JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
Call them online sleuths, web detectives, or sometimes armchair vigilantes. These days apparently, they are everywhere, and you, too, could be one so long as you have a desktop or laptop computer with a connection to the Internet, and a passion for true crime — especially for unsolved homicides. Continue reading “Amateur Online Sleuths: How They Work & Do They Help Solve Crimes?”
I have something in common with Michelle McNamara the author of the “astounding” true crime best seller, I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: We have both hunted serial killers who terrorized quiet neighborhoods, and brutally killed women in various parts of California four decades ago.
My “hunt” took place over the course of one night in 1978 when I joined a Los Angeles detective on patrol with the task force searching for the Hillside Strangler –a serial killer who claimed the lives of ten women in the Los Angeles area between 1977 and 1978. I was on assignment at the time for the London Evening News in which my article about the search (see photo) appeared. Continue reading “Hunting A Serial Killer: One Woman’s Astounding True Crime Story”