True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer

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. H...

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.

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...

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 4.0 out o...

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...

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!

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 A...

 He began his career with a rather classical education, and finished it off with a decade in prison.  He is always a fun and fascinating guest.

Matthew Watts also wrote/directed and produced SWAMP PEOPLE, URBAN TARZAN, EPIC MYSTERIES, THE FIRST 48, and other well-known TV shows.

Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Low Desert , Gangsterland (a finalist for the Hammett Prize), Gangster Nation , The House of Secrets (which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer), Living Dead Girl ( a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), and the popular Burn Notice series. His books have been published in a dozen languages and around...

Fact checker Mark Boyer takes over and asks questions of award-winning true crime writers Frank Girardot and Burl Barer. 

What’s scarier than a murderer? Someone with the charisma to compel others to kill for them . . . or to kill themselves. Meet these cult leaders–and get an inside look at their beliefs and how they controlled others. Some cults, led by leaders like Charlie Manson, Jim Jones, and David Koresh, are notorious. But others are less well known, such as Shoko Asahara and his doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo,...

Two attempted murder charges and a history of criminal behavior spelled a dead-end life for Sidney Sims...but something happened -- knowledge, volition, and action transformed Sims' life from monochrome predictability of retrograde to a vibrant multi-hued life of adventure and personal transformation in service of others. How did that happen?

J.T. Hunter is a best-selling true-crime writer. He strives to craft compelling narratives that educate and inform while treating victims and their families with empathy and respect. J.T. has been interviewed for true crime documentaries broadcast in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he has appeared on numerous true crime radio shows and podcasts. In his role as a college professor, J.T.’...

A horrific case of multi-generation murder, sexual abuse of young girls and tragic loss for the extended family.  The RCMP fought an uphill battle catching the killer, but once they had him, the brilliant interrogation resulted in a full confession --  meaning he admitted murdering the family, but he fictionalized the motive behind the murders until after he was sentenced, THEN he reveal...

Vito Colucci, Jr. is the owner of Colucci Investigations LLC. Vito is a former member of the Stamford, Connecticut Police Department where he worked as a Narcotics Detective and Undercover Organized Crime Investigator. One of the main investigations Vito spearheaded during that time was uncovering the organized crime ties with his own bosses in the police department. Working along with the FBI, he...

, Mian Mohsin Zia - "our man in Pakistan" -- is famous for being famous! He has a worldwide fanbase of those who absolutely love his books! How did this young man do what had never been done in the history of Pakistan?  Mian shares the secret of success in this fascinating hour.

On November 28, 1981, two days after Thanksgiving, Joan Webster goes missing from Logan Airport. Eve is Joan's sister-in-law (married, at the time, to Joan's brother) and these are the events that occurred within the family and throughout the investigation since her disappearance, plus the research that Eve did on the case in the hopes to find out who the real killer is.  shocking, controvers...

Mian is the world-famous author calling in from Pakistan -- his first visit in 2017 PF Sloan is the world-famous singer/songwriter who even had a song written about him by his pal Jimmy Webb that became a hit again by Rumer

Best-selling author Frank C. Girardot has been called the "Demon dog of true crime" by none other than Black Dahlia author James Ellroy. Praise for his writing has come from authors as varied as Walter Kirn and Michael Fleeman. His books have ranged from "Name Dropper", a chronicle on the bizarre antics of a murdering imposter who called himself Clark Rockefeller to "Betrayal in Blue" a look at co...

Steve Gonzales is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law and a founding faculty member of  Phoenix School of Law . He teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Indian Law , and knows his way around immigration policy as well.  Yes, he is a legal smarty pants for sure! Wait....there's more!   He founded the Veteran's Military Legal Assistance Clinic, Veteran's Tax Clinic, Americ...

2001: In 2001, Genis traded in his publishing career for a life of crime to feed a raging heroin appetite. 2003: In June 2003, five months before his arrest, Genis married Petra Szabo, a photographer, and instructor of Vinyāsa and Forrest yoga. 2014: He also received the Rookie of the Year award by Deadspin and was nominated for Deadspin's Hall of Fame in 2014. 2015: Genis published his fifth arti...

Ring of Hell  is excellent in its research and exploration of how wrestling can be fraught with sadistic individuals that are only too willing to prey upon those hoping to "live their dreams." What happened with Chris Benoit, his wife and young son was tragic in every sense of the word, but, as the book details, how can you not expect such an insane demise for individuals participating within...

About the Author Kevin M. Sullivan is a retired minister and author of 14 books. He’s a former contributing writer for Snitch , a weekly newspaper devoted to crime and the law. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Kevin is a frequent guest on Burl Barer's  TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED.

Prepare to be shocked as the grisly details about the murder of computer geek John Sohus are revealed in Frank C. Girardot s new book, Name Dropper: Investigating the Clark Rockefeller Mystery. Sohus, a twenty-something resident of San Marino, California, was allegedly murdered in 1985 by con man Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who has become infamous under his most-known alias, Clark Rockefeller....