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Hidden Threads: Real Private Investigators. Real Cases. Real Stories.

Hidden Threads uncovers the untold true crime stories behind private investigators" most chilling and high-stakes cases. Each episode exposes hidden connections, dark secrets, and shocking twists—from unsolved murders and missing persons to betrayals that span decades—while revealing the rare political threads that quietly shape the shadows of justice.Available on ALL Streaming PlatformsSpotify • Apple • YouTube • Amazon

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25:28

The Tire in the Road Was a Trap | The Jared Bridegan...

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2026/10/05

Send us Fan Mail On the night of February 16, 2022, Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan dropped his twins off at his ex-wife's house in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. On the drive home, he found a tire lying in the road and got out of his car to move it. He was shot multiple times and killed, with his 2-year-old daughter still buckled in the back seat. Prosecutors say the tire was no accident. It was bait. In August 2026, a jury convicted Mario Fernandez Saldana, the new husband of Jared's ex-...

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32:00

100,000 Messages Convicted Him | The American Idol...

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2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail No murder weapon. No gunshot residue. No fingerprints. No eyewitness. And a Miami County jury still needed only about two hours to convict him on all nine counts. In the early morning hours of February 16, 2026, former music pastor and one-time American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn called 911 from his Tipp City, Ohio home and said an intruder had broken in and shot his wife. Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach, had been shot twice in the back of the...

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25:56

Dirty PIs: Hackers, Fraudsters, and the Guys Giving...

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2026/09/17

Send us Fan Mail Every profession has them. Ours just happens to come with database access, pretext skills, and a license that makes people trust us on sight. On this episode of Hidden Threads, Macky and Jus get into the ugly side of the private investigation industry — the investigators who cross the line and the damage they do to everyone still working it straight. We talk about PIs who buy hacked email credentials instead of doing the work, the ones who run pretext calls on phone carriers ...

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24:56

Expensive Doesn't Mean Better: The TSCM Equipment Myth

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2026/09/15

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Macky and Jus cut through the hype around overpriced TSCM equipment. You don't need lights, beeps, and a $50K price tag to detect surveillance threats. We break down what actually works: RF detection, thermal imaging, and solid physical inspection. Find out why expensive gear doesn't detect signals better than proven methods, and how to avoid wasting money on unnecessary surveillance countermeasures equipment. Support the show 866.910.7499 help@sh...

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20:28

They Named the Wrong Man Again

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2026/09/10

Send us Fan Mail A case goes viral. Within hours, a name is trending. By the next morning that person has lost a job, a family, and a reputation — and by the end of the week the internet has moved on to the next one. No correction, no apology, no one held to account. In this episode, Macky and Jus talk about what happens when true crime content becomes a numbers game. Creators who float a theory as fact because certainty performs better than "I don't know." Comment sections that convict on a ...

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20:17

Your Phone Is the Best Witness Against You

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2026/09/08

Send us Fan Mail Twenty years ago, an alibi was a story you told and somebody either backed up or didn't. Today it's a data set — and it doesn't care what you say. In this episode, Macky and Jus break down how the phone in a suspect's pocket has quietly become the most reliable witness in the room. Location history and geofence warrants that put a device within meters of a scene. Health app step counts and accelerometer data that show someone was walking, not sleeping. Cell site records, Wi-...

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20:16

8:44 PM: The 50-Second Video That Convicted Alex...

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2026/08/28

Send us Fan Mail Alex Murdaugh told investigators he was never at the kennels the night his wife and son were murdered. Then a forensic examiner pulled a 50-second video off Paul's phone, recorded at 8:44 PM, and Alex's voice was on it. In this Best Of compilation, we walk through the digital evidence that dismantled the story: the kennel video and the three voices on it, Paul's phone locking at 8:49 PM and never being used again, the dead zone in Alex's own phone activity followed by a sudde...

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23:10

BEST OF: The Search Stack Every Investigator Should Know

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2026/08/25

Send us Fan Mail TLOxp is one of the most powerful tools in a licensed investigator's kit — and most people barely scratch what it does. In this best-of we break down how to actually work a search: building out a subject profile from a single data point, reading the relatives and associates trees, working address history backward, and knowing when a hit is solid versus when you're looking at stale or merged data. Then we get into where TLO stops and OSINT starts — social footprint, public rec...

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21:24

BEST OF: Hidden Cams, Bugs, And Phone Hacking —...

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2026/08/22

Send us Fan Mail Hidden cameras, listening devices, phone spyware — the gear is cheap, easy to buy, and legal to own. Using it is where people end up in federal court. In this best-of we break down where the line actually sits: one-party vs. two-party consent recording, why "it's my house" doesn't cover what you think it covers, the difference between a nanny cam and a felony, and why installing tracking software on someone else's phone is one of the fastest ways to catch a Wiretap Act or CFA...

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19:47

BEST OF: Alabama Executed Him With Nitrogen Gas

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2026/08/20

Send us Fan Mail Alabama executed Anthony Boyd by nitrogen hypoxia — the newest execution method in the United States, and one only a handful of states authorize. In this best-of we break down what nitrogen hypoxia actually is, what witnesses reported from inside the chamber, why the state insists it's painless, and why medical groups and UN human rights experts call it closer to torture. We get into the Boyd case itself, the legal fight that got him there, and the question neither side answe...

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30:26

Reasonable Suspicion or Just Paranoia? | Best of...

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2026/08/18

Send us Fan Mail When is a suspicion actually reasonable — and when have you gone all the way down the rabbit hole? In this "best of," I pull together the moments where we wrestle with that line: the cases, the callers, and the questions where a real red flag and pure paranoia look almost identical. As a digital forensics and OSINT investigator — and a Force Recon Marine and Army veteran — my job is separating evidence from imagination. Sometimes the gut feeling is dead-on and there's a real ...

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16:06

Is the Government Watching You? | Best of Shadownet PI

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2026/08/14

Send us Fan Mail Everybody thinks the government is watching them… but how much of that is real, and how much is paranoia? In this "best of" compilation, I pull together the moments where we dug into surveillance, tracking, data collection, and the question everybody asks me: am I being watched? As a digital forensics and OSINT investigator — and a Force Recon Marine and Army veteran — I've spent years seeing what's actually possible, what's Hollywood, and what should genuinely concern you. F...

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25:43

The Root of Every Hack: Why It Always Starts With a...

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2026/08/06

Send us Fan Mail Every major breach you've ever heard about — the stolen data, the ransomware, the drained accounts — traces back to the same starting point, and it isn't a genius in a hoodie cracking code. It's a person who clicked, answered, or trusted the wrong thing. This week Jus and I make the case that social engineering is the root cause of nearly all hacking and infiltration. We walk through how attackers skip the firewall entirely and go straight for the human — the phishing email, ...

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25:20

Nothing Is Ever Deleted: Data Recovery & the Art of...

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2026/08/05

Send us Fan Mail You hit delete and think it's gone. It isn't. This week Jus and I get into two sides of the same coin: how deleted data gets pulled back from the dead, and how con artists talk people out of that data in the first place.On the forensics side, I break down what actually happens when you "delete" a file, why your phone and hard drive are keeping receipts you never agreed to, and how examiners recover texts, photos, and files people swore were long gone. It's the stuff that wins...

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26:31

The Art of the Con: How Hackers Talk Their Way Past...

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2026/07/31

Send us Fan Mail The biggest breaches in history didn't start with a line of code — they started with a phone call, a friendly email, or a guy in a hi-vis vest walking straight through the front door. This week Jus and I get into social engineering: the art of manipulating people into handing over the keys instead of breaking the lock. We break down the classic plays — phishing, pretexting, tailgating, and the help-desk vishing calls that took down entire casino networks. We get into why conf...

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27:10

$701 Million Gone: The Scams That Fooled Everyone...

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2026/07/29

Send us Fan Mail Everybody's heard the horror stories — grandma wires her retirement to a "crypto broker," a lonely guy meets a girl online who just needs a little investment help. Nobody talks about the part where the scammers get caught. This week Jus and I break down 2026's biggest digital scam takedowns and the forensic trail that put cuffs on the people behind them.We cover the May 2026 operation that shut down nine crypto scam centers, seized over $701 million, and led to 276+ arrests —...

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30:36

Two Cases, Two Standards: Sarah Grace Patrick and the...

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2026/07/20

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Hidden Threads, Macky and Jus break down two very different homicide cases and what they reveal about how evidence—or the lack of it—drives an investigation. First, the Sarah Grace Patrick case out of Georgia, where a teenager stands accused in the deaths of her mother and stepfather, and we dig into what the state has actually shown versus what's been assumed in the court of public opinion. Then we pivot to the Isaac Apodaca sword case, a killing whe...

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27:54

Justice on the High Bridge — The Delphi Murders and...

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2026/07/17

Send us Fan Mail On February 13, 2017, thirteen-year-old Abby Williams and fourteen-year-old Libby German set out for a day on the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana — and never came home. Their bodies were found the next day in the woods near the bridge. It took five years and a misplaced police report — but law enforcement eventually got their man. Richard Allen was found guilty on November 11, 2024, and sentenced to 130 years in prison. Now his attorneys are throwing ev...

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40:03

Spy Gear & Cheater Traps: The Rules of Bugs, Hidden...

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2026/07/02

Send us Fan Mail Can someone legally bug your car? Is that hidden camera in the Airbnb against the law? And how do private investigators actually catch a cheating spouse without breaking any rules? In this compilation, I break down the real laws around eavesdropping, listening devices, and hidden cameras — and the surprisingly simple methods PIs use to catch cheaters every day. I'm Macky, owner of Shadownet — a digital forensics and OSINT firm. After 26 years in uniform, including 9 as a Forc...

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22:12

When a Child Breaks — The Tragedy of Carly Gregg and...

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2026/06/30

Send us Fan Mail This is not an episode about a killer. This is an episode about a 14-year-old girl, a grieving family, a mother who will never come home, and a mental health system that failed everyone in that house on Ashton Way. Ashley Smylie was a dedicated teacher and a mother who loved her daughter. Carly Gregg was a child struggling with dissociation, auditory hallucinations, and medication changes that her family was desperately trying to manage. We are not here to excuse what h...

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