Revisiting Starkweather murder spree was personal for true crime author Harry MacLean
The best-selling author knew he’d one day examine the most infamous crime in Nebraska history. It forced him to revisit his own childhood.
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The best-selling author knew he’d one day examine the most infamous crime in Nebraska history. It forced him to revisit his own childhood.
Best-selling true crime author and Nebraska native Harry MacLean’s latest book examines the most infamous crime in his home state’s history: the Starkweather murder spree.
Lincoln native Harry MacLean has written the definitive account of the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and the participation of Starkweather's girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate.
Figuring out what makes people tick comes with the territory for Lincoln's Harry MacLean, who has made it his life’s work as both an attorney and homicide-focused writer. He examines the mindset behind murders, secrets and lies. He dissects the motives and conditions that drive crime and punishment.
By day, native Nebraskan Harry MacLean helps settle conflicts as an arbitration attorney. On nights and weekends, he ruminates over methods and motives of killing.