Ron Franscell

'ShadowMan' on Dead Air
2024-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
Ron will talk about his true crime “ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling” with co-hosts George R. Lopez and Ken DeCosta. Their KGRA Digital Broadcasting show “Dead Air” delivers a wide range of live streaming and original content, featuring celebrities and experts discussing everything from true crime to paranormal phenomena. Tune in on your nearest device!

Peace, Love & Murder in Placitas
2025-02-05 09:30 - 10:30 | Placitas Presbyterian Church, 7 Paseo De San Antonio Rd, Placitas, NM, 87043, United States
Bestselling crime author Ron Franscell, a Placitas resident, will talk about a shocking double-murder on a seemingly peaceful hippie ommune in 1970. Along the way he’ll tell some of the habits of his true crime-writing dating back to his days as senior writer at the Denver Post.

DEEP END launches!
2026-05-05
The wait is over! DEEP END, sequel to Ron’s popular thriller DEAF ROW, will be released today!
DEEP END is now available in print, ebook, and audiobook wherever you buy your favorite titles (Amazon, Wind City Books, Barnes & Noble, Apply … anywhere!)

Late-night on KUPR (99.9 FM Placitas NM)
2026-05-22 21:00 - 22:30
If you’re in Placitas, Bernalillo, Algodones, parts of Rio Rancho, and the Pueblos of Santa Ana, Zia, and San Felipe … and if you’re up late this Friday night … Ron joins KUPR 99.9 FM host Mike Stovall from 9pm to 10:30pm to talk about DEEP END and the real-life local murder on a 1970 hippie commune that inspired his new mystery. Tune in! (Don’t worry … in the dark out here nobody can hear you scream.)

Cowboy State Daily podcast
2026-06-22 09:25 - 10:00 | Cowboy State Daily Show
Wyoming native Ron will talk about DEEP END and some of his other books on the Cowboy State Daily Show, with host Jake Nichols. It’s the podcast of Wyoming’s biggest and best statewide daily news source, the Cowboy State Daily.

Fireside Chat with Anne Hillerman @ Placitas Library
2026-06-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Placitas Community Library, 453 NM-165, Placitas, NM, 87043, United States
In a fireside chat with friend and fellow mystery author ANNE HILLERMAN, Ron will talk about his new mystery novel DEEP END, which was inspired by a true-life 1970 double murder at a hippie commune in this quiet little New Mexico village—where Ron now lives. Details to come. Save the date. IT’S FREE.
(Anne Hillerman is the author of the Leaphorn-Chee-Manuelito mysteries, continuing the suspenseful storytelling of her late father, Tony Hillerman. She is also the executive producer, with the late Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin, of the popular streaming series “Dark Winds.” She and Ron’s friendship dates back to the early 1980s, when they both worked at the daily Santa Fe New Mexican.)

Book-signing, Wind City Books-Casper WY
2026-09-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Wind City Books, 152 S Center, Casper, WY, 82601, United States
Ron will greet readers and sign books—including his new suspense DEEP END—at his hometown bookstore, WIND CITY BOOKS. He’ll be there 3-5pm on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Stop in and say, “Hi!”
