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Laura James
Detroit, Michigan
Newspaper reporter turned trial lawyer and historical true crime devotee.
Interests: history, journalism, true crime
Recent Activity
True Crime Author Corey Mitchell, 1967 - 2014, R.I.P.
Posted Nov 24, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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An Ode to The Borowitz Collection
Posted Aug 2, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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True Crime Author Curt Gentry, 1931-2014, R.I.P.
Posted Jul 29, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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For fans of Miriam Allen deFord
Posted Jul 15, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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True Crime Links May 2014
Posted May 6, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Last Stop on Herald Schechter's 'Mad Sculptor' True Crime Blog Tour
Posted Feb 26, 2014 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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The Christian Science Monitor's Top 5 Historical True Crime Books and more links
Randy Dotinga of the Christian Science Monitor considered his most very favorite historical true crime titles ever and came up with this list of the top five: 1. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 2. For the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Books and links
Posted Aug 3, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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links in the theme
Posted Aug 1, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Celebrating One Million Hits
Last week this website celebrated a milestone with 1,000,000 hits. Some of the searches that rolled the odometer are perennial favorites -- Caril Fugate Martha Beck Lizzie Borden Alice de Janze The Lawson Family Tragedy Deadwood history Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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True crime award finalists and more links in the theme
Posted Jul 17, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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More links in the theme
Murder victim's brother wants book pulled from shelves SEATTLE -- Local true-crime writer Ann Rule is being haunted by an old murder case that she wrote about.... * * * A man incarcerated for 29 years for rape, now exonerated... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Favorite links in the theme
The favorite submissions of true crime writers and readers.... TIME Magazine on Phil Spector: Phil Spector and the New Film About His Lovin' Feelin' Ask lovers of true-crime sensation who Phil Spector is, and they'll say he's the dotty old... Continue reading
Posted Jul 13, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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The funniest true crime writers?
Posted Jul 12, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Best links in the theme
Posted Jun 26, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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A New Borowitz Book
Posted May 16, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Before H.H. Holmes, there was... Harry Hayward
Posted May 15, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Best Links in The Theme
DNA clears Cleveland man imprisoned since 1981 Photos; Not Bitter ; From student paper ; From the Times Online * * * Cullen's Columbine takes the top prize Edgar winners 2010 *** Ann Rule`s "Small Sacrifices" and the Golden Age... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Dr. Zeo Zoe Wilkins made headlines in the Emporia...
Dr. Zeo Zoe Wilkins made headlines in the Emporia Gazette. Sordid True Crime Story Connected to Jesse James Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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A Postcard from Braintree
Posted Apr 18, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Recommended Links in the Theme
I am catching up on hundreds of emails that stacked up as I adjusted to my new life as house counsel for a certain company. This Inbox offers a huge collection of fascinating links in the theme, including many suggested... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Laura James is now following The Typepad Team
Mar 15, 2010
On the senator who stood up to the Purple Gang - and lost
Posted Feb 24, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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Links in the theme
So while novelist David Peace reminds the fictionists that they really can't make this stuff up, Author Aphrodite Jones is getting her own TV show, though I swear I read a similar notice long ago, The Daily Beast will become... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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New study tries to explain why "women read true crime"
Why do women read true crime? Well, men read it too, but mostly it's women who go for it. This is true of virtually everything, but a new study (available online for free for a limited time) sets about proving... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2010 at CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
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