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True Crime Reporter
How To Size People Up Like An FBI Behavioral Analyst

True Crime Reporter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 31:40


Whether walking through a dimly lit parking lot, meeting someone new, or even evaluating the behavior of people close to you, the ability to read people and size them up could mean the difference between safety and danger. This episode teaches you how to think like an FBI Behavioral Analyst. Robin Dreeke, who headed the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Program, joins me to discuss his framework for predicting human behavior. Dreeke wrote the book, “Sizzling People Up”, based on his years in counterespionage.  His unit was part of the Behavioral Analysis Unit that focuses on violent crime—popularly known as the serial killer unit. Now, in private consulting, Dreeke teaches how anyone can learn to predict what others will do in the most important situations.  Robin Dreeke is here to help keep you safe in public and online by learning to read people. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK Click the Promo Code for your exclusive 20% OFF DISCOUNT at Eric Javits Designer Hats. We wear these hats and receive a sales commission to keep producing stories. Click the Promo Code for your exclusive 41% OFF DISCOUNT at Cozy Earth Bedding & Lounge Wear. Oprah's favorite since 2018. We receive a sales commission. Click the Promo Code for your exclusive 30% OFF DISCOUNT at Protégé Painless Stiletto Heels. Designed by an MIT graduate who wanted comfort & luxury. We receive a sales commission. Click the Promo Code for your exclusive 20% OFF DISCOUNT at Men's HyperNatural Cool Polo Shirts. Great for travel and golf. We receive a sales commission. Click the Promo Code for your exclusive 15% OFF DISCOUNT at TONA Activewear Designer Gym Leggings. Created by one of the founding designers of Lululemon. We receive a sales commission. Please support me by purchasing my books. Click here to purchase my "Texas Crime Stories" audiobook. It downloads into your podcast app. Click here to purchase the Paperback & Kindle editions on Amazon. Subscribe to the True Crime Reporter® podcast. Subscribe to the "Stories To Keep You Safe" Newsletter on the True Crime Reporter® website. Schedule me to speak at your social meeting or corporate event. My presentation, "Evil Walks Among Us," features stories about serial killers and notorious criminals and personal safety tips. Step into the storied halls of the Texas Prison Museum and uncover the gripping tales of infamous inmates, daring escapes, and the history of justice in the Lone Star State.

Understate: Lawyer X
REWIND | The Weleetka Murders

Understate: Lawyer X

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 51:35


Two young girls shot dead in a town of less than 1000 people. With local law enforcement stumped, they turned to the renowned FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit for answers. Julia Cowley is a retired FBI criminal profiler with a twist - she's a forensic scientist too. In this episode with Kathryn Fox, hear about Julia's very first assignment with the BAU, where her unique dual skillset provided insight into the motivations and behavioral traits of an offender who could commit such a crime - ultimately resulting in the conviction of the man responsible for 'The Weleetka Murders'. This episode contains references to violence against women and children, for support, dial 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Silver Linings Handbook
Bonus - Profiling the UnitedHealth Shooter, Domestic Violence and More with Julia Cowley

The Silver Linings Handbook

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 52:48


In this bonus episode from the Minneapolis, Minnesota True Crime Meetup, Jayson and listeners talk with retired FBI Profiler Julia Cowley, the host of The Consult podcast, about clues about the United Health shooter, warning signs in relationships for domestic violence and a wide variety of other topics. We also discuss the real-life experience of working in the FBI's famed Behavioral Analysis Unit.This is the first of several bonus episodes from the meetup that will be released this month.To listen to Julia and her colleagues on The Consult podcast:https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Morbid
Episode 618: Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer (Part 2)

Morbid

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 73:18


At first glance, there wasn't much to the mild and unassuming Jerry Brudos; however, when investigators looked into his background, they discovered several arrests for theft, prowling, and sexual assault. And the more they learned about Brudos' life, the more certain they became that he was the man they were looking for.Ultimately, Jerry Brudos was convicted of the murders of Jan Whitney, Karen Sprinker, and Linda Salee and given three life sentences. His capture and incarceration were a big relief to the women of Oregon, but his cooperation with law enforcement and the FBI would prove invaluable as the latter established what would eventually become the Behavioral Analysis Unit.ReferencesAssociated Press. 1969. "Fisherman's grim discovery started search for slayer." Albany Democrat-Herald, June 30: 21.—. 1969. "Coed provided first lead in murder case." Oregonian, June 4: 11.Capital Journal. 1969. "Salem student, 19, feared kidnaped." Capital Journal, March 29: 1.Carbonell, Dan De. 2006. "36 years later, killer's death relieves victims' families." Statesman Journal (Salem Oregon), March 29: 2.Leibman, Faith H. 1989. "Serial Murderers: Four Case Histories." Federal Probation 41-45.Long, James. 1969. "Photo found in Brudos' home shows girl hanging by rope." Oregon Daily Journal, June 7: 1.Morrison, Allen. 1969. "Brudos tells of attacks, killings." Oregon Statesman , June 28: 1.—. 1969. "Indicted in death of Miss Sprinkler." Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 5: 1.Olmos, Robert. 1969. "Crews widen river search for clues in girls murders." Oregonian , May 15: 19.Oregon Journal. 1968. "2 teen-age girls missing." Oregon Daily Journal, February 6: J7.Oregonian. 1968. "Help sought in search." Oregonian, December 23: 24.—. 1969. "Office aide disappears ." Oregonian, April 26: 14.Painter, John. 1969. "Sudden shift in plea signals end of trial." Oregonian , June 28: 1.—. 1969. "Tests stall state trial of Brudos." Oregonian, June 6: 1.Roby, Larry. 1969. "Parole agency explains eligibilty of Brudos." Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), July 2: 15.—. 1969. "Judge discloses warrant details on Brudos." Capital Journal, June 6: 1.Rule, Ann. 1983. Lust Killer. New York, NY: Random House.Statesman Journal. 1969. "Brudos home alleged site of 2 slayings." Staesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 18: 1.Wong, James. 1969. "Somebody probably saw Linda Salee's killer--but will the person speak up?" Oregon Daily Journal , May 15: 5.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

DEVIANT
The Lake Oconee Murders Part 4: The Workup

DEVIANT

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 56:45


By now, you know many of the details of these crimes. The place, the time and what was done to Russell and Shirley Dermond. What we still don't know is the why and the who. In the final chapter of our exploration of the Lake Oconee murders, we consult with former members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and put together a profile of that who, and that why. Can we get closer to the actual truth? JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carnage Street
Madeline Soto: Experts Say Jenn Soto NEVER BONDED with Her Daughter!

Carnage Street

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 14:35


Madeline Soto was just 13 years old when she was reported missing on Monday, February 26, 2024. Her body was found on March 1st in a bamboo tree grove 22 miles from home. Stephan Sterns, Maddie's mother, Jenn Soto's, on-again, off-again boyfriend, was eventually arrested and charged with both SAing Maddie for years and for taking her life.In today's video, I'll share what two experts (one in psychology and one with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit) said about Jenn Soto on Nancy Grace's show.Their takes are, in a word, fascinating.This video is for entertainment purposes only. #madelinesoto #maddiesoto #jennsoto #stephansterns #kissimmeefl #breakingnews #asmr #truecrimeunsolved #breakingnews #missingchild #florida #truecrimeunsolved idaho #moscowidaho #kayleegoncalves #madisonmogen #ethanchapin #xanakernodle #moscowstudentmurders #idahostudentmurders #moscowhomicides  #truecrimeunsolved #truecrimeunsolved #truecrimeunsolved #truecrimeunsolved Support the show

The Silver Linings Handbook
Nightstalker: The Golden State Serial Killer Joe DeAngelo with Julia Cowley

The Silver Linings Handbook

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 93:19


A ransacker stalked a small city in California, breaking into 120 homes in 20 months. Two hundred and twenty miles away, three years later, a man committed 50 home-invasion rapes. Three years after that and 300 miles to the south, a series of at least 11 murders occurred. Former FBI Profiler Julia Cowley, the host of The Consult podcast and lead profiler on the case, joins us to discuss the man who would be linked to the seemingly dissimilar crimes, Joe DeAngelo, who turned out to be the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Nightstalker and a one-man machine of terror now known as the Gold State Killer. Julie talks about how law enforcement was able to connect each of those sets of crimes and identify the former mechanic and police officer, DeAngelo, who is now serving 12 life sentences.Join our community on Facebook, The Silver Linings Fireside Chat:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1361159947820623/To support the podcast and get early and ad-free episodes and exclusive content, join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/TheSilverLiningsHandbookTo check out The Consult podcast on Patreon:https://patreon.com/theconsultpodTo check out The Consult podcast episodes on Joe DeAngelo:Profiling Joe DeAngelo, Part 1:https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/profiling-joe-deangelo-part-1/Profiling Joe DeAngelo, Part 2:https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/profiling-joe-deangelo-part-2/Profiling Joe DeAngelo, Part 3:https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/profiling-joe-deangelo-part-3/

Campus Crime Chronicles
Chronicle 85: "UPDATE - Victim of a Narcissist" (Part 1)

Campus Crime Chronicles

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 35:27


This episode is rated a 5 (on my Serious Crime Scale). In March of 2003, 20-year-old community college student Megan McDonald was severely beaten and murdered, and then her lifeless body was dumped in a remote area. Like a real-life “Criminal Minds” story, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, or the BAU (a branch of the FBI), put together a profile of her killer. The BAU determined that Megan's murderer was/is a person with textbook narcissistic personality disorder who couldn't take no for answer. Although they had a good idea of exactly who this person was for years, police never publicly identified Megan's killer – that is, until April 20, 2023. And THIS is where our update comes in. When I first dropped this episode on April 10, 2023, it was just 10 days before police announced that Megan's ex-boyfriend, a man by the name of Edward Holley, had been arrested for her murder. Now, when I first covered this story, all investigators were saying at the time was that they hoped to make an arrest soon… Y'all, I didn't realize they meant like, TEN days away soon… So, that means when I ran the episode, I told the whole story without ever identifying a suspect. In fact, I used the pseudonym of John, instead of using the suspect's real name because I didn't know his real name at the time. So, NOW, I'd like to replay the episode. I'm not going to re-record it, but when you are listening to it this time around (or, perhaps the first time if you're new here), I want you to do so with this guy in mind. Every time I refer to the prime suspect or the pseudonym of John, just know it is this guy, Edward Holley, who police were looking at the whole time.But stick around until the end because not only will I give you additional information about Edward Holley, but as you've probably noticed already from the title of this episode, there is SO much more to this story and SO much more that needs to be told – so much so that I couldn't fit it all into one single episode. I needed to make it a two-parter.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/campus-crime-chronicles/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mysterious Radio
S9: Sexual Homicide of Elderly Women w/ FBI Behaviorial Analyst

Mysterious Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 51:49


My special guest is FBI investigator Mark Safarik an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and interpretation of violent criminal behavior. He joins me to discuss the alarming incidents of sexual homicides committed against the elderly population. Mark Safarik was one of the most respected members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, during which time he established himself as an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and interpretation of violent criminal behavior. Mr. Safarik's law enforcement career spans over 30 years, during which time he worked in all levels of policework, from working patrol as a beat cop to investigating murders as a detective to performing on-scene forensic services early in his FBI career. But the defining moments in Mr. Safarik's professional life came during his 23 years with the FBI, where he spent over half that time as a criminal profiler. Mr. Safarik led the consultation efforts on many high profile national and international violent crime cases and lectured at numerous foreign police forces around the world, sharing his expertise in the analysis of homicide and complex crime scene behavior.Follow Our Other ShowsFollow UFO WitnessesFollow Crime Watch WeeklyFollow Paranormal FearsFollow Seven: Disturbing Chronicle StoriesJoin our Patreon for ad-free listening and more bonus content.Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradioFollow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio

The Prosecutors
Bonus Episode: Julia Cowley on the Murder of Robert Wone

The Prosecutors

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 77:06


Julia Cowley is a former member of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and the host of The Consult: Real FBI Profilers. She joins us to discuss the Robert Wone case.

Understate: Lawyer X
FORENSICS: How an FBI Profiler's forensic expertise solved a double homicide

Understate: Lawyer X

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 52:46


Two young girls shot dead in a town of less than 1000 people. With local law enforcement stumped, they turned to the renowned FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit for answers. Julia Cowley is a retired FBI criminal profiler with a twist - she's a forensic scientist too. In this episode with Kathryn Fox, hear about Julia's very first assignment with the BAU, where her unique dual skillset provided insight into the motivations and behavioral traits of an offender who could commit such a crime - ultimately resulting in the conviction of the man responsible for 'The Weleetka Murders'. This episode contains references to violence against women and children, for support, dial 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murder Most Foul
MINDHUNTER

Murder Most Foul

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 51:46


In the early 1970's, F.B.I agent, John E. Douglas, created and managed the FBI's Criminal Profiling Program, now called the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Agent Douglas became the inspiration for the character Jack Crawford in “The Silence of the Lambs,” played by actor Scott Glenn. Douglas has interviewed numerous serial killers and other violent sex offenders at various prisons, including David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson and others. In the late 1990's he formed a partnership with author and documentary producer, Mark Olshaker, called MINDHUNTER, INC. Together they wrote numerous True Crime books, based on John's experiences in the field. One of their books, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit was the basis for the popular Netflix series, of the same name. Author and Mindhunter, Mark Olshaker, joins me today on Murder Most Foul.

In the Room with Peter Bergen
Can the Next Mass Shooting Be Prevented?

In the Room with Peter Bergen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 46:18


Another mass shooting is making headlines in the United States. With it comes the familiar feeling of powerlessness. But a rare peek inside the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit reveals that at least some shootings are being prevented, using techniques to identify people headed down the ‘pathway to violence.' In the absence of gun reform, agents share what ordinary people can do to help. And a mother recounts the harrowing story of how she discovered her son's plans to shoot up a school — and what happened next.Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism and nonfiction listening.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Silver Linings Handbook
A Real Life Nightmare: Israel Keyes, the Killer, Kidnapper and Arsonist Who Became America's Boogeyman with Julia Cowley

The Silver Linings Handbook

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 90:11


Jayson is joined by Julia Cowley, a retired FBI agent and Criminal Profiler. Julia spent 22 years in law enforcement investigating violent crime including 11 years as an agent and a decade more as a member of the famed Behavioral Analysis Unit or BAU. Julia makes no bones about the fact that true crime is what led her toward forensic science and law enforcement. Prior to joining the FBI, Julia was a special agent and forensic scientist with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University Of Oregon and a master's degree in forensic science from George Washington University.At the BAU, Julia was the lead profiler in the Golden State Killer case and has had other assignments in the FBI including investigating white-collar crime, public corruption and civil rights matters.Today, we're going to look at Israel Keyes through the lens of an actual FBI profiler. This episode was inspired by 3 amazing episodes that Julia and her colleagues did on Israel Keyes where I learned a lot of things that frighten people about Keyes really just had to do with mundane elements of what his interests are and we'll also discuss what we should really be worried about.Listen to part one and part two of the other episodes we had Julia on and check out her podcast, The Consult.Learn more by visiting our website and follow along with us on Instagram.

The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs
58. The Capture of LISK with The Consult's Julia Cowley

The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 69:03


FBI profiler Julia Cowley-- who worked the LISK case with the Behavioral Analysis Unit--joins us to discuss the potential capture of the infamous Long Island Serial Killer. Check out her show, The Consult, below or wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-consult/id1586909557

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno
Hidden In Plain Sight: The Spokane Serial Killer

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 61:20


For years, the state of Washington was shrouded in mystery as bodies of women began appearing across the state. Between 1996 and 1998, it became apparent to the police that they had a serial killer on their hands. In 2000, a break was finally made when Robert Lee Yates, a veteran and family man, was arrested for the murders. Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Mark Safarik worked on the case as part of the bureau's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit. He discusses the victimology of the case, the evolution of Yates's crimes, and his experience testifying in Yates's trial. Mark Safarik now serves as the President of Forensic Behavioral Services International, a company that provides expert consultations and services to clients, including criminal and civil litigation, lectures, and training. After his 23 years with the FBI, Mark's unparalleled expertise has been used by various television shows, attorneys, investigators, and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno
Unmasking The Golden State Killer

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 79:52


Throughout the 1970s and 80s, an unidentified man terrorized families across California. Responsible for more than 100 burglaries, over 50 rapes, and at least 13 homicides, the suspect was dubbed the "Golden State Killer." For decades, law enforcement worked tirelessly to uncover the identity of the murderer. In 2018, justice was served when former police officer Joseph DeAngelo was finally arrested at 74 years old. Retired FBI Agent and lead profiler on the Golden State Killer case Julia Cowley shares how she was brought onto the case, the work that went into creating Joseph DeAngelo's profile, and how her work played a pivotal role in the investigation. Julia Cowley served as a Forensic Scientist and Special Agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Upon joining the FBI, Julia was assigned to the Boston Division where she investigated various violent crime cases and later rose to become the leader of their Evidence Response Team. In 2010, she was promoted to FBI Headquarters, where she worked in their Behavioral Analysis Unit. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Daily News Brief for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 [Daily News Brief]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 14:51


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023. Before we get to the news today… how about a little on this day in history? On this day in history… April 26th. 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1564 William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England 1607 Jamestown expedition makes first landing in America at a place named Cape Henry, in what would become Virginia, but they quickly depart for a better site 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil - this was known as the “Capitulation Protocol” -According to the terms of the capitulation protocol of January 26, 1654, Portugal decreed that Jewish and Dutch settlers had three months to leave Brazil. Approximately 150 Jewish families of Portuguese descent fled the Brazilian city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco. By September, twenty-three of these refugees had established the first community of Jews in New Amsterdam. 1755 1st Russian university opens in Moscow 1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity - 1st time this defense used successfully in the US 1865 Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders remaining forces to Union General William Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina, ending the US Civil War 1904 General Kuroko leads the Japanese Army against the large Russian force at the Yalu river during the Russo-Japanese War 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State - In 1968, two months before Martin Luther King's assassination, students seized the administration building in a dispute over the right of the campus newspaper to criticize the policies of the university president. 1982 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands - The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 1986 World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe And that… was on this day in history. https://www.theblaze.com/news/city-of-chicago-forced-to-rehire-pay-lost-wages-to-workers-fired-for-refusing-covid-vaccine-mandate City of Chicago forced to rehire, pay lost wages to workers fired for refusing COVID vaccine mandate A Chicago judge recently ordered the city to rehire and pay lost wages to workers who were fired for refusing to comply with Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2021 COVID vaccination mandate. On April 19, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal ruled that Chicago violated the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act by failing and refusing to bargain in good faith over COVID vaccine requirements for city workers. The city was ordered to "make whole" unionized workers who refused the mandate and lost pay and benefits. The affected employees will also receive 7% annual interest on lost wages. The order applies to city workers, including carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, machinists, and operating engineers, represented by trade unions or by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The judge's ruling does not affect police officers. However, the Fraternal Order of Police has its own pending case before the state board. Lightfoot stated in 2022 that 16 police officers were placed on no-pay status after failing to abide by the vaccine mandate. In response to the judge's recent ruling, AFSCME spokesperson Anders Lindall told the Chicago Sun-Times, "We think it's a strong decision and favorable for worker rights generally." A Chicago Federation of Labor spokesperson stated that the judge's order "defends the rights of workers to have a say in their workplace through collective bargaining." Lightfoot announced in 2021 that all city employees must be fully vaccinated by October and warned that those who refused would face "consequences." According to Hamburg-Gal's ruling, "multiple" city employees were placed on non-paid leave for missing the October deadline, and some were terminated. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the mayor's office said, "The record before the Administrative Law Judge tells a completely different story. Yesterday's ruling was an erroneous decision that does not follow the law, facts nor importantly the science. We are currently reviewing the ruling and evaluating next steps." Lightfoot, the first Chicago mayor to lose a re-election bid in 40 years, will be replaced by Democrat Brandon Johnson on May 15. https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-faces-growing-pressure-to-release-nashville-school-shooters-manifesto_5216890.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Officials Face Growing Pressure to Release Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto Law enforcement officials are facing increasing pressure to release the manifesto of Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter Audrey Hale, with a U.S. lawmaker accusing the federal government of delaying its release. Local officials said that Hale, a female who used transgender pronouns, left behind a suicide note, journals, and other materials. However, none of that has been released to the public, and a motive hasn’t been publicly identified in the case. MNPD “is leading this investigation … any and all information that may or may not be released will be at the direction of MNPD,” an FBI spokesperson told The Epoch Times on April 24. MNPD officials didn’t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and several other Republicans have also called for the document to be released to the public. The shooter’s notes “could maybe tell us a little bit about what’s going on inside of her head,” Burchett told the New York Post. “I think that would answer a lot of questions.” Meanwhile, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) told the paper that if the documents don’t make it to the public, “then we need to investigate why.” Hale, 28, was a former student at The Covenant School, where she fatally shot three children and three adults on March 27. Hale was killed by police within minutes of the first call of an active shooter. Since the shooting, a range of conservative commentators have publicly called for Hale’s manifesto to be made public and have accused the federal government of delaying its release as part of a coverup to keep the public from knowing about the dangers of transgenderism. About a week after the Nashville mass shooting, a 19-year-old male who reportedly identified as female was arrested in Colorado with detailed plans for several school shootings. Days after the shooting, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said that Hale was suffering from mental health issues and was under a doctor’s care for an unspecified emotional disorder. Her parents didn’t know that she had multiple weapons hidden in the house, Drake added. The Metro Nashville Police Department said in a statement earlier this month that Hale’s writings would be “under careful review by the MNPD and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia,” while the “motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.” From that statement, it isn’t clear when—or if—Hale’s writings will be released. But the department said that Hale “considered the actions of other mass murderers,” without elaborating. FBI officials didn’t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-members-arrested-after-allegedly-attacking-protestors-outside-of-fort-worth-family-friendly-drag-show?utm_campaign=64487 Antifa members arrested after allegedly attacking protestors, police outside of Fort Worth ‘family-friendly’ drag show On Sunday, three members of Antifa were arrested outside of a Fort Worth, Texas family-friendly drag show after allegedly attacking protestors of the event. Samuel Fowlkes was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, search, or transport, assaulting a peace officer, evading arrest or detention, and four counts of assault causing bodily injury, according to booking documents. https://twitter.com/i/status/1650261782542315520 - Play Video 0:00-0:25 What you just heard in that audio clip, was another antifa member being arrested after they attempted to “de-arrest” a fellow antifa member from the back of a police cruiser. Fowlkes, who is being held on $22,500 bail, has been revealed to identify as nonbinary. Meghan Grant was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, search, or transport, and interfering with public duties. Christopher Guillott was arrested on charges of assaulting a peace officer and interfering with public duties. The incident occurred outside Fort Brewery and Pizza, which held the drag brunch on Sunday. In an event description, the brewery stated, "This is the perfect event to celebrate a special occasion with your friends, family, or coworkers, or to simply indulge in a fun-filled day out with your loved ones." The three arrested are reportedly part of the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, members of which are frequently armed at protests and riots. The group is currently advertising its CashApp account on Twitter to raise bail for the arrested members. A CashApp spokesperson told The Post Millennial, "Customer security is our number one priority. Our team takes all security concerns seriously and will take action when appropriate." The group claimed that the arrested members were "trying to aid an injured drag defender." Protect Texas Kids, one of the groups protesting the event, said that Antifa members "were outside assaulting police officers and macing members of [the New Columbia Movement] who were peacefully praying. On to politics… https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-will-veto-mccarthys-debt-limit-package Biden will veto McCarthy's debt limit package, White House announces President Joe Biden will veto House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) debt limit bill, should it pass both chambers of Congress. Biden's Office of Management and Budget released a Statement of Administration Policy Tuesday morning indicating that the administration "strongly opposes the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which is a reckless attempt to extract extreme concessions as a condition for the United States simply paying the bills it has already incurred." "The President has been clear that he will not accept such attempts at hostage-taking. House Republicans must take default off the table and address the debt limit without demands and conditions, just as the Congress did three times during the prior Administration," the statement continued. "The bill stands in stark contrast to the President’s vision for the economy. The President’s Budget invests in America, lowers costs for families, grows the economy, and reduces the deficit by nearly $3 trillion by asking the wealthy and large corporations to pay their fair share. Therefore, if the President were presented with the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, he would veto it." https://thepostmillennial.com/tucker-carlsons-executive-producer-follows-him-in-exit-from-fox-report?utm_campaign=64487 Tucker Carlson’s executive producer follows him in exit from Fox Tucker Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also leaving Fox News, according to Jack Posobiec. The announcement of Carlson's leaving was made on Monday, after his last show was on Friday, April 21. Fox News Tonight will now feature rotating personalities as an interim show until a new host is named. Carlson's departure comes just weeks after a former booker, Abby Grossberg, sued Fox, citing "vile sexist stereotypes" working for Carlson. Grossberg claims that she was fired after filing a lawsuit that claimed Fox lawyers coerced her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case. Fox maintains that she was fired for divulging privileged information. The decision to part ways with Carlson came less than a week after the broadcaster and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement, although his show was not a main focus of Dominion's lawsuit. Carlson's show was frequently the top-rated show on cable news, often surpassing 4.5 million viewers per episode. The show premiered in November 2016 and took over the coveted 8 pm EST time slot in 2017. Fox News Media is currently the number one network in all of cable and reaches nearly 200 million people each month.

Daily News Brief
Daily News Brief for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023

Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 14:51


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023. Before we get to the news today… how about a little on this day in history? On this day in history… April 26th. 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1564 William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England 1607 Jamestown expedition makes first landing in America at a place named Cape Henry, in what would become Virginia, but they quickly depart for a better site 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil - this was known as the “Capitulation Protocol” -According to the terms of the capitulation protocol of January 26, 1654, Portugal decreed that Jewish and Dutch settlers had three months to leave Brazil. Approximately 150 Jewish families of Portuguese descent fled the Brazilian city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco. By September, twenty-three of these refugees had established the first community of Jews in New Amsterdam. 1755 1st Russian university opens in Moscow 1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity - 1st time this defense used successfully in the US 1865 Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders remaining forces to Union General William Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina, ending the US Civil War 1904 General Kuroko leads the Japanese Army against the large Russian force at the Yalu river during the Russo-Japanese War 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State - In 1968, two months before Martin Luther King's assassination, students seized the administration building in a dispute over the right of the campus newspaper to criticize the policies of the university president. 1982 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands - The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 1986 World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe And that… was on this day in history. https://www.theblaze.com/news/city-of-chicago-forced-to-rehire-pay-lost-wages-to-workers-fired-for-refusing-covid-vaccine-mandate City of Chicago forced to rehire, pay lost wages to workers fired for refusing COVID vaccine mandate A Chicago judge recently ordered the city to rehire and pay lost wages to workers who were fired for refusing to comply with Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2021 COVID vaccination mandate. On April 19, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal ruled that Chicago violated the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act by failing and refusing to bargain in good faith over COVID vaccine requirements for city workers. The city was ordered to "make whole" unionized workers who refused the mandate and lost pay and benefits. The affected employees will also receive 7% annual interest on lost wages. The order applies to city workers, including carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, machinists, and operating engineers, represented by trade unions or by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The judge's ruling does not affect police officers. However, the Fraternal Order of Police has its own pending case before the state board. Lightfoot stated in 2022 that 16 police officers were placed on no-pay status after failing to abide by the vaccine mandate. In response to the judge's recent ruling, AFSCME spokesperson Anders Lindall told the Chicago Sun-Times, "We think it's a strong decision and favorable for worker rights generally." A Chicago Federation of Labor spokesperson stated that the judge's order "defends the rights of workers to have a say in their workplace through collective bargaining." Lightfoot announced in 2021 that all city employees must be fully vaccinated by October and warned that those who refused would face "consequences." According to Hamburg-Gal's ruling, "multiple" city employees were placed on non-paid leave for missing the October deadline, and some were terminated. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the mayor's office said, "The record before the Administrative Law Judge tells a completely different story. Yesterday's ruling was an erroneous decision that does not follow the law, facts nor importantly the science. We are currently reviewing the ruling and evaluating next steps." Lightfoot, the first Chicago mayor to lose a re-election bid in 40 years, will be replaced by Democrat Brandon Johnson on May 15. https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-faces-growing-pressure-to-release-nashville-school-shooters-manifesto_5216890.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Officials Face Growing Pressure to Release Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto Law enforcement officials are facing increasing pressure to release the manifesto of Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter Audrey Hale, with a U.S. lawmaker accusing the federal government of delaying its release. Local officials said that Hale, a female who used transgender pronouns, left behind a suicide note, journals, and other materials. However, none of that has been released to the public, and a motive hasn’t been publicly identified in the case. MNPD “is leading this investigation … any and all information that may or may not be released will be at the direction of MNPD,” an FBI spokesperson told The Epoch Times on April 24. MNPD officials didn’t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and several other Republicans have also called for the document to be released to the public. The shooter’s notes “could maybe tell us a little bit about what’s going on inside of her head,” Burchett told the New York Post. “I think that would answer a lot of questions.” Meanwhile, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) told the paper that if the documents don’t make it to the public, “then we need to investigate why.” Hale, 28, was a former student at The Covenant School, where she fatally shot three children and three adults on March 27. Hale was killed by police within minutes of the first call of an active shooter. Since the shooting, a range of conservative commentators have publicly called for Hale’s manifesto to be made public and have accused the federal government of delaying its release as part of a coverup to keep the public from knowing about the dangers of transgenderism. About a week after the Nashville mass shooting, a 19-year-old male who reportedly identified as female was arrested in Colorado with detailed plans for several school shootings. Days after the shooting, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said that Hale was suffering from mental health issues and was under a doctor’s care for an unspecified emotional disorder. Her parents didn’t know that she had multiple weapons hidden in the house, Drake added. The Metro Nashville Police Department said in a statement earlier this month that Hale’s writings would be “under careful review by the MNPD and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia,” while the “motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.” From that statement, it isn’t clear when—or if—Hale’s writings will be released. But the department said that Hale “considered the actions of other mass murderers,” without elaborating. FBI officials didn’t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-members-arrested-after-allegedly-attacking-protestors-outside-of-fort-worth-family-friendly-drag-show?utm_campaign=64487 Antifa members arrested after allegedly attacking protestors, police outside of Fort Worth ‘family-friendly’ drag show On Sunday, three members of Antifa were arrested outside of a Fort Worth, Texas family-friendly drag show after allegedly attacking protestors of the event. Samuel Fowlkes was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, search, or transport, assaulting a peace officer, evading arrest or detention, and four counts of assault causing bodily injury, according to booking documents. https://twitter.com/i/status/1650261782542315520 - Play Video 0:00-0:25 What you just heard in that audio clip, was another antifa member being arrested after they attempted to “de-arrest” a fellow antifa member from the back of a police cruiser. Fowlkes, who is being held on $22,500 bail, has been revealed to identify as nonbinary. Meghan Grant was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, search, or transport, and interfering with public duties. Christopher Guillott was arrested on charges of assaulting a peace officer and interfering with public duties. The incident occurred outside Fort Brewery and Pizza, which held the drag brunch on Sunday. In an event description, the brewery stated, "This is the perfect event to celebrate a special occasion with your friends, family, or coworkers, or to simply indulge in a fun-filled day out with your loved ones." The three arrested are reportedly part of the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, members of which are frequently armed at protests and riots. The group is currently advertising its CashApp account on Twitter to raise bail for the arrested members. A CashApp spokesperson told The Post Millennial, "Customer security is our number one priority. Our team takes all security concerns seriously and will take action when appropriate." The group claimed that the arrested members were "trying to aid an injured drag defender." Protect Texas Kids, one of the groups protesting the event, said that Antifa members "were outside assaulting police officers and macing members of [the New Columbia Movement] who were peacefully praying. On to politics… https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-will-veto-mccarthys-debt-limit-package Biden will veto McCarthy's debt limit package, White House announces President Joe Biden will veto House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) debt limit bill, should it pass both chambers of Congress. Biden's Office of Management and Budget released a Statement of Administration Policy Tuesday morning indicating that the administration "strongly opposes the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which is a reckless attempt to extract extreme concessions as a condition for the United States simply paying the bills it has already incurred." "The President has been clear that he will not accept such attempts at hostage-taking. House Republicans must take default off the table and address the debt limit without demands and conditions, just as the Congress did three times during the prior Administration," the statement continued. "The bill stands in stark contrast to the President’s vision for the economy. The President’s Budget invests in America, lowers costs for families, grows the economy, and reduces the deficit by nearly $3 trillion by asking the wealthy and large corporations to pay their fair share. Therefore, if the President were presented with the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, he would veto it." https://thepostmillennial.com/tucker-carlsons-executive-producer-follows-him-in-exit-from-fox-report?utm_campaign=64487 Tucker Carlson’s executive producer follows him in exit from Fox Tucker Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also leaving Fox News, according to Jack Posobiec. The announcement of Carlson's leaving was made on Monday, after his last show was on Friday, April 21. Fox News Tonight will now feature rotating personalities as an interim show until a new host is named. Carlson's departure comes just weeks after a former booker, Abby Grossberg, sued Fox, citing "vile sexist stereotypes" working for Carlson. Grossberg claims that she was fired after filing a lawsuit that claimed Fox lawyers coerced her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case. Fox maintains that she was fired for divulging privileged information. The decision to part ways with Carlson came less than a week after the broadcaster and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement, although his show was not a main focus of Dominion's lawsuit. Carlson's show was frequently the top-rated show on cable news, often surpassing 4.5 million viewers per episode. The show premiered in November 2016 and took over the coveted 8 pm EST time slot in 2017. Fox News Media is currently the number one network in all of cable and reaches nearly 200 million people each month.

Campus Crime Chronicles
Chronicle 47: "Victim of a Narcissist-The Murder of Megan McDonald"

Campus Crime Chronicles

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 33:08


This episode is rated a 5 (on my Serious Crime Scale). In March of 2003, 20-year-old community college student Megan McDonald was severely beaten and murdered, and then her lifeless body was dumped in a remote area. Like a real-life “Criminal Minds” story, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, or the BAU (a branch of the FBI), put together a profile of her killer, whom police have never publicly identified. But they do know who he is, and exactly what he's capable of. The BAU determined that Megan's murderer is a textbook narcissist who couldn't take no for answer. And now, after 20 years, investigators say they are closer than ever to finally bringing Megan's killer to justice.If you have any information about Megan McDonald's murder, contact the New York State Police Department, Troop F Investigators.CONFIDENTIAL Tip Line: 845.344.5370.Email: crimetip@troopers.ny.gov. The NYPD Detective Endowment Association and the FBI are each offering $10,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/campus-crime-chronicles/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

FLF, LLC
Daily News Brief for Thursday, April 6th, 2023 [Daily News Brief]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 12:00


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Thursday, April 6th, 2023. Hi Contrast Hymn Books If you don’t teach your kids the Lord’s songs, the world will teach them its songs. The brand-new Hi-Contrast Hymn Book is designed to help you teach your children the most beloved songs of the Christian faith. Its captivating illustrations will create special moments of truth, goodness, and beauty in your home every day. To get a copy for your family, go to www.hicontrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. That’s www. “H” “I” contrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-nashville-police-find-trans-school-shooters-suicide-note-refuse-to-release-details?utm_campaign=64487 Nashville police find trans school shooter's suicide note—refuse to release details The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reportedly found a suicide note left by trans-identifying school shooter Audrey Hale during their search of the now deceased assailant's home. While authorities have confirmed that the note exists, its contents have not disclosed what it contains. According to NBC News, on Tuesday authorities released a list of items discovered at the home following the shooting. Among them were several journals, a shotgun, cellphones, laptops, and a suicide note. Old photos and yearbooks from The Covenant School, where Hale was a former student, were also recovered. The MNPD declined to provide further details regarding the contents of the note, a document which many have suggested could shine some light on the potential motive behind the mass shooting, which left six people dead. Officers did reveal, however, that many of the othe documents they found included notes about firearms courses and school shootings of the past. On Monday, police revealed that Hale planned the attack "over a period of months," and that she fired 152 rounds from the time she shot her way into the school until being killed by police. "The writings remain under careful review by the MNPD and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit," MNPD wrote. Hale's manifesto has also been recovered, and its contents will reportedly be released to the public as soon as the FBI has analyzed it. https://www.theepochtimes.com/another-biden-administration-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-struck-down-by-court_5172256.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport Another Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Struck Down by Court President Joe Biden’s administration did not have the authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and volunteers in a federal childcare program, a U.S. judge has ruled. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) forced Head Start workers, and some volunteers, to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting in early 2022. Head Start provides childcare to children from low-income families. HHS cited the Head Start Act, which says the health secretary can add “administrative and financial management standards,” “standards relating to the condition and location of facilities (including indoor air quality assessment standards, where appropriate),” and “such other standards as the secretary finds to be appropriate.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the mandate was outside of the power granted by the act. The law “does not mention vaccinations,” he and other plaintiffs said in a brief. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix agreed. “The wisdom of Head Start’s rule is not before the Court—only its legality. If the people, through Congress, wish to impose a vaccine mandate on Head Start programs, they may do so by passing a law. But an agency can do only what Congress authorizes it to do,” Hendrix, a Trump appointee, said in his ruling. “Regardless of how well intentioned, HHS’s attempt here to shoehorn the vaccine mandate into statutory language authorizing modification of Head Start’s administrative, financial, and facility-management standards goes too far. Equally fatal to the rule is the agency’s decision to implement it without the necessary public notice and comment, consultation with stakeholders, and reasonable explanation,” he added. The ruling strikes down the mandate, which Biden’s administration had refused to rescind. The mandate had already been struck down in 24 states, per a 2022 ruling by a different judge. HHS and the U.S. Department of Justice did not respond to requests for comment. “I’m proud to announce that the Biden Administration’s attempt to use the Head Start program to mask toddlers and force the vaccine on staff and volunteers has now been permanently defeated,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican and one of the plaintiffs, said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times. In court filings, defendants had urged the judge not to block the mandate. The COVID-19 vaccines do not prevent transmission or infection, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though observational data have indicated they have a small effect on both that might turn negative over time. The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit, welcomed the judge’s ruling. Head Start previously rescinded its mask mandate after months of lobbying from the nonprofit and others. It had mandated masks for children, workers, and volunteers. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-reaches-ettlement-in-sutherland-springs-texas-shooting-civil-cases/ DOJ agrees to $144M settlement in Sutherland Springs shooting civil cases alleging background check negligence The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has reached a $144 million agreement in principle to settle civil cases stemming from a 2017 mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 dead. Officials said the settlements will resolve claims from more than 75 plaintiffs, who alleged "the Air Force was negligent when it failed to transmit to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System information about the shooter that would have prevented him from purchasing guns from a federally licensed firearms dealer." The gunman in the November 2017 attack, Devin Patrick Kelly, served in the Air Force. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. "No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs," said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. "Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime." The Justice Department said Wednesday that a "federal district court in Texas concluded that the United States was liable for damages caused by the shooting." "The agreement in principle would settle all claims for a total of $144.5 million. The settlement agreement has been approved, subject to the plaintiffs’ securing the required court approvals," it added. "Under applicable law, a court must approve some aspects of the settlements." The Justice Department also said the "NICS plays a critical role in combatting gun violence, and the federal government is always striving to improve the functioning of that system." Kelley had served nearly five years in the Air Force before being discharged in 2014 for bad conduct, after he was convicted of assaulting a former wife and stepson, cracking the child’s skull. The Air Force has publicly acknowledged that the felony conviction for domestic violence, had it been put into the FBI database, could have prevented Kelley from buying guns from licensed firearms dealers, and also from possessing body armor. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez said in 2021 that had the government done its job and entered Kelley’s history into the database, "it is more likely than not that Kelley would have been deterred from carrying out the Church shooting." Kelley was shot at by two churchgoers who later pursued him. Officials said an autopsy determined Kelley was shot by Willeford twice. Now this!!! https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/04/03/city-council-considering-sale-of-biblical-roman-art-for-lack-of-diversity/ City Council Considering Sale of Biblical, Roman Art for ‘Lack of Diversity’ Acouncil in the English city of Oxford has announced that it will consider selling some of its Biblical art that decorates the town hall in an effort to “better reflect the gender and ethnic diversity of [the] city”. On Monday, March 20th, a Liberal Democratic councillor, Katherine Miles, submitted a motion to the council to have the artworks either removed or sold. The two paintings she demands be removed or sold are the Rape of the Sabine Women and Salome and Head of John the Baptist. The former depicts Roman mythology, whereas the latter is a biblical tale. Ms. Miles has been working on an initiative to increase the diversity and representation of the artwork in Oxford City Council since June 2021. She claims that the paintings depict “animal cruelty and gender-based violence”, as well as a lack of diversity. More specifically, she argues the artwork contains fox hunting, representations of death, and depictions of rape. In an interview with Oxford Mail, the newspaper that first reported the story, Ms. Miles reflected on the “lack of diversity,” stating, “[with] only three portraits in the town hall of women, it is high time the council redresses the existing lack of diversity within the town hall portraits to better reflect the gender and ethnic diversity of our city. Therefore, in her words, the collection has “no practical value to the city” nor a “clear link to Oxford”. Another Liberal Democrat councillor, Lawrence Fouweather, announced his support of the motion. He argues that the artwork could be sold to assist local residents in financial difficulties. “The Council,” he argues, “is running short of cash, and at the same time the cost of living crisis is thrusting many of our residents into tremendous hardship and poverty…this proposed one-off sale of select artworks from the city’s collection would help alleviate the dire plight of some of our most deprived residents”. Ms. Miles, on the other hand, has stated that “[s]elling any existing artwork not on display, and not becoming of a public institution, may be [sic] one way to fund the costs of any initiative to improve the decorations in the town hall”. One critic, Peter Whittle of the New Culture Forum in London, criticized the move, stating, “our culture continues to be dismantled by nobodies, morons and philistines”. No verdict has been made on the sale. A spokesman for Oxford City Council has publicly stated that, as for now, “there is no council position on this matter”. According to the Telegraph, “[d]iscussions about the diversity of public art in Oxford come after the city council created an “Anti-Racism Charter” in 2021, after pledging to tackle discrimination following Black Lives Matter protests the previous year.” https://www.foxnews.com/us/cash-app-founder-bob-lee-fatally-stabbed-san-francisco-report Cash App founder Bob Lee fatally stabbed in San Francisco Tech executive Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and the former chief technology officer of Square, was stabbed to death in San Francisco, California, according to reports. A 43-year-old man was attacked Tuesday at around 2:35 a.m., San Francisco Police said in a statement. Officers arrived at the scene on the 300 block of Main Street in response to the stabbing. The San Francisco medical examiner has not yet identified the victim, but Lee was later identified by his friends as the person stabbed, according to KPIX. Lee was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for his life-threatening wounds, but he later succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing as of Wednesday morning. The incident remains under investigation. Lee was the chief product officer of San Francisco-based cryptocurrency company MobileCoin. He previously worked at Google, where he led Android's core library team and launched "the world’s most used operating system," his profile on MobileCoin’s official website reads. The tech mogul also founded the social network Present, and invested in and advised other companies, including Figma, Clubhouse, Beeper and Faire. During the coronavirus pandemic, Lee helped the World Health Organization with their mobile app and led development for an at-home testing company.

Daily News Brief
Daily News Brief for Thursday, April 6th, 2023

Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 12:00


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Thursday, April 6th, 2023. Hi Contrast Hymn Books If you don’t teach your kids the Lord’s songs, the world will teach them its songs. The brand-new Hi-Contrast Hymn Book is designed to help you teach your children the most beloved songs of the Christian faith. Its captivating illustrations will create special moments of truth, goodness, and beauty in your home every day. To get a copy for your family, go to www.hicontrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. That’s www. “H” “I” contrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-nashville-police-find-trans-school-shooters-suicide-note-refuse-to-release-details?utm_campaign=64487 Nashville police find trans school shooter's suicide note—refuse to release details The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reportedly found a suicide note left by trans-identifying school shooter Audrey Hale during their search of the now deceased assailant's home. While authorities have confirmed that the note exists, its contents have not disclosed what it contains. According to NBC News, on Tuesday authorities released a list of items discovered at the home following the shooting. Among them were several journals, a shotgun, cellphones, laptops, and a suicide note. Old photos and yearbooks from The Covenant School, where Hale was a former student, were also recovered. The MNPD declined to provide further details regarding the contents of the note, a document which many have suggested could shine some light on the potential motive behind the mass shooting, which left six people dead. Officers did reveal, however, that many of the othe documents they found included notes about firearms courses and school shootings of the past. On Monday, police revealed that Hale planned the attack "over a period of months," and that she fired 152 rounds from the time she shot her way into the school until being killed by police. "The writings remain under careful review by the MNPD and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit," MNPD wrote. Hale's manifesto has also been recovered, and its contents will reportedly be released to the public as soon as the FBI has analyzed it. https://www.theepochtimes.com/another-biden-administration-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-struck-down-by-court_5172256.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport Another Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Struck Down by Court President Joe Biden’s administration did not have the authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and volunteers in a federal childcare program, a U.S. judge has ruled. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) forced Head Start workers, and some volunteers, to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting in early 2022. Head Start provides childcare to children from low-income families. HHS cited the Head Start Act, which says the health secretary can add “administrative and financial management standards,” “standards relating to the condition and location of facilities (including indoor air quality assessment standards, where appropriate),” and “such other standards as the secretary finds to be appropriate.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the mandate was outside of the power granted by the act. The law “does not mention vaccinations,” he and other plaintiffs said in a brief. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix agreed. “The wisdom of Head Start’s rule is not before the Court—only its legality. If the people, through Congress, wish to impose a vaccine mandate on Head Start programs, they may do so by passing a law. But an agency can do only what Congress authorizes it to do,” Hendrix, a Trump appointee, said in his ruling. “Regardless of how well intentioned, HHS’s attempt here to shoehorn the vaccine mandate into statutory language authorizing modification of Head Start’s administrative, financial, and facility-management standards goes too far. Equally fatal to the rule is the agency’s decision to implement it without the necessary public notice and comment, consultation with stakeholders, and reasonable explanation,” he added. The ruling strikes down the mandate, which Biden’s administration had refused to rescind. The mandate had already been struck down in 24 states, per a 2022 ruling by a different judge. HHS and the U.S. Department of Justice did not respond to requests for comment. “I’m proud to announce that the Biden Administration’s attempt to use the Head Start program to mask toddlers and force the vaccine on staff and volunteers has now been permanently defeated,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican and one of the plaintiffs, said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times. In court filings, defendants had urged the judge not to block the mandate. The COVID-19 vaccines do not prevent transmission or infection, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though observational data have indicated they have a small effect on both that might turn negative over time. The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit, welcomed the judge’s ruling. Head Start previously rescinded its mask mandate after months of lobbying from the nonprofit and others. It had mandated masks for children, workers, and volunteers. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-reaches-ettlement-in-sutherland-springs-texas-shooting-civil-cases/ DOJ agrees to $144M settlement in Sutherland Springs shooting civil cases alleging background check negligence The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has reached a $144 million agreement in principle to settle civil cases stemming from a 2017 mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 dead. Officials said the settlements will resolve claims from more than 75 plaintiffs, who alleged "the Air Force was negligent when it failed to transmit to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System information about the shooter that would have prevented him from purchasing guns from a federally licensed firearms dealer." The gunman in the November 2017 attack, Devin Patrick Kelly, served in the Air Force. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. "No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs," said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. "Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime." The Justice Department said Wednesday that a "federal district court in Texas concluded that the United States was liable for damages caused by the shooting." "The agreement in principle would settle all claims for a total of $144.5 million. The settlement agreement has been approved, subject to the plaintiffs’ securing the required court approvals," it added. "Under applicable law, a court must approve some aspects of the settlements." The Justice Department also said the "NICS plays a critical role in combatting gun violence, and the federal government is always striving to improve the functioning of that system." Kelley had served nearly five years in the Air Force before being discharged in 2014 for bad conduct, after he was convicted of assaulting a former wife and stepson, cracking the child’s skull. The Air Force has publicly acknowledged that the felony conviction for domestic violence, had it been put into the FBI database, could have prevented Kelley from buying guns from licensed firearms dealers, and also from possessing body armor. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez said in 2021 that had the government done its job and entered Kelley’s history into the database, "it is more likely than not that Kelley would have been deterred from carrying out the Church shooting." Kelley was shot at by two churchgoers who later pursued him. Officials said an autopsy determined Kelley was shot by Willeford twice. Now this!!! https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/04/03/city-council-considering-sale-of-biblical-roman-art-for-lack-of-diversity/ City Council Considering Sale of Biblical, Roman Art for ‘Lack of Diversity’ Acouncil in the English city of Oxford has announced that it will consider selling some of its Biblical art that decorates the town hall in an effort to “better reflect the gender and ethnic diversity of [the] city”. On Monday, March 20th, a Liberal Democratic councillor, Katherine Miles, submitted a motion to the council to have the artworks either removed or sold. The two paintings she demands be removed or sold are the Rape of the Sabine Women and Salome and Head of John the Baptist. The former depicts Roman mythology, whereas the latter is a biblical tale. Ms. Miles has been working on an initiative to increase the diversity and representation of the artwork in Oxford City Council since June 2021. She claims that the paintings depict “animal cruelty and gender-based violence”, as well as a lack of diversity. More specifically, she argues the artwork contains fox hunting, representations of death, and depictions of rape. In an interview with Oxford Mail, the newspaper that first reported the story, Ms. Miles reflected on the “lack of diversity,” stating, “[with] only three portraits in the town hall of women, it is high time the council redresses the existing lack of diversity within the town hall portraits to better reflect the gender and ethnic diversity of our city. Therefore, in her words, the collection has “no practical value to the city” nor a “clear link to Oxford”. Another Liberal Democrat councillor, Lawrence Fouweather, announced his support of the motion. He argues that the artwork could be sold to assist local residents in financial difficulties. “The Council,” he argues, “is running short of cash, and at the same time the cost of living crisis is thrusting many of our residents into tremendous hardship and poverty…this proposed one-off sale of select artworks from the city’s collection would help alleviate the dire plight of some of our most deprived residents”. Ms. Miles, on the other hand, has stated that “[s]elling any existing artwork not on display, and not becoming of a public institution, may be [sic] one way to fund the costs of any initiative to improve the decorations in the town hall”. One critic, Peter Whittle of the New Culture Forum in London, criticized the move, stating, “our culture continues to be dismantled by nobodies, morons and philistines”. No verdict has been made on the sale. A spokesman for Oxford City Council has publicly stated that, as for now, “there is no council position on this matter”. According to the Telegraph, “[d]iscussions about the diversity of public art in Oxford come after the city council created an “Anti-Racism Charter” in 2021, after pledging to tackle discrimination following Black Lives Matter protests the previous year.” https://www.foxnews.com/us/cash-app-founder-bob-lee-fatally-stabbed-san-francisco-report Cash App founder Bob Lee fatally stabbed in San Francisco Tech executive Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and the former chief technology officer of Square, was stabbed to death in San Francisco, California, according to reports. A 43-year-old man was attacked Tuesday at around 2:35 a.m., San Francisco Police said in a statement. Officers arrived at the scene on the 300 block of Main Street in response to the stabbing. The San Francisco medical examiner has not yet identified the victim, but Lee was later identified by his friends as the person stabbed, according to KPIX. Lee was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for his life-threatening wounds, but he later succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing as of Wednesday morning. The incident remains under investigation. Lee was the chief product officer of San Francisco-based cryptocurrency company MobileCoin. He previously worked at Google, where he led Android's core library team and launched "the world’s most used operating system," his profile on MobileCoin’s official website reads. The tech mogul also founded the social network Present, and invested in and advised other companies, including Figma, Clubhouse, Beeper and Faire. During the coronavirus pandemic, Lee helped the World Health Organization with their mobile app and led development for an at-home testing company.

Shaping Opinion
James R. Fitzgerald: Hunting the Unabomber

Shaping Opinion

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 65:25


Former FBI profiler James R. Fitzgerald joins Tim to talk about his key role in cracking one of the most notorious serial killer cases in American history – the Unabomber.  James was involved in the pioneering of something called forensic linguistics. The FBI used this profiling approach to identify and capture one of the most notorious serial killers in American history, Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/Unabomber_auphonic.mp3 One of the most notorious serial killers in American history was someone who terrorized the country in his own way over 17 years, starting in the late 1970s. The mysterious killer became known as the Unabomber because his targets were mostly people associated with universities or airlines.  The UN in Unabomber stood for university. The A stood for airlines. The killer's mode of operation was to send mail bombs to his targets, who were academics, business people and others. Over the course of those 17 years – in 16 separate bombings - the Unabomber killed three and injured 23 others. The killer was meticulous, leaving no forensic evidence that could be traced back to him in the packages he sent. No DNA evidence, no fingerprints, nothing. The FBI created a task force based in San Francisco. They called it the UNABOM Task Force or UTF. An army of FBI specialists and operatives worked in the UTF, working to identify and capture the Unabomber. Their approach was mostly traditional criminal investigation work. Use what forensic evidence they thought they had to create a profile of the killer. And then pursue leads. Much of the initial profile was based on assumptions and conjecture that may have been consistent with other FBI cases over the years. But the case was going nowhere. Then in 1995, the FBI decided to focus on the language. If the Unabomber made one mistake it was his propensity to write. He sent a series of letters to major newspapers and magazines, including one 35,000-word manifesto that he sent to the New York Times and four other publications. That document the killer titled “Industrial Society and Its Future.” James R. Fitzgerald and his team at the FBI focused on that manifesto and the Unabomber's other writings to create a profile based on the clues they could find in the writings themselves.  This new approach would be called, “forensic linguistics.” Through a rapid series of events, the FBI made significant headway in the case, which culminated in the capture and arrest of Ted Kaczynski on April 3, 1996. This thanks in large part to Fitzgerald and his team, and their use of forensic linguistics to unlock Kaczynski's writings. Links JamesRFitzgerald.com The Fitz Files - Manhunt: Unabomber, by James R. Fitzgerald (Amazon) A Journey to the Center of the Mind, by James R. Fitzgerald (Amazon) Manhunt: Unabomber, Netflix Text of Unabomber Manifesto, New York Times (archives) Unabomber Case, FBI The True Story of John Douglas, People Magazine About this Episode's Guest James R. Fitzgerald James R. Fitzgerald is an American criminal profiler, forensic linguist and author. He is a retired FBI agent and best known for his role in the UNABOM investigation, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Ted Kaczynski.  Fitzgerald's law enforcement career began in 1976 as a police officer in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania. In 1987, after eleven years of local police work culminating in his promotion to the rank of sergeant, he was recruited by the FBI. Fitzgerald was assigned to the New York Field Division's Joint Bank Robbery Task Force. In 1995, Fitzgerald was promoted to Criminal Profiler at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, which later became the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, or BAU. Fitzgerald has remained active in the fields of criminal profiling and forensic linguistics since retiring from the FBI in 2007,

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
Alleged Steroid-Popping ex-Marine Wanted for Young Mom's Murder Captured Abroad

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 40:00


Raymond "RJ" McLeod, Jr. arrested in El Salvador on murder charges. The ex-Marine had been on the run for six years after the brutal death of 30-year-old Krystal Mitchell. The young mom was found beaten and strangled in a San Diego condominium in June 2016. The pair had been dating just a few weeks when they took a vacation trip.  By the time police arrived at the apartment when Mitchell and McLeod were staying with his friends, McLeod had fled in Krystal's car, which was found at the San Diego airport.  McLeod then rented a car at the airport and drove into Mexico. From there he traveled to Belize, and on into El Salvador. McLeod, was reportedly working as a teacher.   Joining Nancy Grace Today: Josephine Wentzel - Victim's Mother, Founder, "Angels of Justice", Author: "THE CHASE: In Hot Pursuit of My Daughter's Killer", AngelsofJustice.org, Victim Advocate: The Cold Case Foundation, Twitter: @ANGELSOFJUSTIC2, Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Former Parole Board Member, Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States", MattMangino.com, Twitter: @MatthewTMangino   Dr. Michael Bourke - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Former Chief of the United States Marshals Service's Behavioral Analysis Unit, MichaelBourkePHD.com Frankie Sanchez - Regional Chief of US Marshal Task Force, Los Angeles Dr. Kendall Crowns – Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Lecturer: University of Texas Austin and Texas Christian University Medical School Dave Mack - Crime Online Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BarCode
The Weakest Link with Arun Vishwanath

BarCode

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 76:19 Transcription Available


Arun Vishwanath, a leading expert in human cyber risk, has held faculty positions at the University at Buffalo, Indiana University, and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He has published close to 50 peer-reviewed papers on human cyber vulnerabilities and also written for CNN, The Washington Post, and other major media outlets.Special co-host Dr. Matthew Canham joins me as well. Matt is an expert in Cognitive Psychology, Social Engineering and the Human Factor of cybersecurity. He spent time at the FBI where he handled insider threat cases, managed their Emerging Technology Program and consulted with their Behavioral Analysis Unit.We discuss his perspective on end user training tools, ineffectiveness of security awareness programs, injecting “human-factor” security into industry frameworks, developing security conscious habits, bridging the gap from Academia to industry, and his book, “THE WEAKEST LINK: HOW TO DIAGNOSE, DETECT, AND DEFEND USERS FROM PHISHING”. Danny Boy HOOKS us up with a “Phish Bowl”.Support the show

Arroe Collins
Mark Follman Releases The Book Trigger Points

Arroe Collins

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 20:58


Mark Follman's TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America is the first-ever account going inside the world of behavioral threat assessment, a groundbreaking method for successfully preventing mass shootings. Follman gained exclusive access to leaders of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and top mental health experts who pioneered the field, and he immersed in confidential threat-assessment programs nationwide. Mark can lend insight to this tragedy and offer some hope and information on prevention and how we can stop these kind of shootings from happening. Mark had a piece last weekend in the Los Angeles Times. And the previous weekend he had a piece in the Wall Street Journal, specifically about school shootings, detailing all kinds of warning signs that precede virtually all mass shootings. These attacks can be stopped before they happen. Mark is tired and sad and angry that he has been on this for 10 years already, since 2012 when he created the first-of-its-kind public database of mass shootings. But he's fired up to discuss his findings/research.

Arroe Collins
Mark Follman Releases The Book Trigger Points

Arroe Collins

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 20:58


Mark Follman's TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America is the first-ever account going inside the world of behavioral threat assessment, a groundbreaking method for successfully preventing mass shootings. Follman gained exclusive access to leaders of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and top mental health experts who pioneered the field, and he immersed in confidential threat-assessment programs nationwide.Mark can lend insight to this tragedy and offer some hope and information on prevention and how we can stop these kind of shootings from happening. Mark had a piece last weekend in the Los Angeles Times. And the previous weekend he had a piece in the Wall Street Journal, specifically about school shootings, detailing all kinds of warning signs that precede virtually all mass shootings. These attacks can be stopped before they happen.Mark is tired and sad and angry that he has been on this for 10 years already, since 2012 when he created the first-of-its-kind public database of mass shootings. But he's fired up to discuss his findings/research.

Arroe Collins
Mark Follman Releases The Book Trigger Points

Arroe Collins

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 20:58


Mark Follman's TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America is the first-ever account going inside the world of behavioral threat assessment, a groundbreaking method for successfully preventing mass shootings. Follman gained exclusive access to leaders of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and top mental health experts who pioneered the field, and he immersed in confidential threat-assessment programs nationwide. Mark can lend insight to this tragedy and offer some hope and information on prevention and how we can stop these kind of shootings from happening. Mark had a piece last weekend in the Los Angeles Times. And the previous weekend he had a piece in the Wall Street Journal, specifically about school shootings, detailing all kinds of warning signs that precede virtually all mass shootings. These attacks can be stopped before they happen. Mark is tired and sad and angry that he has been on this for 10 years already, since 2012 when he created the first-of-its-kind public database of mass shootings. But he's fired up to discuss his findings/research.

Left of Greg Podcast
#163: Adam Blanton

Left of Greg Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 80:48


This week we are joined by long time listener and friend Adam Blanton to talk about the work he has been doing to combat school violence and he explains how violence prevention works at the community level.Adam is a ten-year veteran of law enforcement in Eastern Indiana and currently is a patrol supervisor and Dual-Purpose K9 Handler. He serves as an FBI Task Force Officer Liaison with the Behavioral Analysis Unit and Behavioral Threat Assessment Center.  Adam is also a Department of Homeland Security Master Trainer in their National Threat Evaluation Reporting program and is the founder and leader of his communities local Threat Assessment/Threat Management Team.Please don't forget to follow us Left of Greg Podcast on social media, you can find the links in the episode details and if you enjoyed the podcast, please, tell your friends about it. Thanks for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the show!Connect with Adam: LinkedIn ProfileEmail Adam: Ablanton2326@gmail.comConnect With UsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeftOfGregInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_left_of_greg_podcast/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeftOfGregSupport the show

Signal Boost
Mark Follman!

Signal Boost

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 23:37


Award-winning journalist Mark Follman joins Jess to talk about his new book TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America. ABOUT MARK FOLLMANMark Follman is a longtime journalist and the National Affairs Editor for Mother Jones. Since 2012, his various investigations into gun violence and its impact on American society have been honored with numerous awards. His writing and commentary have been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and on National Public Radio, among other media.ABOUT TRIGGER POINTSFor the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings—a hopeful, myth-busting narrative built on new details of infamous attacks, never-before-told accounts from perpetrators and survivors, and real-time immersion in confidential threat cases, casting a whole new light on how to solve a grievous problemIt's time to go beyond all the thoughts and prayers, misguided blame on mental illness, and dug-in disputes over the Second Amendment. Through meticulous reporting and panoramic storytelling, award-winning journalist Mark Follman chronicles the decades-long search for identifiable profiles of mass shooters and brings readers inside a groundbreaking method for preventing devastating attacks. The emerging field of behavioral threat assessment, with its synergy of mental health and law enforcement expertise, focuses on circumstances and behaviors leading up to planned acts of violence—warning signs that offer a chance for constructive intervention before it's too late.Beginning with the pioneering study in the late 1970s of "criminally insane" assassins and the stalking behaviors discovered after the murder of John Lennon and the shooting of Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, Follman traces how the field of behavioral threat assessment first grew out of Secret Service investigations and FBI serial-killer hunting. Soon to be revolutionized after the tragedies at Columbine and Virginia Tech, and expanded further after Sandy Hook and Parkland, the method is used increasingly today to thwart attacks brewing within American communities.As Follman examines threat-assessment work throughout the country, he goes inside the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and immerses in an Oregon school district's innovative violence-prevention program, the first such comprehensive system to prioritize helping kids and avoid relying on punitive measures. With its focus squarely on progress, the story delves into consequential tragedies and others averted, revealing the dangers of cultural misunderstanding and media sensationalism along the way. Ultimately, Follman shows how the nation could adopt the techniques of behavioral threat assessment more broadly, with powerful potential to save lives.Eight years in the making, Trigger Points illuminates a way forward at a time when the failure to prevent mass shootings has never been more costly—and the prospects for stopping them never more promising.

Psych Talk
Episode 90 | The Psychology of Criminals with Julia Cowley

Psych Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 57:57


In today's episode of Psych Talk, I speak with Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent, profiler in the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), and former forensic scientist and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Julia shares her journey to becoming an FBI agent and ultimately ending up in the Behavioral Analysis Unit as a profiler and what the training was like to get there. She describes what the BAU does and how it differs from what is shown on television. Julia talks about the psychology of criminals,  namely common characteristics she has observed in her many years of experience. We then go into discuss the Joe D'Angelo (The Golden State Killer) case, which Julia was one of the lead profilers on. She gives a brief overview of the case for listeners, discusses some of the patterns of behavior she observed, and what she learned from that case. The Joe D'Angelo case includes information about rape, murder, and ransacking. Listener discretion is advised. Connect with Julia:Twitter: jcow1969Podcast: The ConsultWebsite: True Crime ConsultResources Mentioned in this Episode:www.fbijobs.govWays to Work With Me:Mind Over MatterLGBTQ+ Affirming MasterclassBe a guest on my podcastResources:Anti-Racism ResourcesLGBTQ+ Affirming ResourcesThe Helping Professional's Guide to Boundary SettingConnect with Me:Follow me on IG @jessicaleighphdFollow the podcast on IG @psych.talk.podcastFollow me on TikTok @jessicaleighphdJoin my Facebook community: Grow Through What You Go ThroughSponsors & Collaborations:BetterHelpIntro/Outro Music:Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeodMusic LicenseSupport the show (https://paypal.me/jessicaleighphd)

FindJodi
A Retired FBI Profiler Discusses Jodi's Case

FindJodi

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 96:49


The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit provides law enforcement across the country with insight and analysis as to what traits and characteristics an unknown violent offender might be.On this episode of the FindJodi podcast, FindJodi Team Members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller interview retired profiler Julia Cowley, a 22-year veteran of the FBI who worked at the BAU from 2009 to 2021.If you have any information on Jodi's case, call the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636 or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) at (515) 725-6036.You can also reach us anonymously at FindJodi: (970) 458-JODI or via email at Team@FindJodi.com

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Mark Follman on Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 55:24


(4/14/2022) Join us when Award-winning journalist Mark Follman examines his book TRIGGER POINTS: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America. Mark Follman gained exclusive access to leaders of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and top mental health experts who pioneered the field, and he immersed in confidential threat-assessment programs nationwide, including a leading model created for K-12 schools after Columbine. Follman says, it's time to go beyond all the thoughts and prayers, misguided blame on mental illness, and dug-in disputes over the Second Amendment. The emerging field of behavioral threat assessment, with its synergy of mental health and law enforcement expertise, focuses on circumstances and behaviors leading up to planned acts of violence in order to identify warning signs that offer a chance for constructive intervention before it's too late.

Mainline Executive Coaching ACT
Are Unhealthy Living Cycles Impacting Your Leadership Ability

Mainline Executive Coaching ACT

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 29:55


How many of us feel at times like we are chasing the tiger by the tail? Working too many hours, unhealthy habits around eating and exercise, poor sleep habits, the list goes on. All of these things can have a negative impact on not only our ability to be leaders, but our life and the lives of those around us. What does it take to free yourself from these unhealthy patterns and reach a more sustainable, rewarding work-life balance?Roman Garcia joins us again on Mainline Executive Coaching ACT. Roman Garcia is a former FBI Special Agent with the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Roman has also served our country as a combat medic and is now a certified life coach. Roman will provide important insight on the importance of a healthy life cycle. Thank you to all of our listeners in over 70 countries and 580 cities worldwide, we greatly appreciate your support! We truly hope that what we bring to our listeners will improve your ability as leaders.Leaders, Lead Well!Mainline Executive Coaching ACT has been recognized by FeedSpot as the top Executive Coaching Podcast based on thousands of podcasts on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers & freshness.https://blog.feedspot.com/executive_coaching_podcasts/Sign up for our newsletter:https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/contactDownload our document on the Hottest Item in Business Today.https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/resources2fbc974dRich Baron:rbaron@richbaronexecutivecoaching.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-baron/https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/Maikel Bailey:mbailey@intelligentleadershipec.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maikelbailey/https://maikelbailey.com/

The Chris Voss Show
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman

The Chris Voss Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 50:21


Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman "An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood For the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings—a hopeful, myth-busting narrative built on new details of infamous attacks, never-before-told accounts from perpetrators and survivors, and real-time immersion in confidential threat cases, casting a whole new light on how to solve a grievous problem It's time to go beyond all the thoughts and prayers, misguided blame on mental illness, and dug-in disputes over the Second Amendment. Through meticulous reporting and panoramic storytelling, award-winning journalist Mark Follman chronicles the decades-long search for identifiable profiles of mass shooters and brings readers inside a groundbreaking method for preventing devastating attacks. The emerging field of behavioral threat assessment, with its synergy of mental health and law enforcement expertise, focuses on circumstances and behaviors leading up to planned acts of violence—warning signs that offer a chance for constructive intervention before it's too late. Beginning with the pioneering study in the late 1970s of "criminally insane" assassins and the stalking behaviors discovered after the murder of John Lennon and the shooting of Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, Follman traces how the field of behavioral threat assessment first grew out of Secret Service investigations and FBI serial-killer hunting. Soon to be revolutionized after the tragedies at Columbine and Virginia Tech, and expanded further after Sandy Hook and Parkland, the method is used increasingly today to thwart attacks brewing within American communities. As Follman examines threat-assessment work throughout the country, he goes inside the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and immerses in an Oregon school district's innovative violence-prevention program, the first such comprehensive system to prioritize helping kids and avoid relying on punitive measures. With its focus squarely on progress, the story delves into consequential tragedies and others averted, revealing the dangers of cultural misunderstanding and media sensationalism along the way. Ultimately, Follman shows how the nation could adopt the techniques of behavioral threat assessment more broadly, with powerful potential to save lives. Eight years in the making, Trigger Points illuminates a way forward at a time when the failure to prevent mass shootings has never been more costly—and the prospects for stopping them never more promising.

Microshare: Unleash the Data
Manifest Density - Episode 60 - Terri Patterson - School shootings et Covid

Microshare: Unleash the Data

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 27:48


School shootings et Covid A silver lining of the pandemic was the significant decline of workplace and school violence in 2020. Sadly, it is roaring back. Former FBI agent Terri Patterson discusses this sad reality. Control Risks | Global Risk Consultancy Crisis and Security Consulting practice, based in the Washington, DC office. She focuses on the impact of mental health issues in the corporate environment, specializing in threat assessment and case management. Terri has over two decades of experience leading law enforcement operations, strategic programs and critical incident preparedness. She is a recognized expert in behavioral assessment and risk mitigation, with a specialization in global security solutions to combat criminal and national security threat actors. Serving in a variety of influential roles during her FBI tenure, Terri has designed and delivered training globally to investigators, intelligence professionals, mental health experts and executives in the identification and mitigation of criminal, national security and insider threats. This bio work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. View original source here. [[hyperlink: Terri Patterson Sponsored by Microshare. Listen to our other podcasts on the Manifest Density portal. - Subscribe to DataStream: the Microshare Newsletter - View our LinkedIn page -  Contact Us   Episode transcript: The transcription of this episode is auto generated by a third-party source. While Microshare takes every precaution to insure that the content is accurate, errors can occur. Microshare, Inc.  is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Michael Moran [00:00:01] This is manifest density. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Manifest City, your host Michael Moran, here to explore the intersection of COVID 19 global business and society. And if density is brought to you by the global smart building and ESG data company Microshare, unleash the data well today. Really, really interesting conversation. I suggest we're going to have here with Terry Patterson, who had a long career in the FBI and is now a crisis consulting expert at control risks. You are definitely an interesting person. What an interesting, you know, focus area you have workplace school and other shootings. How to prevent them, how to how to mitigate the risk and respond. Welcome to the podcast.   Terri Patterson [00:00:54] Thanks so much, Michael, I'm happy to be here.   Michael Moran [00:00:57] So what is it that got you into? First, the FBI and then in into this line of work at control risks.   Terri Patterson [00:01:07] Well, thank you for asking that I often don't talk about my career before the FBI, but I started my career as a psychologist engaged in threat assessments primarily in the community. And then I spent 23 years, as you have already mentioned, as an agent with the FBI. Much of that time was spent at the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia, where I worked on a variety of issues, starting with the beginning with violent crime matters and then transitioning over to as much of the FBI did over to terrorism and violent extremism. And so after retiring from the FBI for 23 years, I have joined control risk and I have been here now for almost two years and I have continued to really try to bring a full circle. The behavioral aspects of mental health and violence. And so certainly I talk quite a bit about mental health in the workplace and how it is that we should always strive for resilience and and positive mental wellness in the workplace. But then sadly, a lot of my work is also spent, of course, on those threats that can emerge when we see this complex combination of factors that can lead to violence in the workplace or in other commercial establishments. And then sadly, I think most tragically in our schools, as you've already mentioned.   Michael Moran [00:02:43] Well, Terry, obviously your time at control risks now has overlapped almost perfectly with COVID 19, something that obviously has been a tragic development for humanity. It's done all sorts of damage, and we've talked at length on this podcast about the economic, social and political impacts of of COVID 19. But one of the silver linings that have been pointed out is when people left the workplace to remotely work and when people actually even were kept out of religious venues for a while and schools. Of course, these tragic events really took a dove. There weren't many school shootings in 2020. There weren't many workplace violence issues that popped up, at least into the news media. How has that developed now that we're hopefully in the late stages of the pandemic and people are going back to their places of work and worship and school?   Terri Patterson [00:03:39] Well, I think you're pointing out, watch it. What is too many people really counterintuitive, right? And I'll just add some numbers to what you have already thrown out. I was reading recently a recent study that really tracks these violent mass attacks, and what was revealed was that since the data has been captured. The last five years has resulted in 20 percent of all of those mass attacks as mass shootings, 20 percent have taken place in the last five years. And when you lay on top of that recent data showing that 20 20 saw more victims of mass shootings than any other year since the data has been compiled, it really is quite compelling. It's alarming. And I'll just add to that for anyone who monitors, reads the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. The Crime Report for 2020, which is the most recent report we have. It was released in twenty twenty one early twenty twenty one. This report revealed that crimes across the board were down. Right. And so this is no surprise to many people when you consider, as you've already pointed out, that we were in the midst of a of a massive national health emergency. People were at home in response to the global pandemic. Most of the population were working from home. But what is surprising is this while the overall crime report indicated that crime was down. The exception to that trend was in two areas aggravated assaults and homicides. And in these two crime areas, we actually saw an increase in the numbers. And so what I'm suggesting here is that when everyone was home, we saw an increase in the number of aggravated assaults and homicides. Probably many of those interpersonal violence individuals who knew one another, engaging in violent acts against one another. Now we're seeing people going back to the workplace, going back out into those areas of commerce. And again, we have the same stressors that have been at play on the population since the beginning of the pandemic. But now we're seeing all of that violence spill out again into our workplace schools and places of commerce. So certainly, it's a concern. We always have to keep our eye on the vulnerability of the population in general as a result of stressors again, that we've seen all talk quite a bit about stressors during our conversation today. And as all of those employees who have been home are now navigating this transition, that's often difficult transition back into the workplace. We have been working with clients to really be prepared for that influx and trying to keep those employees safe and really trying to again shore up the resilience and making sure that that we have what we can in place to to keep everyone safe.   Michael Moran [00:06:39] Terry, hold that thought. We're going to take a break to hear from our sponsor. OK, I'm back with Terry Patterson, former FBI agent and security and crisis consultant at Control Risks. We're talking about what COVID did to the really sad rate of workplace and its place of worship violence in the U.S. in particular. I'm Terry. Can you take us through what it's like to engage with a client? You know, whether that is a house of worship or, you know, a big company or a school system and try to get them ready to prevent these things and to spot the potential problem before it happens.   Terri Patterson [00:07:23] Sure, Michael, I think so. First, I think just to I'll I'll start with what is, you know, what I see as routine policies and procedures that I think every client should have in place, right? And that revolves around workplace violence prevention and ensuring that you have that. All of our clients have a solid and robust workplace violence prevention plan. And so what we have been spending a lot of time doing is going in reviewing those plans right now, especially again, as I mentioned before, as clients are finding that they're bringing people back, they're bring their employees back into the workplace after having been away for many months. They're finding that this is a good time to really review their policies, review their procedures and make the appropriate updates that they need. And so we're certainly helping with that as a result of that. Again, we have been advising on policies and procedures. We have been putting together guide books or playbooks so that each member of that crisis management team knows what their role is when it comes to workplace violence prevention, and they're able to engage appropriately and really early on in the process. Most of that revolves around identifying behaviors of concern, having a process in place to escalate those concerns. And then again, having at the corporate level, those executives who are responsible for managing and implementing that program. We've been providing a lot of training training to frontline supervisors in particular and human resource professionals really helping them again to recognize and understand the trends related to workplace violence and concerning behaviors, helping them to understand and to implement a good process by which problems and concerns can be escalated, either through the front line manager or anonymously, as has the employee might wish. And then again, to be able to address those concerns early and often. A lot of that training has been dealing also with just de-escalation, how it is that managers and human resource professionals should deal with and talk to employees who are in crisis. Because while today we're talking about really that dark side of stress and what can happen when you have lots of psychological stress compounded with basic personality or disposition or concerns and a personality that seems to go to violence for resolution of conflict? And then a whole host of other factors that come together to lead to violence. That's really what we're talking about today. But we also have to keep in mind that there are always those employees in the workplace who are just dealing with routine day to day stress and they are experiencing crises as well. So we want those frontline managers and human resource professionals to really be comfortable, engaging people when they're in a crisis. So we've been doing a lot of training around de-escalation as well. And so a lot of what we've been doing really is around prevention and then engagement. And then, of course, if all else fails, we really don't want to get to this side. But if all else fails, then of course, response. And so we certainly have been stepping in when when our clients do experience a crisis of some sort and that generally entails in conducting a threat assessment and then helping their client put together some threat mitigation strategies in order to keep the workplace safe.   Michael Moran [00:11:19] Let's talk for a second about how the H.R. departments or security departments and companies. Are they being proactive in terms of like serving people's social media? And is that part of this whole thing now? Because, you know, let's say 15 years ago, that would have been pretty unthinkable that your boss is snooping around and things like that.   Terri Patterson [00:11:42] Well, you know, I think that we have a variety of clients, of course, and clients are engaging in a lot of different mechanisms to try to identify risk early and try to identify concerning behaviors early. Certainly, we recommend educating the workforce, educating those front line managers, educating human resource professionals. That's always what we recommend first. There's a lot of research out there suggesting that bystanders, those individuals who are close to a person who will later engage in violence, there are bystanders, always who see a number of indicators that that would suggest that violence may be coming right and that violence may be around the corner. And so we always want to suggest we always want to recommend that training be pushed out and be implemented in order to identify some of those concerns early on. But in addition to that, of course, monitoring social media platforms and online forums for threat streams for deteriorating sentiment. I think in general, a lot of our clients are engaging in social media monitoring. I'm not suggesting that they're monitoring individual employees social media platforms, but I'm suggesting that in general, they're monitoring platforms for negative sentiment related to and coming back to the client company. So certainly that is something that is, I think, being utilized quite often as an intelligence function just to identify early some of those threat streams and and threat actors that may be out there. This is really right now. It's certainly pertinent because we all know that there is a lot of stress around social and political differences, ideological stressors that individuals are experiencing. We've seen a rise of violent extremism that poses a range of risk to businesses that go beyond the individual employee who is experiencing psychological stress as they come to work every day. And so this is also something that corporate leaders have to keep their eye on. And and certainly we're seeing the social media platforms being monitored, as you have suggested, as a way of trying to identify early some of those threats that would derive from ideologically motivated insiders or outsiders.   Michael Moran [00:14:21] I want to go to your behavioral psychology expertize, and let's think about COVID. As a experience we've all been through some accepting it more as reality than others, but it has affected just about every life on the planet. What is the difference now post-pandemic as people start coming back into the office place? What are the new things that people are being stressed by? What are the new flags that you've got your eye on to try to prevent people from starting to move down the line of something troubling?   Terri Patterson [00:14:57] Well, I think COVID 19, of course, has led to enhanced challenges on the workforce in a hole in a variety of ways that we've all heard about the shift to remote work and then the transition to hybrid models. And then more recently, of course, as you and I have discussed, this return to the workplace has led to increased levels of stress as employees navigate what seems to be a constantly shifting landscape. And so change is always we say change is good, it is good, but it's also stressful. And so we continue to hear about tensions and polarization. In addition to that, the tensions and polarization around what I just mentioned, social and political issues that is leading to discord within families and communities and now spilling over into the workplace as issues related to COVID 19 like mask mandates and vaccinations have also become politicized and are triggering associated ideological grievances. So we have all of these challenges that have really led to unprecedented issues that we've heard about again over the last two years and really have led to employee vulnerability at its highest. And that vulnerability in the in the best case scenario threatens productivity, threatens stability. And then, of course, in the worst case scenario, threatens the security of the workforce or the workplace rather and caught right in the middle, of course, of the employee. And there are the employers, the leaders who are trying to balance a safe and healthy. Environment, while also trying to respect the individual concerns and the needs of their employees. So we've been talking quite a bit about the stress that is associated with the pandemic. I certainly believe that the better we all understand those trends and the trends that we're going to continue to see, then the better we're going to be able to address the issues and continue to build productive and resilient workplaces. That's the goal, right? But again, as we know, we also are seeing and we will continue to see that, you know, stress can also lead to a really destructive and and violent threat as well. And so we see the manifestation of that every day when we turn on on the news. So I think I can't possibly overstate the concern that we have as we start bringing people in back into the workplace and we still have these unprecedented levels of stress. And while we're in flux until we really get settled in, I think we're going to continue to see alarming rates of just problematic behavior. Again, most of it hopefully around productivity, around various issues that are going to disrupt just the positive environment in the workplace. But again, we always have to keep our eye on those individuals who are overwhelmed by stress who have that disposition that tends to move them to violence as a result and moving to violence in order to deal with any kind of conflict. And that is our concern, of course. And so I can't overstress the importance of trying to manage overall the stress levels in the workplace, but also really trying to identify early and often those behavioral indicators of that trajectory to violence.   Michael Moran [00:18:42] How are you going to take a quick break? Listen to a word from our sponsor. All right, Terri Paterson, security and crisis expert and former FBI agent, I have one last question. The pandemic itself has sent well during certain stages of it, sent most of us who could to work remotely. The stress doesn't necessarily end, and there have been some people who even say it's become a more stressful world because you're never off, you're always on and always at the beck and call of your colleagues. And is there something special about the remote situation? Have you have done any consulting with companies on how to deal with that very unique kind of stress because we made, for instance, live in a world now forever where remote is a piece of it?   Terri Patterson [00:19:34] Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. And and remote work certainly isn't free from stress, right? We know that and we have talked about it quite a bit. We have we've seen increased domestic violence. Of course, we've heard a lot about that. We've seen increases in a whole wide range of issues, even as employees who are working remotely. We saw over half of the working age population reporting a decline in their mental wellness during the height of the pandemic, while most people were at home. We saw prescriptions for antidepressants increased 34 percent and anti-anxiety prescriptions rise 19 percent in 2020. And then, of course, we just continue to see what what psychologists refer to as the comorbidity of these mental illnesses, along with substance abuse, which leads to a variety of negative consequences, all while people were at home and working from the safety of their home. Right. And so certainly being at home brings a whole host of other issues we've had. We've heard from employees that they've had a difficult time turning work off when they're at home. We've heard employees say, and we've seen survey after survey that suggests that the stress of trying to navigate child care or or elder care or all of the household duties that would come with just staying at home with a full time job was also very stressful. And so certainly we have not seen working from home or remote work alleviate stress. Certainly the young, the youngest in our workforce, Generation Z, the Zoomers, we refer to them normal and millennials reported more symptoms of mental illness. Then they're they're more tenured counterparts while they were working remotely. And so certainly for them, as they're just starting out their career, they're trying to get settled into the workplace and really trying to make those connections, maybe find people who they can rely on for mentorship, as you and I had talked earlier. This was all disrupted with with COVID 19. And so they have had a particularly difficult time just trying to get started and get off the ground with their career. So I think this is something that our clients certainly continue to grapple with. How is it that they're able to find the right balance and have the structure that the workplace provides continue as they bring people back to the office, but then also being sensitive to the the flexibility that employees are saying they really need and they value. So I think that's going to continue to be a challenge. And then of course, we have these issues around a remote workforce and some of the challenges that it brings just in terms of issues like insider risk. Right. We've seen ongoing challenges as some of our clients have navigated issues around, of course, employee stress, compromised coping skills and then managing these hybrid models of remote and returned to work structures. Because there's the recognition that, you know, remote work is becoming a permanent reality for some segments of the workforce. And so these shifts are really requiring our clients to continue to examine their insider risk posture against the continuing need for flexibility and resilience building. And so we know, of course, based on years of research and experience, we know that there's a constellation of factors that influence insider risk. We know that there's a dynamic nature, those factors that can enhance the risk posed to businesses that are not adequately prepared. And we've long argued behavioral researchers that most threats can be prevented with early and or and robust responsiveness that addresses the risk well in advance of a malicious act. And so we certainly continue to experience a greater reliance on digital solutions to insider threat. But in case after case, we also see the need for a behavioral assessment of those early indicators of an emerging problem. And so I bring all of this up. Because again, when you have a remote workforce, it's harder to identify often those behavioral indicators and then you're giving people access that otherwise they wouldn't have in a remote environment. And so we just keep beating this drum around insider risk as well that comprehensive programs really should be put in place before the manifestation of anomalous behavior. And it really must incorporate behavioral experts to meet best practice and industry standards. So again, we're seeing a wide range of issues related to remote work, and I think we're going to continue to see those issues, issues around employee wellness, issues around culture and maintaining the culture of of of the of the workplace and the brand. And then, of course, all the way over to insider risk and that emerging threat that comes from having a remote workforce get trying to maintain control of of, you know, your information. So we're going to continue to monitor that. We're going to continue to provide support there as we have really for the last year and a half, Terry.   Michael Moran [00:25:25] This has just been fascinating. I wonder if if our readers wanted to continue to learn about this or follow your work, what would you suggest?   Terri Patterson [00:25:35] Well, Michael, I'm I'm always available, of course, on control risks. XCOM can find me. They are easily. I also have a profile on LinkedIn and certainly would welcome an ongoing discussion with anyone who finds this topic of interest.   Michael Moran [00:25:49] It's it's a sad irony that that workplace violence and school violence is a happy victim of COVID. And it's even sadder that now that the pandemic is relenting a bit, that we're seeing it come back. Of course, you can learn more about Microshare at WW W Microshare Daddario and its ever smart solutions that boost efficiency, enable cost savings and bring safety and reassurance to people inside of buildings very relevant to this conversation. You can also subscribe to the podcast Manifest Density there or download it on Google Play and iHeartRadio and iTunes and Spotify. We have not dropped off a Spotify yet, but that'll do it for this week on behalf of Microshare and all of its global employees. I'd like to say thank you again to to Terry Patterson and wish you all wellness and a good week. See you next week.

TV. Watch. Repeat.
Criminal Minds

TV. Watch. Repeat.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 56:23


Before 'Criminal Minds,' most police procedurals focused on the "who" bit of "whodunit." But, when the Mandy Patinkin CBS series debuted in 2005, it was one of the first to ask not only "who," but "why." What resulted was a series that lasted over 300 episodes and 15 years — even if all of its cast didn't. Patinkin included, who called his two seasons on the show his "biggest mistake."You, like the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, might wonder... why? Our latest episode gets into it all, delving into the history and impact of 'Criminal Minds.' During the episode, we learn about Matthew Gray Gubler's surprising pre-'Criminal Minds' career, which gigantic series it actually beat in the ratings, and how Kirsten Vangsness lasted more than just the one episode she was cast for. Plus: 'Criminal Minds's 'Friends' tie-in, and Thomas Gibson's splash in a hot tub. So grab your private jets (wheels up in five, btw) and enjoy the story of 'Criminal Minds'!

Back to the Pilot
Episode 22: The Mind Of A Criminal

Back to the Pilot

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 66:21


To catch a criminal, sometimes the best thing to do is to think like one. After all, what better way to really understand how they think and predict their next move? Luckily for you, tonight, we're the ones doing the thinking, so you can sit back and relax as we take you Back to the Pilot. Dexter (2:12) - What better way to get into the mind of a serial killer than by becoming one. Even though he has a lust to kill, Dexter channels that passion towards only the worst of the worst - preserving whatever sanity he might have left. Using his own insights and experiences, he helps the Miami PD to track down some of the worst criminals in the city. Criminal Minds (34:32) - Thinking like a criminal isn't easy, but after years of training and experience, the members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit certainly make it seem that way. When a serial killer needs to be caught, it's up to this group of the country's best and brightest to get into their mind and track them down before they kill again. Instagram: @BackToThePilot E-Mail: BackToThePilot@gmail.com Music: https://www.epidemicsound.com

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Ann Burgess with Steven Constantine: My Quest to Decipher Criminal Minds

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 70:29


In yet another case of reality trumping its popularization as entertainment, Ann Burgess tells the vivid story of her role in the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (very thinly veiled on the long-running "Criminal Minds" series as its Behavioral Analysis Unit)—a role that transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers. With reported cases of sexual assault and homicide rising in the 1970s and 1980s, the FBI created a specialized team—the “Mindhunters”—to track down America's most dangerous criminals. Dr. Burgess's pioneering research on sexual assault and trauma soon caught their attention, and steered her right into the middle of a chilling serial murder investigation in Nebraska. Over the next two decades she helped identify, interview and track down dozens of notoriously violent offenders, including Ed Kemper ("The Co-Ed Killer"), Dennis Rader ("BTK"), Henry Wallace ("The Taco Bell Strangler"), and Jon Barry Simonis ("The Ski-Mask Rapist"). As one of the first women trailblazers at the FBI, Burgess knew she was expected to crack under pressure—to recoil in horror. But she was determined to protect potential victims at any cost. Burgess provides deep insights into the minds of deranged criminals, and of their victims, and paints a revealing portrait of the FBI on the brink of a seismic scientific and cultural reckoning. She also directly confronts the age-old question that plagues every criminal justice system: “What drives someone to kill, and how can we stop them?” MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES MLF: Humanities SPEAKERS Ann Burgess Professor, Boston College Connell School of Nursing; Forensic and Psychiatric Nurse; Worked with the FBI for over two decades; Author, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Steven Constantine Co-Author, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind In conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on January 20th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Ann Burgess with Steven Constantine: My Quest to Decipher Criminal Minds

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 70:29


In yet another case of reality trumping its popularization as entertainment, Ann Burgess tells the vivid story of her role in the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (very thinly veiled on the long-running "Criminal Minds" series as its Behavioral Analysis Unit)—a role that transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers. With reported cases of sexual assault and homicide rising in the 1970s and 1980s, the FBI created a specialized team—the “Mindhunters”—to track down America's most dangerous criminals. Dr. Burgess's pioneering research on sexual assault and trauma soon caught their attention, and steered her right into the middle of a chilling serial murder investigation in Nebraska. Over the next two decades she helped identify, interview and track down dozens of notoriously violent offenders, including Ed Kemper ("The Co-Ed Killer"), Dennis Rader ("BTK"), Henry Wallace ("The Taco Bell Strangler"), and Jon Barry Simonis ("The Ski-Mask Rapist"). As one of the first women trailblazers at the FBI, Burgess knew she was expected to crack under pressure—to recoil in horror. But she was determined to protect potential victims at any cost. Burgess provides deep insights into the minds of deranged criminals, and of their victims, and paints a revealing portrait of the FBI on the brink of a seismic scientific and cultural reckoning. She also directly confronts the age-old question that plagues every criminal justice system: “What drives someone to kill, and how can we stop them?” MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES MLF: Humanities SPEAKERS Ann Burgess Professor, Boston College Connell School of Nursing; Forensic and Psychiatric Nurse; Worked with the FBI for over two decades; Author, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Steven Constantine Co-Author, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind In conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on January 20th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E for Explicit Podcast
Episode #55: FBI Profiler Mark Safarik

E for Explicit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 82:07


Get 10% OFF @BRAVO Concealment + Free Shipping with promo code ”EXPLICIT10” at BRAVOconcealment.com! In the 55th episode, I interview FBI Profiler, Mark Safarik! He was one of the most respected members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, during which time he established himself as an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and interpretation of violent criminal behavior. Mr. Safarik's law enforcement career spans over 30 years, during which time he worked in all levels of police work, from working patrol as a beat cop to investigating murders as a detective to performing on-scene forensic services early in his FBI career. But the defining moments in Mr. Safarik's professional life came during his 23 years with the FBI, where he spent over half that time as a criminal profiler. Mr. Safarik led the consultation efforts on many high-profile national and international violent crime cases and lectured at numerous foreign police forces around the world, sharing his expertise in the analysis of homicide and complex crime scene behavior.

Is It Just Speculation?
Julia Cowley - Retired FBI Special Agent - Ep. 15

Is It Just Speculation?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 104:13


Julia Cowley is a recently retired Special Agent with the FBI of 22 years, who began her service in 1999. Her first assignment was to the Boston Division where she investigated white-collar crime, public corruption, and civil rights matters. She was also a member and team leader on the Boston Division's Evidence Response Team. Julia was then selected to join the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, followed by assignment to the Evidence Response Team Unit. Prior to joining the FBI, Julia was a Special Agent/Forensic Scientist with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a master's degree in forensic science. She is certified in Behavioral Analysis by the FBI and was the lead FBI profiler on the Golden State Killer case. She is a host of "The Consult" a true crime podcast, the consultants are retired FBI profilers who worked the cases. "The Consult" Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BRyHb1KZjdGYrMfu2zMeM?si=yE_fJsLRQVCuLFwF9WxT9w&utm_source=copy-link Julia's Twitter: @jcow1969 Link: https://twitter.com/jcow1969?t=8db6up_HooF0cSDlLoH8EA&s=09 Evidence Response Team Video: https://youtu.be/28lwhrDbwWU The Consult Website: https://truecrimeconsult.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isitjustspeculation/support

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff
S E5: Jim Clemente

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 41:13


Bob is joined by his mentor and friend of the show, Jim Clemente. Jim is a former New York City Prosecutor and retired Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. He has now moved on to running his own production company XG Productions. Jim joins Bob to discuss some of his most recent projects in the true crime space.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mainline Executive Coaching ACT
How Negative Issues in our Personal Lives Impact Leadership

Mainline Executive Coaching ACT

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 24:54


All too often issues at work can trigger derailing charecteristics which can create issues for leaders outside of the workplace. However, what about those issues that we deal with in our personal lives? How does this impact our ability to lead at work? What if those issues include a partner or spouse that has narcissistic tendencies or BPD?Roman Garcia is a former FBI Special Agent with the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Roman has also served our country as a combat medic and is now a certified life coach. Roman provides important insight on how to mentally prepare yourself for the daily battles we all face, including those issues that can negatively impact leadership. Rich and Maikel will discuss these critical issues tonight on Mainline Executive Coaching ACT.Contact Roman at:https://mind-medic.com/ Thank you to all of our listeners in over 70 countries and 580 cities worldwide, we greatly appreciate your support! We truly hope that what we bring to our listeners will improve your ability as leaders.Leaders, Lead Well!Mainline Executive Coaching ACT has been recognized by FeedSpot as the top Executive Coaching Podcast based on thousands of podcasts on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers & freshness.https://blog.feedspot.com/executive_coaching_podcasts/Sign up for our newsletter:https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/contactDownload our document on the Hottest Item in Business Today.https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/resources2fbc974dRich Baron:rbaron@richbaronexecutivecoaching.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-baron/https://www.richbaronexecutivecoaching.com/Maikel Bailey:mbailey@intelligentleadershipec.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maikelbailey/https://maikelbailey.com/

THE CONSULT
Profiling Joe DeAngelo, Part 1

THE CONSULT

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 24:07


Known as the East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker, and Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo terrorized California from 1974 – 1986. He was infamous for breaking into homes, ransacking them, and sexually assaulting female victims when their male companions were also home. In 2011, FBI agents Julia Cowley and Bob Drew of the Behavioral Analysis Unit, were called in to work on the case and profile DeAngelo who was at the time, still unknown. In the first few episodes of The Consult, Julia and Bob discuss DeAngelo’s crimes, his personality traits and characteristics, and the profile they gave to investigators.

The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio
Feds Create Laws to Hunt and Jail Americans - Farmers PAID by Biden to BURN Their Own Crops - FBI Agent Says "We're at War" - Jab Approved or NO?

The Patriotically Correct Radio Show with Stew Peters | #PCRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 55:50


Stew Peters opens the show with a dynamic and powerful monologue, completely eviscerating the narratives of the left, and calling out Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, before being joined by National File Senior Reporter, Patrick Howley, who reveals laws being CREATED by the feds to target and hunt down Americans, ship them to internment camps and imprison law-abiding citizens. AJ Roberts, former British Military with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, joins Stew to compare the war on KIDS in the UK versus the push for the jab here in America. Roberts is the host of the AJ Roberts Show, which can be found at www.mrajroberts.com.  DeAnna Lorraine blows holes in the "COVID food shortage" narrative, and exposes how Biden is PAYING FARMERS TO BURN THEIR OWN CROPS!  Roman Garcia, a former FBI Agent assigned to the Behavioral Analysis Unit, says "we're at war", and tells you how to mentally prepare yourself for battle. Dr. Jane Ruby joins Stew to discuss controversy on whether or not the Pfizer 'vaccine' is ACTUALLY approved by the FDA. www.StewPeters.tv   

The Daily Beans
Premier: The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi - Episode 1 -He Confessed to 93 Murders

The Daily Beans

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 36:35


Subscribe to To The Bureau here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-bureau?selected=PDR8380033058 or on your favorite podcast app. New Episodes Every Tuesday Enter the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit where crime analyst Jacklyn Stanberry details the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) and the challenge identifying the remaining victims of serial killer Sam Little - who confessed to 93 murders. Can you help identify any of his victims? https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619 Follow Frank on Twitter: Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mueller, She Wrote
Premier - He Confessed to 93 Murders

Mueller, She Wrote

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 36:35


Enter the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit where crime analyst Jacklyn Stanberry details the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) and the challenge identifying the remaining victims of serial killer Sam Little - who confessed to 93 murders. Can you help identify any of his victims? https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619 Subscribe to The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bureau-with-frank-figliuzzi/id1565400737 Follow Frank on Twitter: Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi
He Confessed to 93 Murders

The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 37:50


Enter the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit where crime analyst Jacklyn Stanberry details the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) and the challenge identifying the remaining victims of serial killer Sam Little - who confessed to 93 murders. Can you help identify any of his victims? https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619 Follow Frank on Twitter: Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scary Movie Club Cast
Season 3 | EP 6 - Self-help Book | Mindhunter Book VS Series

Scary Movie Club Cast

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 36:18


This week Amanda and Nadine dive head first into Mindhunter the incredible Netflix series and the book that inspired it. Mindhunter is the origin story of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. The book is written by one of its founders Mark Douglas and is filled with his real life experiences and the show is a fictionalized narrative of those stories woven together by David Fincher.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scary-movie-club/support

Profiling Evil Podcast with Mike King
Spree Killers with FBI Criminal Profiler Mark Safarik - Profiling Evil Podcast

Profiling Evil Podcast with Mike King

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 50:14 Transcription Available


Multiple murders have traditionally been categorized by the numbers, or as mass, serial and spree killings. This podcast is going to explore the proper classification of these horrific events and focus on Spree killing. Join Profiling Evil’s Mike King as he explores the topic with FBI profiler and author Mark Safarik. You’ll hear how Mark examined more than 350 cases of mass and serial murder from more than 43 countries to develop this typology. The podcast will explore the behaviors and motives of these killers. You’ll want to order Mark’s book, Spree Killers: Practical Classifications for Law Enforcement and Criminology after listening to the podcast.====================================Special Guests:  Mark E. Safarik M.S., V.S.M. Supervisory Special Agent, FBI (Ret.)Director Forensic Behavioral Services Internationalhttps://fbsinternational.com/Mark Safarik was a senior member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, during which time he established himself as an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and interpretation of violent criminal behavior. His law enforcement career spans over 31 years, during which time he worked in all levels of police work, from patrol as a beat cop to a detective working homicides. He served 23 years with the FBI – 12 of those as a criminal profiler. He led the consultation efforts on many high profile national and international violent crime cases and lectured at numerous foreign police forces around the world, sharing his expertise in the analysis of homicide and complex crime scene behavior. ====================================Profiling Evil B.O.L.O. Newsletter:https://cutt.ly/bolonewslettersignupOrder today!Deceived: An Investigative Memoir into the Zion Society Cult https://cutt.ly/zionsocietybookHi there! New to Profiling Evil? If so, here's what you need to know -- We here at Profiling Evil have spent our lives in all facets of law enforcement, so we use this channel to help educate, analyze, and solve, as we cover various cases that are either currently in the media or cases we have been involved with through out our careers. =====================================SHOP MERCH: https://cutt.ly/pemerchandiseSHOP BOOKS: https://cutt.ly/pebookstoreDONATE: https://cutt.ly/pedonateBITCOIN DONATIONS: bc1qk65vcsa3sra884za3e62hkak0mfzjn7cccwfvk=====================================Have a tip or a case you would like us to look at? EVIDENCE ROOM SUBMISSIONS https://cutt.ly/pe-evidenceroom=====================================Where else you can find us:         INSTAGRAM: https://cutt.ly/peinstagram @profilingevilTWITTER: https://cutt.ly/petwitter @profilingevilFACEBOOK:https://cutt.ly/pefacebook @profilingevilWEBSITE: https://profilingevil.comDISCORD: https://cutt.ly/pediscord=====================================PROFILING EVIL COMMUNITY MAP SURVEY: https://cutt.ly/pemapsurveyPROFILING EVIL MAP: https://cutt.ly/pemap (MIDDLE OF THE PAGE)PROFILING EVIL STORYMAPS: https://cutt.ly/pestorymaps=====================================BUSINESS INQUIRIES: profilingevil@gmail.com=====================================CREATED BY: Mike King https://profilingevil.comPRODUCED BY: CIRCA3 https://circa3.comORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Clifford W King https://cliffordwking.comSupport the show (https://patreon.com/profilingevil)Check out Profiling Evil on Youtube

Inside The Labyrinth
Season 5 Episode 3 FT Retired FBI Agent James R. Fitzgerald

Inside The Labyrinth

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 57:19


Inside the Labyrinth podcast is powered by Reps For Responders! You can find it on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, and more! https://anchor.fm/Inside-The-Laybrinth This episode is sponsored by No Matter What Apparel and Valor Supplements! Both Companies are owned by First Responders! Lets give back to First Responders who give back to us! Use Code INSIDETHELAB for 10% off at check out at https://www.nomatterwhatapparel.com Use Code RFR10 for 10% off your check out at https://valorsupplements.net =========================================================================================================================================Season 5, Episode 3 of Inside the Labyrinth Podcast, Frank and Jay had the opportunity to speak with James R. Fitzgerald - Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent/ Criminal Profiler/ Forensic Linguist and Member of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. This episode was something that Frank and Jay are speechless over. James opened up about the start of his Police Career and how it molded him to as he began his FBI career and shaped him into the man he is today. James spoke words of wisdom about how Police Officers need other outlets then just Policing or "hanging with the boys." Thank you James for your humbleness, honesty, integrity, and wisdom! We are hoping all Law Enforcement, active or retired, get to listen to this!! ========================================================================================================================================== "Through eleven years on the BPD, and after working as a patrolman, a detective, a detective sergeant, a patrol sergeant, making all sorts of arrests, and dealing with all sorts of political intrigue within the department itself, I took stock of my life. It was clearly time to move on. I applied to, was selected by, and joined…the FBI. After graduating from yet another law enforcement academy, this one in Quantico, Virginia, I found myself in early 1988 as a brand new FBI agent assigned to New York City. While there, I investigated bank robberies, kidnappings, extortions, and many other violent incidents which happened to have a federal crime nexus. I then learned of an opportunity for advancement within the FBI. One which I knew I could master and at which I would succeed; that is, as a criminal profiler. So, back to Quantico I went for my promotion, more training, and a new assignment. From Unabom, to the Jon Benet Ramsey homicide, the DC Sniper case, the Anthrax investigation, a stint in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many other notorious murder, rape, and terroristic matters in the 1990s and early 2000s, I played a role in all of them. Through the Unabom case, and later other notable investigations, not to mention two master's degrees, I also became an expert in the area of forensic linguistics; that is, the scientific-oriented analysis of written and spoken language for investigative and evidentiary purposes." https://www.jamesrfitzgerald.com James also wrote : A Journey to the Center of the Mind – Book I, A Journey to the Center of the Mind – Book II, A Journey to the Center of the Mind – Book III. Manhunt: Unabomber on Netflix is based on real-life FBI agent and criminal profiler Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald and the hunt for the Unabomber in the 1990s. ========================================================================================================================================== @reps_for_responders @therealjumpmanjay @inside_the_lab_podcast https://repsforresponders.org Youtube: Reps For Responders --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Inside-The-Laybrinth/support

Riddle Me That! True Crime
BONUS Introducing The Jury Room: Ed Kemper The Co-Ed Killer

Riddle Me That! True Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 48:21


linktr.ee/juryroompodcastJoin Host Kevin Cook as he dives deep into the crimes and pathology of Ed Kemper one of the first killers to be extensively studied and profiled by the FBI during the inception of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Jury Room Podcast.

Interview With Evil: Ted Bundy's FBI Confessions
Episode 8: The Secrets they Keep

Interview With Evil: Ted Bundy's FBI Confessions

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 38:36


The disappearance of an 8-year-old girl, the stabbing of a little boy, dismembered remains of unknown victims scattered over the side of a mountain; why Ted Bundy and other serial killers keep certain memories to themselves. The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit shares insight into the secrets of monsters. And hear Bundy’s final, sick admission recorded only 45 minutes before execution.

Iron Butterfly
Maria Witkop: Stone Catcher

Iron Butterfly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 35:37


This week on the Iron Butterfly Podcast, we are joined by Maria Witkop, a 21-year veteran of the FBI. Maria served in a variety of roles in the Bureau, to include evidence collection at Ground Zero after 9/11, working in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, and serving as a certified Crisis Negotiator. In this episode, Maria discusses the importance of listening and building trust, or as she says, "reaching out instead of kicking," even in the face of atrocities. Join us to find out why Maria was hugged by every person she arrested, how to be a change agent, and why we need more stone catchers in the world. To wrap up this episode, Maria shares with us a heart-stopping preview from her new book.Please note that this episode includes some content that may be graphic and shocking to listeners. Listener discretion is advised. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Use Your Imagination: A Dungeons & Doodles Podcast
Episode 10: Fantasy Criminal Minds

Use Your Imagination: A Dungeons & Doodles Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 104:30


The gang gets some answers. Some mysteries continue to be concealed. Hattie has a suspicion confirmed. Lezeth finds a lead. Team Double Trouble becomes the Winterflower Division of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. The cast talks about pegging for far too long.   Featuring: Gabrielle (she/her) as the Dungeon Master Alyssa (she/her) as Lezeth Umerath (she/her) DC (she/her) as Hattie Mallory (she/her) Karryn (she/her) as Teth Evanxath (she/her) Rocky (they/them) as Kai Fiendssong (he/they)   Music in this episode: Cold Journey by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ On The Origin Of Species by Savfk | https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tavern Music https://tabletopaudio.com/ “Too Crazy” from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Socials: Twitter - https://twitter.com/DungeonsDoodles Podbean - https://useyourimaginationdnd.podbean.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOb4sD-wZ4dIkGaxPQ7dnxg Website - https://dungeonsanddoodles.weebly.com/

FBI Retired Case File Review
Episode 214: Andrew Bringuel – Acmar Landfill Case, Clean Water Act Violation

FBI Retired Case File Review

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 75:45


Retired agent Andrew Bringuel, II, served in the FBI for over 27 years on squads investigating intellectual property theft, industrial espionage, public corruption, white-collar crimes, terrorism, and foreign counterintelligence years. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Andy reviews his five-year-long Acmar Landfill case where evidence was gathered to prove illegally disposed of solid waste resulted in the discharged of leachate and other pollutants into Big Black Creek in St. Clair County, Alabama. The investigation also involved associates of the Genovese crime family and corrupt public officials. As a result of the case, Andy Bringuel received the Attorney General’s Award for environmental crimes investigation.Later in his career, he was promoted to supervisory special agent (SSA) and managed teams at the FBI Academy’s National Domestic Preparedness Office, Investigative Computer Training Unit, Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) and Behavioral Analysis Unit -5 (BAU-5).  He has instructed police officers and executives at the FBI National Academy as well as in-services around the world at the International Law Enforcement Academies. 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.   Jerri Williams, a retired FBI agent, author and podcaster, attempts to relive her glory days by writing and blogging about the FBI and hosting FBI Retired Case File Review, a true crime/history podcast. Visit her website to check out her books, available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. 

Mindful Communication Podcast
54: The #1 Way to Build Trust With Others

Mindful Communication Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 15:30


In a previous episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with the former head of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Robin Dreeke. We discussed a wide range of topics, spending lots of time talking about the concept of “trust”. In this episode, I uncover that #1 way *and* share a powerful insight about how to hone this as a practice in your life and build trust with anyone, everywhere you go. Links Mindful Communication website My new tool: Tough Talks Made Easy

Talk Radio 49
No Country For Conspiracy; THE UNABOMBER REVISITED with James Fitzgerald

Talk Radio 49

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 109:00


Join Brad Hicks, Cody Downs and Lisa O’Brien for The Unabomber Revisited the inaugural episode of No Country For Conspiracy on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. Central.  We’ll be joined by Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent James R. Fitzgerald, a member of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.  His linguistic profiling as part of the Unabomb Task Force was featured in the Discovery mini-series “Manhunt:  Unabomber,” now available on Netflix.  He is the author of “A Journey to the Center of The Mind, Books I, II and III,” his memoirs which chronicle the Philadelphia native’s early life, college, Bensalem Police Department and FBI careers.  Mr. Fitzgerald holds a criminal justice degree from the Penn State and masters degrees from Villanova and Georgetown.  He also owns his own consulting company, is a media commentator, a member of the cold-case solving Vidocq Society, gives lectures/presentations throughout the U.S. and internationally, and teaches forensic linguistics through both California University of Pennsylvania and Hofstra University.   We’re a live show and calls are welcome.  Our phone number is (347) 989-1171. For more about James R. Fitzgerald:  https://www.jamesrfitzgerald.com/    

House of Mystery True Crime History
MARK SAFARIK - SPREE KILLERS

House of Mystery True Crime History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 57:11


Mark E. Safarik was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit. He established himself as an internationally recognized expert in the analysis of violent criminal behavior. Safarik’s law enforcement career spans over 30 years. He served 23 years with the FBI, the last 12, as a criminal profiler. He has lectured around the world, sharing his expertise in the analysis of homicide and complex crime scene behavior with over 20,000 personnel from police chiefs to violent crime investigators, prosecutors, medical examiners and other professionals. He currently consults with law enforcement, attorneys, universities, writers, television producers, and foreign government entities. Safarik has a graduate degree from Boston University and is adjunct faculty at Boston College. He has conducted internationally renowned research on the sexual assault and homicide of elder females and received the prestigious Jefferson Medal from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the highly respected Vidocq Society. He has published articles, and book chapters on his research and work. He has appeared on numerous television programs to discuss his cases and analyses. He has three cold case television series both in the US and Europe. He has been a consultant for the television series CSI: Las Vegas, Bones, and The Blacklist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lead with Levity
How to Build Rapport with Anyone

Lead with Levity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 24:23


Have you ever really wanted to connect to someone but couldn’t get around the awkwardness? Join us as we discuss actionable tips on how you can approach that next conversation with a stranger at a networking event, your team, your supervisor, or family and friends.Today we will be joined by Founder of People Formula and social psychologist, Robin Dreeke!Former Head of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Robin Dreeke shares his experiences recruiting foreign spies for the FBI and reveals:How to build rapport without coming off as creepy or suspiciousWhat to do when people have their guards upHis four pillars for making the entire conversation about the other personTIME STAMPS[04:20] Introduction to Robin Dreeke[05:19] How long was Robin Dreeke with the FBI?[05:35] What Robin Dreeke does as a behavioral analyst?[06:47] Robin Dreeke on recruiting foreign spies for the FBIWhat is the process of recruiting a foreign spy? [07:24]How do you get close to a foreign spy to recruit them? [09:30]Don’t the spies see you coming and have their guards up? [10:34]Two methodologies that intelligence services use - covert approach or the beacon approach [10:51][11:37] How do you build rapport in a way that doesn’t come off as creepy or suspicious?Robin’s three anchorsHave a healthy and professional relationship [12:22] Have open and honest communication and transparency [10:35]Be an available resource for the success of others without expectation of reciprocity [12:49]Four pillars to making the entire conversation about the other personSeek their thoughts and opinions [13:17]Talk in terms of their priorities [13:21]Validate who they are without judging them [13:28]Empower them with choices [13:40][18:16] Lessons Robin learnt when he was ranked last out of all the second lieutenants in the Marine CorpsHow to be a better leader — Make it about everyone else but yourself [18:23]The new car effect [19:14] [19:56] Robin’s advice on how to build rapport at a networking eventLook for someone who’s smiling [20:31]Seek their thought or opinion about a third-party reference [20:44] QUOTES--- On behavioral analysisBehavioral analysis throughout my entire career both inside and outside the FBI really came down to communication with people and leading.— On leadershipLeadership (at least one aspect of it) is moving towards a goal with either one or a group of people.— On recruiting foreign spies for the FBIMy job inside the FBI was to strategize how to recruit a foreign spy. And that requires a massive amount of behavioral analysis to come up with ways that strategize trust and strategize a strong, healthy relationship.It [recruiting foreign spies] is basically trying to recruit individuals that are part of diplomatic establishments and embassies and missions that are pretending to be diplomats but, in reality, are special services or intelligence officers collecting intel from our country.I call it (recruiting foreign spies) the toughest sales job in the world. My job was selling a product (American patriotism) to foreign Intelligence officers. Not only do I have a product they don’t want to buy, it’s illegal for me to actually walk up and try to sell it to them.How do you recruit a foreign spy? You don’t. Basically every human being’s needs are exceptionally predictable. They will always act in their own best interest. My job was to figure out what they thought was in their best interest and offer my resources in terms of those things.There are two methodologies that intelligence services will use. One will try to use a covert approach where they don’t know who they’re talking to.As soon as any attempt at subterfuge or deception is even suspected, you don’t have trust. No trust, no relationship; and things blow up.— On building rapportEvery human being is seeking to be affiliated and valued by the organizations they belong to.Our ancient tribal brain wants to belong to meaningful groups and organizations and feel valued by those same organizations.You cannot have that healthy relationship without open and honest communication and transparency.You only give people that you value and want to affiliate with choices.You can’t save the world, but you can make a difference one person at a time.I’m that typical type A guy — naval academy, marine corps officer, FBI guy. If you’re going to use that kind of personality in a world where you’re selling a product no one wants to buy, you’re going to fail majestically.If you’re born doing these things (being a good leader), you have no idea what you’re doing. You’re just being you. And if you’re not born doing these things, you’re trying to mimic behaviors of others.When you give behaviors labels and meanings, you can recognize them so much faster and you can implement them and enhance them.If you’re meeting a stranger, you don’t want to be intrusive and say, “Hey, tell me about yourself.” You don’t want to tell them about yourself because who cares. But you can seek their thought or opinion about a third-party reference.[You’re at this networking event, who do you know to go up to and talk to?] The first thing I’m doing is I’m looking for someone who’s smiling because, if they’re smiling, they’re looking to engage because they’re displaying open, nonverbal communication.Get Connected with Robin DreekePeople Formula Website | Robin Dreeke's LinkedInResources Mentioned in the Episode:Sizing People Up by Robin DreekeIt’s Not All About “Me”: The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone by Robin DreekeThe Code of Trust - An American Counterintelligence Expert’s Five Rules to Lead and Succeed by Robin DreekeThe People Formula Online Training CourseAbout this EpisodeEpisode: 10Title: How to Build Rapport with AnyoneRelease Date: November 11, 2019Guest: Robin DreekeOrganization: People FormulaWelcome to the Lead with Levity podcast. My goal is to interview a diverse set of leaders who are interested in making a big impact on the employee experience and willing to share their perspectives on levity at work.Visit https://www.leadwithlevity.com if you’re interested in learning more about this concept or connect with us on social media to get updates on new shows.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadwithlevityFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadwithlevityInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithlevity/

Suspense Radio
The Story Blender with special guest Meg Gardiner

Suspense Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 47:00


Meg Gardiner: Edgar Award-winning novelist Meg Gardiner writes fast-paced thrillers full of twists and turns that keep readers guessing until the very end. Her bestselling books have been called "Hitchcockian" USA Today and been translated into more than 20 languages. Listen in as she shares secrets to twist creation and story craft. "Into The Black Nowhere, an UNSUB novel:" In this exhilarating thriller inspired by real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix faces off against a charming, merciless serial killer. In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another, from her car at a stoplight. A mother is ripped from her home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, fears that a serial killer is roaming the dark roads outside Austin.

Suspense Radio
The Story Blender with special guest Meg Gardiner

Suspense Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 47:00


Meg Gardiner: Edgar Award-winning novelist Meg Gardiner writes fast-paced thrillers full of twists and turns that keep readers guessing until the very end. Her bestselling books have been called “Hitchcockian” USA Today and been translated into more than 20 languages. Listen in as she shares secrets to twist creation and story craft.  "Into The Black Nowhere, an UNSUB novel:" In this exhilarating thriller inspired by real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix faces off against a charming, merciless serial killer. In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another, from her car at a stoplight. A mother is ripped from her home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, fears that a serial killer is roaming the dark roads outside Austin.

FBI Retired Case File Review
Episode 098: Eric Alpert – Thomas Capano, Anne Marie Fahey Murder Case

FBI Retired Case File Review

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2018 90:16


Retired agent Eric Alpert served in the FBI for 25 years. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Alpert reviews the high-profile investigation of multi-millionaire Thomas Capano for the disappearance and murder of Anne Marie Fahey. Anne Marie Fahey had been the scheduling secretary for the governor of Delaware and Capano was a powerful attorney with high-level contacts and connections in Wilmington. During his Bureau career, Eric Alpert was involved in investigations and received specialized training in kidnapping, child abductions, criminal profiling, crisis management, violent crime, and homicide investigation. Later in his career, Alpert was promoted to supervisory positions in the Violent Crime Section, Criminal Investigative Division, at FBI Headquarters and the Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico. He retired as the Senior Supervisory Resident Agent in the Tampa Division’s  Orlando Resident Agency.

Unstable Universes
S1E2 -1x02: Criminal Minds × Bigfoot (Corporal Punishment)

Unstable Universes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 34:32


Alanna and Evan each present their take on everyone's favorite Sasquatch meeting up with the Behavioral Analysis Unit gang. Will Bigfoot help the BAU find a dastardly killer, or is he harboring a criminal mind of his own? Fandom 1: Criminal MindsFandom 2: BigfootTag: Corporal Punishment What Happened to Reid? by Alanna: FanFic.netThe Tale of the UFF KIller by Evan: FanFic.net Find out more at https://unstable-universes.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

FBI Retired Case File Review
Episode 059: Jim Clemente - Preventing the Sexual Victimization of Children

FBI Retired Case File Review

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2017 73:17


Retired agent Jim Clemente served in the FBI for 22 years. Prior to joining the FBI, Clemente was a prosecutor in the Child Sex Crimes Prosecution Team in the Bronx, New York. His first FBI duty assignment was in the New York Field Division’s Joint FBI/NYPD Sexual Exploitation of Children Task Force. After assignments in Little Rock Division and the Washington Field Office, Clemente was appointed as a supervisory special agent in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, VA. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerri Williams, Jim is interviewed as a follow-up to prior episodes focused on child abductions and child sexual predators. As a nationally recognized expert in the fields of sex crimes investigations, sex offender behavior and child pornography, he has investigated and consulted on thousands of cases involving serial murder, serial rape, child abduction, sex crimes, homicide, threats, bombings and the sexual victimization of children. In his work, he has interviewed hundreds of victims and offenders. He is a host of the popular true crime podcast Real Crime Profile and also serves as a writer and producer for Criminal Minds, the long-running CBS FBI crime drama. Jim Clemente is the author of the crime novel Without Consent, a fictionalized account of his personal loss of innocence at the hands of a child sex offender.  

Suspense Radio
Beyond The Cover with special guest Alan Jacobson

Suspense Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2017 48:00


"the Darkness of Evil" (A Karen Vail novel) by Alan Jacobson: The latest jaw-dropping thriller from USA Today bestselling author Alan Jacobson, featuring esteemed FBI profiler Karen Vail, on the hunt for an escaped serial killer… Jasmine Marcks was a teenager when she discovered her father was a killer. First there was the strip of bloody duct tape, then the bloodstain on his shirt, and finally the long nights away from home that always coincided with another gruesome murder. Marcks killed fourteen people before he was finally put in chains. But as renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail soon learns, Marcks's reign of terror is not over. After writing a book about growing up the daughter of a serial killer, a letter arrives at Jasmine's house—a single blank sheet of paper mailed from the maximum security prison Marcks now calls home. Hidden on the page is a secret message, a threat from a father who wants vengeance against the daughter who turned him in to the police. When Marcks breaks out of prison, Agent Vail must call on a legendary retired profiler to help find Marcks—and keep Jasmine alive. After seven years working with two senior profilers at the FBI's legendary Behavioral Analysis Unit, Alan Jacobson created Karen Vail—one of crime fiction's most compelling characters, according to James Patterson and Michael Connelly. Vail has tangled with the worst serial killers America has to offer. But they were nothing compared to Roscoe Lee Marcks.

Suspense Radio
Beyond The Cover with special guest Alan Jacobson

Suspense Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 48:00


"the Darkness of Evil" (A Karen Vail novel) by Alan Jacobson:  The latest jaw-dropping thriller from USA Today bestselling author Alan Jacobson, featuring esteemed FBI profiler Karen Vail, on the hunt for an escaped serial killer… Jasmine Marcks was a teenager when she discovered her father was a killer. First there was the strip of bloody duct tape, then the bloodstain on his shirt, and finally the long nights away from home that always coincided with another gruesome murder. Marcks killed fourteen people before he was finally put in chains. But as renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail soon learns, Marcks’s reign of terror is not over. After writing a book about growing up the daughter of a serial killer, a letter arrives at Jasmine’s house—a single blank sheet of paper mailed from the maximum security prison Marcks now calls home. Hidden on the page is a secret message, a threat from a father who wants vengeance against the daughter who turned him in to the police. When Marcks breaks out of prison, Agent Vail must call on a legendary retired profiler to help find Marcks—and keep Jasmine alive. After seven years working with two senior profilers at the FBI’s legendary Behavioral Analysis Unit, Alan Jacobson created Karen Vail—one of crime fiction’s most compelling characters, according to James Patterson and Michael Connelly. Vail has tangled with the worst serial killers America has to offer. But they were nothing compared to Roscoe Lee Marcks.

FBI Retired Case File Review
Episode 053: Denise Minor - Francophile in the FBI, Investigating En Français

FBI Retired Case File Review

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 48:40


Retired agent Denise Minor served nearly 29 years with the FBI. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerri Williams, Minor is interviewed about her extensive investigative experience working overseas primarily in various countries in Africa and in the United States utilizing her French language skills to communicate, interpret and translate during her career.  In addition to serving as the Legal Attaché or LEGAT in Rabat, Morocco, Minor was a French interpreter for the Protocol Office in support of FBI Director Louie Freeh and other FBI executives, deployed to Nairobi, Kenya to lead a small team with French language skills to conduct terrorism investigation in the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Islands, deployed to Rwanda to investigate human rights violations and genocide and had numerous other assignments that took her to Yemen, Haiti and other French speaking destinations around the world. Her state-side assignments, included leading a team of crime analysts at the Behavioral Analysis Unit, Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and serving as a leadership development program facilitator on the FBI Leadership Learning Delivery Team.  After retiring from the FBI, Minor, a licensed attorney and certified personal coach, opened her own leadership development consulting firm, MindSpring Metro DC, Inc.

Feeding the Monkey
Body Language and Sleeping Like Virgil

Feeding the Monkey

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 22:00


Dr. Spencer Reid takes a nap, but not really. However, he assures us that it would be perfectly normal if he did. References to biphasic of polyphasic sleep go back as far as 70BC. In fact, we only started sleeping eight hours a night straight through in the early 1920’s. Why would it change and is there any benefit to going back to that pattern of sleep? The Monkey finds out. Also, Criminal Minds follows the exploits of a wacky group of behavioral analysts. Kind of – it’s a procedural that explores how the FBI’s real Behavioral Analysis Unit works. The Monkey finds out if learning to read microexpressions is difficult and what it takes to become a real body language expert.