Yvonne Mason's Blog – December 2008 Archive (3)

In the years leading up to the 1950’s there were no resources for the challenged. They were placed in asylums or back rooms and left to die. They were never talked about or acknowledged. They were the silent children. The ones no one wanted. The ones who never given a chance to live. Florida Author Yvonne Mason has given us a story of success in a time of failure for the challenged. She has given a voice to a child born in 1952 who became challenged.… Continue

Florida Author Yvonne Mason is not content to sit on her laurels with her latest release Silent Scream the true crime novel about Florida’s first serial killer Gerard Schaefer. She has just released through Kerlak Publishing in Tennessee her newest crime fiction Brilliant Insanity. Brilliant Insanity told in first person through the eyes of serial killer Lewis Reinhart is condemned to die in five days and has been allowed to tell his story. In… Continue

It was a time of innocence, a time of hippies, flower children and the Age of Aquarius. A time when young people felt free to roam about the countryside hitchhiking without fear. A time when law enforcement was trusted by the people they were sworn to protect and serve. That time was shattered by one of law enforcements own. His name was Gerard Schaefer. He was a former Wilton Manors, Florida Police Officer who lied his way into the office of the… Continue