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EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 56 MIN

GOLD SHIELDS EPISODE 164: THEN I GO HOME TO MARIO KART-PROSECUTOR JARRETT FERENTINO

from GOLD SHIELDS · host Tom Smith/Dan Murphy

We hope you enjoy this episode of Gold Shields, let us know how we did.He prosecuted a serial killer who escaped on bedsheets and turned himself back in. He took the Brittanee Drexel case from 600 miles away with no law license and no jurisdiction, because Dawn Drexel made one phone call and you don't say no twice. He stood over a dead baby on Christmas Eve morning and sat next to his daughter in church that night.Jarrett Ferentino spent 20 years as a prosecutor in northeastern Pennsylvania. This is what that actually looks like — the homicide scenes where the trial starts before anyone is arrested, the Hugo Zelensky case that lasted 15 years, the child cases nobody talks about, and the question every prosecutor eventually has to answer: if you stop caring, how do you get anyone else to?GOLD SHIELDS. Two former NYPD Detectives. The guests who go deeper because of who's asking.0:00 — Introduction 0:23 — Welcome to Gold Shields 3:20 — How Farentino Got Here 4:48 — The Trial Starts Outside 5:52 — First Scene, First Case 8:04 — Speaking for the Dead 9:38 — The New Guy at the Scene 12:19 — Reading the Room 13:31 — When Defense Attorneys Burn You 17:13 — The Case That Lasted Fifteen Years 19:24 — What Zelensky Left Behind 20:18 — Three DAs and a Corrupt Courthouse 22:32 — Something Happens to My Family 23:10 — Inside the Zelensky Case 26:45 — The Cases No One Talks About 28:51 — Christmas Eve 31:50 — Mothers, Murders and Motivation 34:15 — The Brittany Drexel Case 37:22 — What Really Happened 39:08 — When You Encounter True Evil 40:30 — The Last Line of Defense 42:40 — High-Profile Cases and Bad Crime Scenes 47:36 — Pride Gets in the Way 48:25 — Where to Find Jarrett 50:20 — Rapid Fire 53:27 — Best Advice for Young Lawyers 54:07 — ClosingSUBSCRIBE to Youtube.com/@GoldShieldsFollow GOLD SHIELDS on ALL Audio Podcast PlatformsVisit us at https://thegoldshieldshow.comSOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.instagram.com/thegoldshieldshow/https://www.facebook.com/THEGOLDSHIELDSHOW/linkedin.com/in/tom-smith-09676a22b

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We hope you enjoy this episode of Gold Shields, let us know how we did. He prosecuted a serial killer who escaped on bedsheets and turned himself back in. He took the Brittanee Drexel case from 600 miles away with no law license and no jurisdiction, because Dawn Drexel made one phone call and you don't say no twice. He stood over a dead baby on Christmas Eve morning and sat next to his daughter in church that night. Jarrett Ferentino spent 20 years as a prosecutor in northeastern Pennsylvania...

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