Rain is Not a Cop’s Friend
The challenges of policing in the rain are many and before I introduce you to them, there’s this … Rain and Mud Rain Mud Muck Delightful, they are not. […]
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How to Write Killer Tales, and Music
Writing a realistic murder scene can and should be a bit difficult for most authors since they haven’t killed anyone, I hope. So, if realism is the goal, as it should […]
Takin’ Bacon: The Big Investigation – A True Story
Last weekend at MurderCon, one of the classes wound up in a lively discussion about the crime of beastiality (having sex with animals). The presenter, an experienced and entertaining homicide […]
Forensic Terminology, Illustrated
It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so this is me with too much time on my hands. Forensic Terminology External Ballistics – characteristics and behavior […]
MurderCon 2021: The Fabulous Lineup of Classes and Presenters
From the start of the Writers’ Police Academy over a dozen years ago, we’ve taken writers inside the typically closed world of law enforcement, forensics, EMS, and firefighting. We’ve introduced […]
Secrets of the Graveyard Shift: The Experts Behind the Scenes
Today I’d like to take a moment to recognize some of the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes of this blog. Yes, this site has tons of moving parts […]
12 Tips To Help Your Detective Become A Real Crime-Solving Pro
Are you searching for ways to prevent the hero of your tales from becoming the bumbling, inept investigators seen on many television shows? Well, look no further. Here are a […]
Read Any Good Bloodstains Lately? The Endings are Killer!
Detective Sergeant Carl Catchemall studied the bloodstain pattern on and next to the ticking cow clock hanging on the kitchen wall. He stood there, staring, for what seemed like an eternity […]
A MurderCon Preview: Patti Phillips, a Tour of the Ultra-Secure Sirchie Compound
During the first two days of Evidence Collection Training, we used a number of chemicals, fingerprint powders, and brushes, and employed several different fingerprint lifting techniques on a variety of […]
MurderCon: Advanced Fingerprinting
It would have been a day sometime way back in the 1970s when I nervously held a fingerprint brush for the time, hoping to solve the big crime of the […]
Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers
