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Crime Reads
Online sleuths, cold cases, and the early days of a very particular hobby – 4 March 2020

Indy Star
Why a Pennsylvania woman started a Facebook group to help find a missing Indianapolis baby, 24 April 2019

Bustle
Is ‘Ultraviolet’ Based On A True Story? The Polish Series Has More Than One Link To Reality, 18 August 2018

Washington Post
A ‘tantalizing’ theory from Stephen King’s son: Shark thriller ‘Jaws’ holds the clue to an unsolved 1974 murder, 7 August 2018

Miami Ghost Chronicles / Stories of the Supernatural
The Skeleton Crew, Interview with Deborah Halber, Podcast – 27 July 2018

Writers Read
Author Demetra Brodsky on THE SKELETON CREW – 19 June 2018

Variety
Art Mirrors Life in Polish ‘DIY CSI’ Drama ‘Ultraviolet’ – 11 January 2018

Ultraviolet
(Article in Polish about new Polish TV series based on THE SKELETON CREW premiering Oct. 25, 2017), FDB

Mississippi Mayhem
Six Degrees of Murder, Series 2, Episode 10, Investigation Discovery TV, 15 August 2017

Author Deborah Halber
Dune Tramp Podcast, WOMR, Provincetown, MA, 23 June 2017

Finding Tammy Jo Podcast: Episode 4—Web Sleuths
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 22 May 2016

Twitter chat sponsored by Democrat and Chronicle
Storify, 22 May 2016

Law and Disorder: Chronicles of the unidentified dead
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 19 May 2016

Cold Cases! (starts at 16:40)
PRX 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour, 1 November 2015

Digital Human: Detection
BBC Radio 4, 12 October 2015

Granby Girl: Author says John / Jane Doe death cases both fascinate and unsettle the living
The Republican/MassLive, 30 August 2015

A Cold Case Murder, the Movie ‘Jaws,’ and the Dubious Value of Internet Sleuthing
VICE News, 18 August 2015

Drag.net
Life of the Law, 19 May 2015

True Detective: Citizen sleuths are tracking killers and cracking cold cases
Elle Canada, 1 May 2015

‘Countdown to Muse 2015: Micro-Interview 5 (Deborah Halber)’
The Grub Daily, 6 April 2015

‘Volunteer Crime Solvers, Oscars, Kings, ISIS’
BYU Radio, 21 January 2015

‘Skeleton Crew’ tackles ‘our nation’s silent mass disaster’
Philly.com, 30 October 2014

Interview with Barbara Dooley (scroll to “Barbara Dooley 102314”)
WGAU 1340 , 23 October 2014

Want to Solve Cold Cases?
Read My Lips Radio with Bonnie D. Graham, 13 October 2014

Interview with Deborah Halber
The Michael Dresser Show, 7 October 2014

Mark Twain Was Right: Truth Really is Stranger Than Fiction
Suite T: The Author’s Blog of Southern Writers Magazine, 10 September 2014

Amateur detectives are solving cold cases using the internet
Al Jazeera America: Consider This, 25 August 2014

Ladies We Love – Deborah Halber: Author, The Skeleton Crew
Ravishingly, 18 August 2014

The Searchers: Amateur Web Sleuths Are Teaming Up to Solve Cold Cases Online
Pacific Standard: The Science of Society, 15 July 2014

Deborah Halber – The Skeleton Crew
The Tavis Smiley Show, 25 July 2014

Watching the Detectives
KERA – Think, 22 July 2014

Feature Interview – Deborah Halber
Radio New Zealand, 21 July 2014

The Skeleton Crew author Deborah Halber explains how ordinary citizens are helping solve murders
Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2014

Interesting Lessons from a New Book
Covered Law Enforcement, 14 July 2014

Deborah Halber
Boston Public Radio, WGBH, 11 July 2014 (starts at 43:10)

Online Supersleuths
On the Media, NPR, 11 July 2014

How to solve a murder with just your computer
Time.com, 10 July 2014

Interview with Deborah Halber
True Crime Radio, 10 July 2014

Gumshoe 101: Your Guide to Becoming a Self-Made Detective
Omnivoracious (Amazon.com blog), 10 July 2014

The Skeleton Crew
New Hampshire Public Radio, 2 July 2014

Q&A with author Deborah Halber
Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, 1 July 2014

Crowdsourcing Criminal Investigations In The Digital Age
On Point, NPR, 1 July 2014

The Skeleton Crew: A Conversation with Deborah Halber on the Amateurs Who Are Finding the Missing and Solving Cold Cases
Crime and Science Radio/Suspense Magazine, 29 June 2014

“The Skeleton Crew”: How a motley band of amateurs solves cold cases online
Salon, 22 June 2014

Hot Books: The Skeleton Crew (PDF)
Discover Magazine, July/August 2014

The missing and the unknown
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem blog, 8 June 2014

Who done it? Citizen investigators mine social media for crime clues
Al Jazeera America, 7 June 2014

The amateur detectives tackling murders and kidnaps
BBC Future, 2 May 2014

Solving the Unsolved: True Crime 2014
Publishers Weekly, 21 April 2014