What Richard Chizmar has said about Horror fiction versus true crime
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026
Richard Chizmar, American horror author and founder of Cemetery Dance Publications, author of the Boogeyman trilogy, has been quoted on Horror fiction versus true crime once in 1 episode of Morbid, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Chizmar says he leaves some mysteries unexplained because real serial cases, as shown in true crime books, rarely resolve neatly.
“it's never usually super neat with a bow tie on the end, no matter how good the detectives are or the police”
Morbid: Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:36
Episodes
Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard ChizmarMorbid · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 11 min
Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart talk with horror author Richard Chizmar about his Boogeyman trilogy finale, Killing the Boogeyman, and collaborating with Stephen King.
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