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Nicholas Pistor

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Nicholas J. C. Pistor is a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and former consultant for CBS’s 48 Hours true-crime series who has broken stories on some of the biggest crimes in the Midwest.

He has appeared on nearly every major television news network, including NBC’s Today Show, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, and was a guest reporter for CNN’s Nancy Grace.

Pistor began as a stringer for the Post-Dispatch in 2003, after he graduated from college, eventually working through various roles before becoming a reporter.

In 2008, his investigation of financial abuses within the Illinois death penalty system led to criminal investigations and new legislation signed by the governor. A circuit judge declared the report “thoroughly researched and thoroug ...more

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The Ax Murders of Saxtown featured on KMOV-TV St. Louis

The Ax Murders of Saxtown was featured on KMOV-TV (St. Louis, CBS).

It features pictures of the present-day farm where the five-person Stelzriede family was murdered in 1874. The 140th anniversary of the massacre is next month.

The author discusses the German heritage and the times the people lived.

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Published on February 17, 2014 14:07 • Tags: history, illinois, kmov, mayhem, murders, non-fiction, saxtown, st-louis, true-crime

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