True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer

Burl Barer, Edgar Award winner and NYT Best Selling author

"The best True Crime radio program on the air." - Erin Moriarty CBS 48Hrs The Internet's FIRST true crime broadcast and syndicated podcast hosted by NYT Best Selling author Burl Barer is now in our second decade of live broadcasts Saturday 2 pm PT on OutlawRadioLive.com , then available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast outlets! Over 300 in depth conversations with the world’s most famous true crime journalists, authors private eyes, and agents of law enforcement

  1. Aug 16

    ADDICTION/RECOVERY-- LEONARD BUSCHEL RETURNS

    Former drug dealer/drug smuggler turned recovery focused film buff and accomplished author returns to offer FREE BOOKS to YOU -- just listen and he will tell you how to have him send you his new book for FREE! Meanwhile, you can read about it here

    ADDICTION/RECOVERY-- LEONARD BUSCHEL RETURNS

  2. Aug 9

    DOC BONN RETURNS! ALL ABOUT SERIAL KILLERS

    Docbonn.com We are delighted to have Scott Bonn back on the show!2026 live events: September26 Goodyear Theater, Akron, OH September 28 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC October 1 A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre, Raleigh, NC October 3 Havre de Grace Opera House, Havre de Grace, MD October 4 Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD October 9 BNH Stage, Concord, NH October 14 The Paramount, Huntington, NY October 17 The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO November 2 Crooner's Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN November 5 Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN November 6 Ames Center, Burnsville, MN

  3. Aug 3

    THE POLITICS OF MURDER - MARGO NASH

    On a hot July night in 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed 98 times inside her Somerville, Massachusetts, home. Within hours, police identified 15-year-old Eddie O'Brien, the best friend of one of her sons, as the suspect. Eddie had no criminal history, no clear motive, and no apparent opportunity. Yet his case emerged during a national panic over juvenile "superpredators," when Massachusetts officials were pushing to prosecute more children as adults. His highly publicized trial helped change the state's juvenile laws. Attorney Margo Nash, appointed as Eddie's guardian ad litem, attended every court session and later gained access to the case files, forensic reports, and trial transcripts. Her conclusion was disturbing: Eddie could not have committed the murder. In this expanded second edition of THE POLITICS OF MURDER, Nash goes deeper into newly unearthed evidence of prosecutorial misconduct, withheld exculpatory material, and manipulated forensic findings. Was Eddie O'Brien used to advance a political agenda? What will it take to overturn his wrongful conviction? MARGO NASH has been a litigator of both civil and criminal cases in Massachusetts for the past 43 years. Since 2016, her practice has been limited to working with Eddie O’Brien and his lawyers to overturn his wrongful conviction. https://wildbluepress.com/politics-of-murder-2nd-edition-margo-nash-true-crime/

  4. Jul 26

    SHADOWS IN FIRE --SERIAL KILLER SHIRLEY WINTERS

    FEMALE SERIAL KILLER SHIRLEY WINTERS GUEST JUDITH A. YATES Everywhere Shirley Winters went, fire followed. Children died. Pain and terror ensured. Surviving a horrific past, Shirley Winters hid the anguish as a survivor of a dreadful childhood while attempting a conventional family life .Diagnosed with lifelong mental health illness and personality disorders she later claimed were fabricated, Shirley precariously balanced marriage, children, addiction, and the gnawing self-sabotage that smoldered. She left four children dead in her path, people who escaped doom, and fires. A lot of fires. Now for the first time, Shirley Winters is telling her story. Drawing from years of research and correspondence, award-winning author and criminologist Judith A. Yates blends a story of the pain, anger, loss, love, joy and madness within a rare criminal; a female serial killer and serial arsonist. al killer and deadly arsonist Shirley Winters !

  5. Jul 20

    STARKWEATHER MURDER SPREE -- JEFF MCARTHUR

    Jeff McArthur is always an excellent guest! His book, Pro Bono is a true crime classic!In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice?Appointed to her case, attorney John McArthur initially accepted the assignment out of a sense of constitutional duty. But as he delved deeper, he found that the truth was far more complicated than anyone was letting on. Up against incredible odds, and with a strong conviction of her innocence, McArthur remained with Caril and fought for her freedom for 18 years. For this service, he took no pay, accepting the case pro bono.This book follows the long struggle of McArthur, his partner Merril Reller, and John's son James as they took on the Nebraska legal system and a public that had already determined Caril's guilt before ever hearing a word of testimony. The story continues through all it influenced, such as Stephen King, who became a horror writer because of it, Bruce Springsteen, who wrote a whole album about it, Terrence Malick, Oliver Stone, Martin Sheen, and Peter Jackson, who wrote his first major movie based on the Starkweather-Fugate incident.

  6. Jul 19

    7 PREDATORS IN DETROIT AT ONCE!

    SPECIAL GUEST G.H. CLIFF author of SERIAL CITY At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods. To the public, the crimes appeared scattered. A schoolgirl attacked on her way to class. A woman assaulted before dawn. A victim deceived, coerced, or ambushed. A body discovered. Separate incidents. Separate headlines. Inside Detroit’s Major Crimes Division, a more disturbing picture began to form. As detectives compared reports, victim statements, timelines, geography, and behavior, the investigation became something far more difficult than a search for a single suspect. The city was not hunting one predator. It was hunting several. G. H. Cliff, Ph.D., is a former police chief, law enforcement commander, and investigative analyst specializing in complex investigations, behavioral risk, compliance, cybercrime, and exploitation dynamics. He has directed national white-collar crime research, supported DOJ compliance work, co-authored true crime books, and published on investigative methodology, public safety, and organizational behavior.

  7. Jul 5

    AREA 51 TRUE CRIME--THE TRUE CRIME SUBSTACK

    Effective July 1st, 2026, there is a comprehensive true crime destination on the internet thanks to brilliant journalist and co-author of several best selling true crime books with Burl, FRANK C. GIRARDOT Frank tells us all about the new site, and then we get into some fascinating conversations!

  8. May 28

    FIRST LADY OF MURDER! Ann Rule by Cathy Scott

    A deep dive into Cathy Scott's brilliant and comprehensive bio of Ann Rule.

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"The best True Crime radio program on the air." - Erin Moriarty CBS 48Hrs The Internet's FIRST true crime broadcast and syndicated podcast hosted by NYT Best Selling author Burl Barer is now in our second decade of live broadcasts Saturday 2 pm PT on OutlawRadioLive.com , then available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast outlets! Over 300 in depth conversations with the world’s most famous true crime journalists, authors private eyes, and agents of law enforcement

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  • Creator
    Burl Barer, Edgar Award winner and NYT Best Selling author
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    411
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Burl Barer, Edgar Award winner and NYT Best Selling author

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