I’m Traciy Curry-Reyes, a true crime and TV entertainment writer, and the former founder of TV Crime Sky. I began my career in the 1990s as a freelance writer for my website, The Movies Based on True Stories Database/Archives, and have contributed to other platforms, including Examiner.com and Inquisitr.com.
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I’ve also appeared as a true crime expert and commentator on TV One’s Fatal Attraction, For My Man, and Justice by Any Means; Investigation Discovery’s Murder Calls and Scorned; Oxygen’s Snapped; FOX’s Crime Watch Daily; Lifetime Television’s Killer Kids; and VH1’s Infamy: When Love Turns Deadly and Celebrity True Crime Story.
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| Traciy Curry-Reyes (photo credit: Ivy Brook Walker 2018) |
My articles have inspired over 20 television episodes and are referenced in numerous books and podcasts. A few true crime documentary episodes have even used my sound bites as their official series episode titles. My passion for storytelling began as a teen, when I ripped and saved crime stories from the Birmingham News and listened to my Grandma Romay's riveting stories.And my life’s work: Raising my two children, Ivy Brook Walker (from my first marriage) and ValentÃn Reyes (from my second marriage)—as well as researching, writing, and archiving stories. Sadly, we lost Ivy in 2021 to Fentanyl poisoning.These days, I’m deeply interested in mysteries, legends, and vintage stories from the past—stories no one has ever heard… stories of the forgotten.My husband, Teodoro Reyes, is from Veracruz, Mexico. We've been married for 18 years. I speak fluent Spanish, and I love to dance Salsa and Cumbia!I studied Spanish Education and Writing at Jefferson State Community College and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
My articles have inspired over 20 television episodes and are referenced in numerous books and podcasts. A few true crime documentary episodes have even used my sound bites as their official series episode titles. My passion for storytelling began as a teen, when I ripped and saved crime stories from the Birmingham News and listened to my Grandma Romay's riveting stories.
And my life’s work: Raising my two children, Ivy Brook Walker (from my first marriage) and ValentÃn Reyes (from my second marriage)—as well as researching, writing, and archiving stories. Sadly, we lost Ivy in 2021 to Fentanyl poisoning.
These days, I’m deeply interested in mysteries, legends, and vintage stories from the past—stories no one has ever heard… stories of the forgotten.
My husband, Teodoro Reyes, is from Veracruz, Mexico. We've been married for 18 years. I speak fluent Spanish, and I love to dance Salsa and Cumbia!
I studied Spanish Education and Writing at Jefferson State Community College and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
TimelineI began researching crime and movies in the 1990s and was the first to archive movies based on true stories, matching those stories to the real people who made headlines. (screenshots below)
2000- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Database at Geocities.com.
- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Database at Geocities.com.
2009- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Database at Blogger.com
- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Database at Blogger.com
2013- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Archives at Blogger.com
2013--2015- Began writing crime and movie news for Examiner.com
2014- Created Crime and Coffee True Crime Stories
2014--2017- Began writing crime and movie news for Inquisitr.com
From 2016 to 2021, I ran my own news websites.Traciy Curry Reyes.com
TV Crime Sky.com
In 2021, my investigative piece, The Legend of Dead Darrius, amassed over 1 million views on my YouTube channel.
- Created The Movies Based on True Stories Archives at Blogger.com
- Began writing crime and movie news for Examiner.com
2014
- Created Crime and Coffee True Crime Stories
2014--2017
- Began writing crime and movie news for Inquisitr.com
