Tom Brennan

Drawn from police files, eyewitness accounts, and news reports, these stories introduce extreme criminals in an extreme land.

True Crime Stories from Alaska

Murder at 40 Below

Rick Remender

Tony Moore

Tom Fowler

John Rauch

Karl Kesel

Joe Caramagna

Sandu Florea

Alejandro Arbona

Stephen Wacker

Axel Alonso

Crimelab Studios Staff

Venom

In these one-liners, practical jokes, and funny stories, Tom Brennan shares hilarious and engaging tales of people, animals, and politicians of the Far North.

Funny Stories from Alaska

Moose Dropping and Other Crimes Against Nature

Mechele is young, attractive, and looking to cash in on her aesthetic assets when she moves from New Orleans to Alaska in 1994 to earn money for college tuition. Her charms ensnare the affections of three men, and the combined effects of jealously, lust, and greed take a deadly turn in this true crime story. Before a murder in the woods shatters her contented life, Mechele works as an exotic dancer at the Alaska Bush Company, where she spends her days pleasing a procession of hard-working men. John, Scott, and Kent are simultaneously smitten with Mechele, and offer affection in the form of lavish gifts and ultimately engagement rings. While the three men begin their affairs on the same path, violent murder blasts apart their parallel lives. One of the trio is shot in the back; another is accused of the murder. Dead Man's Dancer follows this murder case from 1996 throughout Mechele's tumultuous trial in 2006 that becomes a nationwide sensation. Shocking in its detailed portrayal of murder and convoluted love affairs, Dead Man's Dancer excites horror in readers that lingers far after the last page is turned.

The Mechele Linehan Story

Dead Man's Dancer

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