Steve Vogel | Author of The New York Times Best-Selling book Reasonable Doubt
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In 1983 central Illinois was shocked by the killings of a young mother and her three children, a case that became the subject of my book, Reasonable Doubt. The husband and father, David Hendricks, was convicted and later acquitted of the murders. They were members of an almost primitive fundamentalist Christian group. Prosecutors claimed Hendricks’s …
Words can inspire. But they can also be dangerous. Words on Fire author Helio Fred Garcia spells out why and how President Trump’s rhetoric is reckless and perilous. I’ve personally experienced Garcia to be a great teacher, and that skill shows in this new, easy-to-read and interesting book. After laying a firm foundation of how …
It was a lengthy, interesting profile of journalist and author Lionel Shriver in a recent issue of The New Yorker that stirred me to read the most disturbing fiction I’ve ever encountered—her “We Need to Talk About Kevin”. I don’t read that much fiction. When I do, it tends not to be of the American …
I’ve written twice before here about how Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City chief medical examiner, has been drawn into the investigation of the death of Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender. Baden, an almost dominant prosecution witness in both David Hendricks murder trials, was a key part of last night’s …
One of the top websites dedicated to crime and analysis has posted an extensive review by its editor, Fiona Guy, of the Hendricks family murders, of Reasonable Doubt, the book about the case, and its author: crimetraveller.org/2019/12/reasonable-doubt-the-hendricks-family-murders/
It’s one of those movies you wish wouldn’t end. “The Two Popes”—now on Netflix—is an excellent film featuring extraordinary performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, both just nominated for Golden Globes. It has also scored nominations for best drama and best screenplay. It’s a joyous story loosely based on a complicated relationship between the …