Was that the Zodiac Speaking?
A new Netflix documentary series finds even more compelling evidence that Vallejo pedophile Arthur Leigh Allen was the Zodiac Killer, but...
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BOB CALHOUN
THE MURDERS THAT MADE US
How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
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Mar 216 min read
Another Octopus Murder: American Conspiracies and True Crime Stories
The demented zen of national security agency handlers of mass murderer Phillip Arthur Thompson as shown in the Netflix documentary...
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Aug 3, 20222 min read
Murders That Made Us coming to C-SPAN
UPDATE: Definitely set your DVR for the 9:30am EDT/6:30am PST showing of this one. C-SPAN tells me that the Senate will be session on...
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May 13, 20227 min read
Bob Calhoun talks The Murders That Made Us and everything else with his podcast pals
With all things still being virtual, Bob Calhoun has taken to podcasts to promote the release of The Murders That Made Us. And the...
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May 6, 20221 min read
Bob talks how True Crime Built San Francisco on Tuesday May 10th at 5:30 p.m. FREE on Zoom!
Bob Calhoun will be giving talk on The Murders That Made Us and how crime, murder, and mayhem shaped the San Francisco Bay Area. The talk...
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Mar 2, 20222 min read
Bob Calhoun launches new podcast, Old Movies for Young Stoners, to pair classic films with weed
Murders That Made Us author Bob Calhoun just launched his latest venture, Old Movies for Young Stoners, the podcast that pairs classic...
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Mar 1, 20222 min read
The Murders That Made Us In the News
Reviews, recommendations and profiles of Bob Calhoun and The Murders That Made Us continue to roll in. Here's a roundup of all the recent...
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Nov 6, 20211 min read
Signed Murder Books shipped to You for the Holidays!
Bob Calhoun is offering personally signed copies of The Murders That Made Us and more in time for the holidays! Bob ordered 50 copies of...
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Sep 25, 20212 min read
Bob Calhoun to talk True Crime at Bay Area Library Events in October
With Halloween around the creepy corner, Bay Area libraries have booked Bob Calhoun to discuss The Murders That Made Us in a pair of Zoom...
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Sep 13, 20214 min read
SF Weekly Cover Stories and the Dread of "Indefinite Hiatus"
There's nothing quite like having a cover story in your city's newsweekly. Both times my work landed the cover of the SF Weekly, I...
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Aug 22, 20212 min read
Back on Total SF + Upcoming Author Talk!
Bob Calhoun is back on the San Francisco Chronicle's Total SF podcast. This time host and Chronicle culture critic Peter Hartlaub talk...
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Jul 11, 20213 min read
Bob Calhoun opens for Eugene Robinson & Lydia Lunch at the Makeout Room, SF on 8/5/2021
Bob Calhoun is set to read from The Murders That Made Us in a punk spoken word apocalypse with no wave trailblazer Lydia Lunch and...
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May 31, 20213 min read
Bob Calhoun Outdoor Book Reading at the S.F. Ferry Building on 6/10/2021, 6:30 p.m.
After the success of his May 6th reading at Washington Square Park in San Francisco's North Beach, Bob Calhoun has announced another...
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May 20, 20211 min read
Bob Calhoun talks bloodthirsty newspaper men with Jackie Kashian on The Dork Forest
I'm back on The Dork Forest to talk about The Murders That Made Us and the trigger-happy newspaper publishers of early San Francisco....
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May 16, 20212 min read
Murders That Made Us in the S.F. Chronicle Sunday Datebook.
The Murders That Made Us and Bob Calhoun profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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May 7, 20211 min read
Bob Calhoun talks "The Murders That Made Us" on San Francisco Chronicle podcast.
I met with Peter Hartlaub of the SF Chronicle at the fabulous Red's Java House to talk The Murders That Made Us, the mysterious death of...
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May 6, 20211 min read
Murders That Made Us "a bouillabaisse of carnage" says Metro.
In his latest column, Gary Singh of The Metro writes that Bob Calhoun "cooks up a bouillabaisse of carnage" in The Murders That Made Us. ...
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May 5, 20211 min read
Bob talks murders on the Fascinating Nouns podcast
Bob joins Daniel J. Glenn on his Fascinating Nouns podcast to talk The Murders That Made Us, Santa Cruz serial killers, & the cold case...
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Apr 26, 20211 min read
High Praise from the Czar of Noir
Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir" and host of TCM's Noir Alley, took to social media today to call The Murders That Made Us "HIGHLY...
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Apr 26, 20211 min read
MTMU's First Amazon Review! ★★★★★
The Murders That Made Us has received its first Amazon review and it's a good one! It is now Tim's "new favorite book" and he gives it...
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