A Firsthand Account of Murder As Told to Author Lynn Bohart True crime is all the rage these days. From books to podcasts to documentaries, we can’t seem to get enough. And yet, we are merely the audience, experiencing the horror of said murders through a variety of filters, such as print, film, or audio. But consider for just a moment standing right there, witnessing the loss of life due to the shocking and appalling act of a perpetrator. Suddenly, barriers are down, and the filters are...

BIO: Rich Cohen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tough Jews, Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, Sweet and Low,   When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead (with Jerry Weintraub), The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones,   The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, and Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent . His new book, Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story , was published in May. He is a co-creator of the HBO series Vinyl , an Editor at...

LYNN: Did you always want to be a cop? ED: I ended up in law enforcement when life plans changed and my father had a heart attack. Instead of going to college, I stayed at home and went to Morgan County Community College. While there, I worked two jobs, one as a gas station attendant and then as a school bus driver. Both jobs put me in direct contact with local law enforcement officers. I also had joined the Colorado National Guard and was in the 221st Military Police Company. I was in an EMT...