True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer

Jim Jones convinced his 1000 followers they would all have to commit suicide since he was going to die. Shoko Asahara convinced his followers to release a weapon of mass destruction, the deadly sarin gas, on a Tokyo subway. The Order of the Solar Temple lured the rich and famous, including Princess Grace of Monaco, and convinced them to die a fiery death now on Earth to be reborn on a better planet called Sirius. Charles Manson convinced his followers to kill, in an attempt to incite an apocalyptic race war.

These are a few of the doomsday cults examined in this book by bestselling author Alan R. Warren. Its focus is on cults whose destructive behavior was due in large part to their apocalyptic beliefs or doomsday movements. It includes details surrounding the massacres and a look into how their members became so brainwashed they committed unimaginable crimes at the command of their leader.

Usually, when we hear about these cults and their massacres, we ask ourselves how it possibly happened. We could also ask ourselves, what then is the difference between a cult and a religion? We once had a small group of people who unquestionably followed a person who believed he was the son of God. Two thousand years later, that following is one of the most recognized religions in the world. This book in no way criticizes believing in God. Rather, it examines how a social movement grows into a full religion and when it does not. And what makes the conventional faiths such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism stand above groups such as the Branch Davidians or Children of God

This is a federal court case that you may not have heard about, but it is a situation that can happen to anyone from any walk of life. This is the nightmare story of Gary Walker – CEO, David Banks – COO, Kendrick Barnes – CIO, Clinton Stewart – Bus Dev, Demetrius Harper – CEO/DKH and David Zirpolo, now being referred to, as the IRP6.  Why are these guys in prison?

In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 years earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter's testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family, and delves into the reliability of repressed memory as evidence in court. This version contains a 2011 Epilogue, which details the reasons for the reversal of George Franklin's conviction and the refusal of the district attorney to retry him for murder.

 -- John Ferak covered the Avery case as it happened before the Netflix documentary. Now he  brings his insights once again to our show.

Amanda Lamb has been a television reporter for thirty years—25 of those years she has worked for WRAL. In addition to journalism, Amanda is also an author. She has published 8 books-four memoirs, three true crime books and one children’s book. Her first novel, a psychological thriller, will be published in May 2020. 

DEADLY SINS, THE HIT TV SHOW, WAS ORIGINALLY A BOOK THAT DARREN AND BURL WERE PUTTING TOGETHER.  INSTEAD IT BECAME A SERIES ON ID HOSTED BY DARREN AND OFTEN FEATURING BURL  GIVING COMMENTARY.  DARREN ALSO SHARES HIS OWN PATH OF RECOVERY, AND TAMPA JOURNALIST PAUL GUZZO ALSO JOINS THE CONVERSATIOIN,

BASED ON THE TRUE STORY of New Orleans' most infamous murderer, who stalked the streets of the Crescent City for eight years and left twenty-three victims in his bloody wake, "The Axman of New Orleans" is the explosive  thriller by bestselling author and screenwriter CHUCK HUSTMYRE

Wised Up: A Reformed Mobster's Confessional Memoir - Second Edition Updated With a New Chapter and More Photos: Charlie Wilhelm, Joan Jacobson on Amazon.com..

Wised Up is a story of atonement for Charlie Wilhelm, a career criminal who ended his life of crime the year he turned 40. Going to the FBI with no lawyer - and no criminal charges against him -  he went undercover, wearing a wire to catch his life-long friends for drug dealing, bribery, loan sharking and murder.

This intimate story, told in Charlie's voice, is the first to expose organized crime in Baltimore. It reveals the complex relationship between an informant and his FBI handlers, and explores the tormented mind of a man with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who faces the consequences of doing the right thing, while turning against his crime family.

Wised Up also introduces the one person most responsible for helping Charlie change his life - FBI agent Bruce Hall, a forensic mineralogist who grew up with Charlie in a working class neighborhood in Baltimore's suburbs.

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NYPD corruption is no secret, and Michael Gourdine is #3 in the list of the most corrupt cops in contemporary NYPD history.