Clifford Linedecker is an American investigative journalist and author of true crime books.
Linedecker was born in Plymouth, Indiana and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1950. [1] [2] He wrote for the high school paper. [2] [1] He joined the Navy in 1952, [1] and found himself stationed on a small island where some officers decided to address a problem with low morale by assigning Linedecker and four other men to start a newspaper. [2]
Linedecker met and married Yang Soon (Junko) Ri in 1957, while stationed in Yokohama, Japan. [1]
He and his wife retired to Lantana, Florida. [1]
Linedecker's first job was as a reporter for the LaPorte Herald-Argus in La Porte, Indiana. [2] He later worked for many years as an editor at the National Examiner. [3] He worked for a series of newspapers, including the Terre Haute Tribune, The Times in Hammond, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, the Times-Union in Rochester, N.Y., and The Philadelphia Inquirer. [1]
Linedecker's first published book was Psychic Spy, [1] one of three books he wrote before taking up true crime writing. [3] the three included the bestseller, My Live with Elvis, co-authored with Elvis Presley's former secretary. [3]
His first true crime book was The Man Who Killed Boys, an account of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, was published in 1980. [3]
Clifford Linedecker is an American investigative journalist and author of true crime books.
Linedecker was born in Plymouth, Indiana and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1950. [1] [2] He wrote for the high school paper. [2] [1] He joined the Navy in 1952, [1] and found himself stationed on a small island where some officers decided to address a problem with low morale by assigning Linedecker and four other men to start a newspaper. [2]
Linedecker met and married Yang Soon (Junko) Ri in 1957, while stationed in Yokohama, Japan. [1]
He and his wife retired to Lantana, Florida. [1]
Linedecker's first job was as a reporter for the LaPorte Herald-Argus in La Porte, Indiana. [2] He later worked for many years as an editor at the National Examiner. [3] He worked for a series of newspapers, including the Terre Haute Tribune, The Times in Hammond, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, the Times-Union in Rochester, N.Y., and The Philadelphia Inquirer. [1]
Linedecker's first published book was Psychic Spy, [1] one of three books he wrote before taking up true crime writing. [3] the three included the bestseller, My Live with Elvis, co-authored with Elvis Presley's former secretary. [3]
His first true crime book was The Man Who Killed Boys, an account of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, was published in 1980. [3]