FBI Retired Case File Review
376 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsHave you ever thought how cool it would be to eavesdrop on the FBI? On FBI Retired Case File Review, host Jerri Williams, a retired agent herself, is on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does by interviewing her former Bureau colleagues who share personal stories about the Bureau's most intriguing and high-profile cases, as well as many you've never heard of. Listen in on their conversations and experience what it’s like to hunt down a serial killer or terrorist, catch a spy during an espionage case, comb through a file cabinet of incriminating documents in a corruption investigation, or sit on a wire and conduct a physical surveillance to gather evidence of drug trafficking or organized crime. Investigate the show at https://jerriwilliams.com/.
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321: Frank Figliuzzi – Highway Serial Killings Initiative, Long Haul
June 12, 2024 23:55 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBRetired agent Frank Figliuzzi reviews the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative, a special unit that tracks the victims of serial murderers picked up at truck stops in one jurisdiction, sexually assaulted and murdered in another, and dumped along a highway in a third location. Frank shares how the transient nature of the offenders and the multiple jurisdictions involved make these cases incredibly difficult to solve and his journey to learn more about the victims and better understand the...
320: Mario Tariche and Raquel Cicini - Cocaine Cowboys, Operation RECOIL (Part 2)
June 06, 2024 00:39 - 1 hour - 139 MBIn Part 2 of this two-part episode, retired agents Mario Tariche and Raquel “Rocky” Cicini continue their review of Operation RECOIL, the investigation of Cocaine Cowboys Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta, to include their work with key cooperating witness Marilyn Bonachea. This case was memorialized in the Netflix series “Cocaine Cowboys Kings of Miami,” during which Mario and Rocky were interviewed. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: Buy me a coffee - https:...
319: Mario Tariche and Raquel Cicini - Cocaine Cowboys, Operation RECOIL (Part 1)
May 30, 2024 04:21 - 1 hour - 122 MBIn Part 1 of this two-part episode, retired agents Mario Tariche and Raquel “Rocky” Cicini review their investigation of Willy Falcon, Sal Magluta, aka The Cocaine Cowboys and others, which resulted in the dismantlement of the largest drug trafficking organization in South Florida and provided the evidence of jury tampering and bribery in the acquittal verdict received in a prior drug case against the defendants. The case was code-named Operation RECOIL, an acronym for Racketeering, Executio...
318: Lisa Bailey – Clay and Bones, FBI Forensic Artist
May 16, 2024 00:18 - 1 hour - 120 MBRetired FBI forensic artist Lisa Bailey reviews the FBI’s forensic facial approximation program, where she used skulls and anthropologist reports to create sculptures of unidentified individuals to help investigators seeking the public’s assistance in solving cold cases. She also reviews the 5-year research project she launched on behalf of the FBI at the University of Tennessee’s “Body Farm,” which resulted in the Bureau’s 3D digital and photographic forensic art reference collection of ov...
317: FBI Retired Case File Review Live! in Philadelphia
May 08, 2024 23:47 - 1 hour - 144 MBFBI Retired Case File Review Live! was held on April 28 at the Punch Line comedy club in Philadelphia. This episode is the audio recorded during the live event. My on stage guests included retired agent Scott Duffey and his partner retired ATF special agent Terrance Mortimer, who take us behind the scenes of an unbelievable investigation they investigated, involving a nearly 2-decade-old unsolved homicide tenaciously pursued with the Philadelphia Police Department. During the second half o...
316: Chris Campion – Jaycee Dugard, Child Abduction Case
May 02, 2024 00:20 - 1 hour - 128 MBRetired agent Chris Campion reviews the Jaycee Dugard child abduction case, and his time investigating her disappearance throughout the 18 years she was missing. Chris and his FBI colleagues and local law enforcement partners diligently pursued viable leads from the day Jaycee was taken in 1991 right up to that day in 2009, when she was miraculously recovered. Chris also reviews how the FBI helped Jaycee and her daughters re-enter life. This is Chris’s first time talking publicly about the c...
315: Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin - Operation Crown Prince, Fried Chicken, Heroin, and Warlords
April 18, 2024 01:06 - 1 hour - 100 MBRetired agents Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin review Operation Crown Prince, an investigation into Afghan nationals residing in the U.S. transporting heroin into the country and providing proceeds to the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and insurgents as a means of material support for their operations combating U.S. and allied forces. The case was nicknamed “The Great Chicken Caper” as it originated with intelligence that proceeds were laundered through Afghan owned fried chicken businesses along t...
Revisited 179: Scott Duffey – Thomas Gibison, Skinhead Racially Motivated Murder
April 11, 2024 01:06 - 1 hour - 123 MBRetired Agent Scott Duffey reviews his years-long investigation of a nearly 2-decade-old rumor about an unsolved racially motivated homicide. The case, tenaciously pursued by Scott, his partner ATF special agent Terrance Mortimer, and the Philadelphia Police Department, resulted in the conviction of Thomas Gibison, a self-proclaimed skinhead for conspiracy to commit murder, ethnic intimidation, and firearms violations. Scott served in the FBI for 22 years. Check out episode show notes, ph...
314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders
April 03, 2024 23:28 - 1 hour - 110 MBRetired agent and former BAU profiler Julia Cowley reviews the murder investigation of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and her 11-year-old friend Skyla Whitaker on the rural dirt road near one of their homes in Weleetka, Oklahoma and the detailed BAU analysis Julia conducted to provide insights for investigators about the unknown subject who shot and killed the girls. Julia served nearly 22 years in the FBI. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwil...
313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder
March 20, 2024 23:53 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBRetired agent Jerome Lorrain reviews the investigation of the murder of Sarah Willard, a 29-year-old escort/sex worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sarah disappeared in November 2019 and the Pascagoula, Mississippi Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) worked with Detective Lieutenant Shane Bozeman of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office to investigate her disappearance. They learned that a 54-year-old man living in Mississippi had hired Sarah to be his BDSM sex slave. At first, he denied knowing w...
312: John Ouellet - Bibliomania Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg
March 07, 2024 01:30 - 1 hour - 103 MBRetired agent John Ouellet reviews his investigation of Stephen Blumberg, the most prolific book thief in the history of the United States. His investigation led John to Blumberg’s three-story, 17-room mansion in Ottumwa, Iowa, packed with antiques and 23,000 rare books and manuscripts stolen from libraries and universities in 45 states and Canada. During the trial, the stolen volumes were estimated to be worth $5 million. However, librarians agree the collection was priceless. John Ouellet ...
311: Jerry Hester – Mafia Miami, Operation Paesan Blues
February 22, 2024 00:04 - 53 minutes - 74.3 MBRetired agent Jerry Hester reviews his Paesan Blues investigation, an FBI undercover operation that targeted Italian mafioso Roberto Settineri’s global crime network with the collaboration of the Italian National Police (INP) and, surprisingly, the cooperation of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. After the case review, we discuss Jerry’s new book, Mafia Miami: FBI Politics and How an Investigation was Nearly Sabotaged. The book focuses on the investigation of Settineri, but Jerry also discusses...
310: Dennis Cosgrove - Russian Diamond Looters, Golden ADA
February 15, 2024 01:34 - 1 hour - 129 MBRetired agent Dennis Cosgrove reviews the Golden ADA investigation, which he opened after an informant provided information about three Russian immigrants who had opened a state-of-the-art diamond merchant center in San Francisco with diamonds suspected of having been looted from the Russian government and smuggled into the United States. The scheme resulted in Russia losing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds and precious gems and stones. Check out episode show notes,...
309: Richard Denholm – Murder of Jessie Davis and Unborn Child
February 08, 2024 01:16 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBRetired agent Richard Denholm reviews the missing persons investigation of Jessie Davis, the 9 months-pregnant girlfriend of Canton, Ohio police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. Rich led the case as the supervisor of the Cleveland Division’s Canton Resident Agency. The disappearance became a national news story. The Starks County Sheriff’s Office invited the FBI to provide assistance with interviews of witnesses, and the polygraph examination of Cutts, after which he agreed to show the agents wher...
308: Barry Black – Accountant to Master Bomb Tech
January 25, 2024 00:02 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBRetired agent Barry Black was assigned to the Oklahoma City Division where he investigated complex financial crimes for the first half of his Bureau career and was a sniper on the SWAT team, before being certified as a Special Agent Bomb Technician (SABT). In this episode, he reviews two cases, the first a medical supply investment fraud case, which was featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. For the second, he reviews the initial investigative steps he took as a bomb tech responding t...
307: Steve Busch and Steve Kramer - Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Cold Case Murders, Indago
January 18, 2024 00:17 - 1 hour - 102 MBIn part two of this two-part episode, retired agent Steve Busch and retired FBI attorney Steve Kramer review how, after the success of the Golden State Killer case, they became the co-founders and architects of the FBI’s National Investigative Genetic Genealogy (or IGG) team, assisting law enforcement agencies in the identification of suspects, training thousands of investigators, and lecturing all over the world. They also talk about Indago Solutions, the AI-based software they designed to ...
306: Steve Kramer and Steve Busch – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Golden State Killer
January 10, 2024 23:51 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn part one of this two-part episode, retired Bureau attorney Steve Kramer and retired agent Steve Busch review how Kramer teamed up with Paul Holes, an investigator for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, to use Investigative Genetic Genealogy to generate leads to identify the person known as the Golden State Killer. Different law enforcement agencies spent 43 years trying to find the serial killer. Kramer and Holes took a different approach, and assembled a team that identified Jo...
305: Steve Bennett – Missing Teen, Online Offender
December 27, 2023 23:59 - 57 minutes - 79.9 MBRetired agent Steve Bennett reviews a case involving a 15-year-old missing girl who disappeared but returned home after a few weeks. When a relative recovered a piece of paper in Jenny's purse with the name and address of a man living in Minneapolis, MN, police suspected the stranger had something to do with her initial disappearance. After local detectives determined the inter-state aspects of the case were beyond the scope of their small department, the case was referred to the Springfie...
304: Barbara Verica - Tracking Arne Treholt, Soviet Spy
December 21, 2023 01:04 - 1 hour - 113 MBRetired Agent Barbara Verica reviews her espionage assignment working as a first-time, untrained, undercover agent (UCA) in Manhattan, gathering intelligence and the evidence to prove that Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt was selling secrets to the former Soviet Union. The investigation was initiated on behalf of the Norwegian security service who had received information that Treholt, assigned as a member of the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations, was a spy. Barbara’s assignment—move...
303: Matt Fine – Disgruntled Phillies Fan Cyber Attack
December 14, 2023 00:42 - 48 minutes - 67.9 MBRetired agent Matt Fine reviews his investigation of a disgruntled Philadelphia Phillies fan who hacked computers and launched a cyber-attack against the team and the email accounts of reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, leaving messages voicing his complaints about the Phillies management. Matt served in the FBI for nearly 23 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/303-matt-fine-disgruntled-phillies-f...
302: Steve Lazarus – Airplane Bad Behavior, Arson and Bomb Threat
November 29, 2023 23:58 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBRetired agent Steve Lazarus reviews his investigation of a flight attendant for disrupting the normal operations of two commercial flights. The flight attendant set a fire in the lavatory of a 50-passenger commuter aircraft, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. He was also charged with phoning a gate at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta just six days after the 9/11 terror attacks and threatening that the plane would blow up in the air and all passengers aboard the flight...
301: Zorka Martinovich – We Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists?
November 16, 2023 00:34 - 1 hour - 105 MBIn this episode, retired agent Zorka Martinovich reviews the extensive administrative support provided by the FBI’s Critical Incident Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU) when a Cuban-American businessman is kidnapped for ransom in Panama by the FARC, a Colombian terrorist organization. Beyond the case review, Zorka, a subject matter expert, explains the behind-the-scenes negotiations made by the FBI and State Department officials to assist families seeking to secure the release of US citizens held...
300: FBI Director Christopher Wray, Isabella Maldonado, Anne Beagan
November 01, 2023 15:53 - 1 hour - 146 MBIn this epic 300th episode celebrating a milestone in my podcasting journey, we speak to FBI Director Christopher Wray, bestselling author and National Academy graduate, Isabella Maldonado, and retired agent and TV producer Anne Beagan. FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks with authority to those who listen to learn more about the FBI. Crime novelist Isabella Maldonado 48:03 addresses those listeners who follow the show because they are reading, watching, and writing crime dramas about ...
Bonus Re-Edited 57-58: Eddie Freyer - Polly Klaas Abduction
October 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn this re-edited archive episode, retired agent Eddie Fryer reviews the investigation to recover Polly Klaas, a twelve-year-old girl abducted from her bedroom in October 1993, by a stranger during a slumber party with two friends. Eddie Freyer was the case agent who, working in conjunction with his partners from the Petaluma Police Department, worked countless hours for more than sixty-days without a single day off. This was the episode that made me realize that hosting and producing FBI ...
299: James Stern –Yakuza Japanese Mob, Operation Tropical Storm
October 11, 2023 23:50 - 49 minutes - 69.2 MBRetired agent James Stern reviews Operation Tropical Storm, where he was the undercover agent in a transnational drug enterprise investigation targeting the Yakuza Japanese mob trafficking methamphetamine in Hawaii. This was the first-ever arrest, indictment and conviction of a Japanese crime boss in U.S. law enforcement history. The case was featured on an episode of the TV Series, Deep Undercover and was also the topic of the true crime book, Operation Tropical Storm: How an FBI Jewish-Jap...
298: Jonny Grusing – Rocky Mountain Murderer, Harold Henthorn
October 05, 2023 00:26 - 1 hour - 142 MBRetired agent Jonathan “Jonny” Grusing reviews his and his National Park Service co-case agent Beth Schott’s investigation of Harold Henthorn for murdering his first and second wives. Grusing gathered the evidence to prove the murders were premeditated and made to look like accidents. Henthorn’s wife, Lynn, was crushed when he caused a car to fall on her and his wife Toni died after he pushed her from a cliff while they were hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Check out episode show n...
297: Kathryn Turman – Victim Services, Assistance and Support
September 20, 2023 21:25 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn this episode, retired Assistant Director of the FBI Victim Services Division (VSD), Kathryn Turman reviews the VSD, the victim service specialist position, and the major cases and crisis events her staff has deployed to, providing assistance and support to victims around the world. Selected for the position by FBI Director Robert Mueller, she developed and led the FBI’s response to 9/11 victims, victims of more than 100 acts of terrorism overseas, and to more than 35 terrorism and mass vi...
296: Kyle Vowinkel – Boston Marathon Bomber Negotiation
September 07, 2023 00:10 - 1 hour - 107 MBRetired agent Kyle Vowinkel reviews how he, as a member of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), negotiated the peaceful surrender of one of the Boston Marathon bombers. It's a powerful, first-hand insider's perspective of the capture of a violent domestic terrorist responsible, along with his older brother, of killing 3 and injuring 281 others. The bombings took place on April 15, 2013. Kyle served in the FBI for 24 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: ht...
295: Shannon McGarry – The FBI in Brussels and NATO
August 23, 2023 13:51 - 59 minutes - 82.9 MBRetired agent Shannon McGarry reviews her assignment as an Assistant Legal Attaché (ALAT) to the FBI’s overseas office in Brussels, Belgium, which covers four US embassies in Northwestern Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). Her responsibilities included establishing relationships with national and international executives and appointed officials; interacting with various government entities, educational institutions, and private...
294: Darin Werkmeister – Tender Hearts Adoption Scam
August 09, 2023 23:59 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBRetired agent Darin Werkmeister reviews his adoption fraud case where the subject solicited unsuspecting hope-to-be parents via the internet, leading them to believe she would facilitate adoptions with pregnant young women seeking to find homes for their babies. The subject was convicted of scamming 43 heartbroken couples. The investigation received national news attention, warning others of the cruel scheme to defraud. Darin served in the FBI for 21 years. Check out episode show note...
293: Tim Gallagher – Fatal Fake Check Fraud
July 26, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 80.1 MBRetired agent Tim Gallagher reviews his investigation of a multi-state check counterfeiting ring that operated out of Northeast Ohio. They hit banks and businesses with fake payroll checks and bogus personal checks, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of check fraud losses. In addition to several convictions, the case also resulted in the recovery of the remains of a cooperating witness most likely murdered to stop him from testifying, but never proven. Tim Gallagher served in the FBI f...
292: Frank Runles – Niagara Falls Laborers Local 91
July 13, 2023 00:07 - 1 hour - 91 MBRetired agent Frank Runles reviews a Labor Racketeering investigation where union management for Laborers Local 91 in Niagara Falls, New York, was charged with RICO and convicted of operating as a criminal enterprise. We also discuss interview techniques and deceptive language analysis, which he taught at the FBI Academy. Frank served in the FBI for 25 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/292-frank-runles-niagara-falls-laborers-local-...
291: John Morrison – Animal Liberation Front, University Firebombing
June 29, 2023 00:20 - 48 minutes - 67.8 MBRetired agent John Morrison reviews an ecoterrorism case involving a member of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) who firebombed the mink research offices and destroyed laboratory facilities at Michigan State University in 1992. The subject of the investigation, Rodney Coronado, was also responsible for the arson and destruction of mink research facilities at Washington State and Oregon State Universities. Coronado pleaded guilty for the Michigan State University crimes, the first federal con...
290: T.C. Fuller – Hunting Top Ten Fugitive, Child Sex Offender
June 14, 2023 23:50 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBRetired agent T.C. Fuller reviews a Crimes Against Children investigation where his subject was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list. The fugitive was the second preferential sex offender the Bureau ever placed on the list. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted TV show led to his arrest. T.C. also talks about his memoir, Painting Over Rust: Stories From a 20 Year Odyssey. He served 20 years in the FBI. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams....
289: Scott Payne – Undercover White Supremacist
May 31, 2023 00:15 - 56 minutes - 78.6 MBRetired agent Scott Payne reviews his undercover role in the investigation that resulted in averting a mass shooting at a synagogue by a copy-cat white supremacist who said he wanted to do something similar to the June 17, 2015 massacre of church attendees in Charleston, SC, only bigger. Fortunately, the person he asked to get him a gun was UCA Scott Payne. Scott served in the FBI for nearly 23 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/28...
288: John Tamm – John Connolly, FBI Boston Betrayal
May 18, 2023 00:23 - 1 hour - 98 MBRetired agent John Tamm reviews his tenure on the Boston Division’s Justice Task Force and the investigation and conviction of former agent John Connolly for racketeering, obstruction of justice, and bribery related to his handling of informant Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi. Connolly was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. A Florida jury convicted Connolly of second-degree murder for the killing of businessman John Callahan by a mob associate of Bulger and Flemmi. Connolly was sent...
287: Chris Tarbell – Silk Road, Dark Web Marketplace
May 03, 2023 23:15 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBFormer agent Chris Tarbell reviews his investigation and takedown of the billion-dollar, cryptocurrency-based drug underground marketplace “Silk Road” and the arrest of its founder. The investigation, code-named Operation Onion Peeler, resulted in the largest seizure of bitcoins to date. Chris was also the lead investigator on several of the Bureau’s most complex and cutting-edge cybercrime cases, including the investigation and arrest of the leadership of Anonymous and the LulzSec hacking c...
286: Cory McGookin - Latin Kings, Aurora Cold Case Murders
April 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBRetired agent Cory McGookin reviews the investigation he led targeting the Latin Kings operating in the city of Aurora, IL and “Operation First Degree Burn,” a cold case multi-agency task force which resulted in the nation's largest ever cold case murder takedown. Thirty-one Latin Kings gang members were convicted of 22 murders going back two decades. Cory McGookin served in the FBI for 20 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/286-co...
285: Tom Simon – Prison Ponzi Scheme
April 06, 2023 00:46 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBRetired agent Tom Simon reviews his investigation of Las Vegas couple Perry and Rochelle Griggs for orchestrating a prison Ponzi scheme. While serving 8 years in federal prison for securities fraud, Perry Griggs started another scam, where fellow prisoners and their families were the victims. When Griggs was paroled, he and his wife disappeared. A national fugitive manhunt ensued. CNBC featured this prison Ponzi scheme case on American Greed. Tom Simon served in the FBI for 26 years. Chec...
284: Jim Lewis and Renae McDermott – Miami Abduction of Mother and Children
March 23, 2023 00:22 - 57 minutes - 53 MBRetired agents Jim Lewis and Renae McDermott review their 1999 kidnapping case where a mother and her two children were kidnapped for ransom and held for four days before they were located and rescued by the Miami Division SWAT team. In addition to the safe return of the family, the spectacular work of the investigative team and detectives from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, with assistance from FBI polygraphers, SWAT, surveillance, ERT, technically agents and phone tracking, resul...
Bonus: Women FBI Agents – Women's History Month
March 16, 2023 00:18 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBMarch is National Women’s history month and this year's theme is, "Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories." So I’m republishing Episode 264: History of Women in the FBI, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the modern-day female agent. In this encore episode, active and retired agents share personal stories from their FBI careers, historical details about Director Hoover's initial rejection, and the Bureau's eventual acceptance of women as agents. I hope you’ll listen or re-listen ...
283: Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald – Whitey Bulger Fugitive Hunt (Part 2)
March 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBIn part two of this two-part episode, retired agents Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald review how, during the unresolved fugitive investigation of James “Whitey” Bulger, they altered their investigative strategy by focusing a public media campaign, including a national 30-second Public Service Announcement, on photos they had acquired of Bulger's female companion, Catherine Greig. Bulger had served as an informant for the FBI for several years. His FBI agent handler, John Connelly, was char...
282: Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald – Whitey Bulger Fugitive Hunt (Part 1)
February 22, 2023 23:13 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBRetired agents Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald review how they were selected for a special assignment in Boston to work the unresolved fugitive investigation for James “Whitey” Bulger, a long-time FBI Top Ten Fugitive and Boston organized crime boss who had been in hiding for sixteen years with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. Bulger had served as an informant for the FBI for several years. His FBI agent handler, John Connelly, was charged and convicted for revealing to Bulger that he was ...
282 - Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald – Whitey Bulger Fugitive Hunt (Part 1)
February 22, 2023 23:13 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBRetired agents Phil Torsney and Tommy MacDonald review how they were selected for a special assignment in Boston to work the unresolved fugitive investigation for James “Whitey” Bulger, a long-time FBI Top Ten Fugitive and Boston organized crime boss who had been in hiding for sixteen years with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. Bulger had served as an informant for the FBI for several years. His FBI agent handler, John Connelly, was charged and convicted for revealing to Bulger that he was ...
281: Debra LaPrevotte – Oligarchs, Kleptocrats, A Nation For Thieves
February 16, 2023 01:01 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBRetired agent Debra LaPrevotte explains the difference between oligarchs and kleptocrats, breaks down the indictment of former FBI SAC Charles McGonigal, and reviews the Nigeria OPL 245 oilfield license bribery case. The investigation involves two major oil companies charged with paying government officials to license natural oil resources originally gifted by former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha to his son and to the country’s oil minister. Debra served in the FBI for 20 years. She ...
280: Kyle Vowinkel – 2013 Alabama Bunker Negotiations
January 23, 2023 00:42 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBRetired agent Kyle Vowinkel reviews the 2013 Alabama bunker child abduction case, known as the Boy in the Bunker, one of the FBI's greatest hostage recovery operations. January 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the crisis event, which took place from January 29, through February 4, 2013 in Midland City, Alabama, when a man boarded a school bus, killed the driver, and took a five-year-old boy hostage. Having served for eight years on the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and, at th...
279: J Robert Chadwick – FBI Transformation, Strategic Execution Team, SET
January 19, 2023 00:06 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBRetired agent Rob Chadwick reviews Director Mueller’s Strategic Execution Team (SET) training initiative. SET spearheaded the transformation of the FBI from a law enforcement agency into an intelligence driven and threat focused national security service and was the largest training program in the history of the FBI. The generation of agents and analysts working in the Bureau, on or shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, took part in the training from about 2008-2010. Rob...
278: Neil Herman and Kevin Hallinan – 1981 Brink's Armored Car Robbery
January 12, 2023 01:36 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBRetired agent Neil Herman and retired NYPD Detective/Lt. Kevin Hallinan review the three-year crime spree in the New York metropolitan area that culminated on October 20, 1981, when 11 members of the Weather Underground, a radical domestic terrorist group, carried out a Brink's armored car robbery at the Nanuet Mall in Nyack, New York. Using high-powered weapons, the terrorist group stole 1.6 million dollars, and shot and killed bank security guard Peter Paige. During their getaway, they als...
277: Michael Byrnes - Quadruple Homicide Crime Scene Search
December 29, 2022 00:18 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBRetired agent Michael Byrnes reviews the tragic 2017 quadruple murder of four young men in Solebury, PA, specifically the human remains search and recovery operation conducted by Philadelphia FBI ERT to assist local law enforcement officers. Mike oversaw team members from FBI, state, county, and local agencies as they identified and processed 6 separate excavation sites, ultimately recovering all four victims 5 days after commencing the operation. The murders were carried out by Cosmo DiNard...
276: Jonny Grusing – Serial Killer Con Man Scott Kimball
December 15, 2022 00:21 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBRetired agent Jonathan “Jonny” Grusing reviews his investigation of former FBI informant Scott Kimball, who has confessed to being a serial murderer. Grusing worked with the BAU, the FBI’s profiling unit, as a field coordinator and with numerous law enforcement agencies to bring homicide charges against Kimball and recover three of his victims from remote, mountainous areas. The details of Kimball's murders are horrific, revealing his deception, complete disregard for human life, including f...