Dollars for Terror: The Holy Land Foundation's Illegal Scheme To Fund Hamas
In the wake of the recent Hamas terrorist attack that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, my True Crime Reporter® podcast opened its investigative archive on the Gaza-based group's past fundraising and recruitment in the United States. After my embedded assignment with the U.S. Army during the invasi…
The John Dillinger Enigma: Did The FBI Really Kill Public Enemy #1?
During the Great Depression, Newsreels about John Dillinger, the first gangster declared Public Enemy #1, drew cheers from movie audiences across America and hisses when pictures of J. Edgar Hoover appeared on screen. Agents from what would become the FBI killed Dillinger in a hail of gunfire whil…
Unmasking PTSD: A Cop's 26-Year Struggle Beyond the Badge
After 26 years in law enforcement, Glen Williams has experienced the toll that bearing witness to violence and tragedy can take. Williams, like many first responders, bottled up the pain and soldier on. Unaware that his PTSD was wrecking his life at home and on the job. Hello, this is Robert Ri…
Crisis-Proof Your Life: Fieldcraft Survival on Personal Safety & Preparedness
There's a crime trend sweeping the United States of flash mob thieves charging into department stores to make off with armfuls of loot. Gangs rush inside affluent suburban neighborhoods in night to break into cars. This episode of the True Crime Reporter® podcast responds to those of you asking me…
No Justice for A Texas Cowboy: A $750 Million Elder Abuse Tragedy
Investigative Reporter Stephen Michaud, among the nation’s best, spent six years unraveling how an iconic ranch was taken from a dying Texas Cowboy. It's a sprawling Texas ranch near the border with Mexico where the biggest producing gas well in the United States was struck in 2004. The ranch and…
The Reporter Behind the Crime Stories: Robert Riggs Tells All
In this week’s episode of True Crime Reporter®, Michael Jackson, the host of the A Funny Way of Looking Podcast, interviews me about the age-old appeal of crime stories. Michael’s podcast aims to educate in a fun environment, enlighten, entertain, and inspire listeners and viewers. We talk serial…
Defusing Tension in 90 Seconds: A Game Changer for Inmates and the Public
Doug Noll says murderers are not born, they're bred. Today kids revert to what they see around them...violence. Doug Noll founded the Prison of Peace Project. Noll teaches hardcore inmates how to de-escalate an angry, emotional person in 90 seconds or less. It’s a skill that we can all benefit fr…
Mexican Cartels Use The Occult To Indoctrinate Child Soldiers
Free from Mexican narco's occult witchcraft, Ed Calderon savors the American experience. Calderon fled Mexico with this three-year-old daughter when he had to choose between working for a cartel in his police uniform or getting assassinated. I’m back with my third and final episode interview…
Cartels Offered a Choice Between Two Evils: Take The Silver or Take the Lead.
Ed Calderon says the incomplete wall on the U.S. Southern border with Mexico is like Swiss cheese. "It won't stop any of the growing threats posed by the Mexican drug cartels," he says. Ed Calderon spent a dozen years working in counter-narcotics and organized crime investigations in the northern…
China, Mexico, and Fentanyl: A Recipe for U.S. Security Threats
Former Mexican counter-narcotics officer Ed Calderon predicts a day of reckoning. If you were a fan of Narcos or Sicario, brace yourself to hear the real story about what’s happening south of the U.S. border. Ed Calderon is a man who should not be alive. He fled death threats and now lives in the…