Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with Morality

Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with Morality

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Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with Morality episodes

  • Jeff Keene—author of “Under the Rainbow” discusses true story of stolen slippers in Wizard of Oz
    Jeff Keene II is the Peg Leg Penman. His moniker comes from the tragic result of a line-of-duty firefighting injury in 1989, which left him with only one foot. Despite this, Jeff has a passion for life that’s evident in everything he does.
    A man of many talents, he is a scientist, teacher, Christian, sailor, husband, and father. Despite his talent as a wordsmith, he had no intention of being a writer. With his love of helping others and sharing knowledge, he used his biology, linguistics, and chemistry degrees to become a public school teacher.
    It was while teaching that he embraced his true calling—storytelling. Whether crafting lesson plans or telling tales to his students, Jeff always has a way of making the material come to life.
    Since becoming a writer, Jeff has published several books. WordCrafts Press published Pericope in 2021. The first-century historical Christian fiction novel follows the story of an adulteress seeking absolution from Jesus for her sins.
    In his most recent publication, Under the Rainbow, Jeff tells the true story of Judy Garland’s magical ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz and how they were stolen in 2005, only to be retrieved years later. Throughout the chapters, he weaves in exciting tales about the history of the slippers and their impact on popular culture.
    Jeff’s latest book shows he is a master of fiction and nonfiction storytelling. Whatever the genre, his writing is always engaging and entertaining. Whether writing about a famous Hollywood icon or a first-century adulterer, Jeff makes his readers feel like they are right there in the story.
    Jeff currently lives in central Florida with his wife. When he’s not writing, he enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors, hiking, boating, and geocaching.
    Looking for more from Jeff? A new book is on the horizon—keep an eye out in the late spring of 2023! In the meantime, check out his website, www.peglegpenman.com, for updates on his current projects and to learn more about his previous publications.
    Make sure to check out this author on Instagram @peglegpenman
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    42 min
  • Award Winning Journalist & Thriller Author Debra Gaskill Shares the Secrets of Success
    Debra Gaskill is the former managing editor of the Washington Court House (Ohio) Record Herald.  She was an award-winning journalist for more than 20 years, writing for a number of Ohio newspapers covering the cops and courts beat, and the Associated Press, covering any stories thrown her way. During her tenure at the Record-Herald,  the paper earned two Associated Press General Excellence awards.
    Gaskill brings her knowledge of newspapers to her Jubilant Falls series. The mysteries 'Barn Burner' (2009), 'The Major's Wife' (2010), 'Lethal Little Lies' (2013), 'Murder on the Lunatic Fringe' (2014) and 'Death of A High Maintenance Blonde' (2014) all center around crimes committed in the fictional small town Jubilant Falls, Ohio, and often center around the damage family secrets can do. 'The Major's Wife' received honorable mention in the 2011 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards and 'Barn Burner' was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville. 
    Her latest novel, 'Counterfeit Life' (2020) returns, at least tangentially, to Jubilant Falls, and those familiar characters.
    Her private detective novel 'Call Fitz' (2015), featuring the private investigator Niccolo Fitzhugh, was named 'Best Thriller' at the Queen of the West Book Bash in Cincinnati. The series brings her cops and courts experience together in a mystery that "creates complex characters and places them in real settings" according to customer reviews on Amazon.com. 
    By 2016, the series included two more books, 'Holy Fitz' and 'Love Fitz' and was named best thriller series at Queen of the West Book Bash.
    In 2018, the fourth book in the Fracktown Gumshoe series, Kissing Fitz, was awarded the Silver Falchion Best Suspense award at Killer Nashville. The award was presented to her by internationally known author Anne Perry.
    The fifth Fracktown Gumshoe mystery , Toxic Fitz, was released in late 2018 and also a Silver Falchion finalist.
    The sixth book in the Fracktown Gumshoe  series, Finding Fitz, was released in late 2020.
    Gaskill has an associates degree in liberal arts from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Va., a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Wittenberg University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Antioch University, Yellow Springs.
    She and her husband Greg, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, have two children and three grandchildren. They raise llamas and alpacas on their farm in Enon, Ohio.
    Make sure to check out this author on her website @ www.debragadkillnovels.com or on FB @ Author Debra Gaskill
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    1 hr 8 min
  • Black History Minute Celebrates—Jane Bolin—The Nation’s First Black Female Judge
    Jane Bolin became the nation's first Black woman judge in 1939.
    She was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, and would serve on New York's Family Court for four decades.
    Besides dealing with domestic cases, she worked to stop probation officers from getting assignments based on the color of their skin. During her career, she also worked with Eleanor Roosevelt to create a program that would intervene to stop young boys from committing crimes.
    2 min
  • Black History Minute Celebrates Unsung War Hero—James Armistead Lafayette
    Born around 1748 in New Kent, Va., Armistead was given permission by his master to join the revolutionary cause. Although many fought as soldiers, blacks, both free and enslaved were being used by the British and the Americans to gain intelligence against each other. Armistead, however, was used by both sides, making him a double-agent.
    In 1781, he joined the army and was put in service under the Marquis de Lafayette, who was desperately trying to fight the chaos caused in Virginia by turncoat soldier Benedict Arnold. His forces diminished by British Gen. Charles Cornwallis' troops, Lafayette needed reliable information about enemy movements.
    Armistead began his work posing as an escaped slave, entering Arnold's camp as an orderly and guide, then sent what he learned back to Lafayette. He later returned north with Arnold and was posted close enough to Cornwallis' camp to learn further details of British operations without being detected. By also being used as a British spy (who fed them inaccurate data), Armistead was able to travel freely between both sides. One day, he discovered that the British naval fleet was moving 10,000 troops to Yorktown, Va., making it a central post for their operation.
    Using the intricate details Armistead provided, Lafayette and a stunned, but relieved George Washington lay siege to the town. Concentrating both American and French forces, a huge blockade was formed, crippling the British military and resulting in their surrender on Oct. 19, 1781.
    Rex Ellis, vice president of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, says Armistead's role was critical to the American victory. "If he had not given the information that he gave at the strategic time he did, they would not have had the intelligence to create the blockade that ended the war."
    Despite his critical actions, Armistead had to petition the Virginia legislature for manumission. Lafayette assisted him by writing a recommendation for his freedom, which was granted in 1787. In gratitude Armistead adopted Lafayette's surname and lived as a farmer in Virignia until his death in 1830.
    4 min
  • Award winning author, artist & all things geeky tech services expert—Patricia Tiffany Morris shares
    Patricia Tiffany Morris sketches ideas in her sleep, that is when she finds time to sleep. As a young child she read late into the night, her mom reminding her she would have school in a few hours. Staying up all night served her well during architecture studio projects at ISU in the 80’s.
    As an adult, she home educated her five daughters, immersing them in the imaginative worlds of Little Women, Little House on the Prairie, and Nancy Drew. Her favorite authors include classics by John Bunyan, C.S. Lewis, A.A. Milne, and Dr. Seuss. She actively supports fellow authors and teaches art and computer organization and offers other geeky tech services.
    Now an empty-nester, Patricia pursues both writing and art. Inspired by her humorous, rhyming husband, she brainstorms as he reads her writing in delightful character voices.
    She works full-time as a self-employed owner of Tiffany Inks Studio LLC, and plans to create more books in the JOURNALING SCRIBBLES™ Series.
    Connect with this author on Instagram @patriciatiffanymorriswriter
    Make sure to check out this episode🙌🏾
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    52 min
  • Thriller Author & Owner of RockHill Publishing—James L. Hill—Opens Doors for Fellow Writers
    He began writing short stories and poetry back in the early years. In his twenties, James moved on to novels, but fell out of love with the whole publishing industry. He worked in the financial industry and later got a degree in computer programming, James' other love. He built a successful career as a software engineer designing, developing and maintaining systems for the government and the private sector. He has been programming for nearly forty years in various languages.
    With the advantages provided by the expanding and growing self publishing business, print on demand, and the explosion of social media/internet as a viable means of advertising James returned to his first love, unleashing the characters in his head. He published the Killer Series, "Killer With A Heart" and "Killer With Three Heads", the first two in the series.
    His vision is to make it easier for new authors to be discovered by doing away with unsolicited manuscripts and agent only submission.
    Make sure to check out this author & connect with James L. Hill on Instagram @rockhillpub
    Website: https://rockhillpublishing.com/index.html
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    1 hr 37 min
  • Learn How Deadly Sin, Rumors, Whispers & Gossip Make Killer Novels with—Author Sandra Vosburgh
    Sandra is the author of Sackets Harbor Mysteries. Book Two in the series, The Death Collector, won 1st place in fiction at Carolina Christian Writers Conference 2021 and Scrivenings Press GetPubbed 2021 grand prize. She attributes her love for mystery and her suspicious nature on the influence of Agatha Christie.
    Growing up on a dairy farm taught Sandra early how to milk cows, drive a tractor, and bail hay. But it also cultivated an appreciation for a summer’s walk through a field of clover, an autumn’s trek through a woodlot, and a spring’s rest on a creek bank. Any of which she may allow her favorite characters to do in their quest to solve a mystery.
    Sandra is a devotional writer for David C. Cook, a director of women’s ministries, speaker, and Bible teacher.
    Stay in touch with Sandra Kay Vosburgh @ her website:
    https://sandrakayvosburgh.com/
    Make sure to check out this episode🙌🏾
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    19 min
  • Sean Polidore Discusses His Impressive String of Author/Artist Interviews & His Climb to Publishing Success
    Sean is the author of five books, a public speaker, and a psychology professor. He is based in Louisiana and is known for his encouraging attitude and motivational talks!
    He will be discussing his new book and sharing tips for successfully networking with the author community👏🏽
    Make sure to check out this episode🙌🏾
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or Google Podcasts, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
    Connect with this incredible returning author on Instagram @seanathan_the_griot_polidore
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    41 min
  • Crime Thriller & Supernatural Suspense author—Jacob Moon shares secrets to his incredible success

    Jacob Moon is an independent author born and raised in Minnesota and currently lives in Clearwater, FL. A three-year army veteran, he has worked as a Correctional Officer at a large county jail for the past twenty-six years. He has two grown children. A lover of literature, he enjoys mysteries/suspense thrillers, horror/supernatural, historical fiction/non-fiction, and classics. Writing creatively since his early teens, Jacob has written over one hundred short stories, some of which appear in The Saturday Evening Post, The Chamber, and Morpheus Tales. His writing preferences carry across many genres--literary, horror/supernatural, comedy, suspense/thriller, and historical fiction, to name a few. His two published novels are Furlough, a crime thriller, and Dead Reckoning, a supernatural suspense thriller. In his spare time, Jacob enjoys sports, traveling, and great food. His passion for visiting different sports stadiums and exploring the cities they reside in has him happily combining all of those. Learn more at writerjake.com 

    Make sure to check out this author on Instagram @writer_jake_727 You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗 • • • #authors #podcast #interview #apple #spotify #google #authorsofinstagram #books #read #reader #writerscommunity #listen #writer #write #mayhem #authorlife #author #bookstagram #blog #book #booklover #authorssupportingauthors #writersofinstagram #writers #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readersgonnaread #mystery #diversebooksmatter

    32 min
  • A sit-down with the queen-bee of engagement—author/blogger Marian Beaman
    Marian’s love of books, along with a connection to students and colleagues, has made her years in education pure joy. She has spent more than 40 years teaching, finishing her career with 21 years at Florida State College in Jacksonville.
    Her academic writing includes a multi-colored array of topics, ranging from “A Thousand Acres: Not King Lear in a Cornfield” for the American Popular Culture Association and “It’s Not Easy Being Green, Wal-Mart and Me,” recounting her neighborhood struggle to keep large oaks and tall pines from biting the dust.
    Her dream came true when she presented and published “God: Myth and Mystery from the Romantics through the Twentieth Century: Informing Global Religious Conflict” in magical Oxford, England. In 2011 Bedford St. Martin’s textbooks published “Facilitating Cooperative Learning,” the mantra of her most effective teaching techniques.
    Now in her Third Act, she has embraced creative non-fiction with “Gutsy In Ukraine,” published in Sonia Marsh’s My Gutsy Story Anthology (2014), Volume 2. In September 2016, her story “Making Love Edible: Lessons from Fanny Martin Longenecker” was published in The Mennonite magazine. In the fall 2018 issue, The Arts & Antiques show magazine published her article in Patient Profiles.
    She publishes her blog Plain and Fancy Girl on Wednesdays. 
    Her book is entitled Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl, a memoir that depicts her sheltered life along with revealing family secrets.
    Make sure to check out this amazing author on Instagram author @marianbeaman
    You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗
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    31 min

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Murder, Mystery, & Mayhem Laced with Morality is a gripping learning and networking hub for writers who dare to explore the shadows—without losing sight of the light.