True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer

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True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer episodes

June 08, 2021 KEN EURELL FROM "BETRAYAL IN BLUE" RETURNS
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57 min
May 16, 2021 The BETRAYAL IN BLUE TRILOGY -- from 2016, 2017 and 2019 Everything from dishonest cops and corruption to true love and compassion
Betrayal in Blue came out at the end of 2016. Written by Burl Barer, Frank Girardot and Ken Eurell, it is the full story of the crooked cops of the 75 -- the 75th Precinct in the NYPD. The first interview is Ken, Burl and Frank with Howard Lapides. Next Ken reunites with former fellow crooked cop "Chickie" to remember the bad old days of their tragic criminality. The final interview program features Dori, Ken's wife, who stayed true to him despite his infamous and ignominious betrayal of all the professional ethics of being a police officer in the NYPD.
2 hr 46 min
May 11, 2021 KATHERINE RAMSLAND -- DERANGED MURDERERS, SERIAL KILLERS AND WHY SHE NEVER TOOK TYPING LESSIONS.
Katherine Ramsland began her career as a writer with Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice. She had a bestseller with The Vampire Companion. Since then, she has published 60 books and over 1,000 articles, reviews and short stories. From ghosts to vampires to serial killers, she has taken on a variety of dark subjects. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, criminal justice, and philosophy. Currently, she teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University. Her books include The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds, The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation, Inside the Minds of Serial Killers, Inside the Minds of Sexual Predators, and Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers. Her background in forensic studies positioned her to assist former FBI profiler John Douglas on his book, The Cases that Haunt Us, and to co-write a book with former FBI profiler, Gregg McCrary, The Unknown Darkness, as well as The Real Life of a Forensic Scientist with Henry C. Lee and A Voice for the Dead with James Starrs. She speaks internationally about forensic psychology, forensic science, and serial murder, and has appeared on numerous documentaries, as well as such programs as The Today Show, 20/20, 48 Hours, NPR, Coast to Coast, Montel Williams, Larry King Live and E! True Hollywood. She spent 5 years assisting "BTK" Killer Dennis Rader write his autobiography, and has started a supernatural fiction series with The Ripper Letter.
51 min
May 01, 2021 "LSD CAUSES PARANOIA AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN IT" -- TIMOTHY LEARY. DENNIS MCDOUGLE IS OUR SPECIAL GUEST
A search for the truth behind the DEA’s life imprisonment of acid's most famous martyr.

Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King:” William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.

A narrative for fans of Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind, Pickard’s personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to travelling the world for the State Department, Pickard’s story is one of remarkable genius—that is, until a DEA sting named “Operation White Rabbit” captured him at an abandoned missile silo in Kansas. Pickard, the DEA said, was responsible for 90 percent of the world’s production of lysergic acid.

The DEA announced to the public that they found 91 pounds of LSD. In reality, the haul was seven ounces. They found none of the millions of dollars Pickard supposedly amassed, either. But nonetheless, he is now serving two consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole. Pickard has become acid’s best-known martyr in the process, continuing his advocacy and artistic pursuits from jail.

Pickard has successfully sued the US government because his requests for information on his case returned two blank DEA documents. But the appeals of his sentence have continually failed. The author visits him regularly in jail in an effort to find the truth.
37 min
April 12, 2021 Burl Barer and Fact Checker Mark Boyer adlib the entire show when a guest flakes,
When the scheduled guests failed to appear, Burl and Mark discuss everything from little known facts of the dead sea scrolls to Cher's first 45 rpm record. How do you fill almost an hour of air time off the top of your head? Here's how.
55 min
April 04, 2021 FLIGHT PATH The Fifth Plane and the Threat to Air Force One -- Yes there was ANOTHER plane on 9/11 Kristjan Thorsteinson is our guest

For the first time anywhere, Flight Path reveals a new crime scene, classified for over 15 years, relating to the most infamous crime of the 21st Century. After an intensive seven year investigation, journalist Kristjan Thorsteinson delivers a groundbreaking true crime book that adds to the historical record and provides a clear explanation of U.S. espionage and counterterrorism efforts in Europe.
While the threat to Air Force One on the morning of September 11, 2001 has been widely talked about for many years, no one has ever publicly identified what the threat was. Flight Path does so in well-sourced detail, drawing on a wealth of declassified 9/11 Commission documents and rarely seen news reports.
Anyone with an interest in true crime, counterterrorism, espionage, and dark networks (terrorist organizations and transnational organized crime) will find Flight Path essential reading.
58 min
April 03, 2021 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION! A FASCINATING DOUBLE PLAY. Special Guests: Mark Edward Howell * Victoria Pynchon
Mark Edward Howell, the well-known character actor, was held hostage and forced into prostitution at age 18 in Dallas, Texas
Victoria Pynchon, an expert on conflict resolution, was invited to the show to promote her book "A is for Asshole" but she wasn't ready for how many Assholes were lying in wait for her.
A IS FOR ASSHOLE by Victoria Pynchon and Dean Murray | Oct 20, 2010
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1 hr 43 min
March 30, 2021 THE MURDER OF BIGGIE SMALLS -- SPECIAL GUEST CATHY SCOTT
The Notorious B.I.G. exploded onto the hip-hop scene with his platinum-selling album Ready to Die in 1995. The life of B.I.G. a.k.a. Biggie Smalls--born Christopher Wallace--had come a long way from the years spent in his Bed-Sty neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where he dropped out of school at age seventeen to pursue the culture of the street and master his rapping style. It was on the street that Smalls began emceeing his original raps and was discovered by Sean "Puffy" Combs, who recognized Smalls's potential and took his gangsta image to the next level.
Respected journalist Cathy Scott has traveled from Las Vegas to New York and Los Angeles, interviewing those involved with Smalls and reviewing court documents and police reports surrounding the case in order to tell the real story of the murder of Biggie Smalls.

The Murder of Biggie Smalls uncovers what those around Smalls and Shakur don't want to be revealed, including:

The possibility that Smalls may have owed a gang money and was killed to collect on the debt.

That Puffy Combs, Smalls's record producer, may have hired Crips members as bodyguards, who in turn killed Smalls over a financial beef.

That Combs may have been the intended victim instead of Smalls.

The investigation into Suge Knight, Tupac Shakur's record producer, and the suspicion that he may have masterminded Smalls's murder from his California prison cell.

Smalls's mother's belief that the federal government was involved in the mruder and that police have conspired not to solve the crime.

Why many surrounding Smalls feel the police have neglected the case to the point of letting the murderer get away--while being unwilling to offer any information themselves or assist the police in their efforts.
43 min
February 24, 2021 TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED FAN "ANTHONY" IN NEW YORK CITY GETS TO BE OUR GIGGLING GUEST -- What a wild show!
We outdsource everyting now days -- we asked our man in Pakistan to find us a typical fan of our show in the USA and he gave us Anthony in New York City. Join us for a wild show about all sorts of true crime, sheep, STDs and much more!
53 min
February 14, 2021 JON MACK -- SHE RAN FROM GIANT SPIDERS ON THE SY-FY CHANNEL AND SEDUCED NICHOLAS CAGE!
Jon Mack is an American actress, producer, song writer, musician and founder and President of Defending the Endangered. In 2015 Jon was nominated for the best-supporting actress at the Fantastic Horror Film Festival for the movie Strangers in a Book. Her carer started in 1998 in the tv series One World as the character Vanessa. She also co-starred the film adaptation of the true-crime story THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS.
58 min