BUDDY
SCALERA PHOTOGRAPHS NEW TRUE CRIME NOVEL
Writer Takes Photos of Crime Scene for “Body
Dump”
CONTACT:
Buddy Scalera –WizBuddy@aol.com
DATE:
7/17/02 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A
photo of a crime scene photographed by writer
Buddy Scalera is featured on the cover of “Body
Dump,” a true crime novel.
The
photograph features the house of Kendall Francois,
a serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York. Francois
was convicted of eight murders. He stashed his
victims in the house in which he lived.
Scalera
originally intended to write the true crime novel,
but had to abandon the project due to personal
and professional conflicts. His good friend and
mentor Fred Rosen completed the novel, which is
on the stands now.
The photograph on the cover and the six interior
photos feature the gruesome murder site. “It
was one of the creepiest things I’ve ever
shot,” said Scalera, a former newspaper reporter
and photographer. “Even though the murderer
was in jail and all the victims recovered…I
still wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.”
The
true-crime novel is one of seven written by Scalera’s
former journalism professor Rosen. Rosen’s
novels include Needle Work, Blood Crimes, Doctors
from Hell, Lobster Boy, The Mad Chopper, and Deacon
of Death.
“Body Dump” is a journalistic report
of Francois’ horrific murders of eight prostitutes.
He was a gigantic, overweight man who strangled
women during sexual intercourse. After they were
dead, he would bathe their corpses in his family’s
bathtub and then stash the bodies in the attic.
When he ran out of room, he buried them in a crawlspace
under the house.
Scalera’s
website www.buddyscalera.com features a free look
at his original book proposal, the sample chapter
he wrote for the publisher, and the introduction
that he wrote for “Body Dump.” “Unfortunately,
the introduction was cut from the final book package,”
said Scalera. “So I may as well post it here.”
At
the time of the photography, Scalera had done
basic research and outlining of “Death Resides
Here.” He visited the house, researched court
records, and created a custom database of information
about the victims. Some of the research is featured
in Rosen’s “Body Dump.”
Currently, Scalera is writing comics for Marvel,
Penny Farthing Press, and After Hours Press.
Background
Scalera
wrote and co-wrote 10 popular issues of Marvel
Comics’ Deadpool. His work also appears in
X-Men Millennial Visions, Marvel Knights Millennial
Visions, Marvel Millennial Visions, and X-Men
Unlimited. Scalera also has written portions of
the recently announced Weapon X project. Scalera
also self-published the horror title Necrotic:
Dead Flesh on a Living Body through After Hours
Press.
Scalera
recently solicited the new CD-ROM “Visual
Reference for Comic Artists,” which will
ship through Diamond in late August.
After Hours Press released “Celestial Alliance”
in July at the Wizard World: Chicago 2002 convention.
After Hours Press had full exhibitor booths in
Chicago and Philadelphia.
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