My Favorite Detective Stories

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Rod Gagnon started in the distressed asset investigations business in 1984 with a repossession agency in New Hampshire when he was a few years out of high school. From that simple beginning, he has gone on to specialize in financial fraud investigations and the enforcement of Court Judgments that range from $1,000 to $20,000,000 from California to Florida. His work includes finding financial account relationships (US and off-shore), locating hidden real estate, corporations, boats, planes, art, unknown beneficial interests, and third-parties with deeper pockets. Besides working with Creditors and law firms with asset recovery plans and ongoing support, he's also been an expert witness and a fact witness. Currently, he's a Certified Fraud Examiner and a PI trade association Board Member (Treasurer in CO and past Treasurer in NH) and currently resides in Denver, Colorado, along with his wife, children, grandchildren, and still supports the Patriots over the Broncos.Website: https://recoveryanalytics.net/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygagnon/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMax Wirestone is the writer of the Dahlia Moss mystery series. He's also a librarian by day, a dad by night, and a ne'er-do-well in most of the times in between. He lives in Kansas with his husband, son, and altogether too many books. We explore his mysteries set in the gaming community as well as the the 4 queens of crime: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham.Contact info:https://maxwirestone.com/https://twitter.com/maxwiresThank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Ms. Stuart is a licensed Private Investigator in the State of Arizona with twenty years of experience specializing in the areas of Financial, Open Source Investigations (OSINT), Corporate Investigations, and Intelligence/Counter Intelligence. She started her investigative career as an Economic Fraud Investigator. She provides seminars on her specialized investigative techniques in Open Source Investigations (OSINT). Over the past years she has provided presentations, and private training, to both Federal and State levels of Law Enforcement Agencies and Military Intelligence throughout the United States including attendees of Department of Homeland Security, US Marshals, FBI, DOJ, Border Patrol, Indian Tribal Nations, and local law enforcement agencies throughout the country. She has written and published several articles pertaining to her investigative methods in various investigative publications and journals and was a featured author with her own column concerning Internet Profiling and Open Source Investigations.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonCasey Barrett is a Canadian Olympian and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, New York City's largest learn-to-swim school. His short fiction, essays, and books coverage have appeared in The Village Voice, Mystery Tribune, Crime Reads, Booktrib, and elsewhere. A provocative voice in the swimming and Olympic community, he has won three Emmy awards and one Peabody award for his work on NBC's broadcasts of the Olympic Games; wrote a column for Swimming World magazine; and was the author of the popular swimming blog, Cap & Goggles. He writes the Duck Darley series Under Water, Against Nature and his latest: Tower of Songs.http://imagineswimming.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.private investigation, picoach, private eye, pi, detective, mystery, true crime, novel, writing, favorite, detective stories, crime, drama, thrillerHe’s been a police officer and an insurance fraud investigator. However, for the last 22 years of his life he’s been a successful private investigator. Not to mention an author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction. Now, he’s slowly turning the business over to his son as he focuses on coaching and fiction writing.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonNick Kolakowski is the author of "Boise Longpig Hunting Club" (Down & Out Books) as well as the "Love & Bullets" trilogy of novellas from Shotgun Honey. His short fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Plots with Guns, Mystery Tribune, and various anthologies. He lives and writes in New York City, where he's inspired every day by whatever weirdness he witnesses on the subway.Website: http://nickkolakowski.com/Twitter: @nkolakowskiDown & Out Profile: Nick KolakowskiThank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.My guest today is Joseph D. Thornton. He has been a licensed private investigator in Maine since 1975 and in Massachusetts since 2005. He owned and operated Lawyers Investigating Service in Maine performing civil and criminal investigations for trial lawyers throughout New England until 1995. He also has been licensed and worked extensively in New Hampshire, North Carolina and Florida. Between 1999 and 2005 Joe was a staff investigator for the Federal Defender Office in the Philadelphia Capital Habeas Unit assigned to Pennsylvania capital cases. Joe has returned to the private sector and currently operates an agency in Portland. He is a former director of the National Association of Legal Investigators, is a Certified Legal Investigator, as well as a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator. He has active cases pending in several jurisdictions at both the trial and appellate level.Website: https://www.mainesleuth.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonHoward Michael Gould began his career on Madison Avenue before moving to Los Angeles, where he has worked as a screenwriter and playwright as well as executive producer and head writer on a number of network comedies. Last Looks is his first novel and was turned into a movie titled Waldo starring Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson. The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, Instant Mom, Shrek the Third.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Todays guest is Brianne Joseph, LPI she is the Owner and Head Investigator at Sly Fox Investigations, a nationally recognized Private Investigator who has been licensed in the State of Louisiana for 13 years. She has written published articles about Private Investigation . Mrs. Joseph was previously appointed the Region II Director of the Louisiana Private Investigator’s Association. Having worked with other top investigators in the state updating the training manual for new investigators, she has literally helped “write the book” on Private Investigation there She has been featured in several national publications including Essence Magazine, The Atlanta Post, and many others. Brianne is a breast cancer survivor, speaker, best-selling author, and philanthropist. Through her breast cancer empowerment brand, she travels the country as a keynote speaker at oncology conferences, educating doctors and oncology staff on ways they can help empower their patients. She is also a keynote speaker for women’s empowerment summits. Sly Fox Investigations specializes in surveillance for Insurance Defense, Child Custody, and Infidelity cases. Our agency also specializes in process service, and is notorious for successfully serving those intentionally avoiding service. Women are changing the face of Private Investigation, and Sly Fox Investigations is proud to be a recognized leader at the forefront of that change. https://slyfoxinvestigations.com/https://briannejoseph.com/https://www.facebook.com/slyfoxinvestigations/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonCrimespree Magazine said that "Aimee Hix is an up-and-coming author everyone should watch." A 2019 Lefty Award Nominee , 2019 Shamus Award Nominee, A 2018 Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel for What Doesn't Kill You (A Willa Pennington, PI Mystery Book 1) In this episode, she also plays homage to Robert B. Parker and the Sunny Randle series. After twenty years as a federal contractor, she retired and turned to murder. Fictionally, of course. Aimee lives with her family, three dogs, and all her killer thoughts. It is my pleasure to welcome Aimee Hix to the show.You can connect with Aimee through her website: https://www.aimeehix.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.In 2001, Bill started the Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). His investigation of wrongful conviction cases began with his work in the Nicarico case in 1988 that lead to the exoneration of Rolando Cruz and Alejandro Hernandez, who had been sentenced to die for a murder committed by serial killer, Brian Dugan. As a defense investigator, Bill worked with Ed Cisowski, a zone commander for the Illinois State Police and developed tire track evidence that linked Dugan to the murder of Jeanine Nicarico. His investigation was featured in the true crime book Victims of Justice, by Thomas Frisbie and Randy Garrett, Avon Books, New York, copyright 1998.https://investigatinginnocence.org/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonJohn Jantunen lives with his wife and two sons in Capreol, Ontario. His debut novel, Cipher, was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize while his second, A Desolate Splendor, was also an apocalyptic thriller. No Quarter is his third book.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Burt Hodge began his career as an investigator after graduating from Florida State University in 1978 with a degree in criminology. After working in the insurance claims investigations sector for several years, he opened State Information Bureau in 1985. His agency conducts a variety of investigations, from record retrieval to backgrounds, interviews, locations, personal injury, and wrongful death investigations. Burt specializes in personal injury and defective product investigations for the plaintiff. He has been licensed by the State of Florida as a private investigator since 1981. Burt has served in a variety of positions in several professional associations. He was a two-term president of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators and also held other board positions for almost ten years. He served two terms as the national director of the National Association of Legal Investigators after having completed two terms as its Region 3 director. Burt is a recipient of the Al Stone Award for Excellence presented by the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators. He was also designated Investigator of the Year for 2006 by the Florida Board of Certified Investigators. Burt is a member of a number of investigative associations, including FALI, NALI, ACFE, NABI, TALI, NCISS, ISPLA, and Intellenet.https://stateinformationbureau.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonTracy Clark is the author of the Cass Raines PI series. The series, set in Chicago, features ex-homicide cop turned PI Cassandra Raines, a hard-driving African-American gumshoe who works the mean streets of the Windy City dodging cops, cons, killers, and thugs. Her debut novel, BROKEN PLACES, made Library Journal’s list of the Best Crime Fiction of 2018 and was shortlisted in the mystery category on the American Library Association’s 2019 Reading List. CrimeReads also named Cass Raines Best New PI of 2018. The novel also received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, a rave from Kirkus Review, and was nominated for a Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel, an Anthony Award for Best Debut Novel and a Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. Her second Cass Raines novel, BORROWED TIME, released in May 2019. Book three, WHAT YOU DON’T SEE, releases June 2020. A native Chicagoan, Tracy roots for the Cubs, the Sox, the Bears, the Blackhawks, the Chicago Shy, and the Chicago Fire equally. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, PI Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America Midwest.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Our guests this week are Robert and Andrea Orozco of Advanced Professional Investigations Robert has been a professional investigator for over a decade and a half. Robert is highly experienced in insurance defense investigations and specializes in surveillance for insurance defense and corporate investigations. Robert became President of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado in November of 2010. During his term as President, Robert was influential in introducing Colorado’s PI license bill. The bill would ultimately be passed into law after 36 years of previous attempts by PPIAC and took effect on July 2015. Andrea has been a professional investigator for over a decade and a half and has spent the majority of her career working in Colorado. As former VP of Training for the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado, she was responsible for the training and education of investigators throughout the state. Andrea is currently the 1st VP of the national association for the investigative profession (NCISS), and also serves on her state board for investigators (PPIAC) as VP of Legislation.https://www.apisurveillancespecialists.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonCharles Salzberg is a novelist, a journalist, and an acclaimed writing instructor. His new novel, Devil in the Hole, a gripping work of literary crime fiction based on the notorious John List murders, is on shelves now. He is the author of the Henry Swann detective series: Swann Dives In; Swann's Last Song, which was nominated for a Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel; and the upcoming Swann's Lake of Despair. His non-fiction books include: On A Clear Day They Could See Seventh Place: Baseball's 10 Worst Teams of the Century; From Set Shot to Slam Dunk, An Oral History of the NBA; and co-author of My Zany Life and Times, by Soupy Sales; Catch Them Being Good; and The Mad Fisherman. He has been a Visiting Professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, the Writer's Voice, and the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a Founding Member. He is a consulting editor at the webzine Ducts.org and co-host, with Jonathan Kravetz, of the reading series, Trumpet Fiction, at KGB in New York City. His freelance work has appeared in such publications as Esquire, New York Magazine, GQ, Elle, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times Arts and Leisure section, The New York Times Book Review, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.After a successful career in the culinary arts, Alan Goodman began his Private Investigations career working for Joe Thornton in Maine, before buying that business Lawyers Investigating Service Inc. LIS provides a wide range of investigative services to attorneys, businesses and individual clients. He is a member of his State and several National Private Investigator Associations. He is the former National Director of the National Association of Legal Investigators and continues to be my close friend and colleague.https://www.lawyersinvestigatingservice.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Paul Kemprecos' fiction-writing career owes its start to the bad navigation of an 18th-century pirate. For it was in 1717 that a ship named Whydah went aground off Cape Cod, reportedly carrying a fabulous treasure. Samuel Bellamy, the ship's captain, was drowned along with most of the crew. In the 1980s, three salvage groups went head-to-head, competing to find the wreck. He was working for a newspaper covering the treasure hunt. The controversy over the salvage got hot at times, and he thought there might be a book based on the story. He developed my own detective, an ex-cop, diver, fisherman, and PI named Aristotle "Soc" Socarides. He was more philosophical than hard-boiled. His first appearance was in "Cool Blue Tomb," which won the Shamus Award for Best Paperback novel. After many years in the newspaper business, I turned to writing fiction and churned out five more books in the series. Clive Cussler blurbed: "There can be no better mystery writer in America than Paul Kemprecos." Several months after the release of "Bluefin Blues," Clive called and said a spin-off from the Dirk Pitt series was in the works. It would be called the NUMA Files, and he wondered if I would be interested in tackling the job. I took on the writing of "Serpent," which brought into being Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Assignments Team. Austin had some carry-over from Soc, and another team member, Paul Trout, had been born on Cape Cod. The book made The New York Times bestseller list, as did every one of seven NUMA Files that followed, including "Polar Shift," which bumped "The Da Vinci Code" for first place. After eight NUMA Files, He went back to writing solo. He wrote an adventure book entitled, "The Emerald Scepter," which introduced a new hero, Matinicus "Matt" Hawkins. In 2013, He brought Soc back again in a seventh Socarides book entitled, "Grey Lady." After that book, he wrote a sequel to the first Matt Hawkins book, entitled, "The Minoan Cipher," which was nominated for a Thriller Award in the Best Paperback category for 2017 by the International Thriller Writers. The eighth Soc book, "Shark Bait," incorporates the aforementioned story of the Whydah, its doomed captain Samuel Bellamy, and his lover, Mary Hallett. His wife Christi and he live on Cape Cod where she works as a financial advisor. They share a circa 1865 farmhouse with two cats. They have three children and seven granddaughters. To learn more about Paul Kemprecos, check out his website at www.paulkemprecos.com

Our guest this week is Michele Harris. With a business background, Michele Harris had worked her way up through the ranks at a previous Private Investigator’s firm for 18 years. She then opened Harris Investigations in 2005 as a sole owner and operator. Within 6 months’ time, she had to bring on a full time investigator to help out. She incorporated that year. Multi-state Process of Service, DMV searches and Skip-Tracing are her main areas of expertise. She is licensed and has offices in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

James D.F. Hannah is the Shamus Award-nominated author of the Henry Malone novels, as well as the novel THE RIGHTEOUS PATH. A native of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, Hannah was an award-winning former journalist and columnist before moving into governmental public relations. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Harvey E. Morse began his investigative career in Massachusetts after graduating Boston University and then attending Suffolk University Law School. In approximately 1975 he moved to Florida and commenced operations as President of Locaters International, Inc. which has been actively engaged in traditional investigations since it was founded. He is the founder of the Florida Association of Private Investigators, Inc., multi-state certified firearms training instructor for concealed carry, and continues to serve on many civic, charitable, law enforcement and private investigative organizations. He has over 50 years of investigative experience. Harvey also graduated the full Florida police academy, first in his class of 82 candidates and is a sworn law enforcement officer having been an Assistant Chief and currently serves as a police Investigator. Contact info: Phone: 386-760-5000 Email: [email protected]

David Swinson is a highly decorated member of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, having received numerous awards including the department’s prestigious Detective of the Year Award for 2003; Meritorious Service Medals for significant, outstanding and sustained achievements; Achievement Medals of Honor for a significant case investigation and several Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Annual Law Enforcement Awards for significant case investigation. David is also an acclaimed Fiction writer and among other books writes about Frank Marr who has become one of my favorite private eyes. A functioning drug addict with a lot of dysfunctional relationships, he is just as likely to go looking for a fix before a suspect. In Trigger, reported to be the end of the Frank Marr trilogy, he takes a case that could lead to redemption or send him spiraling to oblivion. Contact info: Website: http://www.Davidswinson.com Twitter: @casejackets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidSwinsonAuthor/

Jerri Williams has always been a storyteller and, after serving 26 years as a special agent in the FBI, she has plenty of stories to tell. During most of her Bureau career, she worked major economic fraud investigations and was amazed at the schemes con-artist and corrupt corporate and public officials would devise to steal other people’s money.Jerri is the producer and host of FBI Retired Case File Review, a true crime and history podcast where she interviews retired FBI agents about their high-profile cases and careers. With nearly 200 episodes, the podcast has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times and has listeners from around the world. Using her prior professional experiences with scams and schemers, the novels in her FBI Philadelphia Corruption Squad series – Pay To Play and Greedy Givers – feature a strong but flawed female FBI agent protagonist with a troubled past. In her non-fiction book FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives, she discusses the top 20 clichés and misconceptions about the FBI in books, TV, and movies, and provides a reality check regarding FBI procedures. Website: http://www.JerriWilliams.com

Bruce's interest in Missing Persons began terribly and abruptly on March 19, 2004. His 17 year old daughter, Brianna Maitland, went missing. Life changed from that point on for him. A living hell that no parent should ever go through. In the years since, the endless searching and sleepless nights, not knowing where or what happened to her has taken its toll and continues to this day. In the last few years the idea was brought to Bruce by his friend and private investigator Greg Overacker- (who has donated much time and energy to assisting finding Brianna) to start the Private Investigations For The Missing foundation. It is a unfortunate reality that police have limited resources and time, and private investigators can sometimes get answers from people unwilling to speak to police. It is also an unfortunate reality that the costs of private investigators are beyond the ability of most people to afford. Bruce started this foundation Private Investigations for the Missing, to help solve this problem for missing persons and their loved ones. He does this in honor of his daughter Brianna Maitland. By helping others, he hopes it will bring some good out of evil in this life. https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Brianna Maitland Missing Facebook Page Brianna Maitland Family Page Crawlspace Podcast

Bob Rahn is the President and Director of Investigations of Management Resources. He is a former homicide detective and has over forty-five years of investigative experience. Bob has come full circle in his investigative career utilizing his extensive law enforcement experience and adapting it to the private sector by assisting attorneys, insurance companies and corporations. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Bachelors Degree in Sociology from St. Francis College. He has specialized in criminal defense and appellate cases where he found evidence removing the guilt from his client. Phone: 845-781-7233 [email protected] https://www.nysleuth.com/

James Baysinger is the creator and host of the Hide and Seek podcast, as well as the founder of Sasquatch Productions. For the last eight years, James has made his career as an Insurance Agent, but has always had an investigative interest the true crime genre. Inspired by podcasts such as Serial and Up and Vanished, he wanted to create a venture of his own. As a Washington state native, James wanted to work on a case that was close to home. When he came across Nancy Moyer's story, he was both intrigued by the convoluted details of her case, as well as empathic towards her children that have grown up without their mom. After four months of investigating, the first episode was released. When he’s not hunting down new leads or recording material for the next episode, James enjoys spending his free time with his family. Hide and Seek Podcast https://www.facebook.com/HideandSeekPodcast/ [email protected]

Rachael Bell is a serial killer expert and worked for CourtTV’s Crime Library for 11 years, starting in the late 1990s. Crime Library was created by Rachael's mother Marilyn Bardsley, a serial killer expert and crime author. She also has a podcast you will not want to miss called Crimes Unlimited. http://www.Crimescape.com/Podcast

Bill Huffman graduated with a degree in Communications from Cleveland State and has worked in Radio, Print and Television His first podcast is on the unsolved murder of Amy Mihaljevic. She was his age when she went missing in 1989 and she lived in the city next to where he grew up. It was and is a story that looms large over the community. He spoke with people he trusted and began setting up interviews with all the major players in the case. The podcast is called Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? He appeared in Investigation Discovery’s documentary, The Lake Erie Murders: Who Killed Amy MIhaljevic? in December 2018. He is currently talking with advertising companies for the podcast and is working for News 5 in Cleveland, where he is the morning news producer and is in charge of writing some of the stories seen throughout the morning. Podcast and Website: https://whokilledamymihaljevic.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/billhuffman3 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/whokilledamymihaljevicthepodcast/

Retired Captain Dean T. Olson is an award-winning criminal investigator. He commanded the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department in Omaha retiring in 2008 after 30 years of law enforcement service. Captain Olson earned a BS in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He also earned a Master of Arts Degree in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, in Monterey, CA. Olson is a graduate of the 193rd Session of the FBI National Academy and was formerly an adjunct professor of Criminal Justice for several Midwestern universities. His latest book is Evil Desire: Recollections of a Sex Crimes Detective. https://geniusbookpublishing.com/dean-t-olson.html

Todays guest is Robert Young. A native of Tennessee, he grew up watching his father conduct investigations as a Special Agent with CSX Railroad Police. Wanting to follow in his footsteps, he joined the Metro Nashville Police Department in 2007 upon graduating from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Criminal Justice. For more than a decade Robert served in many capacities within the police department, including; patrol division, flex unit, crime suppression units, countywide narcotics, and the Drug Task Force. In March 2018, he retired from law enforcement and started his own private investigations and securities firm, Covert Results. Over the course of eleven months, Robert and his team put together one hell of a story; A book based on a true wiretap case where Robert was the lead Agent. The case, set in 2014 and 2015 had a major impact on the city of Nashville after a record cocaine seizure worth more than 3 million dollars. The book titled “Gray: Rise & Fall of 1422,” It chronicles cocaine, corruption, money, politics, and even death. In March 2018, he retired from law enforcement and started his own private investigations and security firm, Covert Results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqoUWVx1Cw https://www.covertresults.com/ Instagram: @covertresults Twitter: @covertresults Facebook: Covert Results

Tammy Sorrento has been an insurance professional for the past 20+ years and is a licensed private investigator; experience includes selling insurance, adjusting, mediation, arbitration, litigation, compliance, regulatory reporting audits. She has led and mentored other insurance professionals. Tammy served on the Jacksonville Claims Association in various board positions and was the President 2014 and 2015. She is also an active notary. Tammy used her skills to open a business to keep others from getting scammed. Her customers have named her "Anti-Scam Lady" http://www.Fireballapproves.com

Today’s guest is Ellis Armistead Ellis is a Certified Legal Investigator, one of only 66 in the world. Mr. Armistead has investigated thousands of cases, both for the prosecution and the defense. He has worked with notable clients including the parents of JonBenét Ramsey, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, and the parents of Columbine shooter Eric Harris. To Ellis Armistead received a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MPA from the University of Colorado at Denver. In 1972, he began his law enforcement career with the Decatur Alabama Police Department serving as a police officer and police sergeant. In 1975 Mr. Armistead joined the Lakewood, Colorado Police Department where he remained until 1984, serving as a police officer, homicide detective, and police sergeant. In 1985, Mr. Armistead became the Chief Investigator for the Office of the District Attorney in the 14th Judicial District of Colorado. In 1991 he formed H. Ellis Armistead and Associates, Inc. a legal investigation firm specializing in defense investigations of homicides and other violent crimes. In 2006 Mr. Armistead's firm was acquired by Heartland Information Services of Minneapolis. Mr. Armistead served as the President of Heartland Investigative Group until 2013, when he returned home to Colorado to continue practicing as Armistead Investigators Contact info: email: [email protected] https://armisteadinvestigators.com/ http://nalionline.org/certified-legal-investigators-program/

Kitty Hailey, CLI is a nationally-recognized investigative ethicist and expert witness on the question of ethics. With the publication of the profession’s first book on ethics, Code of Professional Conduct: standards and ethics for the investigative profession, now in its third edition, Kitty quickly became recognized as the nation's leading investigative ethicist. Kitty’s expertise is based on her early roles as a chief investigator, manager and educator for a large New Jersey-based agency specializing in family and personal injury cases, and on later concentrations in multi-plaintiff litigation, malpractice and criminal defense investigations and wrongful conviction re-investigations. In her current work as an investigator for the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit, her team re-investigates death penalty convictions for indigent clients. Kitty was among the nation’s first female investigators to earn the Certified Legal Investigator (CLI) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designations. https://www.johnhoda.com/mfds-54-kitty-hailey/

I could spend an hour going over just the highlights of Frank DeAndrea's career. He is passionate and hard-working and you will hear us today talk about just one area of expertise and that is what happens in high adrenaline police cases. Frank rose though the ranks of the PA state police and took a pension after 26 years as a Commander and then was hired to be the police chief of Hazelton PA Police Dept. He implemented many initiatives and procedures that are still in place today. He and his wife Sandy bring 60 years of Law Enforcement experience to DeAndrea Investigations + Security LLC. It is my pleasure introduce you to Frank Deandrea. http://www.Deandrea.biz Email: [email protected] Cell: 570-233-1069

Our guest this week is Attorney Angela Reddock-Wright Named a “Top California Employment Lawyer” by the Daily Journal, and one of Los Angeles’ “Most Influential Minority and Women Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal, Angela Reddock-Wright is the Managing Partner of the Reddock Law Group. A practicing attorney for nearly 23 years, and a former employment and labor law litigator for more than 15 years, Angela’s practice now focuses on the mediation, arbitration and investigation of workplace disputes. In her investigative practice, Angela is retained by public, private, and non-profit sector employers to conduct independent and neutral investigations of workplace harassment, discrimination and other claims. It’s our pleasure to have Angela Reddock-Wright on the podcast this week. Contact info: Linkedin: Angela Reddock-Wright https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelareddock

Our guest this week is Nicole Gray founder of Infinity Investigative Solutions, a woman owned small business operating since 2005. They are headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with offices in New York. Infinity offers global investigations, compliance and integrity monitoring, due diligence, training, and forensic accounting solutions for clients in a wide range of industries. Nicole has over 20 years experience and is very active in local and international Private Investigator associations. Contact info: [email protected] http://www.Facebook.com/investigate

Our guest this week is Joe Koenig retired as an Inspector from the Michigan State Police after 26 years. He also worked for more than 10 years in the banking and insurance sectors. Since 2005, he has owned and operated KMI Investigations, focusing on financial investigations. He is a CFE and author holding a BS in Accounting from Wayne State University, and a Masters in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of several articles and the award-winning book “Getting the Truth” (2014) and is a much sought-after speaker on how to discover the real message, distinguishing truth from deception

Our guest this week is Certified Genealogist Claire Ammon Claire’s introduction to genealogy began when she started working for my missing heir company in 2008. This job fostered her deep-seated passion for history, an interest which began in high school and which grew through doing a degree in American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK and a year-long museum internship in Tempe, Arizona. Claire became a Board Certified Genealogist in February 2012. She continues to utilize her forensic genealogy skills through her work on US Army military repatriation cases and missing heir projects and regularly works on family history projects. She enjoys the challenge that research brings and is excited to help others with their genealogical mysteries. Claire's Contact info Email: [email protected] Website: MissingHeirResearch.com

Bruce Pitt-Payne honed his skills as a major crime investigator and interview specialist over his 26 year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.He was a full-time Team Leader on the "E" Division Interview Team as well as a part-time member of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team's Special Project's Unit.He is a subject-matter-expert on investigative techniques including interviewing adults (witnesses and suspects) and children.For several years he was the Program Manager of Investigative Interviewing Training for the RCMP in British Columbia where he was instrumental in the creation and implementation of the RCMP Phased Interview Model which is the P.E.A.C.E. Model after an evolutionary adaptation to Canadian legal and ethical standards.He has taught witness and suspect interviewing skills on both a national and international scale. Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/brucegrantpittpayne

Dean Beers is a licensed private investigator a subject matter expert in the areas of death investigation and personal injury causation. He has over 6,500 hours of experience specific to death investigation and related injuries, negligence and causation - from investigation to forensic autopsy assistance. He is the only Board Certified Legal Investigator (CLI) in northern Colorado, and is also a certified Medicolegal Death Investigator specializing in consultations and investigations of all civil Personal Injury, Negligence and Death matters, as well as felony Criminal Defense. He continues to speak extensively on investigative techniques and principles and has authored multiple peer-reviewed white papers, and Practical Methods for Legal Investigations: Concepts and Protocols in Civil and Criminal Cases

This is a special episode today where I reintroduce you to several of my earliest podcast guests. Each were gracious enough to supply me with their Second most favorite detective stories. Ken Mains retired from the DA’s office and became a Private Investigator specializing in Unsolved cases. He recently launched a podcast titled:The Unsolved No More Show by Kenneth L. Mains on Apple Podcast Cynthia Hetherington was a librarian skills who became one of the most sought after Internet and Social Media Sleuths. Her yearly conferences on Open Source intelligence are sold out every year. https://www.osmosiscon.com/ Rich Robertson, CLI, is the founder and owner of R3 Investigations and he is a Certified Legal Investigator. Mr. Robertson was a print and broadcast journalist in Arizona for 28 years before becoming a state-licensed private investigator in 2000. http://r3investigations.com/ Brandon A. Perron is an award winning nationally recognized private investigator and is the author of what I consider to be the bible for Criminal Defense investigators: Uncovering Reasonable Doubt: The Component Method.

Today we continue with Part 2 of our discussion with Doug Haas. For part one visit our website here. Doug has over 50 years of investigative experience including 30 years in law enforcement and 20 years as a private investigator. He was the director of a federal, state and local organized crime task force for 10 years. He was also the director of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Organized Crime and is a retired captain from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. He has an expertise in complex investigations, police procedures, interrogation and interview techniques, terrorism and homicide investigations. As a private investigator, Mr. Haas has been engaged by defense attorneys and clients to assist their defense team in both federal and state cases. He has successfully directed the defense in homicide, narcotics and complex fraud investigations. He has conducted criminal and civil investigations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.

Doug has over 50 years of investigative experience including 30 years in law enforcement and 20 years as a private investigator. He was the director of a federal, state and local organized crime task force for 10 years. He was also the director of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Organized Crime and is a retired captain from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. He has an expertise in complex investigations, police procedures, interrogation and interview techniques, terrorism and homicide investigations. As a private investigator, Mr. Haas has been engaged by defense attorneys and clients to assist their defense team in both federal and state cases. He has successfully directed the defense in homicide, narcotics and complex fraud investigations. He has conducted criminal and civil investigations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.

Rory McMahon is a former U.S. Probation and Parole Officer in the Southern District of New York and the Southern District of Florida. He supervised organized crime figures in both jurisdictions. Rory has been a licensed private investigator in Florida for fifteen years. He is a Certified Legal Investigator, a distinction held by fewer than one hundred investigators worldwide. He is also a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator (CCDI), a Certified International Investigator (CII) and a Florida Certified Investigator (FCI). Rory is the author of two textbooks on the subject of investigation, Fraud Investigation (revised 2008), and Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators, 3nd Edition (2013). He is the owner of McMahon and Associates Detective Division, a very successful private investigation agency located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was a founding father of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI), and has served on the boards of FALI, the South Florida Investigators Assoc. (SFIA), and the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI) Rory's book: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Handbook-Professional-Investigators-McMahon/dp/1439887225

Cuban-born, Miami Beach–based Carolina Garcia-Aguilera is the award-winning author of ten books as well as a contributor to many anthologies, but she is perhaps best known for her Lupe Solano mystery series. https://www.carolinagarciaaguilera.com/

Before turning to mystery writing Parnell Hall had several other careers. He was a stage and screen actor, a singer/songwriter, a screenwriter, and a private investigator. We talk about his days as a PI being the jumping off point for a great writing career spanning 4 decades. His first book, Detective, was nominated for the Edgar and Shamus awards.We talk about how fictional detectives can inspire aspiring investigators.

Our guest this week is a returning guest. Dr. Frank Colaprete is a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York. He is also an adjunct faculty member of Norwich University, New England College, Nova Southeastern University, the Public Safety Institute and Civic Institute at Mercyhurst University, and the Justice and Training Research Institute at Roger Williams University. Dr. Colaprete served for 20 years in policing and retired as a Patrol Division Operations Lieutenant. We will be speaking on how Criminal Investigations can be better supervised and managed with a leadership culture that rewards best practices and does not promote fear-based CYA behaviors Dr. Colaprete Contact Email address: [email protected] Johns book: Odessa on the Delaware Johns Website: JohnHoda.com

Kimberly Hamilton is the owner of Female Agents, Inc. and Truth Stalkers. She is a licensed North Caroline Private Investigator, Certified Criminal Defense Investigator, and former police officer. She specializes in private investigations, criminal defense, and service of process in North Carolina. She sits on several Board of Directors and is the author of Missions & Mayhem, the Adventures of a Female Private Investigator. Kimberly's Website: http://www.femaleagentsinvestigations.com Johns book: Odessa on the Delaware Johns Website: JohnHoda.com

Ami Toben is an experienced security director, consultant, trainer, operator and published author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, Surveillance Zone. With 15 years of military and private sector security experience, he has a successful track record of providing a full spectrum of high-end security and threat assessment services to Fortune 500 corporations, foreign governments, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and wealthy individuals.