FRED ROSEN
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FRED ROSEN

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I love writing narrative non-fiction. True crime and history have been my metier. I became a writer on a warm, bright fall night at about one in the morning at USC's film school. I was studying for my Master of Fine Arts when my editing teacher, Ken Robinson, said, "You're a writer aren't you?" He was challenging me on something I had written. And from that moment, I knew that I was one. Earlier in my career, under the name "Frederic W. Rosen," I was the Camera columnist for The New York Times. Later, I was a journalism professor at Hofstra University and most recently a film professor at the New York Institute of Technology. I eventually was offered the opportunity to write a true crime book and ran with it. Bat Masterson, The First Dreamer, Lobster Boy and The Bayou Strangler are among the 25 books I have written and published. I get involved with the cases and people I write about. It's the only way I know.
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The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.

Featured Article: The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

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    • Gang Mom

    • The Evil Mother Whose Gang Secretly Preyed on a City
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Matt Patterson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-28
    • Language: English
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    • The Bayou Strangler

    • Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Keith Foster
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2017-11-28
    • Language: English
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    • The Mad Chopper

    • How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Rex Anderson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-28
    • Language: English
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    • Blood Crimes

    • The Pennsylvania Skinhead Murders
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
    • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 2016-08-23
    • Language: English
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    • Gold!

    • The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: A. Smith Harrison
    • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2016-02-08
    • Language: English
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    • Deacon of Death

    • Sam Smithers, the Serial Killer Next Door
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Graham Vick
    • Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-28
    • Language: English
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    • Needle Work

    • Battery Acid, Heroin, and Double Murder
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Bill Vargus
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-28
    • Language: English
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    • Flesh Collectors

    • Cannibalism and Further Depravity on the Redneck Riviera
    • Written by: Fred Rosen
    • Narrated by: Graham Vick
    • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-28
    • Language: English
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