Okay, we're live. Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates on today's show.

I have a very special guest. His name is Ron Fransell, and he just published a book March 1st, 2022.

Title of the book is Shadow Man, an elusive psycho killer and the birth of FBI profiling.

Really an excellent read, fascinating book. He's a superb writer,

and this is not his first book. He's written and is the author of 18 books, including the Edgar

nominated Morg, A Life and Death, and the International Bestseller of the Darkest Night,

a true crime memoir, hailed by Anne Rule, and Vincent Bouliosi, is a direct descendant of Truman Capote's in Cold Blood,

enlisted by the New York Times as one of America's most powerful true crime books.

His atmospheric and muscular writing has established him as one of the most provocative voices in narrative nonfiction.

Ron grew up in Wyoming. He grew up in several newsrooms

before hitting the road on one of American journalism's best beats covering the evolution of the

American West as a senior writer for the Denver Post. Shortly after 9-11, he was dispatched

by the post to cover the Middle East during the first few months of the Afghan War.

In 2004, he covered the devastation of Hurricane Rita from inside the storm.

He and his wife now live safely in northern New Mexico.

His book reviews and essays have been widely published in many of America's biggest and best newspapers,

such as the Washington Post, Post, Chicago Sun Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post,

San Jose Mercury News, St. Louis Post,

Dispatch, Milwaukee Journal, Sentinel, and others.

He has been a guest on CNN, Fox News, NPR,

the Today Show, ABC News,

and other major broadcast outlets all over America, And he appears regularly on crime documentaries

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