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True Crime Authors

Fire Lover (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary
Adapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective.From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh comes the extraordinary true ...See moreAdapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective.From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh comes the extraordinary true story of a firefighter who may have been, according to U.S. government profilers, "the most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century." Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr would watch in awe as firefighters scrambled to put out blazes with seeming disregard for their own lives. One day he would become a fireman himself, and a good one. As a member of the Glendale Fire Department, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of southern California's best-known and most-respected arson investigators, as well as a writer of firefighting articles and finally of a fact-based novel. But there was another, unseen life, one that included many women, a need for risk, and a hunger for recognition. Written by History Channel See less
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Joe Rabig
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Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 2003
Release date
2003 (United States)

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