Episode 187: John Glover – Atlanta Child Murders, Wayne Williams
Release Date: 11/13/2019
315: Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin - Operation Crown Prince, Fried Chicken, Heroin, and Warlords
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 the east. Christian Anglin served in the FBI for over 24 years. Craig McLaughlin served in the FBI...
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Revisited 179: Scott Duffey – Thomas Gibison, Skinhead Racially Motivated Murder
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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, photos, and related articles: Learn more about FBI Retired Case File Review Live! - Buy me...
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314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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: "Are you coming to the Philadelphia Meetup?" - FBI Retired Case File Review Live! ...
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313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 where she was. The FBI's Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST) was crucial to Jerome and Shane’s...
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312: John Ouellet - Bibliomania Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 served in the FBI for 23 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related...
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311: Jerry Hester – Mafia Miami, Operation Paesan Blues
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 administrative roadblocks he encountered while running the complex investigation. Jerry served in...
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310: Dennis Cosgrove - Russian Diamond Looters, Golden ADA
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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, photos, and related articles: Buy me a coffee - Join my Reader Team to...
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309: Richard Denholm – Murder of Jessie Davis and Unborn Child
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 where Davis’s body was buried. Cutts was charged and convicted on seven counts involving the homicide of...
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308: Barry Black – Accountant to Master Bomb Tech
FBI Retired Case File Review
Retired 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 to his first post blast crime scene, the Oklahoma City Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal...
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307: Steve Busch and Steve Kramer - Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Cold Case Murders, Indago
FBI Retired Case File Review
In 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 automate DNA matching and the production of investigative leads, transforming how people can be...
info_outlineRetired agent Dr. John Glover, Ph.D., who became Executive Assistant Director, one of three direct reports to the FBI Director and highest-ranking African American in the FBI, reviews the Atlanta Child Murders case. As Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division, he oversaw the FBI investigation of the killings of black youths in Atlanta and led the joint state-federal task force, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Wayne Williams.
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