After a string of murders of young women near Fairbanks in the late 1970s and early ’80s, the abductions and murders mysteriously stopped. Troopers didn’t …

Commercial fishing in Alaska ranks as the most dangerous job in the United States. Commercial fishing for tanner or king crab on Alaska’s high seas …

If you want to murder someone, you might consider inviting him or her on a cruise with you. With little law enforcement oversight and a …

When you hear the name Perry Mason, what do you visualize? Many of us see Raymond Burr, the title character in the old black-and-white television …

Whenever I fly in a small plane in Alaska, I think how easy it would be to disappear if the plane went down. It could …

At the tip of the Kenai Peninsula in Port Chatham Bay, sixteen miles south of Seldovia, sits the mysterious ghost town of Portlock, Alaska. What …

A wealthy, powerful man, a beautiful widow, a scandalous affair, a murder, and a suicide: This true-life crime drama had it all, except for the …

Sixteen-year-old Shelley Connolly loved to party and dreamed of becoming a cosmetologist. On January 6, 1978, Shelley told her mother she was going roller skating …

How will the covid-19 pandemic end? Will it change the world? Will some countries emerge stronger, while others appear weak due to their inability to …

Nahani National Park With landmarks bearing the names of Deadmen Valley, Headless Creek, Funeral Range, and Hell’s Gate Rapids, you might think twice before planning …

I work in the wilderness tourism business, an industry described by many names, including adventure tourism, green tourism, and sustainable tourism. Ecotourism is my least …

I write wilderness mystery novels set in the remote, untamed wilderness of Alaska, and I also write a newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Recently, …