Vampires, Gators, and Wackos

A Florida Newspaperman's Life

By: Frank Stanfield

Narrated by: Rob Morse

Teens savagely murder a couple in the name of their vampire cult.

A sex-starved teacher cannot get enough of her young male student.

The case of a missing child keeps cops awake at night for years after his confounding disappearance.

During his decades-long crime coverage in Central Florida, journalist Frank Stanfield covered every atrocity that man or nature could unleash.

Vampires, Gators, and Wackos: A Florida Newspaperman’s Life recounts some of the frequently craven, and at times downright stupid, crimes Stanfield covered during his time in the field. He somehow made it through without winding up more mental than the crackpots he tracked. However, his unvarnished, no-holds-barred account of news events reveals just how crazy-making a case can be when you are dead set on nailing the truth.

“Here’s a tip for young reporters: Don’t beat the cops to a homicide. Crowds at murder scenes are sometimes wildly angry, drunk, high, confused and looking at a face that is decidedly out of place in their neighborhood. In those days we wore nice clothes, even ties, if not jackets, to a crime scene. ‘Who are you?’ they asked, figuring I must be a cop, because surely, no sane person would show up unarmed in the middle of a melee.” (Frank Stanfield)

©2022 Frank Stanfield (P)2022 WildBlue Press

True Crime with A Twist

This book was interesting and full of tidbits, stories, and insights into different crimes that have happened.

I enjoyed reading through this book! Highly recommend if you enjoy some true crime.

EVERY Chapter ends mid sentence.

The stories are very interesting and well told. The narrator is great. However, whoever was in charge of editing the final project, did a very poor job.

Every single chapter ends with being cut off mid sentence. Then the next chapter starts. And since most chapters are an individual story, I never quite got the end. I have no idea how many words or sentences are cut off, but this is a glaring issue that I can’t imagine a professional would put out without catching it.

This needs to be corrected, and then it would be a great product.

Great Book - Bad Production

Love any book from Frank Stanfield this was edited poorly. Takes away from what is an otherwise fascinating book. I live in Lake County where most of this is set and it was great getting this inside info on the cases.