Monday, December 01, 2025

Burl Barer and Ron Chepesiuk reunite!


 Two of America’s best selling true crime authors reunite on the air twice in one week- Burl Barer and Ron Chepesiuk take turns interviewing each other on their two popular true crime broadcasts!

First. Burl is Ron’s guest on  CRIME BEAT Thursday night 5pm PT / 8 pm EST

Then Ron is our special guest Saturday2pm PT/5pm EST on True.Crime Uncensored. Listen live at OUTLAWRADIOLIVE.com

 Ron Chepesiuk  

a native of Thunder Bay, Canada, is a full-time freelance journalist, screen writer, film producer and radio host based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA.  He has a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree from Minnesota State University in Moorhead, Minnesota, a Masters degree in library science (M.L.S) from Atlanta Clark University and a post-graduate diploma in archival administration from the National University of Dublin in Ireland. Before freelancing full-time, he was a professor of library service for twenty-five years at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ron has also taught online courses in the journalism program of UCLA’s Extension Division.

As an award winning screenwriter, Ron has had four screenplays optioned for movies. In all, Ron has published 40 books and more than 4,000 original articles in FHM, USA Today, Black Enterprise, Woman’s World, Modern Maturity, The Rotarian, New York Times Syndicate, Toronto Star, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Collier´s Encyclopedia, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the New York Daily News and more than 400 other print publications.

Ron has reported from more than 35 countries, including Cuba, Northern Ireland, Colombia, Kenya, Colombia, Hong Kong, Nepal and Czechoslovakia, and his 16,000 plus interviews include such luminaries as Robert Kennedy, Jr., Gerry Adams, Yasser Arafat, Russell Simmons, John Kerry, Dave Barry, Andie McDowall, Jimmy Carter, Abbie Hoffman, Noam Chomsky, Frank Lucas (the subject of the movie, ¨American Gangster¨), a former president of Nicaragua and three former presidents and two vice presidents of Colombia, South America.

He serves as a consultant to the History Channel´s ¨Gangland¨ series and has been interviewed by NBC´s Dateline, the Biography Channel’s “Mobsters”, The Discovery Channel’s “Undercover” and Black Entertainment Television´s ¨American Gangster¨ Ron has also been interviewed or quoted on radio by the CBC, BBC, CBS, NPR, XM Satellite Radio, Radio Australia and numerous Irish radio stations, among other outlets, and by such newspapers as Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, The Weekly Standard, New York Times, St Petersburg Times, Associated Press, the Guardian (United Kingdom) and the Dallas Morning News.

Ron has won numerous writing awards sponsored by such organizations as USA Book News, Foreword Magazine, and Independent Publishers Book Award. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Journalists and Authors, the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Florida Freelance Writers Association and the Professional Writers Association of Canada.

Ron's Links :  www.ronchepesiuk.com      www.ikeatkinsonkingpin.com         www.strategicmediabooks.com
 

To contact the Crime Beat radio program for interviews, e-mailcrimebeat123@yahoo.com or call 803-366-5440.

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