All Episodes

Relaunching the podcast on its 8th birthday

AI Bots and Ghost Guns

Bunco Crimes, Investigator Associations, Retired Cops, and POVs

Cybercrime, Trap and Trace, and Concealed Carry

Core Character Question, Celebrities, and An Unnoticed Serial Killer

Alcoholic Beverage Control, Military Murder Investigations, and Tribal Police

International Crime Rings, FBI Legal Attaches, INTERPOL, Proactive Investigations, and Transnational RICO Cases

DA Investigators, Warrantless Arrests in the Home, and Cover-Ups

Threads App, Life Insurance Lookups, VINELink, Confidential Name Changes, Restraining Order Violations

WGA Strike, Mini Rooms, AI, Phone Warrant in a Homicide, and California Crime Labs

Federal Inmate Escapes, Hawaiian Floaters, and a Foreign Leader Murder Suspect

Disaster Fraud, Moving to a New State, and Percipient Witnesses

Undercover FBI, Prisoner Release, Pyromania, and Gun Types

Why Choose to be a Detective -and- Martial Arts in Law Enforcement

US Marshal Task Forces, Warrant Time Restrictions, Good Faith

Interview with Matthew Gentile - Writer and Director of AMERICAN MURDERER

UK vs. US CSI, Lying about Immunity, Ring Doorbell Footage

Exonerations, Getting SWAT to a Victim, and Legalities of Eavesdropping

Cold-ish Case, Civilians in LE, and Arrests Made Outside of Jurisdiction

Sketching a Crime Scene, Immigration in 1995, and Trespassing to get the Scoop

Inside Dispatch, Moving a Morgue, and Getting Investigative Help from Ma Bell

Complaining About Paperwork, Fatal Hit & Run Investigations, and Suspect Extraditions

Investigating False Accusations, Alphabet Soup Body Snatchers, and Investigating Decades-Old Remains

Personal Ties to a Homicide, Chalk Outlines, Jury Duty for Cops, and ChefsForUkraine

Coroner Inquests, Small Town Sheriff or Police Chief, and different Investigative Divisions

Fusion Centers, Brady List, and Teletypes

Home Invasion Robberies, Environmental Crimes, and Computer Forensics

New Years Day 2022, Finding Last Wills, Historical Policing Questions from 1912 and 1980s

Stake Outs, Closing Cases, Writer's Detective School, and 20BooksVegas Debrief

20BooksVegas, Missing Teenagers and Murder

Exigent v. Extenuating, Green Lasers, and Gang Association Warrants

Money Laundering & Gun Trafficking, Main Character Innocence, and As You Like It

Search Warrant Walk-Through, Pinging a Missing Person's Phone, and California Arson Investigations

Rainy Day Vehicle CSI, White-Collar Murder, and Writer Outreach to Law Enforcement

Interview with Marc Cameron - NYT Bestselling Author and Chief Deputy US Marshal

SWAT Snipers, White Collar Crimes, and Consent for Autopsies

Attaching Double Jeopardy, Forensic Artists, and that Bloodhound Story

Inmate Testimony, Drug Labs, and Drone Flights

Finding Addresses, Detective Caseloads, and Duty Assignments

Lost Person Behavior, a Rogue Investigation, and the Difference between Probation and Parole

Internal Affairs, Hold-Backs, and PSD Work

Fingerprints, Vigilantes, Fiction Writing, and Technical Advising

ONE HUNDRED

Partial License Plates, Manner of Death, and the Peter Principle

Missing In a Blizzard, Rapid DNA, and Sexual Assault Investigations

Old Crime Scenes, Cellphone Location Tracking, Investigating a Child Death, and Police Reform

Vehicle Tampering Clues, Trademarks, Notice of Warrant Service

Writer's Detective Bureau - Trailer

Areas of Responsibility, Nolle Prosequi, and GPS Tracking

Finding Digital Evidence, Elicitation of Detectives, and RP Statements

Minimum Staffing, Insider Trading, and TECS

SWAT Teams, FBI Offices, and Cocaine Production

Black Lives Matter

Investigating a Murder of One of Your Own, Filming Props, and Testimony Dialogue

Cellphone Photos, Real-Life Red Herrings, and Courthouse Waiting Rooms

Writer's Detective's Fifth Birthday, Police Firearms, and Protecting a Victim

Sex Registrants, Trust Issues, and Re-Interviewing a Witness

The Newhall Incident, Undercover Reasoning, and 3rd Party Justifiable Homicide

MasksForDocs, Inmate Release After Acquittal, and CSI the TV Show

StayHomeWriMo, Public Health, DEA Cases, and more Counter-Surveillance

Medicolegal Death Investigators and Swatting

Interview Dialogue and a Cozy Missing Person turned Murder Mystery

Recorded in a wiretap, What gets kept as Evidence, and Counter-surveillance

Experience is the Greatest Teacher, Prosecuting a Serial Killer, and Federal Supervised Release

Privatizing the Police, Driving Philosophy of Law Enforcement, and Sucking Chest Wounds

Security Clearances, Task Forces, and FBI RAs

Quarantine, Narcotics Case Jurisdiction, and SAR

Sgt. Patrick O'Donnell of Cops and Writers

Sanctuary, Off-Sites, and the Day After

FlowersAndForensics, Seeing the Judge, and Knock & Notice

Items in Evidence, Assessing Urgency, and Police Radio Encryption

One Free Phone Call from Jail, Video Evidence, and Inmate Release Notifications

Transgender Protagonists, Inside Man, and Romance Undercover

Boot, Deconfliction, and Pending Further Leads

Justified Shootings, FBI Arrests, and Calling for Back-Up

20BooksVegas, POIs and UNSUBs, and Wiretap Technicalities

Hate Crimes, Proactive Investigations, and Island Time of Death

SMEs, Red Dot Lasers, and Approaching Suspects

The Ripoff Episode

Preptober, FBI Consultants, and SWAT Standoffs

Inside a Crime Scene, Search Warrant Limitations, and Criminal Appeals

Ruses, Brought In For Questioning, and Recording Gaps

Firearms Qualifications, Exceptional Means, and OODA Loops

Bad Cops, Romantic Complications, and Interview Rapport

Career-Long Fitness, Amateur Sleuths, and the Future of Policing

Exigent Circumstances, Becoming a PI, and Confidential Informants

Victim Visas, One-Way Mirrors, and HIDTA

U.S. Marshals, the CIA, and Being Taken Downtown

Being Held Without Charges, Stalking, and Desk Pops?

Physical Agility, Foreign Nationals, and Missing Children - 054

One Year Anniversary, Undercover Part II, License Plate Records, and Drug Money - 053

Foreign Language Interviews, Long-term Undercover Investigations, and Witness Protection - 052

Occult Killings, Private Eyes, and Releasing a Crime Scene - 051

Therapy, Overdose, and a Veiled Threat - 050

Mass Shooting Aftermath, Partners, Inside a Detective Office - 049

Bio-Terrorism, State Level Investigations, and Having Your Back to the Door - 048

Character Arc, Detective Sergeant Demotion, and Sex Offenders - 047

Female Suspects, Writing Research, and Police Cars - 046

Interviewed by Joanna at The Creative Penn - 045

Vehicle Searches, Case Law, and Org Charts - 044