True Crime Stories

This is one of those cases that I have seen several different television shows discussing this particular case, including and episode of Dr. Phil that Mark Castellano tape two days prior to then confessing to the police that he had murdered his on again/off again girlfriend.   The legalities of the case are not all that surprising, neither are most of the facts.  What is surprising a bit was the stupidity of the murderer, not that murderers are very smart in the first place in general but it seems he went to a lot of trouble to hide a body but then still gave enough information for authorities to focus on him in the beginning.   If you are "all about true crime" like myself or even an amateur sleuth like some you know that there is a chain of people that are looked at when someone is declared missing, especially under strange circumstances.  First they look at the last known person to have seen the person; then they move on to current and former significant ...

I recently obtained several M. William Phelps books and the first one I read was called "Bad Girls."  Apparently by reading reviews this likely was not the best choice I could have made as many criticize it as not in the same style as his other writings and rather repetitious.  I have to agree with the latter.  However, you cannot enjoy or be involved in true crime issues and not know who Mr. Phelps is.  While Ann Rule will likely always be the most recognized name when it comes to true crime, Phelps is pretty high up there on the list.  He has made himself highly visible over the last several years being involved in many different shows on the Investigative Discovery (ID) channel, even having his own in which he hosts.   As I do with all the stories that I post here I do not depend on just one source of information.  I had seen this story told in one of the many ID shows, Wicked Attraction and this book was really my only other real source befo...