Retired agent Kenneth Williams reviews the events that led him to write what is now known as the “Phoenix Memo,” his work on the Phoenix Mountain Arsonist case, and the aftermath of 9/11. Ken authored the Phoenix Memo prior to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The five-page communication issued a warning to the intelligence community that Al-Qaeda members were training in the civil aviation community in the United States. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, his memo became public and ...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 50 min
Retired agent Q. John Tamm reviews his investigation of Teamster Union Official Frank Sheeran for racketeering and the movie The Irishman , directed by Martin Scorsese with Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, and starring Robert DeNiro as Frank Sheeran. Tamm specifically addresses Sheeran’s claims he killed Jimmy Hoffa and was a mob hitman. John Tamm is a recognized expert on labor racketeering matters. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-191-john-...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Happy New Year. I recorded this bonus episode because I’m thrilled to report that, as predicted in episode 182, FBI Retired Case File Review surpassed 3 million downloads earlier this week. Woo hoo! For an independent show where the host still does all the things, I'm doing pretty good and, if you don’t mind me saying so, I’m super proud of achieving this milestone. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review , I've uploaded Chapter 1 - FBI PROFILERS HUNT SERIAL KILLERS and Chapter 2 - THE F...
Jan 01, 2020•44 min
Retired agent John Pistole served in the FBI for twenty-six years, climbing through the ranks to become Deputy Director (the second highest position in the Bureau). He reviews the time, early in his career, that he worked in the New York FBI Office on an Organized Crime Task Force investigating illegal mob ties to the Teamsters Union. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-190-john-pistole-deputy-director-mob-guys-and-teamsters-union/ Buy me...
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Retired agent Michael Harrigan reviews his assignment as the Supervisory Senior Resident Agent in Farmington and Gallup offices of the Albuquerque Division where he conducted and supervised criminal investigations involving homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, missing persons and unidentified human remains and was responsible for all federal investigations on three Native American reservations. He also discusses his assignment as the Chief of the National Academy (NA) Program, the leading natio...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Retired agent Ron Hosko reviews the abduction and hostage rescue case, known as the boy in the bunker where Jimmy Lee Dykes boarded a school bus, killed the driver, and took a five-year-old boy hostage. At the time of this incident, Ron was the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, responsible for oversight of the FBI’s largest program worldwide. He provides a detailed overview of all the units, programs, and departments involved in the coordination of this successful ...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Retired 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. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Retired Agent Dr. John Glover, Ph.D., who became an Executive Assistant Director, one of three direct reports to the FBI Director and highest-ranking African American in the FBI, reviews the history of African American special agents in the FBI from 1919 through 2019, why diversity, especially in law enforcement, matters, and recounts stories from his extraordinary career in the FBI. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-186-john-glover-fbi...
Nov 10, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Retired agent Joe Navarro reviews the case of Rod Ramsay, an Army veteran living in Tampa, Florida, suspected of committing espionage while stationed in Germany. While interviewing Ramsay forty-two times, Joe recorded the evidence to prove that the spy handed the Soviets vital military secrets that could destroy the US. In this episode, Joe Navarro also reveals some myths about reading body language and what different nonverbal cues indicate. Through his work on the Ramsey case and others, Joe s...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Retired agent Eileen Roemer reviews her methods for training her FBI cadaver dogs, Riley and Bailey, both Golden Retrievers. She discusses the search and recovery work she and her dogs were assigned, locating human remains at crime sites, including at the Pentagon, where she responded with her dogs for twelve days immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. After her retirement, Eileen has served a term as the President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Check out episode ...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Retired agent Keith Tolhurst reviews an extortion case where the subjects threatened to kidnap and cut off the arm or leg of the 12-year-old son of an Arizona millionaire businessman unless he paid them $250,000. Through a series of phone calls and notes, the scheme provided directions to the victim on where to drop the money. Frank Alber was arrested, convicted of conspiracy and mailing threatening communications, and sentenced to 6 years in prison for the elaborate plot. Check out episode show...
Oct 03, 2019•55 min
Host Jerri Williams shares updates about her nonfiction book, FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives , how and why to start a podcast, download stats for FBI Retired Case File Review , and reveal changes to the podcast release schedule. She's interviewed by her friend and fellow podcaster, Javier Leiva, host of Pretend Radio , a show featuring stories about people pretending to be someone else. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilli...
Sep 05, 2019•56 min
Recorded live show at the RESPECT: Women’s Podcast Festival on Saturday, August 24, with special guest Special Agent Cerena Coughlin, the Applicant Coordinator and recruiter for the FBI's Philadelphia Division. She and podcast host Jerri Williams answer questions from the audience regarding the FBI recruitment process. The event was sponsored by the Black Tribbles and held at at Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia, PA, the perfect venue to talk about everyday superheroes! To learn m...
Sep 04, 2019•38 min
Retired agent Phil Coghlan reviews his investigation of a sophisticated and complex two-year crime spree involving bank robberies, bombs/IEDs, and murder, and the highly controversial book, Hit Man: A Technical Manual For Independent Contractors that his bank robbery subjects read and used to commit their crimes. Phil also provides historical insight into the famously heated debate between Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flint and Reverend Jerry Falwell regarding the limits of freedom of speech...
Aug 28, 2019•51 min
Retired agent Michael E. Anderson reviews his investigation of German national Georg Dudov, for a money-laundering scheme that netted $2.3 million from people who thought they were investing in oil wells. In furtherance of the scam, Dudov participated in passport fraud when he attempted to bribe an immigration official to issue him a fraudulent American passport and tried to hire a hitman to have an associate killed. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwillia...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 34 min
Retired agent Scott Duffey reviews his years-long investigation of what started out as a rumor that Thomas Gibison had whispered to high school classmates while attending his senior prom. He and a friend claimed that their new spider web tattoos were symbols of their allegiance to white-supremacist Skinhead dogma and were “earned” by them shooting a black man. This nearly 2-decade-old racially motivated homicide was tenaciously pursued by Scott Duffey and his partner ATF special agent Terrance M...
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 30 min
Retired agent Russell Atkinson reviews the first trade secret theft investigation and prosecution in California under the federal Economic Espionage Act of 1996. The case centered on the theft of radiological device technology and encrypted materials by David Kern, the former employee of a Silicon Valley tech firm. David Kern pleaded guilty to one count of trade secret theft. He was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https...
Aug 08, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Retired agent Michael Harrigan reviews the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP), the largest repository of serial violent crime cases in the country, and the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. He was the unit’s chief and oversaw the development of the web database, which allows client law enforcement agencies direct access to conduct independent analysis. He also provides case studies of several serial killers, including Samuel Little, who may be the most prolific in U.S. History. Chec...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Retired agent Michael Harrigan reviews the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP), the largest repository of serial violent crime cases in the country, and the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. He was the unit’s chief and oversaw the development of the web database, which allows client law enforcement agencies direct access to conduct independent analysis. He also provides case studies of several serial killers, including Samuel Little, who may be the most prolific in U.S. History. Chec...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Retired agent Norman Wight reviews the Stanley Mark Rifkin bank theft case. Rifkin embezzled $10 million from a bank in LA, via a wire transfer to Switzerland, where he converted the money to diamonds before smuggling them into the United States. Based on a tip, Wight and Los Angeles Division agent Robin Brown arrested Rifkin and recovered the diamonds. The case, followed closely by the media, tested case law regarding the validity of exigent circumstance when executing arrest warrants. Check ou...
Jul 18, 2019•54 min
Retired agent Jane Mason reviews a case she worked with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where the subject was hired for asbestos abatement at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. Workers used illegal removal methods and then dumped grates and bags of asbestos at scattered locations throughout New York City, exposing anyone who unknowingly came in contact with the hazardous materials. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-174-jane-mason-...
Jul 11, 2019•57 min
Retired Agent Greg Shaffer served in the FBI for twenty years. During his career, he spent six years on the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). In this episode, he reviews the multi-agency response to apprehend the D.C. Snipers, later identified as John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the men responsible for the random shootings of ten people in the Washington D.C. area during 23 days in October 2002. He also discusses the origin and role of the HRT, and provides safety tips, especially fo...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Retired agent Weysan Dun reviews a case targeting an extremist group espousing Posse Comitatus rhetoric and white supremacist views. Initially, under investigation for weapons and interstate theft violations, the leader, Michael Ryan, his fifteen-year-old son Dennis, and others were charged and convicted of the violent and horrific deaths of two group members. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-172-weysan-dun-posse-comitatus-nebraska-cul...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Former agent Scott Larson served in the FBI for 13 years and was one of the original 13 FBI Laboratory-certified Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART) field examiners. He reviews the Solar Sunrise case where, as the lead investigator, he tracked cyber intrusions into over 200 Department of Defense (DoD) computer systems. The highly sensitive international investigation revealed the identities of the culprits responsible for the hacking and data breach of military sites initially thought to ...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 9 min
(This episode was updated and re-released as Episode 270) Retired agent Oliver “Buck” Revell reviews the Dallas FBI investigation into allegations of dirty tricks made during the 1992 presidential primary involving the campaigns of President George H. W. Bush and candidate Ross Perot. Buck Revell also discusses the important but precarious role of the FBI in investigating criminal matters with serious political implications. He served in the FBI for 30 years. During his Bureau career, he assumed...
Jun 13, 2019•55 min
Retired agent Scott Augenbaum reviews several cybercrime cases, and provides several cyber security tips that he learned during his FBI career that will, hopefully, protect you from cybercriminals stealing your stuff and help you avoid becoming the victim of a data breach. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-169-scott-augenbaum-secrets-of-cyber-security/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to g...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Retired agent John Kundts reviews the 1981 counterfeit SEPTA TransPasses case where two men using specialty paper, printed and sold fake monthly fare instruments. Before the investigation, the transit agency's losses from the scheme totaled $1 million a month. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-168-john-kundts-counterfeit-septa-transpasses/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Re...
May 30, 2019•40 min
Retired agent Thomas J. Baker reviews the FBI’s investigation of the March 1981, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr, and discusses how lesson’s learned from the assassination of President Kennedy were immediately utilized in the initial management and coordination of multiple agencies under intense media scrutiny. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-167-tom-baker-attempted-assassination-of-president-rea...
May 23, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Retired agent Cecil Moses reviews the Greensboro Massacre, where in November 1979, during a protest rally, a shootout with the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazis left five members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) dead and seven members seriously injured. Two Klansmen were also injured. At the time of this incident, Cecil Moses was the assistant special agent in charge of the Charlotte Division in North Carolina, managed the FBI investigation, and testified during the subsequent state, federal, ...
May 16, 2019•54 min
Retired agent Ken Lanning reviews the controversial topics of satanic ritual child abuse, recovered repressed memory, and the suggestibility of children. His work in this area and the ramifications of confirmation bias has divided and polarized many child advocates, the media, and the American public. His professional study of the criminal aspects of deviant sexual behavior included assignments to the Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force from 1996 to 1998 and the National Center for the A...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 41 min
