Answering Questions About Serial Killers

Today on Jim Harold's Crime Scene, Jim interviews author B.R. Bates about her book The 'Baby Doll' Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides. John Eric Armstrong was considered sweet and unassuming, after all, he was nicknamed "Opie". B.R. discusses the gripping story of this chameleon of a serial killer through his crimes in Detroit, MI. You can purchase her book on Amazon HERE. Thanks B.R.! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author, storyteller, adoption advocate, and rock-wife (married to Weezer's Scott Shriner) Jillian Lauren joins us this week on Jim Harold's Crime Scene to talk about her book Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer. She discusses her unusual relationship with the psychopath, Samuel Little, while giving us insight about what led her to exchange dozens of letters and participate in hundreds of hours of interviews with him. During her research with Little, he confessed to the murders of ninety-three women and she had no idea what she was getting herself into. You can purchase Jillian's book at Amazon HERE. Thank you Jillian! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We speak with Matt Murphy, a former senior deputy district attorney and current ABC News Legal Analyst, about his new book, The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death. Matt discusses cases from his career and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. You can purchase his book on Amazon HERE. Thank you Matt for a fascinating interview! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Crime Scene, we have a fascinating discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Jervis about his book, The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer. It delves into the true-crime story of a U.S. Border Patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex workers whom he mercilessly killed, and the upended border town of Laredo where his heinous crimes occurred--all in 12 days. You can purchase Rick's book at Amazon HERE. Thanks Rick! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with J. Reuben Appelman, the author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, as he tells the inside story of the “University of Idaho Murders,” where in November of 2022, four University of Idaho students were viciously stabbed to death in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. You can purchase his new book While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students at Amazon HERE. Thanks J. Reuben! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us this week on Crime Scene as we discuss one of the most mysterious and bizarre unsolved cases of this century. Writer, filmmaker, and investigative journalist, Jake Anderson, talks with us about his new book The Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow: A Missing Family, a Desperate Plan, an Unsolved Mystery. What happened to the Jamison Family? Jake Anderson pieces together the family's last days and weeks in this thrilling mystery. You can purchase his book on Amazon HERE. Thanks Jake! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with Carla Conti about her new book CHAINED BIRDS: A True Crime Memoir detailing her 10-year journey to advocate for federal inmate Kevin Sanders and help him re-enter society after prison while maintaining her safety after prison while maintaining her safety after two prison gangs try to kill Kevin and she is warned she could be next. You can find her new book at Amazon HERE. Thanks Carla! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with Clay Bryant about his new book "Solving the Murder of Vieng Phovixay : Evil Dwells in West Georgia". “Cold Case” Clay Bryant unravels the 20-year old cold-case murder of Viang Phovixay in search of justice.  Mr. Bryant is a former Georgia State Patrol Officer and his cases have been chronicled on 48 Hours Investigates, Bill Curtis’s Cold Case Files and Discovery ID Murder Book and featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, as well as articles in many local and regional newspapers.  You can find his latest book on Amazon HERE. Thank you Clay! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Erin Chandler about her book Bluegrass Sons, A True Memoir. The story is about Bradley Bryant, a United States Marine who lived a double life. The FBI labeled him "a one-man crime wave" responsible for the largest gunrunning, drug-smuggling network in the United States and Erin is Bryant's niece, who masterfully tells this true crime story. Get her book at Amazon HERE. Thanks Erin! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Jim Harold's Crime Scene we speak with Mikita Brottman about her book, Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida. She examines the psychology of a killer couple and how it felt to live with murder on their souls. The New York Times calls it “Murder, a love triangle, and small-town secrets in Tallahassee, Florida...an unputdownable read.” You can purchase her book on Amazon HERE. Thanks Mikita! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices