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George Jared

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Born
The United States
Genre
Crime, Classics, Biography

Member Since
September 2017


My name is George Jared, and I'm an author and investigative journalist that has written three, true-crime books, “Witches in West Memphis … and another false confession,” and “The Creek Side Bones … reality is more horrifying than fiction," and "Whispers in the Willows."
I followed those with my first fiction novel, co-written by my daughter, Megan, "A Novel Wait."
My fifth book is a true crime "Silent Silhouette" co-written by Jennifer Bucholtz.

Witches chronicles the West Memphis Three case and another murder case involving a false confession in Gosnell. I've written more news stories about WM3 than any journalist in the world. I was cited in the Academy Award nominated documentary about the case, “Paradise Lost Three: Purgatory” and I wa ...more

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
George Jared I had covered these murder cases as a journalist, and I didn't want people to forget these victims or their harrowing tales. I have a theory that peop…moreI had covered these murder cases as a journalist, and I didn't want people to forget these victims or their harrowing tales. I have a theory that people these days have shorter attention spans, so I thought including these cases in an anthology format was appropriate. (less)
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George Jared I stop writing for awhile and try to focus on something else. Organizing a writing project on the front end is extremely helpful in avoiding serious w…moreI stop writing for awhile and try to focus on something else. Organizing a writing project on the front end is extremely helpful in avoiding serious writer's block. (less)
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George’s Quotes

John Donne
“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”
― John Donne, Meditation XVII - Meditation 17
tags: death
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Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
― Oscar Wilde
tags: saint-sinner
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Dylan Thomas
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
tags: death-and-dying, inspirational, philosophy, poetry
1676 likes

Maurice Switzer
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
― Maurice Switzer
tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misquote
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