Mike Watkiss is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award winning journalist, and an endless treasure trove of true crime story GOLD. He shares some of his most memorable career highlights and why he ended up telling all in his new book, STORY HUSTLER: Murder, Mayhem, and PTSD. Come to hear what it felt like interviewing Richard Ramirez in a tiny room, stay to find out who he saw go under the fresh Yellow, caution tape at the Bundy Drive crime scene. 
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