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Franklin Maw’s ‘Blood Evidence’ Now Available on Amazon (Guest Post)
I’ve made many author frients over the years, and Franklin Maw is one of them. I couldn’t be happier to see him get his first true cime collection out, inspired by his first true life: real crimes committed by real people, some caught, some lost to history, all captivating. Enjoy his guest post and announcement! – Mark
It’s Out. Blood Evidence Is Here.
I’ve had a passion for these stories all my life. Today 25 of them are in a book you can hold in your hands.
Blood Evidence: Twenty-Five True Crime Stories is now available as an eBook and in paperback. The audiobook is coming soon on Spotify, so if you’d like to hear about a Victorian poisoner on your commute than read about her before bed, you won’t have to wait long.
Some of you know how this started. I was ten years old when I read my first real murder in a newspaper, and I never stopped. I cut the stories out and kept them in a shoebox. I kept that shoebox through a lot of jobs, a lot of kitchens and a lot of years. This book is what finally came out of it.
I didn’t want to write about the same cases everyone already knows. You won’t find Jack the Ripper here, or Lizzie Borden. You’ll find Mary Ann Cotton, who buried three husbands and as many as eleven children in England before anyone thought to ask why. You’ll find the woman burned in a valley outside Bergen, Norway, who carried eight false passports and has never been identified. You’ll find the boy in the box in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who waited sixty-five years for his name. And you’ll find men who spent years in prison for murders they didn’t commit.
Some of these cases were solved. Some never will be. All of them happened, and all of them deserve to be remembered.
If you read it, I’d be grateful for a review. It’s the single best thing you can do for a book like this one.
And I’m not done. Up next is Young Blood: 25 True Stories of Killer Kids. It’s a harder subject, and I almost talked myself out of it. I’m glad I didn’t. Stay tuned for details.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for remembering them with me.
From a safehouse somewhere in Pennsylvania,
Franklin
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True Crime Tuesdays on the Fearsome Fiction Podcast: The Soothing Draught – Catherine Wilson
Welcome back to True Crime Tuesdays on the Fearsome Fiction Podcast. Today’s case takes us to a Victorian sickroom, where the person meant to make you better was the one who decided whether you lived.
Her name was Catherine Wilson. She worked as a private nurse in small English towns through the 1850s and into the 1860s, sitting at bedsides, mixing medicines, and quietly becoming the beneficiary of more than one dying patient’s will. Husbands, lovers, landladies, patients. The deaths piled up for a decade before anyone thought to ask why.
This is The Soothing Draught, the story of the woman who became the first known serial killer nurse in England, caught not because anyone suspected her, but because one patient refused to die quietly.
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The Fearsome Fiction Podcast: Devil’s Wood Audiobook (Chapters 3 and 4)
Follow author Mark McNease deep into the Devil’s Wood.
An ancient people. A tree that has stood seemingly forever. And a walking stick that must possess anyone who possesses it.
Two chapters at a time, only on the Fearsome Fiction podcast. You can purchase the entire audiobook on Spotify and select online retailers.
Enter the Devil’s Wood. But be warned: you may never leave.
And now… fasten your headphones, and tell someone your last known location. The Devil’s Wood dotcom.
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True Crime Tuesdays on the Fearsome Fiction Podcast: Mary Cotton – the Arsenic Widow
Enjoy this True Crime Tuesdays episode, brought to you courtesy of author Franklin Maw’s upcoming Blood Evidence: 25 True Crime Chillers.
She married often, and buried often — husbands, stepchildren, her own children, one after another, in a mining town that had already seen more than its share of death. No one thought to ask why. Arsenic was cheap, convenient, and nearly impossible to prove… until someone finally did. This is the story of Mary Ann Cotton, one of Britain’s first convicted female serial killers, and the quiet, domestic horror she left behind in West Auckland. This is “The Arsenic Widow,” from Franklin Maw’s Blood Evidence.
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A Book Reading at Federal Twist Vineyard in Stockton, NJ
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The Twist Podcast 339: Rehoboth Bear Week Blast, Book Club Blues, and Our Weeky Twist Like ‘Em and Leave ‘Em Lists
Join co-hosts Mark and Rick for another episode of The Twist Podcast! This week, Mark recaps his recent trip to Rehoboth Beach — the highlights, the surprises, and everything worth sharing from the getaway. Then the guys dig into the week’s top news stories, breaking down what’s actually worth paying attention to and why it matters.
Of course, no episode of The Twist is complete without our weekly “Like ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” lists — Mark and Rick’s rundown of what’s earning a thumbs up this week, and what’s getting left behind. Expect some laughs, some strong opinions, and probably a disagreement or two.
Grab your coffee, settle in, and join the conversation.
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Devil’s Wood Audiobook Now on the Fearsome Fiction Podcast Two Chapters at a Time (1 and 2)
Follow author Mark McNease deep into the Devil’s Wood.
An ancient people. A tree that has stood seemingly forever. And a walking stick that must possess anyone who possesses it.
Two chapters at a time, only on the Fearsome Fiction podcast. You can purchase the entire audiobook on Spotify and select online retailers.
Enter the Devil’s Wood. But be warned: you may never leave.
And now… fasten your headphones, and tell someone your last known location. The Devil’s Wood dotcom.
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Devil’s Wood Audiobook Now On Spotify and Select Retailers
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The Twist Podcast 338: Back from the Beach, Tip Talk, and Marlon James’s Masterpiece
Join co-hosts Mark and Rick for a rundown of Mark’s trip to Beach Haven, NJ, some shade on tipping in America, and a Hit List recommendation for Marlon James’s stunning ‘The Disapearers.’
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Devil’s Wood Audiobook Sample (Now on Spotify and Payhip)
Listen to a two-chapter, 20 minute sample of Devil’s Wood, the audiobook. You can now get it on Spotify, or directly from me at my Payhip storefront (Zip file and single MP3 file).
