Yvonne Mason's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T10:00:36ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMasonhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60989677?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2vggt7u68ns79&xn_auth=noThe Last Rites has Been Releasedtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-08-15:537324:BlogPost:3096092011-08-15T12:22:10.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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My second true crime is now outThe Article about the Forum that was presented in Martin County about Gerard Schaefer and Silent Screamtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-28:537324:BlogPost:1963952009-04-28T15:44:08.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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This is the pin the Victims advocate handed out it was in honor of the girls.<br />
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The Panel, left to right Bob Crowder, Sheriff of Martin County, Joe Crankshaw, Journalist, Bob Stone, Former Prosecutor who prosecuted Schaefer, Yvonne Mason, Author of Silent Scream, Bruce Colton State Attorney and former co-counsel for Schaefer.<br />
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Panel recalls serial killer Gerard Schaefer whose victims ended up on…
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The Panel, left to right Bob Crowder, Sheriff of Martin County, Joe Crankshaw, Journalist, Bob Stone, Former Prosecutor who prosecuted Schaefer, Yvonne Mason, Author of Silent Scream, Bruce Colton State Attorney and former co-counsel for Schaefer.<br />
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Panel recalls serial killer Gerard Schaefer whose victims ended up on Hutchinson Island<br />
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Monday, April 27, 2009<br />
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STUART — Five panelists closely tied to the conviction of one of the first coined “serial killers” met to reflect on their involvement Monday evening.<br />
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Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder, State Attorney Bruce Colton, attorney Bob Stone, writer Yvonne Mason and reporter Joe Crankshaw spoke in a community forum at the Blake Library about their work in the Gerard Schaefer case.<br />
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In April 1973, the remains of victims Susan Place and Georgia Jessup were found on Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County. Schaefer was charged with their murders, linked to at least 30 missing women and girls by authorities, and given two life sentences in prison. The Fort Lauderdale resident was brutally killed by a fellow inmate in prison in 1995.<br />
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Schaefer also worked for the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy for 28 days alongside Crowder.<br />
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“I think it just made law enforcement more aware of the existence of serial murderers,” Crowder said. “It made us aware of things to key on when we have a crime like this there is the potential for it being one perpetrator and multiple victims.”<br />
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More than 50 people showed up to hear the panel’s stories for the event that helped kick off National Victims Rights Week.<br />
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Mason, whose 2008 book “Silent Scream” chronicles Schaefer’s murders and conviction, undertook the project to give Schaefer’s numerous victims a voice.<br />
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“The victims are not the only victims,” Mason said. “The victims are also the families. The victims are also the law enforcement who work these cases. None of these people who worked this were ever the same. I’m not the same.”<br />
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The panel described Schaefer as unremorseful and meticulous as he picked up hitchhiking women, took them to remote locations and violently murdered them. He kept their jewelry and teeth as trophies of his work.<br />
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“Ted Bundy was nothing compared to Schaefer,” Stone said. “He was cocky as hell. This was a game to him.”<br />
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And more than 30 years later, it’s still not definite how many victims Schaefer killed.<br />
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“Probably the case is not completed, and never will be,” Crowder said. “I would not be surprised if there are dozens of more victims out there that we just don’t know about. We’ll just never know.”<br />
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Click here for our full user agreement »Silent Scream My True Crime Documentary Gets a Face Lifttag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-09:537324:BlogPost:1924872009-04-09T14:45:12.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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My True Crime Doucmentary Silent Scream gets a face lift just in time for the newest review. Read what reader and fellow author Sheri has to say about Silent Scream:<br />
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Why do serial killers intrigue us so much? I've always been drawn to the criminal mind for some reason, especially if it has to do with the mind of a serial killer.<br />
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I've watched documentaries on the likes of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Son of Sam, The Zodiac Killer ,…
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My True Crime Doucmentary Silent Scream gets a face lift just in time for the newest review. Read what reader and fellow author Sheri has to say about Silent Scream:<br />
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Why do serial killers intrigue us so much? I've always been drawn to the criminal mind for some reason, especially if it has to do with the mind of a serial killer.<br />
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I've watched documentaries on the likes of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Son of Sam, The Zodiac Killer , etc. However, I have never before come to know such a sick twisted perversion, as the psyche of serial killer Gerard John Schaefer.<br />
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I've just finished a book detailing the heinious serial killings perpetrated by Gerard Schaefer in the the south Florida area from 1966 through 1972.<br />
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Schaefer has been linked by physical evidence to murders of at least 34 young women but only convicted for the disappearance and double murders of Susan Place age 17 and Georgia Jessup age 16. He received life in prison for this particular crime.<br />
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He's been known to admit, while in prison, to as many as 80 to 110 killings. He could possilby be one of the sickest psychopathic serial killers there ever was.<br />
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He's claimed at various times to have perpetrated his cunning assaults on 3 different Continents and had sadisms and sexual perversions that would make other serial killers look like angels of mercy.<br />
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The particular book that I read was written by Yvonne Mason and entitled Silent Scream. Not only is Yvonne an accomplished Bounty Hunter and Author, she is also a very special and dear friend to me.<br />
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I met Yvonne when I was looking for volunteer writers on my MySpace page Write in the City. She often did daily blogs for our page and I came to know her as a gifted author who believed in "paying it forward" by sharing her literary talents and helping others.<br />
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So comes time for me to "pay it forward" by giving this gift to her. A review of her Masterpiece Silent Scream that is currently being used as a resource to teach law enforcement officials throughtout the country the mechanisms, manipulations, and paraphelias that serial killers like Schaefer have the propensity to exhibit.<br />
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Yvonne Mason brilliantly exposes the psyche of the sadisticly gruesome brutal serial killings of Gerard Jonh Schaefer across south Florida. Not only does she allow you to venture into the taboo world of Schaefer and his paraphelic obsessions, but she gave every victim that met their final fate with Schaefer a voice to be heard.<br />
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She exposed their silent screams for all to hear so that the young women who were robbed of the lives may now rest in peace and that their families may find some closure through her story and tribute to them as well.<br />
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She tells the saga of how a trusted law official who took an oath to serve and protect abused that privilege by turning the tables with his badge and power. Using them in a way to manipulate and lure young women into desolate swampy areas that became his playground of torture and sexually perverted games. Only to repeatedly mutilate and desecrate the corpses for his twisted sexual gratification going back again and again to their graves and collecting trophies of his kills.<br />
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The one thing he never planned on was the escape of two of his victims that led to his ultimate demise.<br />
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Mason takes you through the circus event of the media and court during the trial and conviction of Schaefer. Once convicted his shenanigans don't end with his incarceration.<br />
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His narcissistic behaviors continue to gain him attention and noteriety long after the trial ends. He befriends other serial killers in prison such as Ted Bundy and Ottis Toole, known cannibal and confessor of the kidnapping and beheading of Adam Walsh.<br />
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While in prison Schaefer continues to whet his appetite for his twisted sexual deviant behaviors by penning stories under other pseudo names with the help of his ex high school girlfriend, Sondra London.<br />
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These stories take you deep into the mind of Schaefer as he relives some of his gruesome killings by labeling them as ficition. You can almost taste the fear of his victim in an excerpt in the book detailing one of his killings.<br />
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You see and feel his every incessant thought as he walks you through the torture and sheer gratification he acquires through humilating his prey.<br />
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Yvonne Mason pays tribute to each of the 10 victims that were linked to various physical evidence found at Schaefer's residence. Yes, their screams may have been silent then but she gave them a voice to tell their stories.<br />
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And hopefully they may rest in peace and their families may find the closure that Schaefer so selfishly denied them. Mason delivers an entertaining and disturbing account of his modus operandi that will hopefully help to catch other serial killers in the future.<br />
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She credits her book to the team that helped bring down Schaefer from an ambulance driver, to the investigators, prosecuters, judges, defense attorneys and finally to the man that robbed Schaefer of his last breath.<br />
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This is an excellent read that will both repulse and intrigue you. Once you pick it up it's hard to put back down.<br />
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Sheri has a background in Nursing and she also works for a group of lawyers. She is also an a writerThe Re-Release of Tangled Minds A Must Readtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-03-28:537324:BlogPost:1904232009-03-28T13:00:00.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 28, 2009 – Florida Author Yvonne Mason has listened to her readers and re-released her Suspense Novel Tangled Minds. This novel follows on the heels of her bestselling True Crime Silent Scream and her block buster crime novel…
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PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 28, 2009 – Florida Author Yvonne Mason has listened to her readers and re-released her Suspense Novel Tangled Minds. This novel follows on the heels of her bestselling True Crime Silent Scream and her block buster crime novel Brilliant Insanity.<br />
Ms. Mason has once again proven that she is a leader in the literary world of suspense and intrigue.<br />
Popular Author Ann B. Keller author of Briggen, and The Devils Crescent writes:<br />
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Tangled Minds is a masterpiece. In the fine tradition of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Yvonne Mason leads the reader through the twisted and tangled lives of Brianna Van Pelt and her son, Josh, thrusting us into a Pygmalion dilemma that has consumed scholars for decades. Is there such a thing as a "bad seed", an individual whose feet are placed upon a path of crime and evil almost from the beginning? If the circumstances of one's birth or the choices one makes cannot be overcome with love, patience and the rarely grasped opportunity for redemption, what chance is there for any of us?<br />
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Thwarted by her parents' tough love, seventeen-year-old, single mother, Brianna, allows herself to be drawn into a new world glittering with easy money and false promises, accepting that proposition that no good girl ever should. With her young son, Josh, in tow, she dazzles with new prosperity, fulfilling the fantasies of not only her glorified pimp, Ken Morgan, but those of a judge and a host of depraved, desperate men in their wake. Ms. Mason's familiarity with the legal system and law enforcement showed through clearly in several well orchestrated scenes, as the long arm of the law repeatedly tried to halt the ring of drugs and prostitution and Brianna and her son fled for the safety of the mountains.<br />
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Ms. Mason's understanding of mountain people was stellar. These simple folk protect their own with fierce loyalty and Brianna and Josh find shelter beneath their net of poverty, love, moonshine and madness. Here, transgressors simply disappear, never to be heard from again and the mountains hold their secrets close to their chests as nature smoothes the pothole's dark waters and envelops the hills in song and greenery. Even murder seems somehow justified in a place such as this, but the twisted and convoluted logic of its inhabitants finds no sympathetic ear in the outside world and Josh must ultimately face the consequences of his actions.<br />
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And yet, within this story, there lies hope. In Hannah and Miss Amy, we see the opposing force of love, the light of goodness that can blaze through even the meanest dark, if only one has the courage to reach for it. Fragile yet steadfast, this gentler emotion finally reaches even Brianna, a woman some would have classified beyond redemption. In love's golden glow, we find hope, hope for Brianna and Josh and perhaps even for ourselves, as well.<br />
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Tangled Minds should be required reading for every high school senior or college freshman, although its audience is clearly much wider. Life is, indeed, full of choices and consequences. An individual may be able to run fast and far, but in the end, he cannot outrun the ultimate judge - himself. True redemption begins from within. May love's tiny flame light the way as we reconcile our past, lift our face into the winds of change and set our feet once more upon the good road. An excellent read!<br />
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Ms. Mason has her roots in the south and understand the close knit attitude which is prevelent in that region. She also has a grandson who is ADHD and understands the mental and emotional attitude which goes along with this disability. Tangled Minds is dedicated to her oldest grandson who has this disablity. He is serving time in a juvenile facility for his role in making wrong decisions.<br />
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Her story is based on a true crime which happened in the early 1980's in Gainesville, Ga. One of the perpetrators was a friend of her oldest daughter. He served 10 years for his part in the brutal murder of a man who was disabled. Tangled Minds also draws on the experiences of her oldest daughter who had her first child at 16 years old and the struggles she endured because of her bad decisions.<br />
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Tangled Minds is filled with actions, reactions, and the non acceptance of the consequences of those decisions. It teaches lessons without being preachy and shows that sometimes love isn't even enough for those who chose to make those bad decisions, however, it also shows that with that love there is always hope.<br />
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Ms. Mason's Tangled Minds is available now on Lulu.com and her online bookstore at http://thebookattic.ecrater.com and will soon be available on Amazon.com<br />
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She can be reached at ysam51@yahoo.com and her website is www.myspace.com/yvonnemason<br />
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Ms. Mason is available for books signings and speaking engagements.<br />
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Yvonne Mason, Published Author Bounty Hunter and Motovational Speaker<br />
Author of Stan's Story, A Touch of Love, Tangled Minds, Brilliant Insanity and soon to be released true crime Silent screamThis Is Where I will be on April 27tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-03-10:537324:BlogPost:1872102009-03-10T18:37:32.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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This forum is quite an honor. All of the people on the panel were involved in some way with Gerard Schaefer - This forum in in conjunction with National Victim's Week.
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This forum is quite an honor. All of the people on the panel were involved in some way with Gerard Schaefer - This forum in in conjunction with National Victim's Week.This Review for Silent Scream has just been Posted By Blog Talk Radio Host Lesa Trapptag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-27:537324:BlogPost:1850582009-02-27T01:02:31.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
Silent Scream<br />
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Paperback: 428 pages<br />
Publisher: Lulu.com (September 28, 2008) Language: English<br />
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Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches<br />
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Yvonne Mason brings the evil mind of Gerard Schaefer to your finger tips. He is one of the most evil and cunning serial killers in Florida during the early 1970's. Each page will take you further into his mind. Yvonne Mason also releases the victims screams.…
Silent Scream<br />
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Paperback: 428 pages<br />
Publisher: Lulu.com (September 28, 2008) Language: English<br />
ISBN-10: 0557013895<br />
ISBN-13: 978-0557013890<br />
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches<br />
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Paper Back<br />
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True Crime Documentary<br />
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By: Yvonne Mason<br />
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Yvonne Mason brings the evil mind of Gerard Schaefer to your finger tips. He is one of the most evil and cunning serial killers in Florida during the early 1970's. Each page will take you further into his mind. Yvonne Mason also releases the victims screams. Allowing you to hear them.<br />
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This is one book worth reading. If you are interested in serial killers or thrillers this is the book for you. Nothing is left unturned. Yvonne Mason has done her research and has done it well.<br />
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I find what I liked most was that the author did not lose sight of the victims but allowed them to tell their stories.<br />
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I rate this as a 10 star book. An exciting, thrilling and disturbing read. The moment you pick it up you will not want to put it down. After you are done reading it you will have trouble not thinking about it. Each page will turn its-self taking you from the childhood of Gerard Schaefer to his last days on earth.<br />
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www.Lesa Trapp.comMy Interview on The Odd Mind Blog Talk Radiotag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-01-27:537324:BlogPost:1783822009-01-27T14:26:08.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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If you live on the East Coast of Florida please join me on March 7th. I will be at a book fair in Cocoa Beach, Florida selling my books and speaking about Silent Scream my true crime documentary about the victims of Gerard Schaefer Florida's first serial killer. I will be speaking at 4:00pm<br />
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If you live on the East Coast of Florida please join me on March 7th. I will be at a book fair in Cocoa Beach, Florida selling my books and speaking about Silent Scream my true crime documentary about the victims of Gerard Schaefer Florida's first serial killer. I will be speaking at 4:00pm<br />
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When: Sat., March 7th, 2009, - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.I need Each of You to Please Help Me Out!!!!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-01-08:537324:BlogPost:1756932009-01-08T13:28:47.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
Silent Scream is listed on the Preditors and Editors site for Novel of the Year. Currently it is sitting in 9th place. I have until hte 14th to get it to number one. It would be so great if we could get it there. It would mean that the girls are being heard even better.<br />
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Here is the link please if you haven't voted please vote and then tell others- Help the girls with their voice.<br />
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novel.shtml<br />
Please give the girls a voice. Help them be heard. Let's get it to…
Silent Scream is listed on the Preditors and Editors site for Novel of the Year. Currently it is sitting in 9th place. I have until hte 14th to get it to number one. It would be so great if we could get it there. It would mean that the girls are being heard even better.<br />
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Here is the link please if you haven't voted please vote and then tell others- Help the girls with their voice.<br />
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novel.shtml<br />
Please give the girls a voice. Help them be heard. Let's get it to number 1.<br />
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YvonneIncredible, Powerful! - Silent Scream By Author Ann B Kellertag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-12-12:537324:BlogPost:1716962008-12-12T00:57:33.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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I've just finished Silent Scream, Yvonne. I read your book in one day and I can honestly say it is one of the most incredible, frightening and compelling books I've ever read. And you put my words on the back cover, too! My goodness. I'm so very honored. Thank you for doing that.<br />
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You know, when I picked up Silent Scream this morning, I sort of paged through it from the back to the front, as my mother often does. A certain face on page…
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Dear Yvonne:<br />
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I've just finished Silent Scream, Yvonne. I read your book in one day and I can honestly say it is one of the most incredible, frightening and compelling books I've ever read. And you put my words on the back cover, too! My goodness. I'm so very honored. Thank you for doing that.<br />
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You know, when I picked up Silent Scream this morning, I sort of paged through it from the back to the front, as my mother often does. A certain face on page 412 struck me. I had the book resting in my lap and the blanket I had wrapped around me (it gets kind of cold here in Elyria, Ohio in the mornings!) hid the caption below the photo. I stared at that picture and got chilled. Who was that, I wondered? The boyish looks of this man were at war with his eyes. I've heard that the eyes are the windows of your soul. For Schaefer, I guess this was true. His eyes bothered me. I raised the book up, saw the caption, and knew why I was afraid. The photo was of Gerard J. Schaefer.<br />
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Page by page, chapter by chapter, I was drawn into Silent Scream, into the stories of these girls and the madman who held them captive, then destroyed them in every way that it is possible for one human being to do another in. Schaefer was different from the average criminal, wasn't he? He was smart and wily as a fox. He played every angle, even maneuvering law enforcement officers, the press, supposed girlfriends and family in an attempt to achieve his twisted goals.<br />
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Schaefer's trial, jail time and subsequent unending appeals were, indeed, a "circus", as you described them. I liked the way that you broke everything up into short chapters. This is powerful stuff. I think if the chapter were longer, the reader couldn't handle it. I know I had difficulty - yes, even in daylight!!!<br />
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I also liked the way you put in some brief notes and photos of the individuals involved in the end of the book. That's a stroke of genius. It really brings home to the reader just how "real" this story is. Silent Scream is a book you really want to forget, but you can't. Your own sense of self-preservation pleads with you to file the story away in the depths of some deep, dark dungeon of your mind, where you don't have to deal with the pain and anguish Schaefer caused so many people. I can't. I won't. And I know that you won't, either, my good friend.<br />
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I'm still reeling from what you've written here, Yvonne, and very, very honored to call you my friend. You deserve every iota of praise you receive for writing this masterpiece. I shall be honored to declare that wherever I can find your book.<br />
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For the innocent girls and unnamed victims yet to be discovered, we thank you.<br />
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Ann B. Keller<br />
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Ann B. Keller<br />
Author/ScreenwriterSilent Scream brings Positive Resultstag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-12-08:537324:BlogPost:1709192008-12-08T22:11:00.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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When I first started researching this book- my husband who worked the crime of Georgia Jessup and Susan Place told me he didn't know just how many people would be interested in a 34 year old crime. I told him that I had a feeling about this. So I continued with my quest. As it turned out not only were people interested, but those who worked all of the crimes and are still alive were more than willing to help me with this book.<br />
Since last week another…
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When I first started researching this book- my husband who worked the crime of Georgia Jessup and Susan Place told me he didn't know just how many people would be interested in a 34 year old crime. I told him that I had a feeling about this. So I continued with my quest. As it turned out not only were people interested, but those who worked all of the crimes and are still alive were more than willing to help me with this book.<br />
Since last week another thing has happened that cements my belief that Silent Scream was meant to be written by me. I was contacted by the sister in law of Carmen Hallock one of Schaefer's many victims. She told me she was so glad that I had chosen to write their story, and to give them a voice. One that has been silent for to long.<br />
Nancy Bauer, Camen's sister in law was the last person to see Carmen before she left with Schaefer. Carmen told her what she was going to wear on her date with Schaefer. Schaefer used her as a character that he claimed was fiction but reality it was a confession.<br />
Nancy has never been able to put closure to that part of her life. Carmen was the godmother to Nancy's daughter. They were very close as friends as well as sister in laws.<br />
One of Carmen siblings has since died, and the other has closed the door on that part of his life. Nancy was the only one left to remember her.<br />
Carmen was one of the lesser known vicitms of Schaefer- her body was never found- and he never admitted to killing her. Yet there was evidence taken during the search warrent at his mother's house that lead law enforcement to believe he did kill her. There was a tooth which was matched to Carmen and other things - however, law enforcement had no body and didn't know even where to start looking.<br />
Nancy agrees that the girls should never be forgotten again. She is so glad that Camen now has a voice<br />
If you would like to purchase this book you can get it several ways. My online store is http://thebookattic.ecrater.com or you can purchase it at lulu.com or Amazon. If you purchase it at my store it will come to you signed.<br />
Please help give the girls a voice - keep them from being forgotten again.<br />
YvonneRead What Is being Said About Silent Screamtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-30:537324:BlogPost:1696312008-11-30T23:06:22.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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It was a time of innocence, a time of hippies, flower children and the Age of Aquarius. A time when young people felt free to roam about the countryside hitchhiking without fear. A time when law enforcement was trusted by the people they were sworn to protect and serve. That time was shattered by one of law enforcements own. His name was Gerard Schaefer. He was a former Wilton Manors, Florida Police Officer who lied his way into the office of the…
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It was a time of innocence, a time of hippies, flower children and the Age of Aquarius. A time when young people felt free to roam about the countryside hitchhiking without fear. A time when law enforcement was trusted by the people they were sworn to protect and serve. That time was shattered by one of law enforcements own. His name was Gerard Schaefer. He was a former Wilton Manors, Florida Police Officer who lied his way into the office of the Martin County Florida Sheriff’s Office. He used his lie to continue to perpetrate his crimes of torture and murder of young women who hitchhiked along Florida’s roads.<br />
Gerard Schaefer shattered the lives of the families of these young girls and destroyed the faith of the public in law enforcement. He killed without pity. He tortured without conscience and he hid the crimes without thought.<br />
Schaefer not only destroyed the lives of as many as 34 young women, he kept trophies of his kills, and he lived the crimes over and over again. He believed he was doing the world and his victims a justice by ridding the world of the “whores” who hitchhiked. Gerard Schaefer was a narcissistic psychopath who wanted his fifteen minutes of fame. He believed he had earned it.<br />
Florida Author, Yvonne Mason, in her newest release Silent Scream, has captured not only the essence of evil in Gerard Schaefer, she has also captured his brilliance. But more than that Ms. Mason has finally given a voice to the Silent Screams of Gerard Schaefer’s victims, the known and the unknown.<br />
Ms. Mason who has a degree in Criminal Justice and was a Bounty Hunter in Georgia before moving to Florida has given a voice to such victims as Georgia Jessup and Susan Place, the two who were discovered on South Hutchinson Island, April 1, 1973 seven months after they disappeared on Sept 23, 1972 in a shallow grave in pieces. She has also given a voice to Collette Goodenough and Barbara Ann Willcox who were killed in Jan 1973 and whose bones found four years later at C-24 Canal.<br />
Ms. Mason has captured the not only the pain, the agony and the suffering Gerard Schaefer’s victims went through, she has captured the pain, the anger and the hurt which law enforcement suffered at the hands of this killer.<br />
Even after thirty four years the ones who were in law enforcement at that time still haven’t forgotten. They still carry the emotional scars of the heinous tortures and murders of Gerard Schaefer on the innocent.<br />
Retired FBI Roy Hazelwood writes after reading Ms. Mason’s book: "Yvonne Mason has captured the true essence of Gerard Schaefer, a deputy sheriff who enjoyed torturing and killing young women. It is a gripping story and you should prepare to be disturbed. I guarantee that you will find it difficult to put this book down."<br />
Retired Oakland Park PD Detective Chuck Hemp who worked the disappearance of Jessup and Place wrote this after reading Silent Scream: “When Gerald Schaefer used his badge and gun to terrorize and kill rather than protect and serve he crossed a line that not only snuffed out the lives of his victims but also affected the lives of their loved ones and the police officers charged with investigating these crimes. In her book “Silent Screams” Yvonne Mason has captured more than just the story, but has also given voices to all of Schaefer’s unknown victims. I’m sure there are many.”<br />
Ms. Mason stated this “The victims no longer scream silently, they now have a voice and with that voice comes peace.”<br />
Silent Scream is a voice for the victims. It is their way of never being forgotten and of also reminding each of us that at any time or any place we also can become a victim.<br />
Ms. Mason is the author of Stan’s Story, A Touch of Love as story of hope, Brilliant Insanity and Tangled Minds.<br />
She can be reached at ysam51@yahoo.com and her website is www.myspace.com/yvonnemason<br />
Her book can be purchased on Lulu.com Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and her online bookstore at http://thebookattic.ecrater.com when the books are purchased on her online store they will be shipped signed by Ms. Mason.Personal Apperance by Yvonne Mason at Circle Books November 8thtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-10-19:537324:BlogPost:1633282008-10-19T16:06:17.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
Popular Florida Author Yvonne Mason will be making a personal apperance at Circle Books in Sarasota Florida on November 8,2008 from 11:00am- 1:00pm to sign her lates releases Brilliant Insanity and Silent Scream. She will also have her first release Stan's Story A Touch of Love. A true story of a young man's success at a time when failure was the only option for the challenged. She will take you into Stan's life from beginning to present in such a way you come away with a better understanding…
Popular Florida Author Yvonne Mason will be making a personal apperance at Circle Books in Sarasota Florida on November 8,2008 from 11:00am- 1:00pm to sign her lates releases Brilliant Insanity and Silent Scream. She will also have her first release Stan's Story A Touch of Love. A true story of a young man's success at a time when failure was the only option for the challenged. She will take you into Stan's life from beginning to present in such a way you come away with a better understanding of him both as a challenged individual and as a warm wonderful successful man. Who succeeded in spite of the naysayers.<br />
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Silent Scream is a True Crime Novel about A piece of Florida's history which changed the way the nation as a whole viewed killers who killed more than three victims in much the same way. Gerard Schaefer was an ex-Martin County Deputy who killed in pairs. His reign of terror began in 1966 and was finally brought down in 1973 when he was tried and convicted of two of the slayings. Schaefer became the byword for the new term "Serial Killer." Until that time there was no such word or crime in law enforcment.<br />
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Ms. Mason's second newest release Brilliant Insanity is a crime fiction novel also about a Serial Killer on death row who has five days to live and is allowed to tell his story to the local paper. He not only has a story to tell he has a secret to tell. Ms. Mason her story in such a way the reader is spell bound until the ending.<br />
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Ms. Mason background in Criminal Justice and her ability to delve into the minds of those who always feel they are above the law make her an outstanding story teller. She has the ability to put the reader into the book and keeps them there until the last page.<br />
So join her on November 8,2008 at Circle Books 478 Ringling Blvd Sarsosta Fl from 11:00am -1:00pm and purchase her books and get her signature.Brilliant Insanitytag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-09-30:537324:BlogPost:1616192008-09-30T23:05:28.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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Louis Reinhart has five days to live before he is injected with the lethal cocktail. Louis Reinhart has been given permission to tell the world his side of the story.<br />
The story which was not allowed to be told in court.<br />
The Fort Pierce Sentinel has agreed to send a reporter to interview Reinhart. However, Reinhart has been very specific as to which reporter he will agree to talk to.<br />
Her name is Mandy McQuaid. She is a rookie reporter. This is her…
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Louis Reinhart has five days to live before he is injected with the lethal cocktail. Louis Reinhart has been given permission to tell the world his side of the story.<br />
The story which was not allowed to be told in court.<br />
The Fort Pierce Sentinel has agreed to send a reporter to interview Reinhart. However, Reinhart has been very specific as to which reporter he will agree to talk to.<br />
Her name is Mandy McQuaid. She is a rookie reporter. This is her first job and she is stuck in the obit section of the paper. Even though the Editor is not happy about Reinhart’s request, he sends Mandy to conduct the interview.<br />
Reinhart has his own agenda. He believes he was justified in his quest for retribution and he wants to share it with the world. Not only does he want to share it with the world, but it is very important that he share it with Mandy.<br />
As Reinhart draws Mandy into his web of lies, and narcissistic behavior one wonders where the next bend in the road leads. What surprise, what evil will pop out to shock and amaze even the most seasoned reader.<br />
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Brilliant Insanity will be available at Amzon.com, Barnes and Noble and all bookstores it can also be purchashed at my online bookstore http://thebookattic.ecrater.com<a href="http://thebookattic.ecrater.com"></a><br />
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"Brilliant Insanity" is an unprecedented voyage through the demented mind of mass murderer, Marion Lewis Reinhart. Who is Reinhart? What is Reinhart? Yvonne Mason draws you into a world of suspense and harrowing sadism interjecting lucid illustrations and stark, chilling portrayals. However, Mason leaves no stone unturned as she delicately weaves in the budding romance between Mandy and Allen. With her book, "Brilliant Insanity," Mason has proved herself to be an indelible author. - Deborah Simpson, Author of "Chronicles of a Sage: Spiritual Revelations via Canto" -True Crime Book Silent Scream has been releasedtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-09-30:537324:BlogPost:1616162008-09-30T22:30:00.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
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For Immediate Release:<br />
Lulu.com is pleased to announce the release of local Florida Author Yvonne Mason’s true crime book Silent Scream. In 1972 Martin County Deputy Gerard Schaefer was arrested for the aggravated assault of two young women by the name of Nancy Trotter and Pamela Wells. They were the lucky ones. They got away.<br />
April 1,1973 the bodies of two more young women named . Georgia Jessup and Susan Place were found on South Hutchinson Island.…
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For Immediate Release:<br />
Lulu.com is pleased to announce the release of local Florida Author Yvonne Mason’s true crime book Silent Scream. In 1972 Martin County Deputy Gerard Schaefer was arrested for the aggravated assault of two young women by the name of Nancy Trotter and Pamela Wells. They were the lucky ones. They got away.<br />
April 1,1973 the bodies of two more young women named . Georgia Jessup and Susan Place were found on South Hutchinson Island. They had been there for several months. The police investigation which ensued led the authorities back to Gerard Schaefer who was by this time serving six months for aggravated assault on Nancy Trotter and Susan Wells.<br />
The firestorm and the evidence uncovered in the investigation led authorities to believe that Ex-Martin County Deputy Sheriff Gerard Schaefer had killed more than just these four young women. Evidence gathered during a search at his mother’s home revealed at least nine and as many as possibly thirty four over a span of six years beginning in 1966 and continuing until 1972.<br />
Until this crime Florida had never experienced anything like what is now known as serial killings. Gerard Schaefer was considered the first perpetrator of this type of crime.<br />
Ms. Mason’s Silent Scream gives the victims a voice – a voice which has been silent for over 30 years. Some of the young women were never found, some cases were never closed and there were never any bodies to bury.<br />
Gerard Schaefer took their voice away when he bound, gagged, hung , tortured, and buried their bodies in remote areas. He killed in pairs so one could watch while the other was destroyed.<br />
This is their story, this is their voice and with this voice comes the peace they have never had.<br />
Ms. Mason, reminds us that at any time and any place we can become a victim.<br />
Her book Silent Scream is available at lulu.com, http: //thebookattic,ecrater.com and soon to be on Amazon.com and other fine bookstores.<br />
She can be reached at ysam51@yahoo.com and her website is www.myspace.com/yvonnemasonAmazing eveningtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-07-01:537324:BlogPost:1440152008-07-01T01:00:00.000ZYvonne Masonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YvonneMason
I know this space is supposed to be for true crime- But I just had to share something that happened to me about an hour ago.<br />
I was sitting at my desk on my back deck and doing research for my book and building my page here when guests arrived.<br />
That in itself is not something out of this world.However, what transpired was over the top.<br />
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Let me just digress. A couple of weeks ago a couple came to our house to see who had put up the portico on our front porch. I told them our son had done it. They…
I know this space is supposed to be for true crime- But I just had to share something that happened to me about an hour ago.<br />
I was sitting at my desk on my back deck and doing research for my book and building my page here when guests arrived.<br />
That in itself is not something out of this world.However, what transpired was over the top.<br />
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Let me just digress. A couple of weeks ago a couple came to our house to see who had put up the portico on our front porch. I told them our son had done it. They wanted to have one installed so I gave them his number. In the meantime I told them I was a published author.<br />
Ana the wife wanted to know what I had written. I told her about the first book Stan's Story, A Touch of Love and then I told her about Tangled Minds. I also told her about From the Shadows and the two that will be released soon. Brilliant Insanity a novel about a serial killer and Silent Scream a true crime about Gerard Schaefer the first serial killer here in Florida during the late 1960's and early 1970's.<br />
She said she was going home and look up my sites. She not only did that she told her thirteen year old daughter. Long story short Ana ordered Tanged and Shadows for her daughter.<br />
Kristen her daugher wanted to come and get her books signed. So tonight they showed up at my house. Kristen and her friend Danielle with Ana. I have to tell you until you have been asked persmission by a thirteen year old girl to spend some time in your company - you have no idea how humbling that can be. Not only that Kristen wanted her books signed and Danielle brought a piece of notebook paper for my autograph.<br />
People, let it never be said that children are not our future. We spent three hours talking. They asked me alot of wonderful questions. Thoughtful questions. They amazed me. They listened to me. They offered insite and wonder to my day. To say I was humbled is an understatement. I can't explain how I felt. I was honored. I was beyond words.<br />
They didn't want to leave. They wanted to stay and talk. I told Ana, Kristen's mom they were welcome anytime to talk.<br />
They and those like them are our future. We need to invest in them. They made my weekend.