Ken Mead helped lead the investigation into the shooter’s motive and interrogation of the girlfriend in the largest mass shooting in the history of the United States that happened in front of Mandalay Bay at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 1, 2017. Although Ken has trained dozens of law enforcement agencies on this incident, this is his first public interview. He answers some of the most critical questions, including whether there was more than one shooter and whether the ...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 131
Matt Started out as an Orlando, Florida police officer. A case involving Haitian crack dealers sent Matt to North Carolina, where he crossed paths with Murph. In addition to getting kicked out of Hooters (you have to try really hard to do that), Matt eventually joined the DEA. He worked a lot of cases, maybe none more interesting than a body in the desert entombed in a horse trough with 600 pounds of concrete. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Don...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 130
Carolina, where he crossed paths with Murph. In addition to getting kicked out of Hooters (you have to try really hard to do that), Matt eventually joined the DEA. He worked a lot of cases, maybe none more interesting than a body in the desert entombed in a horse trough with 600 pounds of concrete. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypal.com and use our email: gameofcrimespodcast@gmail.com Go to GameOfCri...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 130
Rich Reinhardt went from Border Patrol to DEA as a diversion investor and landed at the IRS, working complex cases with DEA. But one case was the biggest case Reinhardt had ever worked on—four billion dollars scammed from victims around the globe to buy a virtual currency called OneCoin. To this day, the founder of the scam sits on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted. The real question is…is she still alive? Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at p...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 129
Rich Reinhardt went from Border Patrol to DEA as a diversion investor and landed at the IRS, working complex cases with DEA. But one case was the biggest case Reinhardt had ever worked on—four billion dollars scammed from victims around the globe to buy a virtual currency called OneCoin. To this day, the founder of the scam sits on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted. The real question is…is she still alive? Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at p...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 129
A true honor to interview the man behind Murph in the Netflix hit series Narcos . Boyd opened up about what it took to play the role, the DEA training he and Pedro Pascal received to prepare them, shooting on location in Colombia for nine months, and more. Murph even learned something he didn’t know about how Boyd prepared for the role of a lifetime. Plus, we discuss acting in general and what’s happening with the (now-resolved) actor strike. Boyd just finished working with Harrison Ford in Dial...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 128
A true honor to interview the man behind Murph in the Netflix hit series Narcos . Boyd opened up about what it took to play the role, the DEA training he and Pedro Pascal received to prepare them, shooting on location in Colombia for nine months, and more. Murph even learned something he didn’t know about how Boyd prepared for the role of a lifetime. Plus, we discuss acting in general and what’s happening with the (now-resolved) actor strike. Boyd just finished working with Harrison Ford in Dial...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 128
Murph and Morgan are taking some time off to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. In the meantime, enjoy some of our previous episodes only found on Patreon. If you’re not one of our Players, check out the link below to get access to even more content. Get the gift of Game of Crimes on Patreon! Day 4 - Probably the most enjoyable thing we do on Patreon. Your questions - our answers. No holds barred. Nothing is off-limits. We discuss what’s on your minds. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for ...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Murph and Morgan are taking some time off to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. In the meantime, enjoy some of our previous episodes only found on Patreon. If you’re not one of our Players, check out the link below to get access to even more content. Get the gift of Game of Crimes on Patreon! Day 3 - Murph and Morgan each review a couple of stories that we go into more depth on, analyze the implications, and give you our take. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t he...
Jan 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Murph and Morgan are taking some time off to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. In the meantime, enjoy some of our previous episodes only found on Patreon. If you’re not one of our Players, check out the link below to get access to even more content. Get the gift of Game of Crimes on Patreon! Day 2 - Join us as we review two 9-1-1 calls, one very tragic and the other pretty weird. Pretty sure you’ll figure out very quickly which is which. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content ...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Murph and Morgan are taking some time off to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. In the meantime, enjoy some of our previous episodes only found on Patreon. If you’re not one of our Players, check out the link below to get access to even more content. Get the gift of Game of Crimes on Patreon! Day 1 - Our Narc-O-Meter review of the greatest Christmas movie ever made - Die Hard. We’re joined by a very special guest who just happens to be an expert on the LAPD response to Nakatomi Plaza. Join us...
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Detective Michael Collazo was in the office doing paperwork when he and his partners overheard the call of an active shooter at the Covenant School in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, TN. Unlike Uvalde, Metro Nashville PD wasted no time getting to the scene, engaging the shooter, and ending the threat to innocent life. Michael gives us her version of events, how he and his team were able to take action so quickly, and lessons for other departments. Dedicated to Evelyn Dieckhaus, Willia...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 127
Detective Michael Collazo was in the office doing paperwork when he and his partners overheard the call of an active shooter at the Covenant School in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, TN. Unlike Uvalde, Metro Nashville PD wasted no time getting to the scene, engaging the shooter, and ending the threat to innocent life. Michael gives us her version of events, how he and his team were able to take action so quickly, and lessons for other departments. Dedicated to Evelyn Dieckhaus, Willia...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 127
Sean Larkin started out as a cop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loved the work, the excitement, and the chance to make his community safer. After a chance encounter with a television show, which didn’t pan out at first, things changed for Sean. Many of you know him as Sticks from Live PD. And now he’s not only on the new show - On Patrol Live - he’s got his own show on Fox Nation called CrimeCam 24/7 and a book called Breaking Blue . Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear a...
Dec 12, 2023•55 min•Ep. 126
Sean Larkin started out as a cop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loved the work, the excitement, and the chance to make his community safer. After a chance encounter with a television show, which didn’t pan out at first, things changed for Sean. Many of you know him as Sticks from Live PD. And now he’s not only on the new show - On Patrol Live - he’s got his own show on Fox Nation called CrimeCam 24/7 and a book called Breaking Blue . Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear a...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 126
From behind the Iron Curtain, Jack Barsky (not his original name) went from living in communism to operating inside capitalism against the main enemy of the Soviet Union—the United States of America. He was recruited by the KGB and spent five years being trained before coming to the USA and spying for the next ten years as an illegal rezident. Eventually, he ‘resigned’ from the KGB and thought he had put his covert past behind him until the FBI showed up one day. According to his website JackBar...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 125
From behind the Iron Curtain, Jack Barsky (not his original name) went from living in communism to operating inside capitalism against the main enemy of the Soviet Union—the United States of America. He was recruited by the KGB and spent five years being trained before coming to the USA and spying for the next ten years as an illegal rezident. Eventually, he ‘resigned’ from the KGB and thought he had put his covert past behind him until the FBI showed up one day. According to his website JackBar...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 125
San Diego Police Officer Michael Martinez was involved in his first shooting within eight months of joining SPPD. And that’s when the headaches and drinking started. Then he was involved in two more shootings within another year. He was good at hiding his troubles for a while. Then it all caught up with him, and his world—his career—started crumbling around him. He had a chance to get treatment, but would he take it? Michael talks about how twenty-eight days saved his life and put him in a posit...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 124
San Diego Police Officer Michael Martinez was involved in his first shooting within eight months of joining SPPD. And that’s when the headaches and drinking started. Then he was involved in two more shootings within another year. He was good at hiding his troubles for a while. Then it all caught up with him, and his world—his career—started crumbling around him. He had a chance to get treatment, but would he take it? Michael talks about how twenty-eight days saved his life and put him in a posit...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 124
San Diego Police Officer Michael Martinez was involved in his first shooting within eight months of joining SPPD. And that’s when the headaches and drinking started. Then he was involved in two more shootings within another year. He was good at hiding his troubles for a while. Then it all caught up with him, and his world—his career—started crumbling around him. He had a chance to get treatment, but would he take it? Michael talks about how twenty-eight days saved his life and put him in a posit...
Nov 21, 2023•55 min•Ep. 124
San Diego Police Officer Michael Martinez was involved in his first shooting within eight months of joining SPPD. And that’s when the headaches and drinking started. Then he was involved in two more shootings within another year. He was good at hiding his troubles for a while. Then it all caught up with him, and his world—his career—started crumbling around him. He had a chance to get treatment, but would he take it? Michael talks about how twenty-eight days saved his life and put him in a posit...
Nov 20, 2023•54 min•Ep. 124
New York Times best-selling author and memoirist Jillian Lauren uncovers serial killer Samuel Little’s darkest secrets and aids law enforcement in solving a multitude of cold case murders targeting marginalized communities, particularly women of color, while struggling to reconcile her own history of addiction and abuse with her present-day mission to return the identities of previously nameless bodies and forgotten women. Find out more information about the case, and get Jillian's book on her w...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min
You can’t make stories like this from Rikk Rambo up. From meeting Terry Bradshaw as a kid to a wild story during his field training on the mean streets of Pittsburg, his experiences were too numerous to contain to one episode. So we’re doing two. Rikk survives two shootings, an assassination attempt in St. Croix, and comes face to face with a serial killer in Alaska. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypa...
Nov 14, 2023•59 min•Ep. 123
You can’t make stories like this from Rikk Rambo up. From meeting Terry Bradshaw as a kid to a wild story during his field training on the mean streets of Pittsburg, his experiences were too numerous to contain to one episode. So we’re doing two. Rikk survives two shootings, an assassination attempt in St. Croix, and comes face to face with a serial killer in Alaska. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypa...
Nov 13, 2023•54 min•Ep. 123
You can’t make stories like this from Rikk Rambo up. From meeting Terry Bradshaw as a kid to a wild story during his field training on the mean streets of Pittsburg, his experiences were too numerous to contain to one episode. So we’re doing two. Rikk survives two shootings, an assassination attempt in St. Croix, and comes face to face with a serial killer in Alaska. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypa...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 123
You can’t make stories like this from Rikk Rambo up. From meeting Terry Bradshaw as a kid to a wild story during his field training on the mean streets of Pittsburg, his experiences were too numerous to contain to one episode. So we’re doing two. Rikk survives two shootings, an assassination attempt in St. Croix, and comes face to face with a serial killer in Alaska. Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won’t hear anywhere else Donate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypa...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 123
James Lawler served for 25 years as a CIA operations officer in various international posts and was a member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service from 1998 until retirement in 2005. He was a specialist in the recruitment of foreign spies, and he spent well over half of his CIA career battling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As Chief of the A.Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown Team, his team disrupted the most dangerous nuclear weapons network in history. He’s the author of two books: Liv...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 122
James Lawler served for 25 years as a CIA operations officer in various international posts and was a member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service from 1998 until retirement in 2005. He was a specialist in the recruitment of foreign spies, and he spent well over half of his CIA career battling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As Chief of the A.Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown Team, his team disrupted the most dangerous nuclear weapons network in history. He’s the author of two books: Liv...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 122
To say former DEA special agent Mike Fredericks had a colorful career would be an understatement. But it wasn’t always chasing the worst of the worst. It began with the Great Thanksgiving Turkey Caper. Realizing he was destined for bigger and more legal things, Mike started with the Sky Marshals and his first almost skyjacking. He went to Customs before landing at DEA. His first international assignment was in Colombia, chasing the same bad guys Muprh and Javier would go after years later. Mike ...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 121
To say former DEA special agent Mike Fredericks had a colorful career would be an understatement. But it wasn’t always chasing the worst of the worst. It began with the Great Thanksgiving Turkey Caper. Realizing he was destined for bigger and more legal things, Mike started with the Sky Marshals and his first almost skyjacking. He went to Customs before landing at DEA. His first international assignment was in Colombia, chasing the same bad guys Muprh and Javier would go after years later. Mike ...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 121
