Welcome To Crimesider

By: Neil Katz
Topics: Daily Blotter

Welcome To The Ultimate Online Destination For True-Crime Fans: Riveting Crimes, Exclusive 911 Calls, Police Interrogations, Expert Forensics And More

Dear True-Crime Fans,

As we launch our new site, we wanted to take a moment to welcome you to have a look around, read a few stories, and stay a while. The Crimesider team has been working behind the scenes for months to build what we hope is the ultimate blog for true-crime fans. Based on the best instincts of 48 Hours Mystery, our producers pursue the top crime stories of the day. In addition, we will bring you unbelievable stories of pain and courage from 911 calls desperate for help and on-camera police interrogations. Add a touch of humor from the world's dumbest criminals and riveting caught-on-tape footage and we believe we have a great mix for you.

Over the next few months, we will also be adding expert analysis from the country's top forensic scientists, crime scene investigators, detectives and attorneys as well as exclusive interviews with today's top true-crime authors.

So buckle up. We're not perfect yet. Even though we come from a television show with 20 plus years of history, we're the new kid on the online block. And we're learning.

That's why we want to hear from you. Tell us what you think works and doesn't on the new site. Tell us what kind of stories you feel should get more coverage. Comment on the stories we publish and get involved. There's only one person that will make this site and community great. You.

We want to hear from you.

Neil Katz, Producer, Crimesider.com

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by tudorcat August 27, 2011 11:21 AM EDT: I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO VEIWING THE INCREDIBLE STORIES THAT YOU GO FAR AND WIDE TO REPORT ON!I WILL WILL BE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH TO SEE THE TRUE FACTS THAT YOU BRING FORTH TO US .

HOPFULLY THESE STORIES WILL MAKE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE STATE OUR WORLD IS TRUELY IN.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!:))); Reply to this comment

by Wombmate1 June 17, 2009 1:06 PM EDT

Love the site and information it will contain. But I do find it difficult to get around in. I am looking forward to learning the flow of the site.

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by neilkatz2000 June 22, 2009 3:37 PM EDT: Thanks for reading Wombmate1. Others have also mentioned navigation not being great. We are working to fix some of that. Thanks for commenting.
-Neil

by Kellie1973 June 17, 2009 9:51 AM EDT

Neil,
I like the site but I have 2 suggestions. 1. It took forever to register to comment. It kept telling me my zip code 27102 was not a valid zip. I finally had to pick a random one just to register. By the time I was finally able to register I forgot what my comment was lol. 2. It would be nice to see some main stream crime blogger names we recognize here. I personally am a big fan of David Lohr. Perhaps that is something you can do as well. Other than those things I will be back to check on this blogs progress.
~Kellie~

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by neilkatz2000 June 22, 2009 3:36 PM EDT: Kellie1973, There are certainly some registration issues and we are working on that. I filed a bug with problem you had. As for guest bloggers, we are working on that too, not just other bloggers, but detectives, forensic experts, prosecutors and more. Stay tuned.
-Neil

by sniksder1959 June 16, 2009 6:19 PM EDT

I can tell already that I'll be a regular. The concept is great. Besides, your first name just screams intelligence.

Sincerely,
Neil Ottinger

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by neilkatz2000 June 22, 2009 3:35 PM EDT: From one Neil to another, thank you.

--Neil


by WyoSherwood June 16, 2009 5:15 PM EDT: Where does someone turn to get a story out there so it can hopefully get solved?; Reply to this comment


by traffic101 June 16, 2009 4:50 PM EDT: I can already tell you i will be a regular! Something about mystery, who done it, lets get them, etc. is interesting to me, and i love seeing justice!

Does anyone think 48 is too old to go into a new field as some type of investigator? If so, what branch should i try? I have 15 years experience in transporation and an associates in Business Management. I have a job, but would like something more challenging.

Anyway...thanks for the new site!; Reply to this comment

by stickdog3 June 16, 2009 4:31 PM EDT

Thanks for the welcome, as with any thing new theres that breaking in period. You asked "we'd like to hear from you" well here goes. I like the concept its like a 48 Hours Mystery Jr. I like your first day stories.
On the aesthetics side, its hard to see the submit button to push to submit this. My eyes aint what they used to be so I had to lean in to even find that button. Why don't you add a email option at the end of these cases so they can be sent around? I got my whole office hooked on 48 Hours Mystery, I would email the transcripts of the previous week end case to them and they would eat it up. Theres a few more kinks, I've noticed, the ease of navigation doesn't just jump at you, you have to really read in some cases to figure out how to keep going, its not readily apparent in other words. All in all I know you're doing your best, so there you have it, you wanted to hear from me, there it is. Good luck and pay attention to these and others comments, it'll help you build a successful site.
Happy Trails

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by neilkatz2000 June 22, 2009 3:34 PM EDT: Thanks stickdog for the comment. I agree with you on some of the navigation issues. We are working to improve them. Thanks again for reading us and keep coming back.

-Neil