Retired agent Steve Lazarus reviews his investigation of a flight attendant for disrupting the normal operations of two commercial flights. The flight attendant set a fire in the lavatory of a 50-passenger commuter aircraft, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. He was also charged with phoning a gate at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta just six days after the 9/11 terror attacks and threatening that the plane would blow up in the air and all passengers aboard the flight were going to die. Steve worked this case while assigned as the Atlanta Division’s first full-time airport liaison agent. We also talk about Call Me Sonny, his new novel inspired by one of his real-life cases. Steve served in the FBI for twenty-two years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/302-steve-lazarus-airplane-bad-behavior-arson-and-bomb-threat/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

302: Steve Lazarus – Airplane Bad Behavior, Arson and Bomb Threat

In this episode, retired agent Zorka Martinovich reviews the extensive administrative support provided by the FBI’s Critical Incident Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU) when a Cuban-American businessman is kidnapped for ransom in Panama by the FARC, a Colombian terrorist organization. Beyond the case review, Zorka, a subject matter expert, explains the behind-the-scenes negotiations made by the FBI and State Department officials to assist families seeking to secure the release of US citizens held hostage by terrorists. Zorka served in the FBI for nearly 21 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/301-zorka-martinovich-we-dont-negotiate-with-terrorists/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

301: Zorka Martinovich – We Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists?

In this epic 300th episode celebrating a milestone in my podcasting journey, we speak to FBI Director Christopher Wray, bestselling author and National Academy graduate, Isabella Maldonado, and retired agent and TV producer Anne Beagan. FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks with authority to those who listen to learn more about the FBI. Crime novelist Isabella Maldonado  48:03 addresses those listeners who follow the show because they are reading, watching, and writing crime dramas about the FBI and what to know what’s accurate and debunk cliches and misconceptions about Bureau policies and procedures found in books, TV, and movies. For all the true crime fans, during my conversation with Anne Beagan   1:20:08, the producer of FBI True, we explore the popularity of the true crime industry and how to cover sensitive topics, especially cases involving violence and murder. Thank you for listening to my 300 episodes featuring interviews with the case agents of the FBI’s major investigations, as well as fascinating but not as well-known FBI cases. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/300-fbi-director-christopher-wray-isabella-maldonado-anne-beagan/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/  

300: FBI Director Christopher Wray, Isabella Maldonado, Anne Beagan

 In this re-edited archive episode, retired agent Eddie Fryer reviews the investigation to recover Polly Klaas, a twelve-year-old girl abducted from her bedroom in October 1993, by a stranger during a slumber party with two friends. Eddie Freyer was the case agent who, working in conjunction with his partners from the Petaluma Police Department, worked countless hours for more than sixty-days without a single day off. This was the episode that made me realize that hosting and producing FBI Retired Case File Review had become a mission for me. Coincidentally, October 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic incident.   Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles:  https://jerriwilliams.com/eddie-freyer-polly-klaas-child-abduction-and-murder-part-1/      Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams     Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL     Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

Bonus Re-Edited 57-58: Eddie Freyer - Polly Klaas Abduction

Retired agent James Stern reviews Operation Tropical Storm, where he was the undercover agent in a transnational drug enterprise investigation targeting the Yakuza Japanese mob trafficking methamphetamine in Hawaii. This was the first-ever arrest, indictment and conviction of a Japanese crime boss in U.S. law enforcement history. The case was featured on an episode of the TV Series, Deep Undercover and was also the topic of the true crime book, Operation Tropical Storm: How an FBI Jewish-Japanese Special Agent Snared a Yakuza Boss in Hawaii. James Stern served in the FBI for 25 years.  Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/299-james-stern-yakuza-japanese-mob-operation-tropical-storm/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

299: James Stern –Yakuza Japanese Mob, Operation Tropical Storm

Retired agent Jonathan “Jonny” Grusing reviews his and his National Park Service co-case agent Beth Schott’s investigation of Harold Henthorn for murdering his first and second wives. Grusing gathered the evidence to prove the murders were premeditated and made to look like accidents. Henthorn’s wife, Lynn, was crushed when he caused a car to fall on her and his wife Toni died after he pushed her from a cliff while they were hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles:  https://jerriwilliams.com/298-jonny-grusing-rocky-mountain-murderer-harold-henthorn/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

298: Jonny Grusing – Rocky Mountain Murderer, Harold Henthorn

In this episode, retired Assistant Director of the FBI Victim Services Division (VSD), Kathryn Turman reviews the VSD, the victim service specialist position, and the major cases and crisis events her staff has deployed to, providing assistance and support to victims around the world. Selected for the position by FBI Director Robert Mueller, she developed and led the FBI’s response to 9/11 victims, victims of more than 100 acts of terrorism overseas, and to more than 35 terrorism and mass violence events across the U.S. Victim services professionals at the FBI inform, support, and assist victims in navigating the aftermath of crime and the criminal justice process with dignity and resilience. Kathryn Turman served in the FBI for 20 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/297-kathryn-turman-victim-services-assistance-and-support/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams      Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL     Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

297: Kathryn Turman – Victim Services, Assistance and Support

Retired agent Kyle Vowinkel reviews how he, as a member of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), negotiated the peaceful surrender of one of the Boston Marathon bombers. It's a powerful, first-hand insider's perspective of the capture of a violent domestic terrorist responsible, along with his older brother, of killing 3 and injuring 281 others. The bombings took place on April 15, 2013. Kyle served in the FBI for 24 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles:  https://jerriwilliams.com/296-kyle-vowinkel-boston-marathon-bomber-surrender-negotiation/     Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

296: Kyle Vowinkel – Boston Marathon Bomber Negotiation

Retired agent Shannon McGarry reviews her assignment as an Assistant Legal Attaché (ALAT) to the FBI’s overseas office in Brussels, Belgium, which covers four US embassies in Northwestern Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). Her responsibilities included establishing relationships with national and international executives and appointed officials; interacting with various government entities, educational institutions, and private industry to identify potential collaboration opportunities; and providing regular briefings on emerging threats, trends, and ongoing operations to ambassadors in all four embassies. Shannon McGarry served in the FBI for over 21 years.   Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/295-shannon-mcgarry-the-fbi-in-brussels-and-nato/      Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams      Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL      Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

295: Shannon McGarry – The FBI in Brussels and NATO

Retired agent Darin Werkmeister reviews his adoption fraud case where the subject solicited unsuspecting hope-to-be parents via the internet, leading them to believe she would facilitate adoptions with pregnant young women seeking to find homes for their babies. The subject was convicted of scamming 43 heartbroken couples. The investigation received national news attention, warning others of the cruel scheme to defraud. Darin served in the FBI for 21 years.    Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/294-darin-werkmeister-tender-hearts-adoption-scam/       Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams      Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL       Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/  

294: Darin Werkmeister – Tender Hearts Adoption Scam

Retired agent Tim Gallagher reviews his investigation of a multi-state check counterfeiting ring that operated out of Northeast Ohio. They hit banks and businesses with fake payroll checks and bogus personal checks, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of check fraud losses. In addition to several convictions, the case also resulted in the recovery of the remains of a cooperating witness most likely murdered to stop him from testifying, but never proven. Tim Gallagher served in the FBI for 22 years.    Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/293-tim-gallagher-fatal-fake-check-fraud/      Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL      Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/       HelloFresh sponsored this episode. Go to HelloFresh.com/fbi50 and use code fbi50 for 50% off free shipping.

293: Tim Gallagher – Fatal Fake Check Fraud

Retired agent Frank Runles reviews a Labor Racketeering investigation where union management for Laborers Local 91 in Niagara Falls, New York, was charged with RICO and convicted of operating as a criminal enterprise. We also discuss interview techniques and deceptive language analysis, which he taught at the FBI Academy. Frank served in the FBI for 25 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/292-frank-runles-niagara-falls-laborers-local-91/     Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams   Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

292: Frank Runles – Niagara Falls Laborers Local 91

Retired agent John Morrison reviews an ecoterrorism case involving a member of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) who firebombed the mink research offices and destroyed laboratory facilities at Michigan State University in 1992. The subject of the investigation, Rodney Coronado, was also responsible for the arson and destruction of mink research facilities at Washington State and Oregon State Universities. Coronado pleaded guilty for the Michigan State University crimes, the first federal conviction of an admitted ALF member. John Morrison served in the FBI for 28 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/291-john-morrison-animal-liberation-front-university-firebombing/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

291: John Morrison – Animal Liberation Front, University Firebombing

Retired agent T.C. Fuller reviews a Crimes Against Children investigation where his subject was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list. The fugitive was the second preferential sex offender the Bureau ever placed on the list. A tip from the America’s Most Wanted TV show led to his arrest. T.C. also talks about his memoir, Painting Over Rust: Stories From a 20 Year Odyssey. He served 20 years in the FBI. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/290-t-c-fuller-top-ten-fugitive-child-sex-offender/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams   Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

290: T.C. Fuller – Hunting Top Ten Fugitive, Child Sex Offender

Retired agent Scott Payne reviews his undercover role in the investigation that resulted in averting a mass shooting at a synagogue by a copy-cat white supremacist who said he wanted to do something similar to the June 17, 2015 massacre of church attendees in Charleston, SC, only bigger. Fortunately, the person he asked to get him a gun was UCA Scott Payne. Scott served in the FBI for nearly 23 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/289-scott-payne-undercover-white-supremacist/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams   Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

289: Scott Payne – Undercover White Supremacist

Retired agent John Tamm reviews his tenure on the Boston Division’s Justice Task Force and the investigation and conviction of former agent John Connolly for racketeering, obstruction of justice, and bribery related to his handling of informant Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi. Connolly was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. A Florida jury convicted Connolly of second-degree murder for the killing of businessman John Callahan by a mob associate of Bulger and Flemmi. Connolly was sentenced to 40 years in state prison, but granted a medical release in 2021. John Tamm served in the FBI for nearly 30 years.  Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/288-john-tamm-john-connolly-fbi-boston-betrayal/     Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams     Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL     Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

288: John Tamm – John Connolly, FBI Boston Betrayal

Former agent Chris Tarbell reviews his investigation and takedown of the billion-dollar, cryptocurrency-based drug underground marketplace “Silk Road” and the arrest of its founder. The investigation, code-named Operation Onion Peeler, resulted in the largest seizure of bitcoins to date. Chris was also the lead investigator on several of the Bureau’s most complex and cutting-edge cybercrime cases, including the investigation and arrest of the leadership of Anonymous and the LulzSec hacking crews. Chris Tarbell served in the FBI for nearly 10 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/287-chris-tarbell-silk-road-dark-web-marketplace/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

287: Chris Tarbell – Silk Road, Dark Web Marketplace

Retired agent Cory McGookin reviews the investigation he led targeting the Latin Kings operating in the city of Aurora, IL and “Operation First Degree Burn,” a cold case multi-agency task force which resulted in the nation's largest ever cold case murder takedown. Thirty-one Latin Kings gang members were convicted of 22 murders going back two decades. Cory McGookin served in the FBI for 20 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/286-cory-mcgookin-latin-kings-aurora-cold-case-murders/   Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

286: Cory McGookin - Latin Kings, Aurora Cold Case Murders

Retired agent Tom Simon reviews his investigation of Las Vegas couple Perry and Rochelle Griggs for orchestrating a prison Ponzi scheme. While serving 8 years in federal prison for securities fraud, Perry Griggs started another scam, where fellow prisoners and their families were the victims. When Griggs was paroled, he and his wife disappeared. A national fugitive manhunt ensued. CNBC featured this prison Ponzi scheme case on American Greed. Tom Simon served in the FBI for 26 years.  Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/285-tom-simon-prison-ponzi-scheme/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

285: Tom Simon – Prison Ponzi Scheme

Retired agents Jim Lewis and Renae McDermott review their 1999 kidnapping case where a mother and her two children were kidnapped for ransom and held for four days before they were located and rescued by the Miami Division SWAT team. In addition to the safe return of the family, the spectacular work of the investigative team and detectives from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, with assistance from FBI polygraphers, SWAT, surveillance, ERT, technically agents and phone tracking, resulted in life sentences for three defendants and lengthy multiple-year sentences for two others. Jim Lewis served in the FBI for 25 years. Renae McDermott served in the FBI for 32 years, 27 as a special agent.   Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.   https://jerriwilliams.com/284-jim-lewis-and-renae-mcdermott-miami-abduction-of-mother-and-children/    Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams    Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email.  Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL    Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction,  available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

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