesterday. Please indulge me and join me for this trip down memory lane. The above picture is more or less the view I had of the launch. The sky was clear, the tension thick, and not a dry eye to be found.…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 22: Common Medical Errors in Fiction 24:36
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedToo often, fiction writers commit medical malpractice in their stories. Unfortunately, these mistakes can sink an otherwise well-written story. The ones I repetitively see include: Bang, Bang, You’re Dead: Not so fast. No one dies instantly. Well, almost no one. Instant death can occur with heart attacks, strokes, extremely abnormal heart rhythms, cyanide, and a few other “metabolic” poisons. But trauma, such as gunshot wounds (GSWs) and blows to the head, rarely cause sudden death. Yet, how often has a single shot felled a villain? Bang, dead. For that to occur, the bullet would have to severely damage the brain, the heart, or the cervical (neck) portion of the spinal cord. A shot to the chest or abdomen leads to a lot of screaming and moaning, but death comes from bleeding and that takes time. Sometimes, a long time. Ask any emergency physician or nurse. GSW victims reach the ER with multiple holes in their bodies and survive all the time. This is particularly true if it’s Friday night (we called it the Friday Night Knife and Gun Club), during a full moon (yes, it’s true, a full moon changes everything), or if the victim is drunk. You can’t kill a drunk. That’s a medical fact. They survive everything from car wrecks to gunshots to falling off tall buildings. The family van they hit head-on will have no survivors, but the drunk will walk away with minor scratches, if that. Sleeping Beauty: I call this the “Hollywood Death.” Calm, peaceful, and not a hair out of place. As if simply asleep. Blood? Almost never. Trauma? None in sight. The deceased is nicely dressed, stretched out on a wrinkle-free bed, make-up perfect, and with a slight flutter of the eyelids if you look closely. Real dead folks are not so attractive. I don’t care what they looked like during life, in death they are pale, waxy, and gray. Their eyes do not flutter and they do not look relaxed and peaceful. They look dead. And feel cold. It’s amazing how quickly after death the body becomes cold to the touch. It has to do with the loss of blood flow to the skin after the heart stops. No warm blood, no warmth to the touch. Sleeping Beauty also doesn’t bleed. You know this one. The hero detective arrives at a murder scene a half hour after the deed to see blood oozing from the corpse’s mouth or from the GSW to the chest. Tilt! Dead folks don’t bleed. You see, when you die, your heart stops and the blood...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 21: Autopsy of a Thriller, The Terminator 25:53
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: A scene-by-scene analysis of The Terminator Each scene is either good (+), Bad (-) or Neutral (0) for Sarah Conner, the protagonist. Watch the movie and rate each scene. You will see that through the first 2/3s of the film things don’t go well for Sarah but she overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to win in the end. This is how a good thriller is plotted. The Terminator (1984) T = The Terminator R = Kyle Reese S = Sarah Conner…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 19: SUNSHINE STATE is coming 15:45
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedFrom Publishers Weekly: In Lyle’s ingenious third mystery featuring retired major league pitcher Jake Longly (after 2017’s A-List ), Jake, who runs a restaurant in Gulf Shores, Ala., is again roped into working for his father Ray’s PI firm. An attorney has contacted Ray on behalf of Billy Wayne Baker, a convicted serial killer. Though Baker pleaded guilty to strangling seven women, he insists that he killed only five of them, and wants that assertion validated. When Jake meets Baker in prison, the murderer refuses to name the other killer, claiming that doing so would lead to accusations that Jake’s inquiries were biased. The investigator’s task is made even harder by Baker’s not even identifying which of the dead women were killed by someone else . (To his credit, Lyle makes this complicated scenario credible.) Along with his girlfriend, Jake travels to Pine Key, Fla., the scene of three of the strangulations, where the couple pretend to be researching a documentary examining the impact of the killings on the small community. The clever plot twists will surprise even genre veterans. This entry is the best in the series so far. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60809-336-6…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 18: Gunshot to the chest 26:39
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Gunshot wounds (GSWs) come in many flavors and those to the chest can be particularly dicey. Yet, a chest GSW can be a minor flesh wound, a major traumatic event with significant damage, or deadly. If you have a character who suffers such an injury, this podcast is for you. Here are few interesting questions about chest GSWs: Could a Person Survive a Gunshot to the Chest in the 1880s? Q: My scenario is set in 1880. A man in his early 20s is shot in the back by a rifle. He loses a lot of blood and is found a couple of hours later unconscious. Could he survive and if so how long would it take him it recuperate? Also, would it be possible to bring him to consciousness long enough for another man to get him into a buggy. Is any part of this scenario possible? A: Everything about your scenario works. A gun shot wound (GSW) to the chest can kill in minutes, hours, days, or not at all. The victim would be in pain and may cough and sputter and may even cough up some blood. He could probably walk or crawl and maybe even fight and run if necessary. Painful, but possible. He would likely be consciousness so could even help get himself into the wagon. If all goes well, he should be better and gingerly up and around in a week or two. He would be fully recovered in 6 to 8 weeks. After surviving the initial GSW, the greatest risk to his life would a secondary wound infection. Since no antibiotics were available at that time, the death rate was very high---40 to 80 percent---for wound infections. But, if he did not develop an infection, he would heal up completely. How Is A Gunshot To The Chest Treated? Q: I have a few questions regarding a gunshot wound that my poor character will be sustaining later on in my story. Supposing it's a fairly small caliber bullet (typical handgun fare, not buckshot or anything) and it hits near the heart without puncturing anything important, how long might his recovery time be? He's a strong, kinda-healthy guy in his thirties, although he drinks a fair amount and used to smoke. He'll be rushed to a high-quality hospital immediately and receive the best care throughout recovery...what's his outlook? When will he be allowed to go home, if all goes well? How long before he's healed to normal? When will it be safe for him to walk around, drive, have sex, etc.? A: In your story, what happens to your shooting victim depends upon what injuries he received. A gunshot wound (GSW to docs and cops) can be a minor flesh wound or can be immediately deadly or anywhere in between. It all depends on the caliber and speed of the bullet and the exact structures it hits. A shot to the heart may kill instantly or not. The victim could die in a few minutes or survive for days or could recover completely with proper medical care and surgery. It’s highly variable but ask any surgeon or ER doctor and they will tell you that it’s hard to...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 17: DNA and Twins 24:41
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: For years it was felt that the DNA of identical twins was indeedidentical. Since they come from a single fertilized egg, this would seem intuitive. But, nature likes to throw curve balls—and the occasional slider. After that first division of the fertilized, and after the two daughter cells go their way toward producing identical humans, things change. And therein lies the genetic differences between two “identical” twins. LINKS: One Twin Committed the Crime—but Which One?: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/science/twins-dna-crime-paternity.html The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/health/11real.html The Genetic Relationship Between Identical Twins: https://www.verywellfamily.com/identical-twins-and-dna-2447117 Identical Twins’ Genes Are Not Identical: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/identical-twins-genes-are-not-identical/ Rare Australian Twins Are “Semi-Identical,: Sharing 89 Percent of Their DNA: https://www.inverse.com/article/53633-semi-identical-twins-share-78-percent-of-dna…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 16: Arsenic: An historical and modern poison 20:00
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedFrom HOWDUNNIT:FORENSICS Toxicology is a relativelynew science that stands on the shoulders of its predecessors: anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and medicine. Our knowledge in these sciences had toreach a certain level of sophistication before toxicology could become areality. It slowly evolved over more than two hundred years of testing,starting with tests for arsenic. Arsenic had been a commonpoison for centuries, but there was no way to prove that arsenic was the culprit in a suspicious death. Scientist had to isolate and then identify arsenic trioxide—the most common toxic form of arsenic— in the human body before arsenic poisoning became a provable cause of death. The steps that led to a reliable test for arsenic are indicative of how many toxicological procedures developed. 1775: Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) showed that chlorine water would convert arsenic into arsenic acid. He then added metallic zinc and heated the mixture to release arsine gas. When this gas contacted a cold vessel, arsenic would collect on the vessel’s surface. 1787: Johann Metzger (1739–1805) showed that if arsenic were heated with charcoal, a shiny, black “arsenic mirror” would form on the charcoal’s surface. 1806: Valentine Rose discovered that arsenic could be uncovered in the human body. If the stomach contents of victims of arsenic poisoning are treated with potassium carbonate, calcium oxide, and nitric acid, arsenic trioxide results. This could then be tested and confirmed by Metzger’s test. 1813: French chemist Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787–1853) developed a method for isolating arsenic from dog tissues. He also published the first toxicological text, Traité des poisons (Treatise on Poison), which helped establish toxicology as a true science. 1821: Sevillas used similar techniques to find arsenic in the stomach and urine of individuals who had been poisoned. This is marked as the beginning of the field of forensic toxicology. 1836: Dr. Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–1880) developed the first test for arsenic in human tissue. He taught chemistry at Grey’s Medical School in England and is credited with establishing the field of forensic toxicology as a medical specialty. 1836: James Marsh (1794–1846) developed an easier and more sensitive version of Metzger’s original test, in which the “arsenic mirror” was collected on a plate of glass or porcelain. The Marsh test became the standard, and its principles were the basis of the more modern method known as the Reinsch test, which we will look at later in this chapter. As you can see, each step in developing a useful testing procedure for arsenic stands on what discoveries came before. That’s the way science works. Step by step, investigators use what others have discovered to discover even more. Acute vs. Chronic Poisoning ...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 15: Introducing Characters 23:45
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The same is true for your fictional characters. So, make them vivid and memorial. How do you do this? There are many ways. Let’s explore a few of them. Riding the Rap--Elmore Leonard Ocala Police picked up Dale Crowe Junior for weaving, two o’clock in the morning, crossing the center line and having a busted tail light. Then while Dale was blowing a point-one-nine they put his name and date of birth into the national crime computer and learned he was a fugitive felon, wanted on a three-year-old charge of Unlawful Flight to Avoid Incarceration. A few days later Raylan Givens, with the Marshals Service, came up from Palm Beach County to take Dale back and the Ocala Police wondered about Raylan. How come he was a federal officer and Dale Crowe Junior was wanted on a state charge. He told them he was with FAST, the Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, assigned to the Sheriff’s Office in West Palm. And that was pretty much all this Marshall said. They wandered too, since he was alone, how you’d be able to drive and keep an eye on his prisoner. Dale Crowe Junior had been convicted of a third-degree five-year felony, Battery of a Police Officer, and was looking at additional time on the fugitive warrant. Dale Junior might feel he had nothing to lose on this trip so. He was a rangy kid with the build of a college athlete, bigger than this marshal in his blue suit and cowboy boots -- the marshal calm though, not appearing to be the least apprehensive. He said the West Palm strike team were shorthanded at the moment, the reason he was alone, but believed he would manage. The Long Goodbye--Raymond Chandler When I got home I mixed a stiff one and stood by the open window in the living room and sipped it and listened to the groundswell of traffic on Laurel Canyon Boulevard and looked at the glare of the big angry city hanging over the shoulder of the hills through which the boulevard had been cut. Far off the banshee wail of police or fire sirens rose and fell, never for very long completely silent. Twenty four hours a day somebody is running, somebody else is trying to catch him. Out there in the night of a thousand crimes, people were dying, being maimed, cut by flying glass, crushed against steering wheels or under heavy tires. People were being beaten, robbed, strangled, raped, and murdered. People were hungry, sick; bored, desperate with loneliness or remorse or fear, angry, cruel, feverish, shaken by sobs. A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness. It all depends on where you sit and what your own private score is. I didn’t have one. I didn’t care. I finished the drink and went to bed. Trouble Is My Business—Raymond Chandler (Marlowe meets Harriett Huntress—Chapter 3) She wore a street dress...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 14: Rules of Writing 24:58
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Somerset Maugham: There are three rules for novel writing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. Terry Brooks Rules Read, Read, Read Outline, Outline, Outline Write, Write, Write Repeat Dave Barry: Don’t Be Boring Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing 1-Never open a book with weather 2-Avoid prologues 3-Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue 4-Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said” 5-Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose 6-Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose 7-Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly 8-Avoid detailed descriptions of characters 9-Don’t go into great detail describing places and things 10-Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip LINKS: Elmore Leonard: “What a Guy,” says Jackie Collins https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/21/elmore-leonard-what-a-guy-jackie-collins Writers On Writing: Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points, and Especially Hooptedoodle by Elmore Leonard https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html Jack Kerouac’s 30 Tips: http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/kerouac-technique.html 6...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 13: Alice In Wonderland Syndrome 18:34
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall White Rabbit, The Jefferson Airplane And then there was this excellent question from my friend and wonderful writer Frankie Bailey that was published in SUSPENSE MAGAZINE as part of my recurring Forensic Files column: What Drugs Might Cause Side Effects in My Character With Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Q: I have a question about Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) My character is in his mid-30s. From what I've gathered from reading about this syndrome, it is fairly common with children and with migraine sufferers and it is controllable. However, I want my character to have side-effects. In other words, even though the AIWS and his migraines are under control, he is increasingly erratic. Insomnia, impotence, and irritability would all be a bonus. Could he be dosing himself with some type of herb that he doesn't realize would have these side-effects when combined with the medication prescribed for AIWS. Or is there a medication for AIWS that might cause these kind of side-effects but be subtle enough in the beginning that the person becomes mentally unstable before he realizes something is wrong? FY Bailey A: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is also known as Todd’s Syndrome. It is a neurologic condition that leads to disorientation and visual and size perception disturbances (micropsia and macropsia). This means that their perception of size and distance is distorted. Much like Alice after she descended into the rabbit hole and consumed the food and drink she was offered. AIWS is associated with migraines, tumors, and some psychoactive drugs. It is treated in a similar fashion to standard migraines with various combinations of anticonvulsants, antidepressants, beta blockers, and calcium channel blockers. Both anticonvulsants (Dilantin, the benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax, and others) and antidepressants (the SSRIs like Lexpro and Prozac, the MAOIs like Marplan and Nardil,, and the tricyclic antidepressants like Elavil and Tofranil, and others) have significant psychological side effects. Side effects such as insomnia, irritability, impotence, confusion, disorientation, delusions, hallucinations, and bizarre behaviors of all types–some aggressive and others depressive. Beta blockers can cause fatigue, sleepiness, and impotence. The calcium channel blockers in general have fewer side effects at least on a psychiatric level. As for herbs almost anything that would cause psychiatric affects could have detrimental outcomes in your character. Cannabis, mushrooms, LSD, ecstasy, and other hallucinogens could easily make his symptoms worse and his behavior unpredictable. Your...…
1 Criminal Mischief Episode 12: Fentanyl, A Dangerous Game 26:55
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is as much as 300 times more powerful than morphine sulfate. It can be injected, ingested, inhaled, and will even penetrate the skin. It is used in medical situations frequently for pain management, sedation, and for twilight-anesthesia for things such as colonoscopies. Fentanyl is the number one cause of drug ODs. Americans have a slightly higher than 1% chance of ultimately dying of an opioid overdose. That's better than one in 100 people. In fact, 60 people die every day from opioid ODs. That translates to over 22,000 per year. In fact, US life expectancy dropped slightly between 2016 and 2017 due to opioid overdoses. Thirteen people suffered a mass OD at a party in Chico, Ca in January, 2019. It is often added to other drugs such as heroin to “boost” the heroine effect. Unfortunately, Fentanyl is much more powerful than heroin and when the two are mixed it becomes a deadly combination. It’s also often added to meth and cocaine. How powerful is fentanyl? A single tablespoon of it could kill as many as 500 people; 120 pounds as many as 25 million people. A recent bust, the largest in US history, recovered over 250 pounds of Fentanyl secreted in a truck crossing the US-Mexico border-—enough to kill 50 million people. When cops arrest people who possess or are transporting fentanyl they must take precautions not to touch or inhale the product as it could prove fatal. The opioid crises is the reason many cops carry Narcan (Naloxone) with them as either an injection or a nasal spray. It reverses the effects of narcotics very quickly. The “Dark Web” is a source for many things that can’t be purchased or the open market. Weapons, hitmen, and drugs. But even many of these dealers won’t deal Fentanyl. Could fentanyl be used as a weapon of terror? Absolutely. A fentanyl aerosol sprayed into a room of people could easily kill everyone present in a matter of minutes. It is a powerful narcotic that acts very quickly and depresses respiration so that people die from asphyxia. In 2002 a group of around 50 Chechen terrorists who took 850 people hostage in a Moscow theater. Many of the attackers were strapped with explosive vests. The standoff lasted 4 days until the Russians pumped Fentanyl-maybe carfentanil or remifentanil—through the vents and took everyone down. All the terrorists were killed but unfortunately over 200 of the hostages died before medical help could reach them. Carfentanil—-Been around since 1974 but just now entering the world of drug abuse. Used in darts as a large animal tranquilizer. AN analog of fentanyl but is 100X stronger. The famous Kristin Rossum “American Beauty” case involved fentanyl. LINKS: Fentanyl Deaths Top Car Accidents: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/15/accidental-opioid-deaths-top-car-accident-deaths-for-the-first-time/ Mass OD in Chico, CA: https://www.ems1.com/overdose/articles/393267048-Calif-mass-overdose-highlights-severe-new-phase-of-opioid-epidemic/ Narcan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naloxone Even many “Dark Web” Dealers won’t sell Fentanyl: http://www.newser.com/story/268019/even-dark-web-dealers-refuse-to-sell-this-drug.html Fentanyl As Terror Weapon: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2019/01/03/report-experts-insist-opioid-fentanyl-could-be-used-as-tool-of-terror/ Fentanyl as WMD: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/killer-opioid-fentanyl-could-be-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction#gs.UwnsSzO8 Carfentanil Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfentanil Kristin Rossum Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Rossum…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 11: Civil War Limb Pit and the history of Infectious Diseases 20:02
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Here in the 21st century we know a great deal about infectious diseases. We can treat bacterial infections with antibiotics, immunize people against numerous diseases, understand how viruses work, and have a huge fund of knowledge about surgical sterility and disease prevention. This was not always the case. In fact, in the history of medicine, all of this is fairly new. During the 14th century, Europeans didn’t understand infectious diseases so when the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, struck, they had no understanding of what was going on, how to prevent it, and, more importantly, how to treat it. They were at the mercy of a bacterium that currently is easily treatable. The Black Death killed between a third and a half of the population of Europe and dramatically altered the trajectory of world history. Simply put they say: 1-If an organism is causing a disease, it must be present in those who suffer from the disease and not in those who are healthy. 2-The suspected organism must be isolated from the diseased individual and grown in culture. 3-The cultured organism must then be given to a healthy individual and reproduce the disease. 4-The organism must then be isolated from this newly diseased individual and identified. Each of these steps is necessary to show that a particular organism causes a particular disease and is transmissible from one person to another. Basically, this is how infectious diseases work. Unfortunately, Koch’s Postulates were not put forward until the 1880s, a couple of decades after the Civil War. During the Civil War, almost any battlefield injury could lead to death, most often from a secondary wound infection. A gunshot to the leg, or arm, or really anywhere could become infected quite easily and this infection could spread through the entire body causing sepsis, which would ultimately lead to death. More soldiers died from infection than from their injuries. Surgeons at that time understood the danger of infections, even though they didn’t know what caused it, and had no clue how to prevent or treat them. This meant that serious limb injuries were treated with amputation. Get rid of the injured limb and hopefully lessen the possibility of a secondary infection. Of course, post-surgical infections were also common and also lead to death. Not only were sterile techniques and antibiotics unavailable at that time, but also any form of anesthesia was not to be found on most battlefields. Ether was around, having been first demonstrated by William T. G. Morton in 1846, but it’s use and availability wasn’t widespread. This means that a battlefield surgeon’s best skill was speed. Sort of the surgical equivalent of "ripping off the Band-Aid." Any surgery was agony and the quicker it was done, and the sooner it was over, the better for the victim. And the...…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 10: Rattlesnakes and Murder 21:03
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: “Good fences make good neighbors”—Robert Frost,”Mending Wall” I suspect Ryan Felton Sauter’s neighbor, Keith Monroe, would agree. People commit murder for a host of reasons. Things like financial gain, revenge, lust, anger, to cover another crime, and many other motives. It seems that these motives can even include a dispute with the dude who parked his RV next to yours. All sorts of weapons are used for committing murder. Guns, knives, poisons, explosives, ligatures, drownings, and gentle pushes off buildings or cliffs. Oh, don't forget rattlesnakes. This seems to be what Mr. Sauter decided to employ. Simply slipping the reptile into his neighbors RV might not work since rattlesnakes make that buzzing noise to warn people away. So, wouldn't it be best to simply remove the rattle. And I guess the best way for that is to bite it off. You simply can't make this stuff up. But snakebites are not always the result of some criminal activity. In fact, they rarely are. Most snakebites occur accidentally. Hunters and hikers know this all too well. As a kid growing up in Alabama, and stomping around in the woods on a daily basis, I knew snakes well. I knew which ones to avoid and which ones were harmless. A black racer was scary and fast, but harmless. Stumble on a rattlesnake or a copperhead and that's a different story. And until you've seen a water moccasin, or as we call them cottonmouth, you haven't seen an evil looking serpent. These guys are thick, dark, and prehistoric looking. And very dangerous. Yes, they can bite you in the water. So before you jump into that swimming hole deep in the woods, you better make some noise and shake up the water run off any cottonmouth might be around. But other people are bitten while they are handling snakes. I don't mean just biologist or herpetologist, those that study these creatures, but also those who use them in religious ceremonies. You might think that snake handling is a thing of the past and something that is only found in the South, but that's not true. There are still several snake handling churches from coast-to-coast. Even though in many locations snake owning and handling is not legal, the laws get shaky when it's under the guise of religion. Their justifications come from Mark 16:17-18 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Snake handling in churches is often traced back to 1910 when George Went Hensley began incorporating them into his services at his Church of God with Signs Following. Many others have followed in his footsteps. And many have been bitten such as John Wayne, “Punkin” Brown and Jamie Coots, whose son Cody was also bitten while preaching but saved when...…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 9: The Mysterious Human Brain 29:19
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Head Trauma (Direct, Infectious, Anoxic, Vascular) Physical Abnormalities Behavioral Changes Language/Communication Brain Lobes: Frontal: Controls personality, emotions, intellect, judgement, problem solving, attention, organizing, social skills Broca’s Area: Speech, writing, particularly expressing Parietal: Controls motor and sensory functions, and helps with vision and hearing Temporal: Language, memory, emotions, perceptions Wernicke’s Area: Impacts speech formation and understanding Occipital: Vision Aphasia: Receptive and expressive Memory: Short Term: Prefrontal Cortex Long Term: Hippocampus in Temporal Lobe Amnesia: Global Partial, Retrograde, Anterograde LINKS: Brain Anatomy: https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm Head Injury and Communication: https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/communication-problems/ Aphasia: https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/communication-problems/language-impairment-aphasia/ Hannah Jenkins Case: Newser:…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 8: Mood and Tone in Crime Fiction 26:04
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES : The opening passages tell the reader the type of world they are entering and what they can expect. The opening might give character insights, setting, and the basics of the crime—and reveal the voice. What’s the difference between mood and tone? Tone is the author’s attitude Mood is the atmosphere and emotion the author creates So, tone reflects the author’s attitude while mood is how the reader feels about the story. Mood and Tone can be revealed through word choice, sentence structure, formal vs informal writing, point of view, objective vs subjective, rhythm, setting, action, dialog, voice—in short, all the tools of storytelling. Like other fiction, mood and tone in crime stories runs the gamut—dark, light, noir, cozy, suspenseful, humorous, quirky, creepy, supernatural, you name it. Examples : The Long Goodbye--Raymond Chandler When...…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 7: Famous and Odd DNA Cases 29:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES : FAMOUS AND ODD DNA CASES Colin Pitchfork: The Beginning http://aboutforensics.co.uk/colin-pitchfork/ Timothy Wilson Spencer, The Southside Strangler” First US DNA Conviction (David Vasquez—first to be exonerated by DNA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wilson_Spencer http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352011 Brown’s Chicken Murders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Chicken_massacre https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/08/browns-chicken-massacre-25-years-anniversary/ Lonnie Franklin, The Grim Sleeper: Familial DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Sleeper…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 6: Writing Modern Crime Fiction 29:27
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES : Do modern forensic science and police investigative techniques make creating compelling crime fiction more difficult? Are there simply too many balls to keep in the air? Too much to consider? Or is now little different from then? The Past, the present, and the future Forensic Science timeline—-a fairly knew discipline Basic Science, then Medicine, finally forensic science Personal ID Visual Bertillon West Case Facial recognition Behavioral Profiling Prints, ABO type, DNA, DNA Phenotype Fingerprints—-then and now…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 5: Making Characters Compliant 28:20
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Coercion and ThreatLeverage Trauma: Trauma is time limited Unconscious vs Pain/Fear of death Drugs: Drugs have variable timelines Drugs don’t have timers Alcohol and Mickey Finn Narcotics and sedatives Date Rape Drugs Rohypnol GHB—Gamma Hydroxybutyrate E, Ecstasy, MDMA—3.4-Methylenedioxy Methamphetamine Ketamine LINKS: Date Rape Drugs: http://www.dplylemd.com/articles/date-rape-drugs.html ROHYPNOL: https://www.drugs.com/illicit/rohypnol.html…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 4: POV in Crime Fiction 32:51
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedSHOW NOTES: Who is telling the story? Is he/she also the protagonist or an observer? Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird Nick in The Great Gatsby Is he/she reliable? How many POV characters is too few/too many? Which characters know too little to drive the story/or know too much and might spoil the story? TYPES: FIRST PERSON POV: The “I” Character Advantages: Close tie to reader Narrator is the “Star” Good for mysteries-reader learns as the I character does Disadvantages: I character must be present Can lead to awkward plotting Can’t supply suspenseful information to reader Not good for thrillers SECOND PERSON POV: The “You” character—very tricky to use THIRD PERSON POV: The “He/She” Character SINGLE: Similar to First person except he/she is used Similar Advantages/Disadvantages as First Person MULTIPLE: Jumping from head to head Allows reader to get inside several characters Allows reader to have “Superior Knowledge”--Suspense Great for thrillers CLOSE: Camera in character’s head DISTANT: Camera external and watching the action These distances aren’t either/or but rather a continuum. The “camera” can shift along a line from far behind or above the character to inside the character’s head. OMNISCIENT POV: The AUTHOR as GOD Jump from head to head at will Can be confusing Requires more writing skill than seems apparent MIX & MATCH: Can combine POVs if you are good and careful EXPOSITION AND POV: FIRST: I’m a cop. Rather a homicide investigator. Have been for many decades. Not easy decades. Not at all. I’ve lost partners to the misdeeds of others. I’ve lost my family to long hours away and the neglect that engenders. I’ve even lost my soul to alcohol and planted evidence. I’ve grown to hate the job I once loved. SECOND: You’re a detective. Have been for decades. You know others think that the life of a detective is fascinating, and easy. That investigators are mostly out of the line off fire and come to the crime later when the who, how, and why must be discovered. That this time lag distances the investigator from the emotional impact of the crime. You know they’re wrong. THIRD: Mac was a homicide investigator. Had been for many decades. Early in his career he loved the job, the deciphering of the who, what, and why. But lately things had changed. He no longer jumped from bed in the morning, eager to attack the case, but rather rolled out slowly, hung over, depressed, no fire in his belly. God, he hated being trapped in this existence. OMNISCIENT: Homicide investigators are problem solvers. Puzzlers, who work to fit each evidence item into a bigger and cleared picture. Most have skills in this arena but none are immune to the effect such investigations lay on their souls. The dead and damaged, the inhumanity one person inflicts on another, the innocents who are caught in the wake of heinous crimes, each takes a toll on every detective’s mental faculties and stability. Makes cynicism a way of life. Such was the case with Mac Wilson. Less so for Amanda Sims, his partner, a rookie who was just beginning her tenure in the pressure cooker. She still believed in her fellow man. That wouldn’t last long. NOTE: In choosing your overall POV and POV character look for where the real story drama lies. This is true for not only the entire manuscript but also, if multiple POVs are used, for each scene. ELMORE LEONARD: What is the purpose of this scene and from whose POV should it be told? How Do You Choose the Right POV Character(s)? Who has the most at stake/faces the greatest conflicts? Who will the reader most empathize with/worry about? Who drives the story? Who is effected most by the story? Who is the most interesting? Who is present/actively involved at the climax? How many POV characters do you need? If multiple, what characters enhance the plot, offer help/hindrance...…
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The ME’s 3 most important determinations: Cause, Manner, and Time of Death Part II: Time of Death Notes DETERMINATION OF THE TIME OF DEATH Determining TOD is critical Both an art and a science The sooner after death the more accurate the estimate Changes death variable and unpredictable. Physiologic TOD, Estimated TOD, Legal TOD Always a best guess None of the methods are very accurate Body temperature Rigor mortis Livor mortis (lividity) Degree of putrefaction Stomach contents Insect activity Scene markers BODY TEMPERATURE Normal body temperature is 98.6F Body loses or gains heat until it equilibrates with that of the surrounding medium. The formula is: Hours since death = 98.6 - corpse core temperature / 1.5 Cold/wind/water increase heat loss Obesity, heavy clothing, warm still air, exposure to direct sunlight, and an enclosed environment slow heat loss. RIGOR MORTIS Spasm due to chemical reactions within the muscle cells after death. Loss of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) causes the muscles to contract and stiffen. Later loss of rigidity from the putrefaction process. Rigor begins throughout the body at the same time Appears first in smaller muscles- face, neck, and hands Relaxes in same pattern General rule for rigor mortis is 12-12-12 Changes due to: activity, body temp, ambient temp, Cadaveric spasm LIVOR MORTIS (Lividity) Purplish—exceptions for CO (carboxyhemoglobin), Cyanide (cyanohemoglobin), Freezing Dependent areas—lying, sitting, hanging Pale support areas Gravity, then leaking into tissues Shifting vs Fixed—Onset 1/2 to 2 hours/fixed by 8 hours Mismatch of pattern and body position THE RATE OF BODY DECAY Time Since Death Putrefaction—ambient temp/humidity Internal bacteria—sepsis hastens Water X2/BurialX4 Ultimately skeletonize Floaters Mummification Adipocere-from chemical process called saponification-reaction between certain bacteria and the body’s adipose (fatty) tissues. Stomach Contents Stomach empties in 2-3 hours—protein, fatty meals Intestine transient @ 24 hours INSECT ACTIVITY Forensic entomologist Insects help in two basic ways: Predictable developmental stages (blowfly); succession of insect species Changed by body location, weather, season, night SCENE MARKERS Includes information at the scene or from witnesses or family and friends. Missed appointments, uncollected mail or newspapers, and dated sales receipts Victim’s clothing—dressed for work, or morning jog…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 2: Cause and Manner of Death 27:58
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedBestselling Author and forensic expert D.P. Lyle hosts the show. The ME’s 3 most important determinations: Cause, Manner, and Time of Death Part I: Cause and Manner of Death Notes CAUSE/MECHANISM OF DEATH: Cause of death is why the individual died Heart attack, GSW, traumatic brain injury, diseases Mechanism-physiological derangement that causes death One cause—several mechanisms Example: MI-arrhythmia, cardiogenic shock, rupture Example: GSW—heart or brain damage, exsanguination. wound infection One mechanism—several causes Example: Exsanguination—GSW, ulcer, meds, disease Just as a cause of death can lead to many different mechanisms of death, any cause of death can have several different manners of death. A gunshot wound to the head can’t be a natural death, but it could be deemed homicidal, suicidal, or accidental. MANNERS OF DEATH: For what purpose and by whose hand NATURAL: Natural deaths are due to the workings of Mother Nature in that death results from a natural disease process. Heart attacks, cancers, pneumonia, and strokes are common natural causes of death. This is by far the largest category of death that the ME sees. ACCIDENTAL: Accidental deaths result from an unplanned and unforeseeable sequence of events. Falls, automobile accidents, and in-home electrocutions are examples of accidental deaths. SUICIDAL: Suicides are deaths that come by the person’s own hand. Intentional self-inflicted gunshots, drug overdoses, or self-hangings are suicidal deaths. HOMICIDAL: Homicides are deaths that occur by the hand of another. Note that a homicide is not necessarily a murder. Homicide is a determination of the ME; murder is a legal charge that is determined by the courts. Though each would be ruled a homicide by the ME, the legal jeopardy is much different for a court verdict of negligent homicide as opposed to first- or second-degree murder. UNDETERMINED OR UNCLASSIFIED: This extra category is used in situations where the coroner can’t accurately determine the appropriate category. Examples: Car/pedestrian Heroin/Drug OD GSW Psychological Autopsy Manner determines whether there is an investigation Manner not fixed—can change Proximate cause—cascade of events…
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1 Criminal Mischief Episode 1: Murder Motives 33:31
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedTypes of Crimes: theft, burglary, robbery, embezzlement, assault, rape, ID theft/ransom, extortion, forgery, arson, kidnapping, DUI, drug dealing, trafficking, pimping/prostitution Motives for Murder: Financial – – insurance, inheritance, business takeovers, avoidance of alimony Property disputes Revenge Political Cults & Religions Murder for hire Empathy and sympathy Crimes of passion Domestic Protect self-image or secrets To protect others Blackmail To cover another crime Social and hate crimes Sex, jealousy, obsession Mental illness – – delusions and hallucinations Drugs and alcohol…
Kate White is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of eighteen novels of suspense: ten standalone psychological thrillers, including the upcoming The Last Time She Saw Him (May ’24), and also eight Bailey Weggins mysteries. For fourteen years Kate served as the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, which under her became the most successful magazine in single copy sales in the U.S. Though she loved her magazine career, she decided to leave ten years ago to concentrate full-time on another passion: writing suspense fiction. Kate’s first mystery, If Looks Could Kill, was a Kelly Ripa Book Club pick, a #1 bestseller on Amazon, and an instant New York Times bestseller. She has been nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award in the fiction category, and her books have been published in over 30 countries worldwide. Like many female mystery authors, Kate fell in love with the genre after reading her first Nancy Drew book, in her case The Secret of Redgate Farm. Kate is a frequent speaker at libraries, book conferences, and organizations, and has appeared on many television shows, including The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Morning Joe, and Good Morning America. She is also the editor of the Mystery Writers of America Cookbook, as well as the author of several bestselling career books, including I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This and the ground-breaking Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do. Kate is an avid traveler and enjoys spending each winter with her husband at their home in Uruguay. She holds an honorary doctorate of letters from her alma mater, Union College, where she gave the 2022 commencement speech.…
Maxie Dara is from a tiny, Hallmark movie-style town in Ontario, Canada where she works as a writer and actress, because rejection-heavy careers are her passion. She is also a two- time award- winning playwright. Maxie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word. She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.…
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We are so pleased to bring you the replay of this live event. Lee and Andrew Child were gracious enough to let us host this live event. They talked about their latest book IN TOO DEEP and everything Jack Reacher. You gotta check this out! IN TOO DEEP: Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver’s accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .…
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Interview with Stephen Follows. We are pleased to bring you something very special. Stephen Flowers has written the ultimate horror companion book. Over 27,000 movies are included in his HORROR MOVIE REPORT. Stephen Follows is a leading film industry analyst known for his extensive research on film statistics, which has been featured in major publications like The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Hollywood Reporter. This is a really fun interview. There is a little bit of technical issues at the start with Stephen's camera. However it clears up quickly and the audio is great throughout. HORROR MOVIE REPORT: Unveil the entire journey of a horror movie, from the first draft to the final cut and beyond. The report follows every step of the process, breaking down the key stages that bring nightmares to life. Explore every facet of horror, from characters to weapons and deaths. Our report breaks down the terrifying details that define the genre, revealing trends and insights you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you’re writing your first script or refining your production, this report offers valuable insights to help guide you through the process of making your horror movie. From concept to release, gain a deeper understanding of what works in horror filmmaking. Outliers Writing University is where you will learn writing from bestselling authors in LIVE interactive classes. Do yourself a favor and check it out.…
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