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2:34

Fake Cop, Real Police Gear: The 3:30 A.M. Robbery in...

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2026/10/04

A man appears at a North Carolina home at 3:30 in the morning wearing a police uniform, ballistic vest, badge, and a handgun—and says he’s working undercover. The equipment was real, but police say the man wearing it wasn’t an officer. What happened next is both a remarkable alleged crime and a reminder that a uniform alone should never be considered proof of authority.

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4:29

Poisoned in Plain Sight: The Litvinenko Radiation Murder

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2026/09/27

Former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko walked into a London hospital in 2006 with a mystery illness that baffled doctors — until tests revealed polonium-210, one of the rarest and deadliest poisons ever used in a homicide, inside his body. This episode traces how the discovery triggered a citywide radiological investigation, forcing officials to hunt down a contamination trail across London. We break down how investigators pieced together the case using forensic science, toxicology,

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2:01

Cold Case Cracked: How DNA Finally Named a Suspect in...

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2026/09/22

On September 17, 2026, the GBI announced murder and related charges against Rashad Jackson in the 2020 death of 21-year-old Tyler Hall, who was found shot in his Norcross, Georgia home in August 2020. Six years later, the case finally broke open through advanced DNA and genealogy work carried out by the GBI Cold Case Unit and Othram. This episode walks through how that technology turned a stalled investigation into an active prosecution. As of now, Jackson faces charges but has not been convicted,

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3:57

The Second Autopsy: New Answers in the Stephen Smith...

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2026/09/21

In 2015, 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on a rural South Carolina road, his death initially ruled a hit-and-run. Eight years later, his body was exhumed and re-examined as investigators began questioning that original conclusion. This episode traces what the second autopsy uncovered, and how it reshaped one of South Carolina's most debated death investigations. We dig into the physical evidence at the center of the case and what it means for how the story is understood today.

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2:40

SpongeBob Wanted a Hitman: How a Cartoon Avatar...

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2026/09/16

On a Signal chat in August, a user called “Sponge Jobb” advertised a contract killing with a SpongeBob SquarePants avatar and a cryptocurrency fee. A Danish undercover officer answered as the hitman and walked straight into an alleged cross-border plot aimed at twin brothers holidaying in Cyprus. Cash drops, target photos, and talk of Turkish pistols followed before the twins left the island and police moved in. Eight people from Ireland, Norway, and Sweden have been arrested as investigators piece

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2:11

Hidden Phone in the Locker Room: Tracy High Football...

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2026/09/15

Students at Tracy High School east of San Francisco found a cellphone actively recording them as they changed in the boys’ locker room on September 10. Police say the phone belonged to 48-year-old varsity football head coach and PE teacher Jeffrey Pribble, who was arrested on campus the next day. The district placed him on leave while a criminal investigation continues.

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2:51

The Birkin Cannon: How a 22-Year-Old Blew a $245...

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2026/09/12

When 22-year-old Malone Lam helped orchestrate the theft of over 4,100 Bitcoin, he didn’t stash the proceeds in an offshore trust—he set them ablaze across Miami and Los Angeles. From chartered jets and half-million-dollar watches to hurling Hermès Birkin bags into nightclub crowds, Lam lived out an unhinged digital fantasy until the feds crashed the VIP booth. This is the autopsy of a $245 million crypto raid led by a syndicate of young hackers whose hubris proved far louder than their code.

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3:32

The Hidden Crisis: $18 Billion and Rising – Workplace...

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2026/09/11

Hospitals in the United States lose more than $18 billion annually to workplace and community violence, with over half of healthcare workers reporting the problem is worsening. This episode examines tragic incidents involving security personnel, the systemic failures that treat such violence as routine, and the urgent need for professional-grade protection standards. We discuss pending federal legislation and what organizations must do to safeguard the professionals who protect our healthcare

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5:25

Branding Fear: Inside the Cartel Propaganda Playbook

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2026/09/07

Cartels don't just move product — they build brands, and narcocultura is the marketing engine behind it. This episode looks at how cartels use music, imagery, social media, and folklore to recruit members, intimidate rivals, and shape public perception in the communities they operate in. It's a look at organized crime as a media operation as much as a criminal one.

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3:19

850 Cases, No Mind Reading: Jana Monroe on Real FBI...

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2026/09/07

Jana Monroe broke ground as the first female FBI agent in the Behavioral Science Unit, consulting on roughly 850 homicide cases over her career, including work connected to Jeffrey Dahmer and the Rogers family murders. Drawing on her book Hearts of Darkness and recent interviews, this episode explores what profiling actually looked like inside the Bureau — crime-scene analysis and victimology used to narrow a suspect pool, not psychic insight into a killer's mind. It's a firsthand account of the

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2:23

The Adams County Prison Riot: How a Gang Fight Turned...

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2026/08/31

On May 20, 2012, a gang fight inside a privately run Mississippi prison exploded into a multi-hour riot that left the facility in chaos. Twenty-four-year-old Senior Correctional Officer Catlin Carithers, called in on his day off, was cornered and beaten to death on the roof after inmates used food carts as a makeshift ladder to reach him. This episode walks through how the riot escalated, what happened to Carithers, and how prosecutors later held accountable the men who took part in the attack and

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5:26

Manufacturing a Myth: The G-Man Legend and the...

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2026/08/30

The legend goes that gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly coined the term "G-Men" when he begged federal agents not to shoot during his 1933 arrest — but the real story is a lesson in institutional myth-making. This episode traces how J. Edgar Hoover's Bureau and a cooperative press turned a routine capture into a branding coup months after the fact. It's a case study in how authority, narrative control, and media complicity combine to shape public memory long before anyone had a Twitter account.

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3:01

The Imposter in the Abbey: Michael Dongarra and the...

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2026/08/24

In 1997, a fugitive con man who had stolen over a million dollars in religious artifacts while posing as an Anglican priest sought refuge inside a Benedictine monastery in Massachusetts. This episode examines how Michael Dongarra exploited the psychological architecture of trust that monastic life depends on, exposing the blind spots built into institutions designed around faith rather than suspicion. It explores the intersection of psychopathy, religious performance, and the human need to believe

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3:13

Cut Lines: The Anatomy of a Parachute Murder

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2026/08/23

In 2006, a seasoned Belgian skydiver leapt from a plane only to find that neither of her parachutes would open. What first looked like a freak equipment failure was actually a meticulously staged killing, engineered days in advance by someone who never needed to be at the scene. This opening installment traces the jump, the ensuing investigation, and the rival whose patience turned a sport into a murder weapon.

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4:25

The Father in the Emergency Room: Toronto, 1999

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2026/08/10

When Henry Masuka rushed his infant son into St. Michael's Hospital during a severe asthma attack, long ER wait times and systemic roadblocks pushed a desperate parent to the absolute edge. What began as a father’s panicked plea to save his child’s life tragically escalated into a deadly confrontation with law enforcement outside the hospital doors. This episode examines the forensic psychology of threat perception, institutional crisis management, and the breaking point of human instinct under

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44:15

Stalking the Interstates: Catching the I-5 Strangler...

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2026/08/04

In this episode, we sit down with veteran criminologist Dr. Eric Hickey to talk about how cops finally cornered Roger Kibbe, the sick predator who turned California’s highways into his personal hunting grounds. We break down the wild street-level detective work, crazy patrol encounters, and gut-wrenching evidence that brought down a serial killer targeting lone drivers late at night. Get ready for an unfiltered look at how bad guys hide in plain sight on the open road and what it actually takes for

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5:15

Altar of Greed: The Hit-and-Run Insurance Murders of...

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2026/08/03

This episode uncovers the chilling case of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, two elderly Los Angeles women who befriended vulnerable, homeless men under the guise of charitable support. Behind the charitable facade, the duo took out millions of dollars in life insurance policies before staging fatal hit-and-run accidents in dark alleys to collect massive payouts. From the initial suspicions raised by overlapping insurance claims to the secret holding-cell recordings that brought them down, we

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5:16

39 Years of Silence: The Mind of a Cold Case Confession

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2026/07/20

On a winter day in 1987, 20-year-old Melissa Ellison was tragically beaten to death in her Jacksonville home, leaving behind a cold case that baffled detectives for nearly four decades. The trail seemed completely frozen until 70-year-old Gary Edward Glowacz unexpectedly picked up the phone to confess to the crime himself. This episode dives into the fascinating forensic psychology behind why a killer would finally break their silence after 39 years, exploring the heavy toll of lifelong guilt and

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4:54

America's Secret War on the Cartels: How the 22nd...

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2026/07/08

While most Americans were going about their daily lives, the heavily armed Marines and Sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit were ten months deep into one of the most aggressive and least publicized counter-narcotics operations in recent American military history, taking the fight directly to transnational narco-terrorist networks operating across the Caribbean under the umbrella of Operation Southern Spear and U.S. Southern Command. This episode pulls back the curtain on what that

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50:19

The DEA vs. the Colombian Cartels: A Retired Agent...

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2026/06/29

At the height of the Colombian cartel era, the DEA was running some of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of American law enforcement, going up against organizations with billions of dollars, private armies, and a willingness to assassinate judges, politicians, and anyone else who stood between them and their empire while agents worked with informants, foreign partners, and razor-thin legal windows to build cases that could actually stick. This episode features a retired

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