How does a professional investigator stay sharp and avoid burn out? Since 1986, Linda Sanderson has provided dedicated and effective defense investigation for indigent persons accused of crimes in one of California’s most litigious public defender offices. She provided defense investigation coverage on nearly all Richmond gang cases since 1990. As chief investigator since 2012, […]
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My Favorite Detective Stories – Episode 15 – Fred Mamoun
Fred Mamoun is currently a Communications Officer at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale in 2017, Fred Mamoun worked for twenty years as an Investigative Journalist and as a television news Executive Producer & Producer. Fred spent his news career breaking original stories, managing TV news teams, and developing exclusive video and digital content for […]
My Favorite Detective Stories – Episode 14 – Shannon Sikes Mack
Shannon Sikes Mack is an active Law Enforcement Officer with 19 years of service. She holds the rank of Lieutenant in the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s office in Louisiana where she oversees detectives in the criminal division. She first started her career in Shreveport, LA before joining the Sheriff’s office. She worked with Rod Demery, a […]
My Favorite Detective Stories – Episode 13 – Dave Watts
You will learn a lot from an old-time investigator that got in the biz before the internet. He knows the PI business inside and out. His stories are emblematic of a gumshoe that does the job the right way. Not to be missed. David Watts. Dave is a licensed private investigator specializing in fraud and […]
My Favorite Detective Stories – Episode 12 – Katherine Ramsland
Real CSI, Not TV or Movie CSI. Katherine Ramsland is the expert that the experts go to for Crime Scene Methodology. Her stories talk about her time with the dead on the other side of the crime scene tape Dr. Ramsland holds graduate degrees in Forensic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Philosophy. She teaches Forensic Psychology […]
My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 11 – John Suggs
John F. Suggs applies his expertise in genetic analysis, forensic research and investigation to the field of genetic genealogy where he assists “persons of unknown parentage” such as adult adoptees, sperm and egg donor’s adult children and others searching for their biological roots. In addition, using the same investigative methods, he has recently expanded his […]
My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 10 – Pat McGaha returns
Pat McGaha is a great storyteller. A former decorated street cop and homicide detective from Shreveport, LA, Pat is also a prolific blogger where he weaves his years growing up before joining the Marines with his cop stories. He delivers the whodunits with a powerful emotional gut punch. His website True Stories by a Homicide […]
My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 9 – James Trainum
James L. Trainum is retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. as the Violent Crimes Case Review Project Director- Detective from 2000-2010 James has been interviewed on the topic of interrogation and false confessions by The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Public Radio. Trainum has also been quoted in the […]
My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 8 – Scott Schober
How vulnerable is your credit card at the pump? See how easy it is to hack your passwords. Scott N. Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a 40-year-old New Jersey-based privately held company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Scott pulls back the curtain on […]
My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 7 – Mark Fallon
Mark Fallon is the Author of Unjustifiable Means: The inside story of how the CIA, Pentagon, and the US Government conspired to torture. He spent more than 30 years in government service with 27 at NCIS, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and with the Department of Homeland Security Fallon speaks publicly and writes extensively on the […]
