: About Me

R E "Gus" Payne is the winner of multiple awards from the Louisiana Press Association for Investigative Journalism. He is also the author of "Caught in the Crossfire", a non-fiction book that is the basis of the NBC-TV movie of the same name starring actor Dennis Franz, who portrays Payne in the movie.

He publishes on http//www.repayne.com . He can be reached by email: repayne@repayne.net.

Payne is perhaps better known for his international best-selling periodical "The Death of Brandon Lee: The Untold Story", the basis of a major segment on NBC-TV's "Unsolved Mysteries". Recently he has written "The End of All Diseases" and "Falsely Accused", the later delving into District Attorney Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination and also covering the "USA versus R E Payne".

Now retired, Payne was formerly a member of the board of directors of two graduate universities.

Payne is available for selective assignments.

My passion is ...

Traveling and eating

I know too much about ...

Myself

My parents always told me ...

That I could do anything I wanted to do

My childhood ambition ...

Become a magician

My favorite memory ...

What it was like to fall in love the first time

Why I write ...

Because I am looking for answers

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

State of Emergency by Pat Buchanan

My first job ...

Magician assistant on stage

My best moment ...

Managing the crypto center for the US Navy during Missiles of October Crisis with Cuba

My inspiration ...

These days my inspiration comes from an occasional martini

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