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American Horrors was originally launched as a television series for the Global Broadcast Company in 2008 (created by husband/wife team Hart D. Fisher & the late great Wakako Kawagoshi-Fisher featuring the young 4 Time Grammy Winner Billie Eilish in the opening credits), followed by a dvd line of original feature film releases in 2009 (The Garbage Man, Nobody Loves Alice) and on October 2nd, 2011 the American Horrors television network was launched worldwide as a 24/7 linear streaming horror culture OTT channel on Billionaire Alki David’s Filmon platform.
In 2015 the Fisher family moved American Horrors headquarters to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin & launched their 2nd American Horrors TV Channel on Roku. Waka ran the Filmon Channel, Hart ran the Roku channel. After a long battle with cancer, Mrs. Kawagoshi-Fisher passed in 2018 & Hart Fisher took over managing both channels, American Horrors & American Horrors Classic and launched the American Horrors Film Festival (now featured as a television series Friday nights on American Horrors Roku).
Known for their “Good Time Horror TV Line Up”, American Horrors has a worldwide audience built up over 14 years, proving to be one of the longest running streaming horror tv channels, that is uncut, uncensored & totally independent.
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American Horrors has original programming exclusives like paranormal investigations show, Mission Terror, the original American Horrors television series, Gorecast hosted by Ireland’s favorite off color lads Johnny Danger Deadly & his partner The Giz, horror variety show Groovey TV hosted by the late great Groovey Newville, Mystery Science Theater style series Riffhead, the original True Crimes tv show, our very own party vampire, Count Crazy Craig & his wild drunk maniac d-d-director-or-or who just happens to the be the c0-host of brand new series Comics Labyrinth with Tryke Kemnitz & Hart D. Fisher. Watch for free worldwide on Roku, Glewed.tv or online at the brand new
Former drug dealer/drug smuggler turned recovery focused film buff and accomplished author returns to offer FREE BOOKS to YOU -- just listen and he will tell you how to have him send you his new book for FREE! Meanwhile, you can read about it here
We are delighted to have Scott Bonn back on the show!2026 live events:
September26 Goodyear Theater, Akron, OH
September 28 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC
October 1 A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre, Raleigh, NC
October 3 Havre de Grace Opera House, Havre de Grace, MD
October 4 Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD
October 9 BNH Stage, Concord, NH
October 14 The Paramount, Huntington, NY
October 17 The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO
November 2 Crooner's Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN
November 5 Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
November 6 Ames Center, Burnsville, MN
On a hot July night in 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed 98 times inside her Somerville, Massachusetts, home. Within hours, police identified 15-year-old Eddie O'Brien, the best friend of one of her sons, as the suspect.
Eddie had no criminal history, no clear motive, and no apparent opportunity. Yet his case emerged during a national panic over juvenile "superpredators," when Massachusetts officials were pushing to prosecute more children as adults. His highly publicized trial helped change the state's juvenile laws.
Attorney Margo Nash, appointed as Eddie's guardian ad litem, attended every court session and later gained access to the case files, forensic reports, and trial transcripts. Her conclusion was disturbing: Eddie could not have committed the murder.
In this expanded second edition of THE POLITICS OF MURDER, Nash goes deeper into newly unearthed evidence of prosecutorial misconduct, withheld exculpatory material, and manipulated forensic findings.
Was Eddie O'Brien used to advance a political agenda?
What will it take to overturn his wrongful conviction?
MARGO NASH has been a litigator of both civil and criminal cases in Massachusetts for the past 43 years. Since 2016, her practice has been limited to working with Eddie O’Brien and his lawyers to overturn his wrongful conviction.
https://wildbluepress.com/politics-of-murder-2nd-edition-margo-nash-true-crime/
FEMALE SERIAL KILLER SHIRLEY WINTERS
GUEST JUDITH A. YATES
Everywhere Shirley Winters went, fire followed.
Children died. Pain and terror ensured. Surviving a horrific past, Shirley Winters hid the anguish as a survivor of a dreadful childhood while attempting a conventional family life
.Diagnosed with lifelong mental health illness and personality disorders she later claimed were fabricated,
Shirley precariously balanced marriage, children, addiction, and the gnawing self-sabotage that smoldered. She left four children dead in her path, people who escaped doom, and fires. A lot of fires.
Now for the first time, Shirley Winters is telling her story. Drawing from years of research and correspondence, award-winning author and criminologist Judith A. Yates blends a story of the pain, anger, loss, love, joy and madness within a rare criminal; a female serial killer and serial arsonist.
al killer and deadly arsonist Shirley Winters !
Jeff McArthur is always an excellent guest!
His book, Pro Bono is a true crime classic!In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice?
Appointed to her case, attorney John McArthur initially accepted the assignment out of a sense of constitutional duty. But as he delved deeper, he found that the truth was far more complicated than anyone was letting on. Up against incredible odds, and with a strong conviction of her innocence, McArthur remained with Caril and fought for her freedom for 18 years. For this service, he took no pay, accepting the case pro bono.
This book follows the long struggle of McArthur, his partner Merril Reller, and John's son James as they took on the Nebraska legal system and a public that had already determined Caril's guilt before ever hearing a word of testimony. The story continues through all it influenced, such as Stephen King, who became a horror writer because of it, Bruce Springsteen, who wrote a whole album about it, Terrence Malick, Oliver Stone, Martin Sheen, and Peter Jackson, who wrote his first major movie based on the Starkweather-Fugate incident.
SPECIAL GUEST G.H. CLIFF author of SERIAL CITY
At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods.
To the public, the crimes appeared scattered. A schoolgirl attacked on her way to class. A woman assaulted before dawn. A victim deceived, coerced, or ambushed. A body discovered. Separate incidents. Separate headlines.
Inside Detroit’s Major Crimes Division, a more disturbing picture began to form. As detectives compared reports, victim statements, timelines, geography, and behavior, the investigation became something far more difficult than a search for a single suspect. The city was not hunting one predator.
It was hunting several.
G. H. Cliff, Ph.D., is a former police chief, law enforcement commander, and investigative analyst specializing in complex investigations, behavioral risk, compliance, cybercrime, and exploitation dynamics. He has directed national white-collar crime research, supported DOJ compliance work, co-authored true crime books, and published on investigative methodology, public safety, and organizational behavior.
Effective July 1st, 2026, there is a comprehensive true crime destination on the internet thanks to brilliant journalist and co-author of several best selling true crime books with Burl, FRANK C. GIRARDOT
Frank tells us all about the new site, and then we get into some fascinating conversations!
A deep dive into Cathy Scott's brilliant and comprehensive bio of Ann Rule.
Colombian cocaine godmother Griselda Blanco and her assassins swept through the city with a bloody and ruthless ambition that left countless dead bodies along the way. Lt. Diaz organized and spearheaded the multi-agency task force CENTAC-26 to combat Blanco and the cartels.
Raul came to the US at age thirteen accompanied by only his younger brother and overcame insurmountable odds after finally finding law enforcement as his calling. He never did things the traditional way, and that wasn’t a popular position in the regulated world of police work.
His successes came at a costly price, both professionally and personally, putting him in the crosshairs of those with an axe to grind, shockingly on both sides of law enforcement. The man profiled in books, documentaries, and the Netflix series Griselda is here to share the story previously told by others—now, finally told by the one man who knows the truth behind every kilo, kidnapping, and corpse.
About Author Lt. Raul J. Diaz
Author Lt. Raul J. DiazRaul was born in Cuba in 1947 and migrated to the US in 1961. He joined the Miami Metro-Dade Police as a uniform patrolman, worked his way up through the Organized Crime Bureau, Terrorist and Security Unit, Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics, Homicide, and Miami International Airport. During his 13 years of service with MDPD he received numerous commendations and awards from the US Congress; federal, state and local agencies; private citizens and organizations; and foreign governments. Raul retired honorably from the department in 1983 with the rank of lieutenant and entered private practice by founding ICDA Investigations, where he still serves as President and CEO. Raul enjoys fishing, photography, music, reading, and spending time with his two daughters and two grandchildren.
About Author Sean Oliver
Author Sean OliverSean has never engaged a drug lord in a shootout but is the author of ten books including his most recent release, Monkey Morales. He has written four Amazon #1 bestselling nonfiction books, as well as three novels in the supernatural thriller genre. Additionally, he has written several screenplays and is a 2021 Writer’s Digest Writing Competition winner in the script category for a pilot called Trixie. Sean is also an actor and voice artist with over a hundred major motion picture and TV credits. He’s directed national television commercials and currently co-hosts Kliq This: The Kevin Nash Podcast with WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash. Sean was born and raised in West New York, NJ, a stronghold of Cuban immigration in the 70s and 80s, and currently teaches in New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
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