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The Dead Souls at Windover Bogby Robert A. WatersIt’s five thousand years before the birth of Christ.  A small band of men, women, and children subsist in a hard land of scrub pines, saw palmettoes,...

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Morphing into Bridey Murphyby Robert A. WatersOn February 9, 1956, nineteen-year-old William Dean Swink shot himself to death.  His stated reason was to test the theory of reincarnation.  Swink’s...

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Review: In the Name of the Children

In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent’s Relentless Pursuit of the Nation’s Worst Predators by Jeffrey L. Rinek and Marilee Strong.Review by Robert A. WatersI’ll admit it—I have a case of serial...

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"Where I come from, it's kill or be killed"

Permit Holders Stop Crimesby Robert A. Waters“In all honesty, if he didn’t die this way, he would have ended up dying.  He would have ended up killing himself on drugs.”  These heartbreaking words were...

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The Story of Tony Cimo

Revenge Tastes Sweetby Robert A. Waters“For four years,” wrote Art Harris in the Washington Post, “[Tony Cimo] lay awake nights, haunted by the shotgun murder of his parents, grocery store owners,...

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The Legacy of Zack Austin Crumpton

Another Place, Another Timeby Robert A. Waters“In a long and mis-spent life,” my grandfather, Zack Austin Crumpton, would often begin.  Then he would regal his listeners with tall tales and truths....

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The Crime that Wasn’t

Selfie Clears Suspectby Robert A. WatersCristopher Precopia was arrested on September 22, 2017 by detectives from the Bell County Sheriff's Office in Texas.  When he asked why he was being cuffed, one...

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The Murdered Mailman and the Palm Print

The Jarbidge Stagecoach Robberyby Robert A. WatersDecember 16, 1916 rode into the Nevada mountains on a snowstorm.  It was not a pleasant time to be transporting mail in a buckboard wagon pulled by two...

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Reanimating the Killer

Thora ChamberlainThe sad case of the vanished bobby-soxerby Robert A. WatersAfter school let out on that sun-drenched afternoon in November, 1945, hundreds of excited teens tromped toward the football...

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Kindle Edition of Guns Save Lives

GUNS SAVE LIVES: 22 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival and Self-Defense with Firearmsby Robert A....

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Mystery, Millions & Murder in New Jersey Book Reivew

Mystery, Millions & Murder in New Jersey: The Tragic Kidnapping of Exxon’s Sidney ResoBy John E. O’RourkeThe History Press (2019)I recently read Mystery, Millions & Murder in New Jersey, and...

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Call in the Firemen

Goodbye Dr. Seuss, Goodbye Sherlock Holmesby Robert A. WatersSo the great books aren’t great anymore.At least that’s what the shallow-minded book-banners would have you believe.Little House on the...

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“Hard, wind-scraped Wyoming”

Review of Ron Franscell’s Alice & Gerald: A Homicidal Love Storyby Robert A. WatersDreams come to Wyoming to die.  At least, that’s what happened to Claire Martin when her daughter, Virginia, and...

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New Book *** GUNS AND SELF-DEFENSE *** New Book

     Today, Robert A. Waters and Sim Waters launched a new book entitled Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Stories of Survival with Firearms.  This much-needed book, the first in a coming...

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NEW BOOK***Guns and Self-Defense***NEW BOOK

Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearmsby Robert A. Waters and Sim WatersI’ve often wondered why ID Discovery, the self-described true crime television...

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NEW BOOK *** Guns and Self-Defense *** NEW BOOK

Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearmsby Robert A. Waters and Sim WatersTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 – The wrong houseChapter 2 – “Officer...

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NEW BOOK *** Guns and Self-Defense *** NEW BOOK

Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearmsby Robert A. Waters and Sim WatersWhat would you do if you were driving down the road and saw a law enforcement...

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GUNS SAVE LIVES - Chapter 1 - POINT BLANK

[Posted below is the complete first chapter of my book, GUNS SAVE LIVES: 22 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival and Self-Defense with Firearms. The original title was published in 2002, but...

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A tale of two gun-free zonesby Robert A. WatersOn the night before DeWayne Craddock murdered eleven people, Kate Nixon debated whether to take her pistol to work the following day.  According to...

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The Untold Story of Gunsby Robert A. WatersSome stories can be judged as too gruesome to show on prime-time television—for instance, the horrifying scenes of desperate people jumping from the Twin...

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