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Burl Barer
Greater Los Angeles area, or maybe Texas or Seattle
Edgar Award winning author -- true crime, mysteries, pop culture -- host of TRUE CRIMES on OUTLAW RADIO.
Interests: all forms of media and entertainment, philanthropy and the transformation of the individual and society by the application of spiritual principles.
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Body Count by Burl Barer A book review by Ginger Dawn Harman by Ginger Dawn (Notes) on Saturday, 18 May 2013 at 19:01 "Murders have three essential elements," explained Detective Skeeters. "They are as follows: motive, means, and opportunity. The... Continue reading
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Judith Yates, author of The Devil You Know -- listen live Saturday 2pm pt/5pm et by clicking this link! On a foggy night on March 10, 1990, in Westport, Indiana, twelve-year-old Brad Maddux strolled over to a pickup truck to chat with his twenty-eight-year-old cousin, Douglas Sims. Brad was never... Continue reading
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Listen Live Saturday May 18th 2pm Pacific Time/5pm Eastern Time/10pm London via Outlaw Radio! ZACH FORTIER joins Burl Barer, Howard Lapides and Mark Boyer for a thrilling hour of white knuckle reality! Fasten your bullet proof vest and buckle your seatbelt, it is gonna be a wild ride! I worked... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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Best selling true crime writer and "deranged cop" Zach Fortier live on True Crime Uncensored Saturday May 18th on Outlaw Radio! Continue reading
I love this idea of special editions with exclusive or bonus content. In fact, I think my next book will have as Special Edition Bonus Material the final two chapters!
Toggle Commented May 10, 2013 on Three Books You've Got to Have... at A Writer's Life
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Special guest, attorney Dan McGookey, representing the family of Jacob Limberios LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY 2pm pt/5pm et by clicking this link 14 months ago 19 year old Jacob Limberios was shot and killed in Sandusky County. The country coronor declared the death a suicide almost immediately. He did so without... Continue reading
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2012. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 67th Gala Banquet, May 2, 2013 at the Grand... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at TRUE CRIME AUTHORS
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Famous Lawyer and so much more! Alison Triessl is special guest Saturday. May 4th on True Crime Uncensored Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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APRIL 27th -- Brace yourself for this one --- another new Jack the Ripper theory -- Jack the Ripper was....VINCENT VAN GOGH! Dale Larner breaks the story of his investigation exclusively on True Crime Uncensored Saturday 2pm pt/5pm et/1opm London time. Listen live via Outlaw Radio! Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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Once upon a time, there was a litte band called "A Boy and His Dog" == they played at the Trolly Club in Seattle where I was the primary DJ. Once upon a time, there was a new band called... Continue reading
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.Lee Goldberg, another literary genius in the never ending flow from my family's gene pool, was perusing stats on Amazon.com when he saw something that left him drop jawed -- in his own words, Lee says... " THE HEIST is... Continue reading
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"KEVIN FLYNN AND REBECCA LAVOIE'S NOTES ON A KILLING IS AN EXEMPLARY CHARACTER DRIVEN TRUE CRIME THRILLER THAT IS AS CRAFTY AND CUNNING AS THE KILLER HIMSELF"-- Burl Barer, Edgar Award winning author of BODY COUNT, HEAD SHOT and THE SAINT. Listen to Kevin and Rebecca talk about this compelling... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at TRUE CRIME AUTHORS
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Frank C. Girardot, famed investigative journalist, is LIVE in the Lounge on True Crime Uncensored this coming Saturday! LISTEN LIVE VIA OUTLAW RADIO 2pm pacific time/5pm eastern time/10 pm London. Prepare to be shocked as the grisly details about the murder of computer geek John Sohus are revealed in Frank... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
Diagramming sentences is a lost art/skill. It is no longer taught in our public schools. I loved it.
Toggle Commented Apr 12, 2013 on The Mail I Get at A Writer's Life
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Kevin Flynn and his crime hottie wife, Rebecca Lavoie live on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER Saturday April 13th 2pm PT Continue reading
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As Darren was kind enough to have me on his show, I'm returning the favor this Saturday, April 6th, pm Pacific Time when Darren joins us on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED on Outlaw Radio. Continue reading
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LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY APRIL 6TH 2PM PT/5pm ET/1opm London Darren Kavinoky joins Burl Barer, Howard Lapides and Mark Boyer on TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED on Outlaw Radio! Yes, the bald dude with the cool glasses and smart-mouth attitude who hosts DEADLY SINS on Investigation Discovery is coming to the legendary Lighten... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY APRIL 6TH 2PM PT/5pm ET/1opm London Darren Kavinoky joins TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED on Outlaw Radio! Yes, the bald dude with the cool glasses and smart-mouth attitude who hosts DEADLY SINS on Investigation Discovery is coming to the Lighten Up Lounge for True Crime Uncensored this Saturday April... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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LISTEN LIVE SATURDAY 2pm pt/5pm et via Radio Loyalty just click that link! Scott Hornoff was a newly-promoted detective with the Warwick Rhode Island Police Department in 1989. He was also, for a brief time, a suspect in a murder occurring in his city. After requesting and passing a polygraph... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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From the author of -Isms and -Ologies and Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, here is a deeply researched, fascinating history of the role that organized hatred has played in American politics. The New Hate takes readers on a surprising, often shocking, sometimes bizarrely amusing tour through the swamps of nativism,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2013 at TRUE CRIME AUTHORS
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MARCH 23rd - Listen Live via Outlaw Radio 2pm pt/5pm et Ted Bundy, the notorious serial killer, was responsible for over thirty brutal homicides of young women in the early 1970s. Imprisoned for almost 15 years before his execution in the Florida electric chair in 1989, Bundy was interviewed for... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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Listen LIVE Saturday 2pm pt/5pm et/10pm London via Outlaw Radio. Arthur Goldwag, prominent member of the International Jewish Conspiracy, joins three other crafty media controlling masters of deception to bring you shocking insights into some of the must stupid conspiracy theories ever swallowed whole by an eagerly ignorant populace. Mr.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER
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DEADLY SINS on Investigation Discovery did a great job adapting and dramatizing the story of Barbara Opel and her killer kids featured in my book MOM SAID KILL. DEADLY WOMEN also did a version of this story as well. The... Continue reading
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A beautiful, young American woman was kidnapped and confined in the putrid depths of Tijuana, Mexico. Drugged and tortured, she lived in constant fear for her life. Kidnapped by the Cartel opens the doors into the secret covens of Mexican Organized Crime Continue reading
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We always heard that Al Capone was behind the St. Valentines Day Massacre...the killers dressed like cops. NOT TRUE, says his beloved neice. The killers were REAL COPS, and she says she can prove it.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with BURL BARER