Game of Crimes

"They didn't let me pick my name. I wanted Slash. They gave me Hollywood. J Hollywood." And in the Mongols, your road name is your life — get it wrong, you're dead. I spent 34 years with the ATF, two Medals of Valor, and lived double lives inside America's most violent outlaw motorcycle gangs. This is what it cost me — and why my family is my only legacy.

When the ATF needed someone to infiltrate the world's most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gangs and no one else would do it, John Carr said yes. His willingness to embrace the unknown turned a small-town kid from a Northern California into one of America's most daring undercover ATF agents.

29 miners went to work and never came home. On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia exploded — methane buildup, inadequate rock dusting, and safety failures that turned a coal mine into a death trap. 29 lives lost in seconds...

He spent 9 years working the West Virginia coal mines — where brotherhood keeps you alive and one mistake can kill you. Now JD Belcher hunts a different darkness.

A radio call. A man with a sword. And in the seconds that followed, Chad Jensen's career was on the line all over again — this time not from a federal indictment, but from a trigger he had no choice but to pull. 

This is the moment Chad Jensen's defense stopped fighting to survive and started fighting to win. Part 2 of the fight that ended in exoneration.

He got a phone call that started with these words: 'You've been indicted.' Not for a crime he committed — for one the federal government decided to build a case around. 

He helped elect a prosecutor to clean up the streets — and that same prosecutor ended up facing criminal charges. Welcome to the real world of undercover narcotics, where nobody is exactly who they seem... 

Before crack cocaine made headlines, before fentanyl destroyed families, cocaine was already quietly killing small-town America — and law enforcement veteran Terry Sayre was one of the only cops who saw it coming...

In Part 2 of this Game of Crimes interview, retired CIA officer Steve Hirsch draws on 30 years in intelligence to examine the true nature of courage, secrecy, leadership, and life inside one of the world's most demanding professions.

In this Game of Crimes interview, former CIA officer Steve Hirsch reflects on 30 years in intelligence and national security. He explains how a visit to a CIA information session changed his career—and how a conversation led to recruitment into one of the world's most secretive agencies.

Combat veteran Kevin Kent isn't just another voice in the "defund the police" debate. He's lived it — from the high-intensity world of special operations to the front lines of American streets as a reserve police officer. And his message is blunt: cutting funding from law enforcement doesn't just weaken the system. It gets people killed.

Kevin opens up about his extraordinary transition from the SEAL teams to Hollywood, where he now works as an actor, stuntman, and producer. He reveals how the mental toughness, adaptability, and dark humor forged in the teams gave him the tools to reinvent himself in a completely different world — and why he believes the real test of a warrior isn't on the battlefield.

She thought she was going to work at a World Cup bar. She was 17 years old. Instead, she was trafficked across the border into Mexico — and left with no way home. Thanks God that Tyler Schwab and Libertas International were able to her out.

Tyler Schwab, founder of Libertas International, is back!!  Tyler has spent years operating in the shadows of one of the world's most brutal crimes: child trafficking. In this raw, unflinching episode, Tyler pulls back the curtain on what really happens when children disappear — and what it takes to bring them home.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Bill Bodner, the 32-year DEA Special Agent gets brutally honest about the decisions that haunt you when you're fighting a war that never stops.

Bill Bodner spent 32 years as a DEA Special Agent. But it was a single 1995 wiretap operation in Los Angeles that changed the game forever. When a Mexican drug trafficking group began communicating through encrypted cell phones — a technology no one in law enforcement had encountered — his team made a call that would reshape DEA strategy for decades.

Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga was a 25-year undercover narcotics veteran when a split-second decision at a gas station changed everything. He fired twice in less than two seconds. By the time the smoke cleared, the media had already made up its mind — and the label "racist killer" followed him for years.

Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga spent 35 years on the job — 25 of them buried deep inside Los Angeles's most dangerous drug networks as an undercover narcotics agent. 

The Mexican government told you cartel violence is going down. They lied. A U.S. Army intelligence officer just walked us through the evidence — and what he found about cartel cyber operations, drone surveillance, and government cover-ups changes everything you thought you knew.

He spent years as a U.S. Army intelligence officer — training Mexican military police, analyzing cartel threats in real time, and watching the situation get worse. Now Stefano Ritondale is telling you what the government won't.

For six years, FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone lived a lie that nearly swallowed him whole. Armed with a fake name—Donnie Brasco—and nerves of steel, Pistone infiltrated the most dangerous organized crime families in America, earning the trust of mob bosses and hitmen while his own identity slowly disappeared.

Veteran crime journalist Annie Schwartz was inside the Jeffrey Dahmer investigation. In Part 2, she turns her lens on the media itself — and what she exposes is more disturbing than anything she found in that apartment.

Annie Schwartz was a young crime reporter when a police source delivered a message no journalist could ignore: "You need to get over here. There's a guy saving body parts in his apartment." She drove to an unremarkable Milwaukee apartment — and walked straight into the Jeffrey Dahmer case.

In Part 2 of this explosive interview, Ray Donovan — the DEA's Chief of Operations — goes deeper than any headline ever has. This isn't the sanitized version you've heard before. This is the real account of how a multi-agency coalition of DEA, FBI, and HSI agents coordinated one of the most complex law enforcement operations in modern history to bring down Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán and dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel's global empire.

In Part 1 of this exclusive true crime interview, Ray Donovan opens up about the pivotal mentorship that launched his law enforcement career, the brutal realities of life inside the DEA, the international operations that defined a generation of drug enforcement, and what it really takes to rise from rookie agent to Chief of Operations of the preeminent drug enforcement agency in the world!!

In Part 2 of this explosive episode, Game of Crimes sits down with Aaron Graham and Derek Maltz — two law enforcement veterans who've tracked these networks from the front lines — to reveal how technology has handed cartels their most powerful weapon yet.AI and 3D printing have shattered every barrier that once kept counterfeit drug production out of reach. Today, a cartel chemist with a simple machine and an internet connection can manufacture pills indistinguishable from your pharmacy prescription. And those pills move through social media chat rooms and direct messages faster than any law enforcement agency can respond.

In Part 1 of this episode of Game of Crimes, two retired DEA law enforcement experts, Derek Maltz and Aaron Graham, pull back the curtain on one of the deadliest crises in American history: counterfeit prescription pills laced with synthetic fentanyl — and the $4.5 billion global death trade fueling it.These aren't street drugs. They're stamped, pressed, and packaged to look exactly like Xanax, Adderall, and Percocet. Cartel chemists are manufacturing them by the millions. Two milligrams — smaller than a few grains of salt — is a lethal dose. And many of these pills carry ten times that amount.

What's the difference between a detective who closes cases — and one who never lets a killer escape? Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga reveals the psychological tools, instincts, and mental discipline that separate good homicide detectives from truly great ones.

Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga shares the inside story of a 19-year career in homicide, culminating in one of Canada's most shocking serial murder investigations. Hank's team cracked the case that shook an entire nation.

Retired Secret Service polygraph examiner Brad Beeler goes deeper than any TV show, documentary, or true crime podcast has ever gone — into the real science of deception detection, the emotional cost of the work, and a formula for criminal behavior that will fundamentally change how you understand why people commit crimes.

Retired Secret Service Brad Beeler goes behind the badge to reveal what it truly takes to protect the most powerful person on Earth, and what 25 years of high-stakes federal service teaches you about human nature, sacrifice, and the truth!!

Jack Carr is the former Navy SEAL officer and #1 New York Times bestselling author behind The Terminal List — the explosive military thriller franchise that became a worldwide phenomenon on Amazon Prime. But before James Reece ever existed on the page, Jack Carr spent two decades in special operations executing the real missions that most people only see in movies.In this exclusive Game of Crimes interview, Jack Carr pulls back the curtain on the discipline, authenticity, and raw research that turned one operator's lived experience into one of the most gripping military thriller series in history. And Jack announces the release of his newest best seller, "The Fourth Option," available now!!

Retired DEA Agent Chris Diaz goes deeper than any headline ever will. This isn't about tactics — it's about psychology. How do you infiltrate one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world? You think like them. You talk like them. You become them.Chris breaks down the exact psychological strategies he used to build trust with high-level cartel targets — how he posed as a major player with access to European drug markets, how he coordinated operations across Romania, Tanzania, Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia, and how one wrong word could mean a deadly failure.

Chris Diaz pulls back the curtain on the dangerous world of federal drug enforcement. From undercover operations deep inside cartel networks to life-or-death decisions along the border, Chris takes you inside the real war on drugs — one that doesn't end when the badge comes off.But that's not all.  Chris authored a children's book that reached the International Space Station — he's on a new mission: raising autism awareness and helping families feel seen, heard, and understood.

Retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell reveals the storytelling secrets behind Police Stories: The Rookie Years, and his podcast, Cops and Writers. Patrick breaks down exactly how law enforcement officers turn their real experiences into powerful, published memoirs — without losing the grit, the truth, or the people who lived it.

Former police officer and Army combat veteran Kevin Grogan pulls back the curtain on the real Savannah, Georgia — a city where wealth and poverty collide, where the port fuels a criminal underworld, and where cops face life-and-death decisions every single shift.In this raw, unfiltered episode of Game of Crimes, Grogan takes you from the battlefields of Iraq to the front lines of American policing — where the enemy wears no uniform and the rules are never clear. From neighborhood rivalries and drug trafficking networks to the emotional toll of protecting a community in crisis, this is the side of Savannah that only cops know.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Chief Nishan Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police, we go where most police chiefs won't. No press conference language. No spin. Just a straight-talking leader who inherited a department in crisis — and turned it into a blueprint for modern law enforcement. This is a law enforcement leadership masterclass. Chief Nish doesn't just talk about what's wrong with policing — he tells you exactly how to fix it.

In this episode of Game of Crimes, we go deep with Chief Nish Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police — one of Canada's most respected law enforcement leaders. Chief Nish has spent over three decades navigating the most complex intersections of crime, culture, and community. His approach to criminal justice reform, police-community relations, and law enforcement leadership is unlike anything you'll hear from a standard press release.

In Part 2 of Game of Crimes, retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black — bomb technician, sniper, and 31-year veteran — reveals the cases that defined American counterterrorism, including a 2005 incident that changed everything the Bureau thought it knew about domestic terror threats.

Retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black reveals how a baseball coach in Alabama changed his life — and how diverse skills make the most lethal agents in the Bureau.  From fraud investigations to becoming a SWAT member, sniper, and ultimately a FBI bomb technician who participated in some of the most high-profile cases around the world.

In Part 2 of this exclusive Game of Crimes interview, 26-year DEA veteran Jeff Sweetin goes deeper — into the fake identities, the legendary pranks, the family sacrifices, and the parts of undercover work that no training manual ever prepares you for. From covert operations in Panama and Colombia to the quiet toll the job takes long after the mission ends, this is the conversation that happens when the debrief is over and the cameras finally get the truth.

Retired DEA Special Agent Jeff Sweetin pulls back the curtain on almost three decades of undercover operations, international cartel takedowns, and the razor's edge between life and death. Jeff worked alongside legendary agents in some of the most dangerous corners of the drug war — Panama, the Dominican Republic, South America — and lived to tell the tale.

Former LAPD Officer Toni McBride survived a life-altering officer-involved shooting on April 22, 2020. She was cleared. She did everything right. But being right didn't protect her from what came next — the media firestorms, the public hatred, the departmental politics, the lawsuits, and the battle against an autoimmune disease that attacked her body just as the world was attacking her name.

She was born to wear the badge. Raised by an undercover LAPD officer in Southern California, Toni McBride didn't just dream about law enforcement — she dominated it. She became the youngest female in LAPD history to complete the Level 2 Reserve Academy, earned the title of Top Shot, and served as class leader. Then came April 22, 2020 — and the officer-involved shooting that changed everything. Where was her partner?

After dismantling his own drug trafficking network and agreeing to cooperate with federal agents, Ben entered a world few ever talk about from the inside. The deals, the dangers, the mental toll, the paranoia — and the unexpected truth about the people supposed to protect him.Ben is now a law enforcement consultant and informant expert — training handlers on what they're getting wrong. His insights are changing how agencies across the country approach informant management.

What started as small marijuana runs across state lines grew into a sophisticated, multi-state criminal operation. Ben Freedland stayed ahead of law enforcement by constantly reinventing his methods: "I always changed my methods of transport to stay ahead of law enforcement." He was connected, calculated, and relentless — until the day everything changed.

In Part 2 of this exclusive interview, Mary reveals what happened when the resilience that kept her alive in combat collided with the emotional toll of saving premature babies — and how COVID-19 pushed her to a breaking point she never saw coming. She opens up about nurse burnout, the invisible wounds veterans carry into civilian careers, and the self-care journey that saved her.This is the story the military didn't prepare her for.

In this powerful episode of Game of Crimes, host and retired DEA Special Agent Steve Murphy sits down with Mary Howe — an eight-year U.S. Air Force veteran who nearly lost herself before the military gave her the structure that saved her life. From growing up in the shadow of America's most elite special operations unit to becoming a military veteran herself, to transitioning to a family nurse practitioner and mental health advocate, Mary's story is one of resilience, service, and legacy.This isn't just a military story — it's a story about what happens when service runs in your blood.

Veteran New York City Medical Examiner investigator Barbara Butcher, who was one of the first forensic professionals to enter Ground Zero, continues discussing her amazing career as she reveals the raw, emotional reality of working the largest victim identification operation in American history. Barbara shares the surreal moment she entered a city buried in smoke and ash, and what it was really like sorting through remains to give grieving families the answers they desperately needed.First responders, forensic investigators, and volunteers from across America worked around the clock — driven by compassion, duty, and an unbreakable commitment to honoring every single victim. Hear firsthand how these heroes coped with trauma, exhaustion, and heartbreak — yet never stopped. This is a story of resilience,  sacrifice, and humanity in America's darkest hours. This is Game of Crimes — real stories from the people who lived them!!

Murph sits down with Barbara Butcher, a former medical legal investigator for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  After navigating the counterculture era, battling Alzheimer's patients' suffering, and becoming a physician assistant, a life-changing interview with the Chief Medical Examiner set her on a new path. "Forget the money, do what you love." She did, and through forensic science and crime scene investigations, Barbara spent decades investigating homicides, suspicious deaths, and humanity's darkest moments alongside the NYPD. Enjoy these true crime stories.