Generation Why: True Crime

We want a picture of his patients. We want a picture of him. And we want a glimpse not only behind the Morgue door, but we want to we want to see into him a little bit.

facts, that science leads to facts, facts lead to justice. And justice is the goal.

He's done himself over 9000 autopsies. He's examined over 25000 deaths, you know, and and come to some kind of conclusion about it.

in the end, I think that the long, dark conversations that we had were good for both of us.

it's a very simple case. This wound is exactly what I would expect from that gun. And there's no suggestion that it came from any other direction.

So what is old is new again.

And the more we know about how he operated and, you know, and the people involved in the case, the closer, you know, we get a little bit closer each time to deciding who he wasn't because so many suspects have been put forth over the years.

But there are a handful of authors and researchers, myself included, who that's what we do is we look for new things and we present new things to the reading public, people who are interested.

The book is a collection of essays, uh, written by myself, um, over the course of 15 years.

In fact, uh, people who are speaking of documentaries a year or two ago, there came one called the missing evidence, Jack, the Ripper, the missing evidence, which claimed Jack, the Ripper was in fact Charles Letchmere, AKA Charles cross.

More books have been written about the Ripper than about John F. Kennedy or any other president, and there's no end to it.

The majority of Ripper books that come out are not any ... I'm just going to be honest, they're not very good books, most of them.

The book is a collection of essays all written by myself over the course of 15 years.

And I chose to put that out as Ripper Confidential. And it's a potpourri of different things.

In fact, people who are speaking of documentaries, a year or two ago there came one called The Missing Evidence, Jack the Ripper, The Missing Evidence, which claimed Jack the Ripper was in fact Charles Lechmere, aka Charles Cross, the man who discovered Polly Nichols' body. They're arguing that he wasn't the man who discovered her body. He's the man who murdered her.

And that's HH Holmes. The true story of the white city devil by Adam saltzer. If you want to learn more about homes, uh, get that book.

If you want to learn more about Holmes, get that book.

My first book, The Bank Holiday Murders subtitled the, the true story of the first white chapel murders.

My first book, The Bank Holiday Murders, subtitled The True Story of the First Whitechapel Murders, I discuss what I believe are the very earliest Jack the Ripper victims.

The book is very detailed. I mean, really to understand just how psychotic Joseph was, you probably should read the book.

What did you think of the book, Aaron?

The book is very detailed. I mean, really to understand just how psychotic Joseph was, you probably should read the book.

We left out a lot of graphic details, some real nasty stuff.

Because as much as it proves the point that he was insane, I think we gave enough examples to get that point across, I hope.

My most current book is the one we're talking about tonight, Deliver Us, on the I-45 Texas killing field murders.

In the book, I look at three decades, 1971 to 1997 and break it down that way.

It gives you an insight into human nature. It shows the very worst that people are capable of. And it also shows the very best

I don't know if I'll ever write another book like Deliver Us again. This was quite a commitment, but it was really fascinating to work on.

I would urge people to pick up and read because this really does explore what true crime is all about. The pain, the loss, and the search for answers and suspects who might seem like they're the ones and then you find out later that they're not.

My most current book is the one we're talking about tonight, Deliver Us, on the I-45 Texas killing field murders.

In the book, I look at three decades, 1971 to 1997, and break it down that way.

I think it gives you an insight into human nature. It shows the very worst that people are capable of, and it also shows the very best.

I don't know if I'll ever write another book like Deliver Us again. This was quite a commitment but it was really fascinating to work on.

I would urge people to pick up and read because this really does explore what true crime is all about. The pain, the loss, and the search for answers and suspects who might seem like they're the ones and then you find out later that they're not.

She was already on book number two in the Wrong Never Felt So Right series, and she was determined to get through all five books by the end of her trip.

Every book was more or less the same.

Burleigh, former Navy SEAL, comes to the rescue of beautiful young woman on the run from her dangerous husband.

More shirts were going to be unbuttoned. More dresses were going to get unzipped. And every new chapter, every new scene, could potentially be the one to crack the murder case that was waiting for her back home.

I remember the first time I read the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

For a while, it seemed like everybody on the El was reading Devil in the White City.

But after Devil in the White City made him famous all over again, he really became a popular guy around here and especially in Chicago.

Current book, which is sort of a no brainer for this episode, would be The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson based on the true story account of H.A. Holmes and his going ons in the Chicago area during the World's Fair.

After reading the book, it delves really into the fair and the historical times. And H.H. Holmes is a character running through this story, but it really focuses more on the historical aspects of it. And that's what I found that I like the best about the book.

For maybe the younger people in the audience, Justin, do you want to talk about who Boo Radley was?

That would be from To Kill a Mockingbird, right? And kind of the questionable creepy guy that lives down the street. The misunderstood character.

I saw something in the news the other day that reminded me a lot of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl book and movie that came out.

I read Gone Girl back in the day, way before this, I'm wondering if this woman was inspired by the book for some weird reason.

If you've ever read Mori Terry's The Ultimate Evil, you will kind of see how that shaded this case.

he's busy self publishing a book called Poison.

A series of Poisoning deaths in Illinois and Missouri.

I guess somebody spikes a water supply with mercury or something and kills people by doing that.

His wife knew about it. His wife knew about his girlfriend.

His favorite book is American Psycho, which for those that haven't heard me mention it before, I've read that book 13 times. I like the book quite a bit, but apparently this was something that investigators found very interesting.

The Bayston Revival Device apparently comes from Michael Crichton who's famous for writing Jurassic Park.

One of the first stories I ever read by Stephen King was Pet Cemetery. And in that story, this couple loses their little boy.

You want your child to come back. And it's discovered that he can bury his son in a cemetery beyond the Pet Cemetery. And it's like old Indian culture. It's like old Indian burial ground or something like that. Fertile earth.

And the child comes back, only it's not quite their child. It looks like their child, but it's not really their child. And the same thing with the tulpa.