The Bad Boy From Rosebud:
The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff


"This is classic crime reporting."
Dan Rather, Anchor, the CBS Evening News


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Bad Boy from Rosebud is now the subject of two television documentaries. The Arts and Entertainment Network broadcasted a one-hour special for its program AMERICAN JUSTICE, hosted by Bill Kurtis. The Discovery Channel also produced a one-hour episode of THE PROSECUTOR based on the McDuff story. Both networks are re-running the episodes. Check your local listings for times.

WATCH FOR RERUNS!

"Free to Murder Again: The Kenneth McDuff Case"

on American Justice, hosted by Bill Kurtis on the A&E Network

WATCH FOR RERUNS!

The Prosecutors

on The Discovery Channel

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Gary's book reviews

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2003 Texas Book Festival

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Reviews

1999 Texas Book Festival

The many faces of Kenneth Allen McDuff

In Memorium: Known McDuff Victims

Why Write About Kenneth Allen McDuff?

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Whitman: Why did he do it?

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m The Bad Boy From Rosebud, a serial killer named Kenneth Allen McDuff, was executed on November 17, 1998. McDuff’s notoriety results not just from the frightening nature of his crimes, but also from the journey that returned him to death row AFTER having been paroled from the first death sentence he received for murders he committed in 1966. McDuff is the only convicted killer in American history to have been assigned two different death row numbers and sentenced to two different forms of execution by three different juries. McDuff’s parole in 1989 made it possible for him to murder again, which in turn resulted in one of the largest prison construction projects in the history of the free world.

The Bad Boy from Rosebud is now available. Call (800) 826-8911 or go to you favorite bookstore and ask for ISBN: 1-57441-072-5.

The Bad Boy From Rosebud delves into:

  • McDuff's childhood;
  • The unbelievable sub-culture of drugs, prostitution and violence in which he flourished;
  • The horrifying crimes he committed;
  • The extraordinary cooperation of at least one dozen law enforcement agencies engaged in a nationwide manhunt to arrest him;
  • His unwitting fashioning of an "impossible" political coalition to restructure the criminal justice system
  • The dramatic search for and recovery of missing victims
  • A minute-by-minute account of his execution on November 17, 1998

 

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