How my article and book became a podcastTwenty-seven years ago, I started researching one of the nation’s oldest active missing-child cases, a mystery that began less than four…Aug 16Aug 16
1948: An American Psychiatrist Recommends Mental Evaluations of Political Office SeekersAs I wrote in my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Douglas M. Kelley, M.D., had learned plenty about destructive heads of state by the…Jul 11Jul 11
Tips on giving history talksI’ve given many public talks about history — usually on topics connected to the subjects of my books. Speaking about history is an…Apr 18Apr 18
They’re trying to make me into a novelist!I’ll have a new book coming out a year from now. Titled Face in the Mirror: A Surgeon, a Patient, and a Second Chance at Life, it tells the…Feb 29Feb 29
Transporting audiences to times pastA few years ago I spent an afternoon in Paris with a wonderful French TV crew at work on a documentary about the Nazi leader Hermann…Feb 152Feb 152
The past offers no legal protections for history writersI sometimes joke that I like writing about history because dead people can’t sue for defamation and libel. But apparently, as public…Feb 8Feb 8