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John Ferak

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Born

Joliet,Illinois , The United States

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http://www.johnferak.com

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Genre

Nonfiction, Crime, Mystery

Influences

Mike Royko, Ann Rule, Truman Capote and Edward Keyes,

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A native of Joliet and Plainfield, Illinois, John Ferak chronicled the awful tragedy in rural Murdock while serving as an investigative journalist from 2003-2012 for the Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska's largest news organization. Ferak appeared on Investigation Discovery's "Cold Blood."

These days, Ferak is an award-winning investigative team member for Gannett Wisconsin Media, based at The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wis. He also has worked as a reporter or editor at the South Bend Tribune in Indiana, The Daily Herald based in Arlington Heights Ill., and the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Although Ferak takes his writing and journalism seriously, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife, Andrea, and their three children. Ferak roots for the Gre ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 2,342 ratings · 285 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wrecking Crew: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery 3.77 avg rating — 675 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions 3.95 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence In The Murder Of Jessica O'Grady? 3.72 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TERROR TOWN, USA: The Untold Story of Joliet's Notorious Serial Killer 3.78 avg rating — 328 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dixie's Last Stand: Was It Murder or Self-Defense? 3.72 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Lies: A CSI Scandal in the Heartland by John Ferak (Goodreads Author), Maurice Possley (Foreword) 4.16 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murderers' Row Volume Three: Wrecking Crew, My Brother's Keeper, Summary Execution by John Ferak (Goodreads Author), Chris Russo Blackwood (Goodreads Author), Michael Withey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terror Town USA: The Untold Story of Joliet's Notorious Serial Killer by John Ferak (Goodreads Author), Kevin Pierce (narrator), WildBlue Press (publisher) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence in the Murder of Jessica O'Grady? by John Ferak (Goodreads Author), Kevin Pierce (narrator), WildBlue Press (publisher) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lady Justice Donna Gore to discuss DIXIE'S LAST STAND: WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE? on Saturday afternoon

WildBlue Press #truecrime author John Ferak will be this Saturday’s featured radio guest on Shattered Lives with “LadyJustice” Donna R. Gore. The third in the WildBlue Press Author Series on Shattered Lives, this will be a serious and frank discussion about Ferak’s latest ‪book DIXIE’S LAST STAND: Was It Murder Or Self-Defense?

It’s a strange, twisted tale of domestic violence and murder in the hea Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 04, 2015 18:59 • Tags: dixie-shanahan, domestic-violence, donna-gore, iowa, john-ferak, murder, mystery, shattered-lives, truecrime, wildblue-press

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Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer

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“Dixie needed more than a dehumidifier. She could have used a hazmat team.”
― John Ferak, Dixie's Last Stand: Was It Murder or Self-Defense?

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“trial began, the political winds of change”
― John Ferak, Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence In The Murder Of Jessica O'Grady?

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― John Ferak, Wrecking Crew: Demolishing the Case Against Steven Avery

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