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My Conversation With Elaine Shannon, Author Of Hunting LeRoux: The Inside Story Of The DEA Takedown Of A Criminal Genius And His Empire

Click Here To Listen Elaine Shannon With a foreword by four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Michael Mann. The story of Paul LeRoux, the twisted-genius entrepreneur and cold-blooded killer who brought revolutionary innovation to international crime, and the exclusive inside story of how the DEA’s elite, secretive 960 Group brought him down. Paul LeRoux was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa. After a first career as a pioneering cybersecurity entrepreneur, he plunged hellbent into the dark side, using his extraordinary talents to develop a disruptive new business model for transnational organized crime. Along the way he created a mercenary force of ex-U.S. and NATO sharpshooters to carry out contract murders for his own pleasure and [...]

By |February 21st, 2019|Biography, Crime, Drugs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on My Conversation With Elaine Shannon, Author Of Hunting LeRoux: The Inside Story Of The DEA Takedown Of A Criminal Genius And His Empire
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My Conversation With Lawrence Goldstone, Author Of Unpunished Murder: Massacre At Colfax And The Quest For Justice

Click Here To Listen Lawerence Goldstone On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed reached the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly incidents of mass murder in American history, not one person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create a society in which black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights -- legally, according to the courts. These injustices paved the way for Jim Crow [...]

By |September 19th, 2018|African Americans, Crime, History|Comments Off on My Conversation With Lawrence Goldstone, Author Of Unpunished Murder: Massacre At Colfax And The Quest For Justice
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My Conversation With Dr. Michael Arntfield, Author Of Monster City: Murder, Music And Mayhem In Nashville’s Dark Age

Click Here To Listen Michael Arntfield The never-before-told true account of the serial killers who terrorized Nashville’s music scene for decades—and the cold-case Murder Squad determined to bring an end to their sadistic sprees. Nashville—a haven for aspiring musicians and a magnet for country-music fans. By the time Pat Postiglione arrived there in 1980, it was also the scene of an unsolved series of vicious sex slayings that served as a harbinger of worse to come. As Postiglione was promoted from street-beat Metro cop to detective sergeant heading Music City’s elite cold-case Murder Squad, some of America’s most bizarre, elusive, and savage serial killers were calling Nashville home. And during the next two decades, the [...]

By |September 6th, 2018|Crime, Murder|Comments Off on My Conversation With Dr. Michael Arntfield, Author Of Monster City: Murder, Music And Mayhem In Nashville’s Dark Age
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My Conversation With Martin Walker, Author Of A Taste for Vengeance: A Bruno, Chief Of Police Novel

Click Here To Listen Martin Walker A missing woman, a shocking pregnancy, a dash of international intrigue, and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno, Chief of Police. When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis, the worried hostess is quick to call on Bruno for help. Monica Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British major, is unreachable. And not long after Bruno discovers that Monica was traveling with a mysterious Irishman (her lover?), the two turn up dead. The Irishman's background in intelligence and his connection to Monica's husband only [...]

By |June 11th, 2018|Crime, Fiction, Mystery|Comments Off on My Conversation With Martin Walker, Author Of A Taste for Vengeance: A Bruno, Chief Of Police Novel
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My Conversation With Alex Perry, Author Of The Good Mothers: The True Story Of The Women Who Took On The World’s Most Powerful Mafia

Click Here To Listen Alex Perry The electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias – and how they risked everything to bring it down. The Calabrian Mafia—known as the ’Ndrangheta—is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, manages billion-dollar extortion rackets, brokers illegal arms deals—supplying weapons to criminals and terrorists—and plunders the treasuries of both Italy and the European Union. The ’Ndrangheta’s power derives from a macho mix of violence and silence—omertà. Yet it endures because of family ties: you [...]

By |June 6th, 2018|Crime|Comments Off on My Conversation With Alex Perry, Author Of The Good Mothers: The True Story Of The Women Who Took On The World’s Most Powerful Mafia
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T.J. English, Author Of The Corporation: An Epic Story Of The Cuban American Underworld Chats On DrAlvin.Com

Click Here To Listen TJ English-The Corporation “A mob saga that has it all—brotherhood and betrayal, swaggering power and glittering success, and a Godfather whose reach seems utterly unrivaled. What a relentless, irresistible read.” — Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Force A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the US from "America’s top chronicler of organized crime"* and New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne. By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob. Known on both sides of the law as "the Corporation," the Cuban [...]

By |March 20th, 2018|Biography, Crime|Comments Off on T.J. English, Author Of The Corporation: An Epic Story Of The Cuban American Underworld Chats On DrAlvin.Com
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Tom Hunt, Author Of Killer Choice Chats On DrAlvin.Com

Click Here To Listen Tom Hunt “Terrific…full of shocks and twists you won’t see coming—unputdownable and highly recommended!”—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author The electrifying debut thriller that asks the question: To save the one you love, is there any price you wouldn’t pay? His wife is sick. He needs $200,000 to save her. A mysterious man offers to give him the money with just one catch: He has to murder someone to get it. Gary Foster’s life is finally heading in the right direction. After years of trying, his wife, Beth, is pregnant, and he recently opened a business with his brother. But one phone call changes everything.... After collapsing suddenly, Beth [...]

By |February 2nd, 2018|Crime, Fiction, Mystery|Comments Off on Tom Hunt, Author Of Killer Choice Chats On DrAlvin.Com
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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Tiffany Love Harden

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading African Americans Tiffany Love Tiffany Love Harden received a full Athletic Track & Field scholarship to East Tennessee State University. An NCAA Division I, Southern Conference Record Breaker, she graduated with a Master of Science in Social Work with a concentration in Behavioral Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Education with a concentration in Child and Family Studies. While running in a track meet, Tiffany was approached to compete in the Miss Kingsport Scholarship Pageant, a prelim to the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. Tiffany won on her first attempt. This opened the door for her passion for community service, and gave her a platform to give [...]

By |February 1st, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Crime, Williamson Leading|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Tiffany Love Harden
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Judge Rachel Bell

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Judge Rachel Bell Judge Rachel L. Bell is a third generation Native Nashvillian and proud graduate of Hillsboro Comprehensive High School, where she was a stellar basketball player. Judge Bell received a NCCA, Division I-Women’s Basketball scholarship to Auburn University and finished her collegiate career at The University of Memphis earning her Bachelor of Science in Education and her Juris Doctorate Degree from Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. In 2012, Judge Bell, was elected, General Sessions Court Judge, Division VIII (8) and unanimously re-elected in 2014 to another term. In August, 2014, Judge Bell was elected by her peers to be the Presiding Judge [...]

By |February 1st, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Crime, Gay, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Uncategorized, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Judge Rachel Bell
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