Forget Olivia Benson: This is the real SVU

Besides the obvious, I am a big fan of Law & Order Special Victims Unit for many reasons:

1)    Richard Belzer and I are both published in Suspense Magazine

2)    Christopher Meloni looks just like my old boss

3)    Ice T wrote songs about “gangster” life and now he plays a cop

4)    Dann Florek is the only one who actually looks like a cop

5)    The name Mariska is really fun to say

I recently ran across a great article from The Daily Beast that profiles the real detectives of the NYPD SVU. Writer Christopher Dickey’s article is called To Catch a Creep and can be found here:

 

Take a read and post a comment to let me know what you think!

-Fred.

Another edition of …and I quote…

“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks” –Samuel Adams

Fingers crossed…

I just submitted some fiction to Cemetery Dance. Wish me luck!

Upon Ray Bradbury’s Death, people buy Kindle version of book about demise of paper books. It’s all coming true…

Upon Ray Bradbury’s Death, people buy Kindle version of book about demise of paper books. It’s all coming true…

I now have a Pinterest account.

I now have a Pinterest account. http://ow.ly/b9YhU

Fred on the radio!

Fred will have an hour-long interview on Dan Zupansky’s True Murder radio show. The interview will be on 2/29/12 at 9:00pm Eastern. Be sure to call in!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dan-zupansky1/2012/03/01/oba-chandler-and-the-murder-of-the-rogers-family-fred-shrum

My true crime article, “Tourist Trap”, is now available in this month’s edition of Suspense Magazine

My latest true crime article, “Tourist Trap:  Oba Chandler and the Murder of the Rogers Family” is now available in this month’s edition of Suspense Magazine.

On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle, and Christe Rogers were found floating in the serene waters of Tampa Bay. They were stripped below the waist, bound, and tied to concrete blocks.

How could such a tragedy happen in paradise?

-Fred Shrum III