February 2008 Archives

I have been such a bad blogger. Basically I haven't blogged in months (don't tell my boss). My excuse is that time has gotten away from me. I got married on New Year's Eve and I feel like I am just now (three months later) finding some respite.

The thing is, today I am moved to take time to blog because I'm working on a story that blows my mind.

>> Continue reading: Silent Killer

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Categories: Carey Pena |

I've spent much of my adult life at crime scenes....belly-up to police tape in big cities and small towns....watching as emergency responders do their thing.
Over the last 30 years a lot of those scenes have sort of blurred together in my memory. A handful, however, stand out.
I'll never forget the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after Timothy McVeigh parked his truck bomb out front--ripping the building...

>> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--Dear Mr. Fisher--help me understand

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Categories: Mike Watkiss |

I've always been more comfortable at a crime scene than at a political rally.
As twisted as it may sound, stories about cops and robbers--death and destruction--murder and mayhem--have always made sense to me.
Politics--now that's scary and confusing.

>> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--Murder and mayhem--screwing up on live T.V.--and a proud father's love for his son

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Categories: Mike Watkiss |

Chapter One

People sometimes ask me what's the weirdest story I've ever cover. It's a hard question to answer.
There have been so many.

Like the one about the mid-west family that figured out a pretty effective way to perform a "do-it-yourself mummification" in the basement of their home. >> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--Weirdest of the Weird--Chapters One and Two--Daddy's a Mummy and Daddy's a Dame

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Categories: Mike Watkiss |