Real Crime Stories Episodes

Police Officer vs Armed Hostage Taker, What Hollywood Gets Wrong. Talking Down an Armed Hostage Taker, Her Police Career. What Hollywood Gets Wrong. Autumn Clifford is our guest. She is a career police officer in the New England area. Autumn talks about her experience as a rookie police officer where they were dispatched to an armed domestic violence call. The suspect was armed with a gun and was holding his significant other hostage. She and other officers had to talk down the suspect and were ...

Her Police Career Included Murder of a Toddler and Disarming a Terrorist. Carrie Wooten is our guest. Carrie is a former Virginia Beach Police Officer. She talks about the stresses of her police career. In addition she talks about handling a call where a mother killed her 14 month old child, and also a call for service where she had to disarm and talk down a killer terrorist. The effects of both calls began to create problems in her life years later. Carrie discusses how she uses her experience ...

Arresting an International Drug Smuggler and His Redemption. Ed Hudson is our guest. He is a retired law enforcement agent from the F.D.L.E. Ed talks about the years long investigation, that started when he was a small town police officer, and successful prosecution of an international drug smuggler. Ed discusses his career starting from a small town Police Officer, then transitioning to the Sheriff’s Department, before going to the F.D.L.E. They became friends and he wrote a book about the incr...

Police Officer Fighting Street Gangs and Her Department in California. Janelle Perez is our guest. She is a former Law Enforcement Officer from the Bay area of California. She talks about various aspects of her police career. Janelle discusses her experience fighting violent street gangs during her career. She also discusses her childhood that she feels gave her a different perspective in law enforcement. Janelle also talks about her book "The Moral Police" which is about the surprising battle t...

Serial Rapist Captured, Drug Gangs the Trials and More. Brian Surber is our guest. Brian's career experience includes serving both as an Assistant District Attorney and a law enforcement agent. Brian is a prosecuting attorney. He also served as a special agent and attorney with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Brian talks about his experience both apprehending and prosecuting a violent serial rapist and numerous drug gangs. Don’t miss his unique experience that inclu...

Investigation And Prosecution Of One Of Our Worst Deadly Pill Doctors. Charlotte Bismuth is our guest. She is a former Prosecuting Attorney for the New York County District Attorney’s Office. In 2010, she transferred into the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, which prosecutes felony narcotics crimes within the City’s five boroughs. She discusses the intense long term investigation and jaw dropping details of the criminal prosecution of one of America’s Deadliest Pill Doctors. The landm...

Police Officer Murdered. The Shooting and His Life After. Retired Law Enforcement Officer and author Keith Knotek is our guest. He talks about his career and discusses the details of a shooting incident that he was involved in. His partner, Deputy Randy Jennings was killed in the shooting by the suspect. Keith talks about the immediate effects and how his life began to spiral out of control. Post Trauma, feelings of survivors guilt, nightmares and more. He also discusses how he found recovery af...

FBI Working With Dangerous Informants, Investigating Mafia Crime Families. Retired F.B.I. Agent and author Tom Vinton is our guest. He gives an inside look at how the F.B.I. took down some of the most violent NY Mafia Families. From wire taps to working with informants. Tom also details the hazards that many law enforcement officers face when working closely with dangerous and unscrupulous informants. He talks about his book "Sanctioned Treachery, Portrait of a Drug Informant" and how these info...

Blunt Conversation about Police Officers and Race. Plus, His Movie. Kevin Jackson, nationally syndicated talk radio show host, founder of the Black Sphere is our guest. Kevin has a direct and hard hitting conversation about race relations and police. He discusses the politics behind the defund the police movement and how it endangers communities that need police the most. Kevin talks about the motivation behind his film Bleeding Blue Movie and how it impacts our Country. He talks about his MMA c...

Racist Problem Or A Dangerous Exaggeration? Police Shootings. Maurice “Maury” Richards former Police Chief of Martinsburg WV and retired Chicago Police Lt. is our guest. In addition to discussing the realities of his police career, he talks about the myth of racist police shootings in America. His discussion includes facts and conclusions based on his own law enforcement experience. Maury also discusses his approach to the age old problem of drug abuse and violent drug gangs. Engaging the local ...

National Programs for Child Safety by Crime Stoppers of Houston. Rania Mankarious, Crime Stoppers of Houston C.E.O. is our guest. Everyone knows Crime Stoppers for their role as a crime tip line, but most people have no idea about their role and programs to help keep kids safe all over the Country. Their programs help keep children safe in schools, plus they have taken the lead to help keep kids safe in camps. They also actively teach crime awareness and prevention for everyone in our communitie...

Is The Defund The Police Movement Making Us All Less Safe? James H. Lilley a retired Howard County Md. Police Sergeant is our guest. In addition to his career as a law enforcement officer, he is an expert in the martial arts, earning a black belt and he is the author of numerous books. James talks about his police career and focuses his discussion on the use of force by law enforcement officers to subdue and diffuse violent situations. He discusses the use of and need for choke holds in certain ...

Anti-Police Unrest And Pandemic. Effects on Police Officers job performance. Police Chief Tom Weitzel from the Riverside Illinois P.D.is our guest. Riverside is a suburb of Chicago Illinois. Chief Weitzel talks about the impact of the anti-police movement and the Covid-19 pandemic on policing in Riverside and the Chicago suburbs. From morale to staffing levels and patrol tactics they’ve had to change everything to meet the needs of their communities. The chief talks about professionalism in poli...

Are Politicians To Blame for the Crime And Violence Return? Guardian Angels. Arnaldo Salinas one of the founders of the Guardian Angels is our guest. He talks about the history of the Guardian Angels and how the politics of the late 70s contributed to their mission. Arnaldo, talks about personal responsibility that we share for our neighborhoods and helping the police. He also discusses the politicians that seem to be ushering in the return of crime and violence. Background song Hurricane is us...

Serial Killer, The Bi-State Strangler, Investigation and Arrest. Author and former Police Officer Ken Dye is our guest. He talks about his police career and how it lead to writing multiple books. Ken also discusses a serial killer who terrorized the St. Louis area with multiple killings. The killer preyed on women who were often drug addicted and were sex workers in the area. The Bi-State Strangler said he murdered 17 people, some claim the number could be as high as 20, while other investigator...

Polie Officer, Is Violence In Our World At An All Time High? Timothy Dimoff is our guest. He is retired from the Akron Police Department he is considered to be one of the nation's leading authorities in high-risk workplace and human resource issues. As a consultant to human resource directors, law enforcement and the media, Dimoff has been called upon to examine evidence from crime scenes, victims and to develop offender profiles. Tim talks about the growing threat of violence and aggression tha...

Truth About Anarchy Enabled By Politicians, Blue Lives Matter NYC. They’ve been on Fox News and other tv stations many times. But they’ve probably never been given a platform to reveal the truth about how bad the current anti police climate is and how it is fueled by liberal politicians. Dr. Darrin Porcher, retired NYPD Lt. and Joseph Imperatrice, NYPD Sgt. are our guests. They talk about the policies set forth by politicians that put all of our lives and safety at risk. They discuss the real pu...

Narcos the TV Show. The Real DEA agents that Took Down Pablo Escobar. Retired D.E.A. Agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy are our guests. Javier and Steve are the DEA Agents whose work in Columbia inspired the hit tv show “Narcos” on Netflix. They both talk about their careers as cops in small towns before joining the DEA. Steve and Javier talk about the many years they spent taking down Pablo Escobar, who at that time was the world’s most powerful narco-terrorist. They shed unique insight about ...

Serial Killers and Rapists. Cop To Forensic Artist. Michael W. Streed is our guest. He is a Retired Police Sgt. and award-winning, internationally recognized, Forensic Facial Imaging Expert. He talks about his career as a street cop in California and how his passion for art eventually led to him becoming an internationally recognized forensic sketch artist. Michael discusses how his childhood passion for art eventually became part of his crime fighting tools. He eventually became part of the Cal...

Drug Gangs and Violent Crime. Are Politicians Making It Worse? Retired NYPD Lieutenant Peter Pranzo is our guest. He talks about his years policing in the NYPD. Peter talks extensively about the years, the police lives lost, the injuries and close calls in their struggles to rid Harlem of the entrenched and violent drug street gangs. He sheds light on the flow of Heroin into New York City both then and now. And if politicians are freely giving away the hard earned gains in crime reduction by the...

Battles With The LAPD, Aryan Brotherhood and Other Gangs. Was He LA's Last Street Cop? Join us in this riveting episode as we delve into the intense world of his battles with the LAPD, the notorious Aryan Brotherhood, and the story of Al Moreno, LA's last street cop. He was one of the originals in the legendary L.A.P.D. Crash Gang unit. Al talks about his desire to be a Police Officer, and how difficult it was a minority back then. He also discusses his experience as a Street Cop and his near de...

Human Trafficking, More Vicious and Widespread Than Many Realize. Danielle Buckley is our guest. Atlantic County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Danielle S. Buckley is recognized as an expert in prosecuting Human Trafficking cases. She is certified by the Attorney General’s Office to teach Human Trafficking investigation and prosecution. She shares her experience on the rarely discussed topic of Human Trafficking...It is more widespread and vicious than most people realize. If you enjoy the show, pl...

Dirty John, Police Officer Working With Informants. Chris Berg is our guest. He talks about the early days of his law enforcement career that progressed to working undercover in Narcotics investigation. During that time he worked with a confidential informant named John Meehan, who was later known as Dirty John. Chris talks about the realities of working with confidential informants and the time that Dirty John was his C.I. He also discusses the book "Night Police: Beyond The Line Of Duty" that ...

Waco Raid, Retired ATF Agent Was There. Paul Smith, retired ATF agent, also retired Coast Guard Officer and former police officer is our guest. Paul talks about his book "The Night Police, Beyond The Line Of Duty" that he co-authored, about his early days of being a Police Officer. Paul became an ATF agent. He was one of the many law enforcement personnel at the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas. Paul talks about the realities and his experience of what happened that terrible da...