The Trapdoor - A True Crime Newsletter
Don StradleyA newsletter to promote my books, and to chat a little with fans of true crime....
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The Trapdoor: Book review time...
Michelle Morgan’s excellent book, The Ice Cream Blonde, is already 10 years old! I loved it when it came out, but I think it deserves a second look. Thelma Todd’s story is always fascinating, and her untimely death is still a mystery…
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T...
THE LAST DAYS OF THE WOLF
Though this newsletter was established for my true crime writing, I occasionally get requests for boxing stories. So here is one…
Wolf Larsen was not yet 30-years-old when he made the long walk down Woodhull Street in Brooklyn toward the B...
Big News!
Coming in November from Bloomsbury Publishing!
My latest true crime collection!
I am very excited to share this image of the cover with you.
The new book clocks in at 264 pages and features 30 grisly cases. Some are well known, most ar...
Looking back at one of my favorite true crime books
My next crime book, which will be published soon by Bloomsbury, will feature a chapter on the Boston Strangler, which still ranks one of the most riveting cases in all crime history. Whether you believe it was Albert DeSalvo committing each...
On her birthday: Lila Leeds
Lila Leeds always felt she had psychic powers, and on the night of Aug. 31, 1948, she sensed there was something strange in the air. That is, something other than marijuana smoke.
She and her roommate Vicki Evans were enjoying a night at t...
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I write true crime books. My newsletter, The Trapdoor, will include info about my upcoming book, and also recommendations of other crime books and movies. I hope you'll join me....
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