In the weeks and months following the Hendricks family murders, there was interest, curiosity—maybe even controversy—about why a space on the large family tombstone reserved for an epitaph had never been filled in. Some family members explained that … [Read more...] about The non-existent epitaph
Presiding judge appears at program on anniversary of Hendricks murders
Retired Judge Richard Baner, who presided in both Hendricks trials, was among those in the audience when Steve Vogel presented a program about the case on the 35th anniversary of the crime's … [Read more...] about Presiding judge appears at program on anniversary of Hendricks murders
Hendricks’s December 1987 newsletter
David Hendricks had been behind bars four years (three of them at Menard, a maximum security prison) in the deaths of his wife and three children when, in December 1987, he sent a year-end newsletter to family, friends and, I gather, media … [Read more...] about Hendricks’s December 1987 newsletter
Steve on “The 21st”
Steve was superb interviewer Niala Boodhoo's guest on Illinois Public Media's "The 21st"--the public affairs program heard on several of the state's NPR affiliates. Find the interview … [Read more...] about Steve on “The 21st”
Steve interviewed on own talk show
When Reasonable Doubt was first published, Steve was hosting a talk show on Bloomington radio station WJBC, regularly interviewing special guests. So the tables were turned when Steve became the interviewee on his own show with local radio icon Don … [Read more...] about Steve interviewed on own talk show
Hendricks’s corrections to Reasonable Doubt
Shortly after Reasonable Doubt was first published as a hardcover book, I invited David Hendricks to identify factual errors. I received this letter from him in December of 1989: Dear Steve: I haven't reread the book yet and I am too busy to do … [Read more...] about Hendricks’s corrections to Reasonable Doubt