Podcast appearances and mentions of rachel hoffman

To the Tallahassee Police, Rachel Hoffman was just a pawn to be used in their war on drugs.   Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.   Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app   Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase.   Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order.   Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT   Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!   Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Hoffman was not a seasoned criminal. She was a young woman who was put in a dangerous situation by a police department too eager to make a drug arrest. Rachel was asked to be a confidential informant in order to get a minor drug charge reduced. This request would prove to be a deadly one, as she did not make it out alive.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crimecast--4106013/support.

Suivez des Meurtres et du Vin sur Instagram https://www.instagram.com/desmeurtresetduvin_lepodcast/Dans cet épisode, Sara va nous raconter la tragique histoire de Rachel Morningstar Hoffman et à travers elle, le destin des personnes qui après avoir commis de petits délits se retrouvent embourbés dans une situation dangereuse. Ou comment le système profite des délinquants.Si vous appréciez nous écouter, n'hésitez pas à mettre 5 étoiles sur Apple Podcast ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Des Meurtres et du Vin est un podcast crée par Sara & Charlotte et produit par Upload Studio. Nous ne sommes pas des professionnelles, ce podcast est créé en toute bienveillance, dont le seul but est de divertir mais tout en respectant les victimes et les affaires que nous traitons. Alors si vous aimez l'humour (très) noir, abonnez-vous!Vous pouvez nous écrire à : desmeurtresetduvin@gmail.comHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

WELCOME BACK! This week I have Rachel Hoffman (@rachelgracehoffman on Instagramn) on the show and we are talking all about her incredible journey with dolls. Rachel owns a doll shop in Denver, runs the Virtual Doll Convention and so much more! I also discuss many of the newest dolls to hit shelves from Barbie, American Girl, Monster High and more! Follow me on instagram: britneyspearscustomdolls or iconicdollcast **Special thanks to @supsupnathan on instagram for the awesome podcast art! **Theme song used from Facebook Sound Collection Have a doll line that you think you could talk hours about?! Reach out to me at iconicdollcast@gmail.com and you could be featured on this podcast!

Continuing our series "What's Next", Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell are joined by Pastors, Gregg and Rachel Hoffman, to discuss life after the wedding! We talk all about married life, marriage expectations, and doing ministry together in marriage! .What are the rules of marriage in Christianity? What is a true Christian marriage? What is a Christian marriage supposed to be like? How will life be after marriage? How does life feel after marriage? Do things really change after marriage? Are people really happy after marriage? How to live a happy life after marriage? What does God say about ministry in marriage? .In this episode, we will:Discuss how life changes in marriageExplain what it's like to work with one's spouseDeconstruct the reasons for marriage, childbearing, and divorceCaution false expectations in marriage.Support the show on Captivate or on Patreon, or by purchasing a comfy T-Shirt in our shop!.Join in our conversations on our Discord Server and Facebook group!.Check out all of our episodes in our "What's next" series:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/dafa464d-c5ea-487e-98a5-d43cf2191b11.Hear all of the AMP Network shows:https://anazao-ministries.captivate.fm.Check out all of TJ's episodes on Systematic Geekology:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/f4c32709-d8ff-4cef-8dfd-5775275c3c5e.Listen to Joshua's other show, "Dummy 4 Theology":https://dummy-for-theology.captivate.fm/listenMentioned in this episode:Support our show on Patreon, Captivate, or on Apple Podcasts

Send us a Text Message.This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too.In their first Women's History Month episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss the senseless murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, and the light her tragic death shined on the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.Sources:Talk Murder with Me blog: “The Murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind”The Guardian: “Women are disappearing and dying in Indian Country. We must act.” by Debra Ann HaalandThe Guardian: “A Native American woman's brutal murder could lead to a life-saving law” by Jenni MonetCBS News: “Report: Newborn is child of Savanna Greywind, slain woman who vanished while pregnant” by the Associated PressMPR News: “Accomplice in killing of Savanna Greywind gets 20 years” by the Associated PressPeople: “Pregnant Woman's Killer Cut Out Her Baby with Small Blade then Smuggled Her Body Out in a Dresser” by KC BakerAmerican University Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Digital Exhibition: “The History and Potential of Savanna's Act”Valley News Live: “Remembering Savanna Greywind four years later” by Bailey HurleyA&E TV: “Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a Native American Woman, was Murdered and Her Baby Cut from Her Womb” by Elena FerrarinKXNet News (North Dakota): Missing and Murdered Indigenous People: The Story of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind” by Nai RemyTwin Cities Pioneer Press: “Savanna Greywind wasn't dead when baby cut from womb, prosecutors say at abductor's sentencing” by David OlsonMatt Orchard - Crime and Society (YouTube): “The Unspeakable Murder of Savanna Greywind”Murder with My Husband (YouTube): “Couple Stole a Baby and Now the Mom is Missing”Let's Go to Court podcast, Episode 229: "The Murders of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind & Rachel Hoffman"Morbid podcast, Episode 330: "The Tragic Murder of Savanna LaFontaine Greywind"Fetal Abduction podcast, Season 1, Episode 6: “The Murder of Savanna Greywind”We Are Resilient: An MMIW True Crime Podcast, Episode 1: “MURDERED: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind”Support us!Drink Moment | Moment Botanical WaterDrink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout!Kind CottonConsciously-sourced, inclusive, impactful, kind clothes. Use code AMOSTWANTEDPOD at checkout!Devon + LangLife changing underwear. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Rachel Hoffman chcąc uniknąć kary, została policyjną informatorką. Szereg błędów doprowadził do najgorszego. Instagram: https://instagram.com/konradshymansky/ Autor podcastu: Konrad Szymański Drugi lektor: Tadeusz Falana Opracowanie: Filip Brzeziński Źródła: https://ntpd.eu/4RBYg kontakt/współpraca: codypresents@gmail.com

Rachel Hoffman (CPT & ISSA Certified Run Coach) joins Craig and Chris to talk about finding success as a new runner and how strength training can play a part in finding it. Plus, how experienced runners can add strength training into their routines for additional benefits from pace to longevity.Follow the show on Instagram: instagram.com/trainwiththebest21. Follow Craig at instagram.com/craig_hoffman and Chris at instagram.com/trainergorres.We have a brand new code with our friends at Momentous! Use the brand new code TWTB at LiveMomentous.com (automatic when you click the link) for 15% off all orders.JAWKU provides an elite level timing device at a price anyone can afford. Plus, they have a brand new muscle blaster mini - the smallest and most powerful massage gun on the market. Head to jawku.com/discount/twtb for a 20% discount on all JAWKU products!We're thrilled to welcome Blazepod to the TWTB family. Use the code TWTB for 15% off your order at Blazepod.com.Craig is an official Whoop affiliate! You can join him on Whoop by getting $30 off your membership at join.whoop.com/hoffman.Our theme music was made by Jamarian Bates. You can contact him via Soundcloud here: @jaybates40oz!

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Rachel and Melinda discuss “The Perfect Couple” (S1 Ep10) with their guest, Bonnie Somerville, who played Rachel Hoffman on The OC. The women talk second acts, their Zach Braff connection, sex scenes, and of course, the famous Chinese food seduction scene from this episode. The Perfect Couple Synopsis: Kirsten worries about Sandy's professional relationship with Rachel. Rachel unsuccessfully tries to seduce Sandy. Marissa is excited that her family may get back together when Julie throws a charity event, yet Ryan spots Caleb and Julie together, and lets Marissa know. Summer tells Seth how she feels but then threatens him if he shares that info with anyone!

Postpartum sex is about so much more than sex. That's why host Anjelika Temple is tackling the taboo topic of sex after pregnancy from all angles in this episode. First up: The internet's favorite mom friends, Cat & Nat, share how their friendship helped them challenge the stereotypes of new motherhood, including what's “normal” for resuming sex. Then, Anj chats with Dr. Rachel Hoffman, sex therapist and Chief Clinical Officer at Real, about getting in touch with your body and rethinking what “sex” even means. Follow Bobbie on IG for all Milk Drunk Podcast updates: @ Bobbie Learn more about Bobbie organic baby formula: https://www.hibobbie.com And for more real talk about parenthood (and babyhood!), head to Milk Drunk: https://milk-drunk.com

Today's episode was so insightful and important. I talk to Dr. Rachel Hoffman who is the Chief Clinical Officer of mental health platform Real (A new kind of wellness membership that makes caring for your mental health a sustainable part of your everyday life.). She tells us why dating in the digital age is so exhausting and outlines the paradoxes of choice, her dating experiences in NYC, as well practical advice on how to handle all of the nuances of dating in the digital age. Real's website: https://www.join-real.com/ Rachel's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sexdochoff/

Welcome to this episode! Join editor & host, Ryan Smith, as he interviews Rachel Hoffman, Alumni from Gamma Phi, about Women's History Month.  Transcription coming soon. Questions, Comments, Suggestions: smity@kkpsi.org

This Episode is sponsored by Better Help Get 10% off your first month with betterhelp.com/morningcup   MERCH FOR THE HOLIDAYS!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/  Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ December 17th: Rachel Hoffman Born (1984) How far would you go to stay out of trouble with the police? On December 17th 1984 a young woman was born who would, in a desperate plea to stay out of trouble, agree to help police in a drug bust she was woefully unprepared for. A decision that would end up costing her her life. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Listen to The Cryptid Catalog: (Scary stories for kids) https://open.spotify.com/show/7vwn8JNkTPOmxwRoHsVDc1 Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachel_Hoffman, https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/06/10-years-later-rachel-hoffmans-death-makes-police-informants-safer/580595002/, https://www.wtxl.com/news/remembering-rachel-hoffman-s-murder-years-later/article_ea518ee8-52c9-11e8-ae8f-27670182aced.html, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/03/the-throwaways, https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/10-years-later-Rachel-Hoffman-murder--481981331.html, https://www.wfla.com/news/documentary-looks-at-police-work-with-informants-after-rachel-hoffmans-death/

Hey there Twisted Listers! As we conclude this year's official spooky season, we continue with some of your regularly scheduled - and still horrifying - content. This week, we're looking at the murders of witnesses and informants - victims who knew too much. Featuring an informant-involved drug sting gone terribly wrong, the death of a senator's son, and the horrific murder of a young woman who authorities should have protected. Join us as we rage at our unjust judicial system - the spoOOOokiest thing of all! Check out our website! www.twistedlisterspod.comBrought to you by Podmoth Media Network podmoth.networkJoin us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/twistedlistersFollow us on Instagram: @twistedlisterspcastTiktok: @twistedlistersCases Covered:1. Rachel Hoffman2. Javad Marshall-Fields Sources:https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/colorado-death-row-polis-javad-marshall-fields/73-67f849ad-027d-47d2-950f-682fec6127b2https://www.summitdaily.com/news/jury-death-penalty-for-double-aurora-slaying/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/06/10-years-later-rachel-hoffmans-death-makes-police-informants-safer/580595002/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/03/the-throwawaysSupport the show

Today on Failure to Stop Eric Tansey is joined by pinch hitter Drew Breasy to breakdown the Murder of Rachel Hoffman who was actively working as a confidential informant. What is a CI and how are they used? We break it all down on todays Failure to stop Breakdown.   SPONSORED BY: Ghostbed.com | Code: WOLFPACK - 35% off SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE

Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind had no reason to suspect her neighbor, Brooke Crews, was up to something. Brooke claimed she just needed a quick favor. Would Savanna come upstairs and try on a dress she'd been making? Savanna was eight months pregnant and about to sit down to dinner, but she told Brooke she'd help her out. It was the last thing she ever did. Then Kristin tells us a story that illustrates the dangers of becoming a confidential informant. When police discovered marijuana and ecstasy in 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman's apartment, they leveled with her. She could go to prison for up to four years. Or she could become a confidential informant. Rachel chose the latter and soon found herself at the center of a very dangerous drug bust. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The Throwaways,” by Sarah Stillman for The New Yorker “Rachel's timeline,” The Rachel Morningstar Foundation “Botched sting: killed with the gun she was supposed to buy,” by Brian Ross and Vic Walter for ABC News “Hoffman's attorneys release statement critical of TPD,” Tallahassee Democrat “Lieutenant who OK'd Hoffman drug buy has ‘sustained' investigation on record,” by Corey Clark for the Tallahassee Democrat “City commission approves $2.6M deal with parents of slain police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Lance Block bio,” lanceblocklaw.com “A decade later, Rachel Hoffman's tragic death helps make police informants safer,” by Jennifer Portman and Karl Etters for the Tallahassee Democrat “Transcripts released in Hoffman investigation,” by Nic Corbett and Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “TPD: We shouldn't have blamed Rachel Hoffman,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Parents stand behind son on trial for murder,” by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune “Murder-trial testimony begins,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Shooters frantic, testimony alleges,” by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune “Bradshaw seen buying bleach, witness says,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Expert: Hoffman killed in her car,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “State rests in murder trial,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Closing arguments today in murder trial,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Murder case stymies jurors,” by John Frank for the Miami Herald In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “A Killer Upstairs” episode Killer Motive “Fargo woman lured pregnant neighbor to her apartment, killed her and took her unborn baby” by Kyle Swenson, Washington Post “Pregnant Woman's Killer Cut Out Her Baby with Small Blade Then Smuggled Her Body Out in a Dresser” by KC Baker, people.com “Man Found Not Guilty After Girlfriend Lured Pregnant Neighbor to Their Apartment and Cut Out Her Baby” by KC Baker, people.com “Slain Mom's ‘Miracle Child' — Who Was Cut From Her Belly — Thrives 2 Years Later” by Daniel Egitto, oxygen.com “State Supreme Court Tosses Life Sentence For Man Whose Girlfriend Cut Baby From Neighbor's Womb” by Dorian Geiger, oxygen.com “Man acquitted in pregnant woman's slaying in North Dakota” by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press “North Dakota court overturns life term in cut from womb case” by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press “North Dakota v. Hoehn” justia.com YOU'RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We'd offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you'll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90's style chat room!  

After two encounters with the Tallahassee police department over weed, Rachel Hoffman was encouraged by investigator Ryan Pender to become a confidential informant and have potential felony charges reduced or dropped. Rachel was murdered during the sting operation and a cover-up and smear campaign followed quickly thereafter by the parties responsible for her death. This week, Matt and Carolanne talk about the murder of Rachel Hoffman.  Our linktree: linktr.ee/boozedandconfused This week's booze of choice: Revolution's Hazy Hero Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/03/the-throwaways https://www.wtxl.com/news/remembering-rachel-hoffman-s-murder-years-later/article_ea518ee8-52c9-11e8-ae8f-27670182aced.html https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/06/10-years-later-rachel-hoffmans-death-makes-police-informants-safer/580595002/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachel_Hoffman https://www.pumphreylawfirm.com/blog/rachels-law-what-it-means-for-confidential-informants/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=euhN57b2Ayg

www.patreon.com/accidentaldads for bonus content and to support the show AND The Save The Music Foundation!   Top police stings   A sting operation is a deceitful operation used by law enforcement to apprehend criminals in the act of trying to commit a crime. In order to obtain proof of a suspect's misconduct, a typical sting involves an undercover law enforcement officer, investigator, or cooperative member of the public acting as a criminal partner or prospective victim and cooperating with a suspect's activities. Journalists for the mass media occasionally use sting operations to film and disseminate footage of illegal conduct.   Sting procedures are prevalent in many nations, including the United States, but are prohibited in others, like Sweden and France. Certain sting operations are prohibited, such as those carried out in the Philippines where it is against the law for police enforcement to act as drug traffickers in order to catch purchasers of illegal substances.   Examples   Offering free sports or airline tickets to lure fugitives out of hiding. Deploying a bait car (also called a honey trap) to catch a car thief Setting up a seemingly vulnerable honeypot computer to lure and gain information about hackers Arranging for someone under the legal drinking age to ask an adult to buy an alcoholic beverage or tobacco products for them Passing off weapons or explosives (whether fake or real), to a would-be terrorist Posing as: someone who is seeking illegal drugs, contraband, or child pornography, to catch a supplier (or as a supplier to catch a customer) a child in a chat room to identify a potential online child predator a potential customer of illegal prostitution, or as a prostitute to catch a would-be customer a hitman to catch customers and solicitors of murder-for-hire; or as a customer to catch a hitman a spectator of an illegal dogfighting ring a documentary film crew to lure a pirate to the country where a crime was committed.   Whether sting operations constitute entrapment raises ethical questions. Law enforcement might have to be careful not to incite someone who wouldn't have otherwise committed a crime to do so. Additionally, while conducting such operations, the police frequently commit the same crimes, like purchasing or selling narcotics, enticing prostitutes, etc. The defendant may raise the entrapment defense in common law jurisdictions.   Contrary to common belief, however, laws against entrapment do not forbid undercover police personnel from pretending to be criminals or deny that they are police officers. Entrapment is normally only a defense when suspects are coerced into confessing to a crime they probably would not have otherwise committed. However, the legal meaning of this coercion differs widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Entrapment might be used as a defense, for instance, if undercover agents forced a possible suspect to manufacture illicit narcotics in order to sell them. Entrapment has often not taken place if a suspect is already producing narcotics and authorities pretend as purchasers to apprehend them.   Operation Entebbe The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commandos successfully carried out Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt, a counterterrorism hostage-rescue mission, at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. A week earlier, on June 27, two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations (PFLP-EO) (who had previously split from the PFLP of George Habash) and two members of the German Revolutionary Cells hijacked an Air France Airbus A300 jet airliner carrying 248 passengers. The declared goal of the hijackers was to trade the hostages for the release of 13 detainees in four other countries and the release of 40 Palestinian terrorists and related prisoners who were detained in Israel. The flight, which had left Tel Aviv for Paris, was rerouted after a stopover in Athens through Benghazi to Entebbe, the country of Uganda's principal airport. The ruler Idi Amin, who had been made aware of the hijacking from the start[10], encouraged the hijackers and personally greeted them. The hijackers confined all Israelis and a few non-Israeli Jews into a separate room after transferring all captives from the plane to a deserted airport facility.  148 captives who were not Israelis were freed and taken to Paris over the course of the next two days. Ninety-four passengers—mostly Israelis—and the 12-person Air France crew were held captive and threatened with execution.  Based on information from the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the IDF took action. If the demands for the release of the prisoners were not granted, the hijackers threatened to murder the hostages. The preparation of the rescue effort was prompted by this threat. These strategies included getting ready for armed opposition from the Uganda Army. It was a nighttime operation. For the rescue mission, Israeli transport planes flew 100 commandos to Uganda over a distance of 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles). The operation took 90 minutes to complete after a week of planning. Out of the 106 captives still held, 102 were freed, and three were murdered. In a hospital, the second captive was later slain. Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, the unit leader, was one of the five injured Israeli commandos. Netanyahu was Benjamin Netanyahu's elder sibling and the future Israeli prime minister. Eleven Soviet-built MiG-17s and MiG-21s of the Ugandan air force were destroyed, and all five hijackers and forty-five Ugandan troops were killed. Idi Amin gave the command to attack and kill Kenyans living in Uganda after the operation because Kenyan sources supported Israel. 245 Kenyans in Uganda were killed as a consequence, and 3,000 left the nation. In honor of Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the force, Operation Entebbe, which had the military codename Operation Thunderbolt, is occasionally referred to retroactively as Operation Jonathan.   Operation Valkyrie Senior Nazi military officers and Adolf Hitler convened in the Wolf's Lair in Rastenburg, Eastern Prussia, on July 20, 1944. Hitler's body was discovered scattered across the table as the Nazi military chiefs sat down to plan troop deployments on the Eastern Front when an explosion burst through the steamy meeting room. With the Führer's death, the Nazi threat to Europe could have been lifted. or so it seems at first.   Claus von Stauffenberg and his accomplices believed they had turned the course of World War II and maybe saved thousands of extra lives for a brief period of time in history. The July Plot, also known as Operation Valkyrie, was the most famous attempt to have Hitler killed, although it was ultimately unsuccessful for a variety of reasons, some of which are still unknown to this day. The July Plot Is Hatched Many Germans, including some of the country's top military figures, had begun to lose faith in Germany's ability to win the war by the summer of 1944. Hitler was widely held responsible for ruining Germany. The Wolfsschanze was one of Hitler's military headquarters. A number of prominent politicians and senior military figures devised a plan to murder the Führer by detonating a bomb at a conference there in order to spark political unification and a coup. Operation Valkyrie was the name of the strategy. The plan was that after Hitler's death, the military would assert that the murder was the result of a Nazi Party coup attempt, and the Reserve Army would take significant buildings in Berlin and detain senior Nazi figures. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler would become Germany's new chancellor, and Ludwig Beck would become its first president. The new administration wanted to negotiate a peaceful conclusion to the war, ideally with benefits for Germany. The main conspirators' motives varied, according to Philipp Freiherr Von Boeselager, one of the last remaining participants in the July Plot. Many of them only saw it as a means of avoiding military defeat, while others hoped to at least partially restore some of the nation's morals. They chose Claus von Stauffenberg, a young colonel in the German army, to carry out the assassination. Despite not being a member of the Nazi party in the traditional sense, Stauffenberg was a devoted German patriot. In the end, he came to think that if Germany was to be saved, it was his patriotic duty to expel Adolf Hitler. Hitler, though, had experienced assassination attempts before. Assassination attempts against Hitler had been more frequent since his spectacular ascent to the top of Germany's political scene in the late 1930s. Hitler, who was becoming more and more paranoid, frequently altered his plans without warning and at the last minute. What Went Wrong Stauffenberg entered the bunker at Wolfsschanze on July 20, 1944. The conference was planned to take place in a concrete, windowless subterranean bunker that was closed off by a large steel door. By making sure it happened within one of these facilities, the detonation would be confined and anyone nearby the explosive device would die quickly from the shrapnel. The conference was moved to an above-ground wooden bunker with better air circulation on July 20 due to the oppressively hot weather, according to Pierre Galante's Operation Valkyrie: The German Generals' Plot Against Hitler. Numerous windows, a wooden table, and other beautiful furniture were all present in the area, which meant that the potential explosion would be much diminished since the energy of the blast would be absorbed and diffused. Stauffenberg was aware that this was the case, but he nonetheless proceeded, assuming that two explosives would be sufficient to destroy the room and kill everyone within. Stauffenberg excused himself when he arrived, saying that he needed to change his clothing, and went to a private room. The two explosives needed to be armed and primed. However, he only had time to arm one of the two devices due to an unexpected phone call and a quick knock at his door. Thus, the possibility of a greater blast was cut in half. Stauffenberg realized that in order to cause any kind of harm, the explosive device needed to be placed as near to Hitler as possible. He was able to get a seat as near to Hitler as possible with only one other person between them by claiming that his hearing was impaired due to his wounds. Placing the bag as near to Hitler as possible, Stauffenberg then left the room pretending to take a personal call. The briefcase was accidentally shifted to the opposite side of a large wooden leg that was supporting the meeting room table as another official was taking a seat. The Aftermath Panic broke out after the device exploded at precisely 12:42 pm. Twenty individuals were hurt, including three cops who subsequently died from their injuries, and a stenographer was instantaneously murdered. Stauffenberg and his assistant Werner von Haeften leapt into a staff car and bluffed their way past three different military checkpoints to flee the mayhem at the Wolfsschanze complex because they believed that Hitler was indeed dead. Hitler, however, along with everyone else who was protected by the large wooden table leg, only suffered a few minor cuts and an eardrum perforation. He had fully torn-up pants, and the Nazi leadership would subsequently utilize pictures of them in a propaganda effort. Ian Kershaw, a historian, claims that during the explosion, contradictory news concerning Hitler's fate came. In spite of the disarray, the Reserve Army started detaining senior Nazi officials in Berlin. The entire scheme, however, was eventually thwarted by delays, unclear communication, and the announcement that Hitler was still alive. The conspirators were all given the death penalty in a hastily called court martial the same evening by General Friedrich Fromm. In the courtyard of the Bendlerblock, a makeshift firing squad murdered Stauffenberg, von Haeften, Olbricht, and another officer, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, while Ludwig Beck committed himself. At Berlin's Plötzensee jail, Berthold Stauffenberg was gently strangled while the incident was being recorded for Hitler to see. Hitler's life was ultimately saved that day by a number of interrelated reasons, but the conspirators were right that Germany was headed for disaster. Less than a year later, the Nazi leader and his closest advisers committed suicide. Operation Iceman Ever wonder what its like working undercover with an alleged murderer? Well, let's just say it's not hard to get a stuffy nose around this case… In fact, serial killer Richard Kuklinski's preferred method of murder involved using a nasal spray bottle to spritz cyanide into the faces of his victims. As a result, undercover agent Dominick Polifrone was never more on guard than during the 18 months he spent building a case against the so-called Iceman. “No matter where I went with him, I wore this leather jacket with a pocket sewn inside containing a small-caliber weapon,” recalls Polifrone, who gained his target's confidence and taped dozens of their conversations. “I knew that I was somewhere on his hit list. If he'd pulled out that nasal spray, I'd have to protect myself.” The streetwise New Jersey officer acquired enough proof before Kuklinski had suspicions, preventing that situation from occurring. Finally, the enormous 6-foot-4 gangland killer was apprehended thanks to his evidence. “I've met hundreds of bad guys, but Kuklinski was a totally different type of individual,” he tells The Post. “He was coldhearted — ice-cold like the devil. He had no remorse about anything.”  Kuklinski was captured by Polifrone in a combined operation between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the office of the New Jersey attorney general. The criminal, who was a leading suspect in the murder of a mobster whose body was found two years after his disappearance, was posing as a respectable businessman residing in suburban Dumont, New Jersey. The reason the medical examiners discovered ice in the muscle tissue was because Kuklinski, who earned his notoriety for frequently freezing the bodies of his victims and then defrosting them, erred that time. Police made an indirect connection between the deceased man and Kuklinski, who was charged with a number of previous homicides.  “We had to get something nobody knew,” recalls Polifrone. The sting only appears briefly on screen in the film. In order to gain Kuklinski's trust, Polifrone, a resident of Hackensack, New Jersey, pretended to be a "bad person" for a whole year and a half. They met in parks and rest areas along highways and discussed the horrific killings Kuklinski had carried out, including a Mafia hit in Detroit for which he was paid $65,000. Additionally, there were "statement killings." To put a dead canary in the mouth of a victim as a warning to other victims, one mafia leader paid him extra. Another occasion, Kuklinski made light of the fact that he saw a gang member consume an entire cheeseburger laced with cyanide before passing away while joking with Polifrone. Recalls the cop: “He told me that cyanide normally works real quick and easy, but that ‘this guy has the constitution of a God damn ox, and is just eating and eating.  “He said he almost ate the whole burger and then, bam, he's down!” Polifrone knew exactly how to play his role. “I laughed, of course,” he shrugs. “That's what bad guys do.”  Paradoxically, Kuklinski was a committed family man. He led a Jekyll-and-Hyde existence.  “He never socialized, gambled or messed around with other women,” adds Polifrone. “He lived for his wife and kids.” One minute he'd be repairing his daughters' toys, the next, dismembering a body with a chain saw and stuffing it into an oil drum. “He would come home and completely shut off this murderous component and seek security and love from his family,” says “Iceman” director Vromen. “He fulfilled the need to provide for them by killing.” Polifrone finally nailed Kuklinski after tricking him into buying what he thought was pure cyanide. A team of feds and ATF officers arrested him in December 1986. Twenty-eight years later, he reflects on the man who died, apparently of natural causes, in Trenton Prison in 2006 at age 70. Eyebrows were raised because he was due to appear as a witness at the trial of a Gambino family underboss. “I hope he died a slow death because of what he did to families and individuals,” concludes Polifrone. “He had no mercy. And if it was foul play, that's OK with me.” So let's talk about some controversial sting operations you may or may not have heard of.   ACORN Sting   Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is known as ACORN. ACORN was a group of neighborhood-based organizations in the US that supported low- and middle-income families. They also offered details on affordable housing and voter registration. James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, two young conservative activists, published recordings that had been edited with care in 2009. The two pretended to be a pimp and a prostitute before using a hidden camera to get unflattering answers from ACORN workers that seemed to give them advice on how to hide their prostitution business and avoid paying taxes.The plea for assistance in obtaining funding for a brothel didn't appear to deter the ACORN employees either. This sparked a national debate and led to a reduction in financing from public and private sources. ACORN declared on March 22, 2010, that it was disbanding and shutting all of its connected state chapters as a result of declining funding. Interesting fact: On January 25, 2010, James O'Keefe and three other people were detained on felony charges for allegedly tampering with the phones at Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans. O'Keefe stated that he was looking into claims that Landrieu's staff had dismissed constituent phone calls over the health care issue. O'Keefe recorded the action as they pretended to be telephone repairmen.In the end, they were accused with breaking into a government building under false pretenses, a misdemeanor. Following his admission of guilt, O'Keefe received a three-year probationary period, 100 hours of community service, and a $1,500 fine.   Operation West End The largest undercover news story in Indian journalism has been described like this. In order to expose the alleged culture of bribery inside the Indian Ministry of Defense, a well-known newspaper from India by the name of Tehelka—which translates as "sensation" in Hindi—started its first significant undercover operation, "Operation West End" in 2001. Two reporters from the publication pretended to be London-based armaments dealers from a fake firm. In the undercover film, numerous politicians and defense officials are shown discussing and accepting bribes in exchange for assisting them in obtaining government contracts, including Bangaru Laxman, secretary of the ruling BJP party. Laxman and Military Minister George Fernandes (shown above) resigned following the release of the tapes, and a number of other defense ministry employees were placed on administrative leave.   Interesting Fact: Instead of initially acting on the evidence from the sting operation, the Indian government accused the newspaper of fabricating the allegations. The main financial backers of Tehelka were made targets of investigations, and the newspaper company was almost ruined. In 2003, Tehelka was re-launched as a weekly newspaper, and was funded by faithful subscribers and other well-wishers. In 2007, Tehelka shifted to a regular magazine format.   Senator Larry Craig On June 11, 2007, an undercover police officer conducting a sting operation targeting males cruising for sex at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport detained Idaho Senator Larry Craig. Sgt. Dave Karsnia, the arresting officer, claimed that just after noon, the suspect entered a restroom and shut the door. Craig then moved into the stall next to him and propped his suitcase up against the stall door's front. By obscuring the front view, this is frequently done in an effort to hide sexual activity. Several minutes later, the officer claimed to have noticed Craig looking into his stall through a gap, tapping his right foot repeatedly, then moving it till it brushed Karsnia's. Craig then passed his hand under the stall divider into Karsnia's stall with his palm up and guided it along the divider toward the front of the stall three times. Karsnia then waved his badge back, to which the senator responded, “No!” The senator pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and paid a fine, but changed his mind after word of his arrest later became public. Craig claimed he just had a “wide stance”, and he only pleaded guilty to avoid a spectacle.An appeals court rejected his request to change his mind about entering a guilty plea. Craig completed his time in the Senate but was unable to have his case dismissed by the Senate Ethics Committee. Craig departed office on January 3, 2009, having not to run for reelection in 2008. Fascinating Fact: Soon after Craig was arrested, the men's room started to resemble a tourist destination, with people coming to seek directions and take photographs. Even restroom tissue may be purchased on eBay. Listen to the conversation between Senator Craig and Sgt. Karsnia immediately following the arrest here.   7 Sarah Ferguson was victimized by Mazher Mahmood, a reporter for the tabloid daily "News of the World," in May 2010. In order to set up a meeting with Ferguson, Mahmood pretended to be a wealthy international businessman. The Duchess, who was discreetly recorded throughout the encounter, offered to connect the "tycoon" with Prince Andrew's influential inner circle. "500,000 pounds when you can, to me, open doors," Sarah Ferguson is heard saying on the video. She may also be seen removing a briefcase that is holding $40,000 in cash. After the event was reported, Ferguson's spokesman claimed she was both "devastated" and "regretful." She said that she had been drinking before asking for the money and was "in the gutter at that point" in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Mazher Mahmood, the guy who pretended to be the tycoon, is referred to as the "Fake Sheikh" and has conned several famous people. No one is certain if that is his true name or what his real history is since he likes to make things as mysterious as possible. The journalist denies ever allowing his face to appear in any of his pieces and claims to have received several death threats. He also avoids public appearances.   Bait Cars The Minneapolis Police Department employed the first bait cars in the 1990s. The largest bait car fleet in North America is now situated in Surrey, British Columbia, which is widely regarded as the continent's "auto theft capital." The cars are carefully modified, equipped with GPS tracking equipment, audio/video surveillance, and an engine-disabling remote control. It has helped to lower car theft by 47% when it was introduced in Surrey, British Columbia, in 2004. In one of the more contentious bait vehicle stings, a lady was murdered nearly instantaneously after a robber driving a bait car drove into her in Dallas, Texas, in 2008. To resolve the litigation, $245,000 was given to the victim's family. Fact: The key to determining whether police are utilizing a bait car improperly and would result in entrapment is if they left it in a way that would tempt someone who would not ordinarily commit a crime. Here, you can view one of the more eye-catching (to put it mildly) bait vehicle stings. Many others will undoubtedly have the same thoughts as I had. “Where the heck was the kill switch?”   Marion Barry A well-known politician and former mayor of Washington, D.C., Marion Barry. Police were going to conduct an undercover narcotics transaction with former Virgin Islands official Charles Lewis on December 22, 1988, but they were turned back when they discovered Mayor Marion Barry was in Lewis's hotel room. This prompted a grand jury inquiry into potential mayor meddling in the narcotics probe. Barry testified for three hours in front of the grand jury before telling reporters he had done nothing wrong. Then, on January 18, 1990, Barry was arrested in a Washington, D.C. hotel after using crack cocaine in a room with his former girlfriend, who had turned informant for the FBI. This was the result of a sting operation put up by the FBI and D.C. Police. Barry said the now-famous phrase, "Bitch set me up," which has come to be linked with him. Following his arrest and subsequent trial, Barry made the decision not to run for mayor again. He was charged with 14 charges by a grand jury, including suspected grand jury perjury. The mayor could have spent 26 years in prison if found guilty on all 14 counts. Barry was only given a six-month prison term after the jury found him guilty of using cocaine. Barry campaigned for municipal council after being let out of prison. He garnered 70% of the vote due to his widespread popularity and the perception held by many that Marion Barry was the target of a political witch hunt by the government. Then, in 1995, Barry won a fourth term as mayor of Washington, D.C. Barry is currently back in his position on the D.C. city council. Regardless of your opinion on Marion Barry, you have to respect his perseverance and drive to help the people of Washington, D.C. The aforementioned occurrence is only a small portion of his remarkable life. A documentary titled "The Nine Lives of Marion Barry" was produced by HBO.    Joran Van der Sloot Dutch national Joran Van der Sloot is a key suspect in the case of Natalee Holloway, who vanished on May 30, 2005, while traveling to Aruba to celebrate her high school graduation. On March 29, 2010, Van der Sloot got in touch with Beth Twitty Holloway's mother's attorney John Q. Kelly, reviving the case. Van der Sloot promised to provide details about Holloway's demise and the whereabouts of her remains in exchange for a total of $250,000 with a $25,000 down payment. After Kelly and Twitty made contact with Alabama law enforcement, the FBI launched a sting operation. On May 10, Van der Sloot accepted a wire transfer of $15,000 to his Dutch bank account along with an additional cash payment of $10,000. He drove Kelly to the location of Holloway's remains in exchange for the cash. He indicated a home, saying that his father had assisted in burying the body in the foundation. The home had not yet been constructed when Holloway vanished, therefore this turned out to be untrue. Later, Van der Sloot informed Kelly through email that the entire incident was a fraud. At this point, police might have detained Van der Sloot for wire fraud and extortion, but they chose to wait while they worked to establish a case of murder against him. Van der Sloot was not only let free, he was also given permission to depart Aruba and travel to Bogotá, Colombia, and then Lima, Peru, with the money he had made from the operation. He met Stephany Flores Ramirez, a 21-year-old University of Lima business student, in a casino hotel in the city. Ramirez and Van der Sloot are seen entering a hotel room together on security footage, but only Van der Sloot is seen exiting. On June 2, Ramirez was discovered dead in the hotel room that Van der Sloot had booked, her neck broken and she had been battered to death. On May 30, 2010, precisely five years after Natalee Holloway vanished, Ramirez passed away. A person arrested Van der Sloot He admitted to the murder on June 3 and June 7. Fascinating fact: Van der Sloot is presently detained at Peru's Miguel Castro jail, where murder charges have been brought. He apparently now claims that if he is permitted to move to a jail in Aruba, he would tell the whereabouts of Natalee Holloway's remains.   Perverted Justice Stings Perverted-Justice is a group that uses volunteers to masquerade as juveniles online, often between the ages of 10-15, and wait for an adult to message or email the decoy back. If the topic becomes sexual, they won't actively reject it or support it. Then, in order to set up a meeting, they will attempt to identify the males by acquiring their phone numbers and other information. The group then provides law enforcement with the information. Additionally, Perverted-Justice has worked with the American reality show "To Catch a Predator." In Murphy, Texas, one of the more contentious instances took place in 2006. Louis Conradt (seen above), a district attorney in Texas, pretended to be a 19-year-old college student and had sexually explicit internet conversations with a person he thought was a 13-year-old kid. They hired an actress to portray the youngster on the phone when Conradt demanded images of the boy's genitalia. Conradt stopped returning phone calls and instant messages, so police and the reality program decided to conduct a search warrant operation at his residence. A gunshot was heard as the police entered the scene to make an arrest. Conradt was inside with a self-inflicted wound when they arrived, and he eventually passed away at a hospital. 23 people were taken into custody for online solicitation of minors as a consequence of the sting operation in Murphy, Texas. Due to inadequate evidence, none of the 23 instances were prosecuted as of June 2007. Conradt's family launched a $105 million lawsuit against Dateline's To Catch a Predator series. The dispute was ultimately resolved outside of court. All next episodes' development was halted by the network in 2008. Rachel Hoffman On February 22, 2007, a traffic stop in Tallahassee, Florida, resulted in Rachel Hoffman being found in possession of 25 grams of marijuana. Then, on April 17, 2008, police searched her flat and found 4 ecstasy tablets and 151.7 grams of marijuana. Police allegedly threatened to put her in jail unless she worked as an undercover informant for them, according to her account. She was then dispatched untrained to an undercover gathering to purchase a weapon and a significant quantity of narcotics from two alleged drug traffickers. The suspects relocated the drug purchase while she was there. When she departed the buy place in the car with the two suspects, the police officers who were keeping an eye on the sting lost sight of her. The identical gun she was intended to purchase was used to kill her by the two suspects while they were in motion. Two days later, her corpse was discovered close to Perry, Florida. One of the murder suspects was convicted of first-degree murder and given a life sentence without the possibility of parole on December 17, 2009, which would have been Rachel Hoffman's 25th birthday. Trial for the second murder suspect is set for October 2010. Interesting Fact: On May 7, 2009, a law called “Rachel's Law” was passed by the Florida State Senate. Rachel's Law requires law enforcement agencies to (a) provide special training for officers who recruit confidential informants, (b) instruct informants that reduced sentences may not be provided in exchange for their work, and (c) permit informants to request a lawyer if they want one.    Mr. Big The Royal Canadian Mounted Police created Mr. Big, sometimes known as "the Canadian method," in the early 1990s in response to unsolved killings. It is employed in Canada and Australia, but many other nations, like the United States and England, view it as entrapment. The technique works something like this: An undercover police unit poses as members of a fictitious gang, into which the suspect is inducted. The suspect is invited to participate in a series of criminal activities (all faked by the police). In addition, the “gang members” build a personal relationship with the suspect, by drinking together and other social activities. After some time, the gang boss, Mr. Big, is presented to him. The police have a fresh interest in the first crime, and the suspect is instructed to provide the gang with further information. They clarify that Mr. Big might be able to affect the course of the police investigation, but only if he confesses to the full extent of the crime. He is also warned that if he conceals any other previous offenses, the gang could decide against working with him in the future since he would be a burden. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are shown in the picture above carrying the hats of the four officers who were killed in Edmonton, Canada, in 2005 at a memorial service. Two of the men serving prison sentences for the murders made confessions to Mr. Big operatives.Interesting Fact: In British Columbia, the technique has been used over 180 times, and, in 80% of the cases, it resulted in either a confession or the elimination of the suspect from suspicion. However, cases of false confessions and wrongful convictions have recently come to the public's attention, and many are starting to question the controversial technique. In 2007, a documentary was made, called Mr. Big, that was very critical of the procedure.   You can't talk about undercover operations without talking about the mob. Here are five badasses who infiltrated the mob.   In law enforcement, working as an undercover officer carries the high risk of discovery by criminal suspects, leading to violence, torture and death. But the rewards can be huge, with wire recordings and eyewitness testimony that can result in arrests and convictions. A trained officer knows how to strategize, win the confidence of their targets and get them to reveal what's needed to build a case to take to trial. It requires an unusual kind of person, able to work under stress, stay focused, pull off the character he or she is playing and be prepared to tell many lies. What follows here is a list of five remarkable individuals whose undercover operations, despite real dangers, resulted in the convictions of leaders and associates of organized crime, over almost a century. This list leaves out many other famous undercover officers, whom we would like to recognize in the future. Perhaps because of the gravity of the investigations, and the financial resources required, all of these undercover officers worked for agencies of the U.S. government. MICHAEL MALONE Mike Malone worked undercover for the Treasury Department's Intelligence Unit. In the late 1920s, he infiltrated Al Capone's Chicago Outfit and helped convict the crime boss of tax evasion. Michael Malone had all the makings of an undercover agent who would successfully infiltrate Al Capone's Chicago gang for nearly two years. Malone, whose parents came over from Ireland, grew up in New Jersey and meshed well with its European immigrants, eventually learning to speak Gaelic, Italian, Yiddish and Greek. With his “black Irish” dark hair and skin, he resembled someone from southern Europe. After finessing his way into Capone's inner circle in 1929, Malone proved invaluable to his superiors in the Treasury Department pursuing a tax evasion case against the Chicago crime boss. Despite the danger, Malone kept an iron will. Blowing his cover would have proved fatal. But given his skills, it didn't happen. While Malone kept up the charade, he delivered information that proved incriminating not only for Capone, but for his top enforcer, Frank Nitti (aka Nitto). Malone remained disguised within Capone's bootlegging band even for a time after the feds filed tax charges against Capone, Nitti and Capone's brother, Ralph, in 1931. When Capone's jury trial commenced, and the Treasury Department removed Malone from his undercover job, the agent gained a bit of respect from the embarrassed gang chief himself. In the Chicago courthouse, Malone happened to enter an elevator where Capone stood with his defense lawyers. “The only thing that fooled me was your looks,” Capone is said as to have remarked to Malone. “You look like a Wop. You took your chances, and I took mine. I lost.” From 1929 to 1931, Malone fed intelligence about Capone that would culminate in the historic conviction of the nation's most notorious Mob boss. His fascinating story began after his service in World War I. With law enforcement his career goal, Malone joined the Treasury Department's Intelligence Unit later known as the “T-Men.” Early on, in the 1920s, Malone appreciated how donning disguises brought him closer to the suspects. He posed in everyman roles such as garbage man and shoe shiner. Elmer Irey, chief of the Intelligence Unit, had worked with undercover agent Malone on Prohibition cases. Once, Irey enlisted Malone to smash a West Coast version of “Rum Row,” rumrunners selling contraband Canadian liquor from ships off the coast of San Francisco. Malone posed as gangster from Chicago in hiding, with money to invest in illegal booze. He devised a nighttime sting operation. Agents posing as bootleggers drove speedboats out to the booze-laden mother ship and, after money changed hands, Malone fired off a flare, signaling the U.S. Coast Guard, which boarded the mother ship and arrested the astonished bootleggers. President Herbert Hoover entered office in March 1929, a few weeks following the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, where seven men associated with Capone's bitter rival in bootlegging, George “Bugs” Moran, died in gunfire. Hoover conferred with Irey and urged him to compile a team of special agents to “get Capone” on tax charges. Meanwhile, another team of Prohibition Unit agents in Chicago, headed by Eliot Ness, would attack Capone on violations of federal liquor laws under the Volstead Act. Irey appointed Special Agent Frank Wilson, Malone and several others to the get Capone team. Meanwhile, a group of wealthy business executives in Chicago, called the Secret Six, donated large sums of money for expenses to assist the feds in getting Capone. Malone used their largess to purchase some expensive clothing to look the part of a well-heeled hoodlum that Capone would envy. Malone set about infiltrating Capone's underworld at its core – the Lexington Hotel, where the boss and his men lived. Wearing a fancy suit, purple shirt and white hat, Malone sat in the lobby, reading newspapers for days on end. He spoke in an Italian accent, introduced himself as “Mike Lepito,” met Capone men playing craps and played the part of a mobster. He mailed letters to friends in Philadelphia, who wrote back. Capone's guys broke into his room, noted his pricey checkered suits and silk underwear. They opened his mail from Philadelphia, read the letters written, impressively, in underworld lingo they understood. They informed Capone. Finally, Capone sent a cohort down to the lobby to ask “Lepito” about his business in town. “Keeping quiet,” Malone replied in his Italian inflection. In the coming days, over drinks, Malone told the guy he was on the lam for burglary in Philadelphia. That got Malone invitations to play poker and trade gossip with the gang, then dinner at their hangout, the New Florence, and then to attend the birthday party Capone planned for Frank Nitti at the Lexington. Malone met Capone at Nitti's party. The secret agent's new acquaintances included big-shot hoods Nitti, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn, Jake “Greasy Thumb” Guzik, Paul “The Waiter” Ricca, Murray “The Camel” Humphreys and Sam “Golf Bag” Hunt. Malone was in. He discreetly phoned Wilson about what he'd overheard within the gang. Wilson and his aides traced signatures on bank checks while pursuing tax evasion cases against Nitti and Guzik. A federal court in Chicago convicted Guzik, who got a five-year sentence. But Nitti skipped town. Malone, assigned to find him, followed Nitti's wife to an apartment building in Berwyn, Illinois. There, the cops nabbed Nitti, later sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion. Then the police pinched Al himself following his 1931 indictment on tax charges. “Mike Lepito” was there at the Lexington when Al Capone arrived back, triumphant about his release on $50,000 bail. Malone listened and reported to Wilson about Capone's scheme to bribe and fix the jury in his favor. The feds moved quickly and a judge created a new list of jurors. Malone then reported Capone's plot to hire five gunman from New York to kill four federal officials in Chicago – including Wilson. With safety measures in place, Capone ordered the gunmen to leave town. Capone's trial, after a judge refused to plea bargain with the Mob boss, started in October 1931. Four days afterward, Malone finally gave up the act. The news spread fast to Capone and his men. Malone had heard that Phil D'Andrea, Capone's bodyguard, planned to bring a concealed gun into the courthouse. Malone and another agent frisked and disarmed D'Andrea, and had him arrested. A jury Capone could not fix found the boss guilty on 22 criminal counts. The judge gave him 11 years in the federal pen and a $50,000 fine, plus court costs. Months later, in early 1932, the Intelligence Unit had Malone, Irey, Wilson and Special Agent A. P. Madden probe the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son. The team's persistence paid off within two years, with the capture (and conviction) of suspect Bruno Hauptman, who still had some of the marked currency the agents convinced Lindbergh to use as ransom money. Malone had other notable cases. In 1933, Irey assigned him to find fugitive New York gangster Waxey Gordon, wanted for tax evasion. Malone located Gordon in a remote cottage in the Catskill Mountains. Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey took the case, and the court put Waxey away for 10 years. A year later, Malone infiltrated Louisiana Governor Huey “Kingfish” Long's crooked crew. After Long's assassination, the IRS won a tax fraud conviction against Malone's target, Long's close aide, Seymour Weiss. In his last undercover operation before his death, the Intelligence Unit gave Malone a large amount of cash and a Cadillac to use in Miami Beach, disguised as a rich syndicate man. He found and reported what the agency wanted – details of a coast-to-coast illegal abortion ring. After Malone's death in 1960, Wilson described him to a news reporter as “the best undercover agent we ever had.” JOSEPH PISTONE Joe Pistone is one of the FBI's most celebrated undercover agents. Using the name Donnie Brasco, he infiltrated the New York Mafia and helped produce 200 indictments. Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In New York City during the mid-1970s, the FBI investigated a rash of truck hijackings happening each day. The agency assigned agent Joseph “Joe” Pistone to go undercover for six months to find out where the Mob-connected thieves took the stolen cargo. His adopted name was “Donnie Brasco.” He was so effective as a wiseguy that the FBI let him keep it up. No one knew how far the investigation would lead, or what it would mean for Pistone, who started as an agent in 1969. His experience would eventually prompt the mobsters in New York to put out a $500,000 contract for his murder, but it never happened. In the end, the evidence and trial testimony he provided in the 1980s produced 200 indictments of Mob associates and more than 100 convictions. His work decimated the Bonannos, one of New York's five major crime families. Pistone's journey while undercover, impersonating a mobbed-up jewel thief, would last an incredible five years, from 1976 to 1981, during which he penetrated the upper levels of the Bonnano organization. No FBI agent had made it inside the Mob like that. The agency beforehand had to rely on informants. Pistone took a class to learn about jewelry to make his affectation believable. In Brooklyn and Manhattan, he roamed bars and restaurants frequented by Mob types. He communicated using the street smarts he absorbed growing up as a working-class Italian-American kid in Paterson, New Jersey, where he went to Italian social clubs and encountered local hoods. Years in, he had the Bonanno circle so convinced that it moved to have him a “made” man shortly before the FBI ended his assignment. At first he befriended low-level mobsters. He wore a wire to record conversations, and committed to memory names and license plates since taking notes would obviously raise red flags. By 1976, he'd won the trust of important Bonnano members, notably family soldier Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggiero, said to have killed 26 people, and capo Dominick “Sonny Black” Napolitano. Ruggerio recommended him so that he could join the clan. Pistone's Mob activities centered in New York and Florida, taking him away from his wife and young daughters for extended times. Pistone even had to vacation with his demanding cohorts. He moved his family members out of state for their protection. As “Donnie Brasco,” Pistone helped Ruggerio transfer stolen goods and sell guns. He engaged in loansharking, extortion and illegal gambling. Once, while pretending to be an expert in burglar alarms, angry Mob associates intent on committing burglaries demanded he reveal the name of a mobster who would vouch for him. The FBI used an informant to quell their suspicions. In the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, undercover agent Joe Pistone is played by Johnny Depp, left. Al Pacino, right, plays Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero. In 1981, the situation intensified again when the crime family commanded him to kill an adversary. The FBI pulled him out of the sting. It was time to start making cases, and for him to testify in open court as himself. Starting in 1982, Pistone's testimony over the next several years in racketeering cases sent more than 100 mobsters to long prison terms. Prosecutors considered him crucial to convicting 21 defendants in the “Pizza Connection” case of pizzerias used to traffic in heroin and launder money for the Sicilian Mafia. Pistone went into hiding and later retired from the FBI, unscathed, in 1986. In the 1990s, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, former underboss for the Gambino family who turned FBI informant, said the embarrassment from the “Brasco” case drove bosses in New York's crime families to suspend the Bonanno group from its board of directors. But Pistone couldn't stay retired. In 1992, at age 53, he requested reinstatement with the FBI, which agreed only if he would enter the agency's strict training class, lasting 16 weeks at its base in Quantico, Virginia. Pistone endured the rigorous course alongside recruits in their 20s. He passed and the FBI rehired him, at least until the mandatory retirement age of 57. Pistone's 1988 book on his undercover experiences, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, was a bestseller. Based on the book, actor Johnny Depp portrayed Pistone in the 1997 feature film Donnie Brasco, with Al Pacino as Ruggerio. JACK GARCIA Jack Garcia was an FBI undercover agent of Cuban descent who convinced members of the Italian-American Mafia that he was Italian. He took part in more than 100 undercover investigations over a 26-year career. Before he succeeded in infiltrating New York's Gambino crime family, FBI agent Joaquin “Jack” Garcia had to go school. That is, the FBI's “mob school,” where he received an education in how to hit the ground running with veteran mobsters. His teacher was special agent Nat Parisi. First off, Parisi said, do not carry a wallet – wiseguys carry wads of currency, often bound by the kind of rubber band grocery stores use to keep broccoli together. Also, correctly pronouncing Italian food matters – as Tony Soprano might say, those long pasta shells are not “manicotti,” but “manicote.” Another valuable lesson he learned is that his Mob brethren loved compliments – his favorite one: “Where did you get those nice threads? You look like a million dollars.” In his 26-year career as an FBI agent, Garcia took part in more than 100 undercover investigations, from Miami to New York, Atlantic City and Los Angeles, targeting mobsters, drug traffickers and corrupt politicians and cops. He participated in the highest number of undercover cases in FBI history. In many of his capers, he impersonated a mobster, using the name “Jack Falcone” (in honor of the Italian judge Giovanni Falcone, killed by the Sicilian Mafia in the 1990s). As a backstory, he told his Mob marks about having a Sicilian pedigree (actually he's a native of Havana and grew up in the Bronx) with an expertise in stealing and fencing stolen goods, with jewelry as his specialty. Sometimes, he had to run several undercover roles at once. He took advantage of his fluency in Spanish and Italian, being careful not to mix things up when the phone rang. In the early 2000s, the FBI chose Garcia for what would be the most fruitful infiltration of an organized crime family since Joe Pistone's in the 1970s. While undercover as “Jack Falcone” with the Gambino's family's chapter in Westchester County, New York, for two years, he flashed cash, Rolex watches, diamond rings, flat-screen TVs and other supposed stolen property (items seized in other FBI cases). Much of the cash he held went to pay for expensive dinners – mobsters, he said, are notoriously cheap when the check comes. He gained 80 pounds over the two years. One mobster in particular who liked his money and goods, and would become his almost daily companion, was Gambino capo Gregory DePalma. An “old school” hood who in 2003 finished serving 70 months for racketeering, DePalma right away threatened violence and extorted owners of Westchester-area construction firms, strip joints, restaurants and other businesses. Garcia said he witnessed DePalma commit a crime almost every day. The FBI had Garcia pose as a wiseguy seeking to invest in a topless bar in the Bronx. Garcia's inquiries led him to meet DePalma in 2003. By providing stolen property for DePalma to sell for cash, Garcia convinced him that “Jack Falcone” was an experienced jewelry thief and fencer from Miami. When Garcia hung out with DePalma over the two-year period, he wore a body wire, and the FBI planted bugging devices at DePalma's hangouts. Garcia gave DePalma a cell phone that the talkative mob capo used prodigiously, not knowing the FBI had bugged it. The operation yielded 5,000 hours of recorded conversations used to implicate DePalma and other Gambino men in racketeering. In 2005, DePalma planned to honor “Falcone” by rendering him “made” within the Gambino family. In a recorded conversation, Garcia as “Falcone” replied to DePalma, “I'm honored for that,” he said, in the tape later used in court. “I will never let you down either.” But it wasn't to be. After Garcia witnessed a Gambino soldier beat another member with a crystal candlestick, the FBI shut down the undercover operation. (Garcia and Pistone are the only law enforcement officers ever nominated to be “made.”) Garcia's efforts inside the Gambino crew paid off big time. The evidence he delivered for the FBI resulted in the arrest of 32 Gambino members and associates, including DePalma, Gambino boss Arnold “Zeke” Squitieri and underboss Anthony “The Genius” Megale. DePalma went to trial in 2006. Garcia, who retired from the FBI two months before the trial started, agreed to testify in federal court in Manhattan. The jury found DePalma guilty on 27 counts, and the judge gave the 74-year-old a 12-year prison term. Like Pistone, Garcia's undercover career is chronicled in a memoir, Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family. KIKI CAMARENA Kiki Camarena was an undercover agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Mexico. After contributing information that led to major drug busts, he was tortured and murdered by drug cartel bosses in 1985. Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, the late Drug Enforcement Administration agent assigned to investigate drug trafficking in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the 1980s, is famous as one of the most heroic DEA agents ever. But he is more well-known in death than in life. His torture-murder in Mexico in 1985 took place at the hands of drug cartel bosses with the complicity of high-level Mexican government officials, law enforcement and, allegedly, the CIA. At the time, the Reagan administration was secretly training and supplying Central American guerilla fighters, known as the “Contras,” against the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The U.S. government allegedly granted the cartel bosses free rein to traffic drugs – to the point of using CIA-recruited American pilots to fly cocaine into the United States to sell for cash so the cartel could make donations to buy more weaponry for the Contras. Camarena, born in Mexicali, Mexico, in 1947, moved with his impoverished family to Calexico, California. He served as a firefighter in Calexico, and with a strong desire for police work, joined the Imperial County Sheriff's Department, moving up to its narcotics task force. The experience led to his career in the DEA starting in 1975. Assigned to the DEA office in the “narco paradise” of Guadalajara in 1980, Camarena was a convincing undercover officer with his appearance and ability to speak Spanish and barrio “street” language to fit in with the drug underworld. His target was the powerful Guadalajara drug cartel (which later evolved into the Sinaloa cartel). In the early 1980s, in what he called “Operation Padrino,” Camarena arranged for U.S. agents to seize international bank accounts held by wealthy cartel drug lords. He developed evidence of major marijuana plantations in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, based on informants and overflights in a plane flown by his DEA pilot, Alfredo Zavala Avelar. In November 1984, from his background work, Mexican federal police and the DEA raided enormous pot-growing operations on a ranch in Zacatecas that employed thousands of field hands. The task force confiscated 20 tons of marijuana, burned the crop and made 177 arrests. The bust cost cartel figure Rafael Caro Quintero about $50 million. Caro Quintero believed his operation had the protection of the Mexican army, and the CIA, since he owned a farm used to train the U.S.-backed Contras. He vowed revenge against Camarena. Meanwhile, a DEA force organized by Camarena seized a large cache of cocaine shipped by cartel boss Miguel Felix Gallardo's operation to New Mexico and Texas. Gallardo also believed he had CIA and Mexican official protection. During the fall of 1984, Quintero held meetings with top cartel traffickers Gallardo, Ernesto “Don Neto” Fonseco Carrillo and Ruben Zuno Arce. Also present, thanks to rampant corruption bought by the Guadalajara cartel, were Mexico's minister of domestic affairs and DFA chief Manuel Bartlett Diaz, plus Mexico's defense minister, the head of Mexico's Interpol office and the governor of the state of Jalisco. The agenda was to kidnap Camarena and get him to reveal his informants and other information. Zuno Arce gave the order. Fonseca only intended to scare and release him, but Quintero wanted to kill the DEA man. On February 7, 1985, Quintero and Gallardo directed their henchmen to kidnap Camarena off a street in Guadalajara. As the agent walked from the U.S. consulate to meet his wife for lunch, they forced him at gunpoint into a car and drove him to a residence used for cartel rendezvous. They bound and blindfolded him, turned on a tape recorder and questioned him, during which he was severely beaten and tortured. The lead interrogator was the crooked head of the secret police in Guadalajara, Sergio Espino Verdin. The cartel men wanted to know what Camarena knew about them, their dealings with Mexican officials and the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking. The gangsters also brought in and beat up Zavala, Camarena's pilot. Both men died about two days later, angering Fonseco, who told Quintero not to kill Camarena. Camarena's wife reported him missing and Washington launched what would be the largest manhunt in the history of the DEA. The cartel had the two men's bodies buried, then dug up and relocated to a farm in another state, where Mexican police found them in early March. During his funeral a week later, Camarena's family interred his ashes in Calexico. His slaying triggered an international incident. U.S. officials ordered all cars from Mexico at the border searched, effectively closing it. The investigation revealed the CIA connection, leading to bitter clashes between CIA and DEA agents. A federal court in Los Angeles charged 22 defendants in the murders of Camarena and Zavala. Under pressure, Mexican authorities acted, arresting 13 men. Mexican courts convicted Fonseco, Quintero and Espino, and sentenced each to 40 years, although Quintero won early release on a technicality in 2013. U.S. officials are still seeking Quintero to face federal charges. Mexican police arrested Gallardo in 1989, and he received 40 years. A court in Los Angeles found Zuno Arce guilty in the murders in 1990, sentenced him to two life terms in prison, where he died in 2012. In Camarena's honor, in 1985 the National Family Partnership started the National Red Ribbon Campaign, a volunteer anti-drug use and education effort that urges youths to recite a pledge to refrain from drugs, and celebrates “Red Ribbon Week” on drug awareness each October. Camarena's is featured as a character, played by actor Michael Pena, in a chapter of the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico, about on his actions with the DEA. JAY DOBYNS Jay Dobyns went undercover with the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang for 20 months in Arizona on behalf of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. His work led to 16 arrests. For Jay Dobyns, fitting in with the infamous biker gang the Hells Angels for almost two years meant adhering to his undercover alter ego, Jay “Bird” Davis, to the point of obsession. To maintain his cover, he had to divert his mind away from his wife and kids. And it all would be worth it – at least that's what he thought at the time. Dobyns had hit on his best clandestine ruse yet while in Arizona in 2001, after 15 years of service as an undercover special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. While working undercover cases in the late 1980s for the ATF, he'd been injured twice – from a gunshot wound to the back from a suspect in Tucson and when gunrunners hit him with a car during an attempted getaway in Chicago. He took part in investigations of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Other undercover roles of his ended in the arrests of a Mexican drug boss and members of the Aryan Brotherhood gang. Altogether, he served in more than 500 undercover operations disguised as a hitman and Mob debt collector. He infiltrated organized crime groups and gangs engaged in drug and arms smuggling. In 2001, to gather intelligence as “Davis” for the ATF in northern Arizona, Dobyns worked in the Bullhead City area, posing as a gun seller and an enforcer for a nonexistent collections agency. But his operation was interrupted in 2002 with the now-famous riot and shootout among members of the Angels and a competing biker gang, the Mongols, at the Harrah's casino in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, during the annual River Run motorcycle rally. Two Angels and one Mongol died and dozens of people were injured. The ATF brass soon redirected him to penetrate the dangerous Hells Angels club. Dobyns certainly had the physical part down with his beard and six-foot, one-inch frame he used as an all-conference football player for the University of Arizona. Later, an Angels member would apply tattoos covering his upper arms. Dobyns teamed with another ATF agent, two other undercover officers and a pair of paid informants. The idea was to create a fake biker gang with the aid of one of the informants who once served in a motorcycle gang based in Tijuana, Mexico. The gangster informant and Dobyns would run the gang, called the Solo Angeles, promote it as a pro-Hells Angels crew and request to join the Angels as a “nomad” chapter. The ATF named the setup “Operation Black Biscuit.” As a convincer, Dobyns and his fellow agent feigned an execution of a Mongol member, tying up an agent, placing cow's brains and bloody Mongol clothing on him and taking a photo. Based on the picture, the Angels took the bait and let them hang out and ride with them. They trusted him so much they offered to make him a member of the Angels' Skull Valley Chapter. He was the first law enforcement officer to infiltrate the Angels. His undercover penetration of the Angels lasted more than 20 months, one of the longest ever for the ATF. His work ended with 16 arrests from the Angels gang. But the criminal case, amid problems between the ATF and Justice Department lawyers, fell through in federal court. Federal prosecutors blamed the ATF, saying the agency did not reveal evidence from informants. In 2006, the feds dropped racketeering enterprise charges – the most serious — against all but four of 42 Angels charged in the Laughlin riot. Dobyns' battle with his own employer, the ATF, soon began. He filed suit in federal court against the agency alleging it did not protect him while he was on duty. He won a $373,000 settlement in 2007. The next year, Dobyns's wife and two kids barely escaped after someone firebombed the family home in Tucson. The ATF investigated Dobyns himself as a suspect in the arson. Investigators cleared him. In 2014, the year he retired after 27 years with the ATF, he filed another suit, for $17.2 million, saying the ATF failed to safeguard his family amid death threats. A judge awarded him $173,000. During an appeal, the judge voided the monetary judgment, but recommended discipline for ATF personnel and barred seven Justice Department attorneys from the case. He ordered a special master to investigate government actions in the case, and possible misconduct by the feds in the arson investigation. But the judge died of cancer. The special master in a report said that the first case was fair enough and required no further probe into the federal government. A new judge accepted the recommendation. Dobyns has authored two books, one on his undercover experiences, another on his travails with the ATF. These days, he delivers lectures on his life to audiences at universities and law enforcement associations nationwide. And now some of our infamous quick hitters:   Donald Duck decoy   Police in Fort Lee, New Jersey used a Donald Duck costume as a decoy to catch drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians. Drivers who didn't stop for the cartoon duck were ticketed. One woman, Karen Haigh, fought her $230 ticket.   "They told me that I was getting a ticket for not stopping for a duck," she told Eyewitness News. "But it scared me. I'm a woman. This huge duck scared me."  Coco the Clown   These old clips from the show COPS show a strange undercover police sting, and proves the adage that clowns are usually scary or just creepy. One cop dressed up as Coco the Clown, an outfit that kind of resembles John Wayne Gacy, to catch women working as sex workers. Spoiler: he pretty much sprays all of them with silly string and the whole thing is sad to watch. Amish woman   At least one cop from the Pulaski Township Police Department in Pennsylvania dressed up as an Amish woman in an attempt to catch a sexual predator. Sgt. Chad Adams of the Pulaski Township Police Department wandered the streets for two months in 2014 after police were tipped off that a predator was masturbating in front of children, according to the Associated Press. He posted on the department's Facebook page, “Hey friends, sometimes being a police officer means going undercover and doing what you have to do to catch the bad guy. Now that our investigation is complete I'll share with you this photo! Back in January we had an individual preying on Amish children walking home from school. The male individual was pulling up to the children and getting out of his car and masturbating in front of them. Although we did not apprehend the individual we believe he was caught in another county. I wanted to share with you that we will use all means available to try and protect our children. That includes dressing up as an Amish woman to attempt to apprehend a pervert! Thanks goes out to the Neshannock police and New Wilmington police in assistance with the investigation! Sincerely, Sergeant Chad Adams.”   Sadly, the sting didn't work, but police believe it is because the culprit moved into another county.   DVD Prize sting   Police in Phoenix, Arizona set up a sting to catch people with outstanding warrants, mostly DUIs, in 2002. The people were told they won a DVD player. People thought they were showing up to pick up their prize. Instead, they walked right into their own arrest. Watch as these suspects went from excited to shocked to sad. Panhandling trick   In 2015, undercover cops in California posed as panhandlers to ticket distracted drivers. They stood on the side of the road, posed as panhandlers and holding signs that identified them as police officers. The pieces of cardboard they were holding also stated that they were looking for seatbelt and cellphone violations. For those drivers who weren't paying attention

Anxiety symptoms are pesky. We spend a lot of time trying to deal with them.    In addition to our daily task duties and responsibilities.    In this episode, I want to share a few tips that can restore a sense of stability and calm.    I don't want to turn anyone into a time robot.    There are some evil time technological oppressors that are rising in the workforce or the corporate marketplace.    Those buggers are trying to find ways to micro manage folks working from home.   This episode is about using time to help you get things done.   What I am talking about is finding the mental shift necessary to make you existence calmer or more relaxed.   These are concepts, not instructions.    It is how to eat the elephant of work you have to do in smaller pieces of time.   Work on a task for five minutes a day, five days a week is 25 minutes a week.   This could be much better than trying to crunch it the last day that it is due.   It is about reframing time to match your needs.   Resources Mentioned:  Bearable, an app that helps you to track not only your symptoms, but food, activity, and sleep patterns. You get a visible display on how you are doing.  Runs on Android and iOs   Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman. Sure, buy the book but you can get a lot of good info at her website.   Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Stress Relief: Stopwatch Tap Technique Bone easy to do and will help you to bring your anxiety down a notch or two. From Very Well Mind, Find More Time in a Busy Schedule for Less Stress. The word "no" is very important. If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741. Disclaimer:  Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.  Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder. This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

This week we chat with Dr. Rachel Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is the Chief Therapy Officer at Real. Her expertise and focus is on sex, intimacy, and relationships. Rachel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, holds a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality, and previously worked at The Long Island Institute of Sex Therapy (LIIST). She's the author of 'Dating and Mating in a Techno-Driven World', which looks at the role technology plays in interpersonal relationships. Tune in for a conversation about: The number one reason why people get divorced Why preventative therapy is a game-changer for relationships The best questions to ask on a first date Why "loving yourself first" before dating is BS The importance of understanding each other's communication styles in a relationship How to take the pressure off of dating in your 20s The positive and negative effects technology has on relationships Why being "needy" isn't a thing - humans have needs! The importance of sharing your needs with a partner How to create deeper intimacy in romantic relationships and friendships How attachment styles affect relationships Interested in Real? Use code REALSNACKS for 25% off any membership option. Real is a mental health care company building a new therapy model. Through a monthly membership model, Real provides care to members that they are able to access anonymously, on their own terms, and at a price that is more affordable than other therapeutic approaches. Through their modernized, therapist-designed programs, they're improving the quality of mental health care and making it accessible to more people, especially the nearly 93% of people left out of the current, traditional 1:1 therapy system. Follow Real HERE Follow Dr. Rachel Hoffman HERE Follow Lauren on Instagram HERE Follow the Life Snacks Podcast on Instagram HERE Let's get snackin' lifesnackspodcast.com

"Spooky Southcoast" recorded live, Saturday, December 18, 2021. Rachel Hoffman returns to the show to discuss paranormal investigation and her work in the independent horror world.

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You pour yourself some tea, put on your favorite jams on Spotify — and before you know it, you've spent an hour fantasizing about taking an antiquing trip with Kristen Stewart. Daydreaming is pretty natural, but how much is too much? If you've been drifting off constantly in quarantine, to the point where your to-do list has been completely not-done, you could be spending a little too much time in your fictional universe. It's a phenomenon called maladaptive daydreaming, and it can really disrupt your ability to function day to day. "Everyone daydreams — it’s healthy!" Rachel Hoffman, LCSW, Ph.D., head of therapy at mental healthcare platform Real, tells Bustle. But maladaptive daydreaming takes the flights of fancy to another level. "Maladaptive daydreaming can be addictive and a compulsion," Hoffman says. On TikTok, videos with the hashtag #maladaptivedaydreaming have over 12 million views, thanks to people exploring the topic during the pandemic. Acting out scenes in your bedroom, concocting an intense storyline set in the Marvel universe while brewing tea — it's all fair game. And there's research to show the phenomenon isn't isolated to TikTok: A study of patients in 70 countries published in Frontiers in Psychiatry in November found that COVID-19, with its unique (and awful) combination of social isolation and stress, has increased maladaptive daydreaming everywhere. So you spend a lot of time in your imaginary world — what's the problem? "As a therapist, I define something to be a disorder when it interferes with your ability to function," Hoffman says. Maladaptive daydreaming isn't a currently recognized diagnosable condition (though some researchers are lobbying for it), so there's no checklist to determine how much is too much. But if your imaginary escape has started to cause you real-life issues, that could be a warning sign. "It is important to have fantasies and 'zoning out' can be a coping tool to reduce stress and anxiety," Hoffman says. A lunch-break dream involving your favorite TV characters: A-OK. "However, healthy daydreaming is within your control. You can easily move in and out, focusing when you need to at the task at hand." Maladaptive daydreams, in contrast, take up big swathes of your day, and you might find them very hard to leave, or get upset or angry if forced to cut them off early. Hoffman also says you could notice you're replacing human interaction with daydreams, or can't focus on your work any more. After an extended bout of daydreaming, you may feel more detached from reality, or feel guilty and annoyed, according to Frontiers. Nobody knows why maladaptive daydreams develop, Hoffman says. But she points to the fact that it tends to happen more often in people who have anxiety, depression, ADHD, or OCD. A study of 39 people who had "daydreaming disorder," another name for the condition, in Journal of nervous and mental disease in 2017 found that nearly 75% of them met the criteria for three additional psychiatric diagnoses. A 2020 study in Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice found that people with ADHD were most likely to experience maladaptive daydreaming, followed by those with anxiety and depression. There's also evidence, from a study in Psychiatry Research in 2020, that people who daydream excessively don't score well on tests of emotional regulation — that is, how well they can control their own emotions. Fantasies can be a safe haven during rough times, but hours inside your own head might end up doing more harm than good. Even if that epic adventure with all the members of BTS is nearly perfected, it could be worth talking to a therapist or a mental health professional about how to daydream in ways that accentuate your life, rather than taking it over. Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H. M., Schimmenti, A., Metin, B., Brenner, R., Ferrante, E., Göçmen, B., & Marino, A. (2020). Heightened Levels of Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With COVID-19 Lockdown, Pre-existing Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Intensified Psychological Dysfunctions: A Multi-country Study. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 587455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.587455 Somer, E., Soffer-Dudek, N., & Ross, C. A. (2017). The Comorbidity of Daydreaming Disorder (Maladaptive Daydreaming). The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 205(7), 525–530. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000685

Doll artists, experts and influencer's share memories of precious Christmas, toys and dolls. Guests: Mel Odom, Rachel Hoffman, Samy Odin, Rebekah Kaufman, Suresh and Joshua David McKenney join host Louisa Maxwell.https://www.dollpodcast.com/episodes

Rachel Hoffman is  a visionary in the doll world combining her degree in communications with doll expertise to launch the world's first virtual doll convention.She has built on the legacy left to her by her mother Diane Hoffman who 45 years ago founded of Turn of the Century Antiques in Denver Colorado. Today, Rachel has taken over the business   carrying on the family tradition  with a team of dedicated staff.  Rachel is now about to launch her Christmas 2020 convention - A Christmas Pageant.  In her interview with host Louisa Maxwell, Rachel  reveals what inspired her to create this online celebration of dolls and collectors, her role as an influencer and how sharing glimpses of her life on and off camera has made her a social media sensation.https://www.dollpodcast.com/podcasts

Allison meets with Rachel Hoffman and her daughter Cyla to discuss their new podcast "She Sounds Like Me", talk about the changing environment for woman around the world, how to approach raising a girl in this new world and working as a mother/daughter duo. Culture Changers | Allison Hare Website: https://allisonhare.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/allison__hare Sign up for Press Play Podcast Course www.allisonhare.com/mmbeta Join the Sticky Notes Blog: https://allisonhare.com/blog Download Your Free Equipment and Software Guide: https://allisonhare.com/equipment Text Allison: 470-242-6311

Most buyers or sellers often need a lot of information before they're ready to buy or sell. As the saying goes, educated buyers and sellers make the best clients. In this episode, our top-notch guest shares her strategies and processes to magnet leads for both initial response and ongoing contact. So even if you're working from home or managing a small team, Rachel Hoffman will show you how her system, that comes with an efficient sorting and distribution strategy, works for her to be able to respond quicker, qualify leads and provide education. No wonder why she is the top producer in JP & Associates Realtors - Austin area! In this episode, you'll learn: How to convert leads so easily How to find buyer leads Speed to lead strategy Mentoring and helping other agents Importance of having knowledge and confidence as an agent Where to find resources to be knowledgeable about real estate Branding and building your sphere of influence Pop by ideas Offer value to your clients Working with a team/partner  Rachel and I discuss how she went from leasing and owning investment properties to building listings for buyers and sellers. She is so gracious in sharing her journey to raising her conversion rates. Make sure not to miss this episode!     Listen to all our episodes and leave a review: HERE  Download Podcast Episode: HERE  Subscribe:  Apple |Google Play |Stitcher |Spotify |Youtube Connect with Lisa: Call Rachel at 512-825-7043 Email Rachel at Rachel@BuyFromRachel.com Rachel's Website https://buyfromrachel.com/ Connect with Kevin: Call Kevin at (512) 202-5109 Email Kevin at kevin@lakewaylending.com Book an appointment with Kevin at: https://calendly.com/kevin-lakewaylending/meet-greet Lakeway Lending's Website https://lakewaylending.com/ Lakeway Lending's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LakewayLending   Help us reach a broader audience on iTunes by leaving the podcast a rating and review by going HERE! And, check out our Upcoming Live Events! Texas Agent Strategy podcast is sponsored by Lakeway Lending LLC 

Talked about her upcoming horror films shes starring in The House that eats flesh and Axe2Grind and being in a upcoming tv series Being a Witch and shared a great story being a Paranormal Investigator and talked horror

This week on the Happy Hour Podcast Ray & Matt are joined by Psycrotes who is filling in for Mike.Their special guest is Paranormal Investigator / movie star Rachel Hoffman. They talk all things paranormal and the fun part is Matt & Psycro are skeptics.Beer Of the week: Boddington's Pub AleShot Of the Month: Bird Dog Chocolate Whiskey Facebook:Happyhour PodInstagram:Happyhour_podTwitter:@TheHHPod

This week, we talk about two women who experienced unfair sentences. Nathalie tells us the story of Marissa Alexander, a woman who was arrested after firing a warning shot when she was being threatened by her abusive husband. Even though the Florida Stand-Your-Ground law allows self-defense, apparently warning shots are not included in this definition...or may just aren't included if you are a black woman. Rachel talks about the case of Rachel Hoffman, a young woman who acted as a confidential informant for the police after being arrested for possession of marijuana (yes, I know CI's are not *technically* sentenced but it falls in the same vein/it's our podcast so we make the rules here). She was sent to buy ecstasy pills, cocaine, and an unregistered firearm from two men who were convicted felons with a violent past. Rachel was killed with the gun that she was sent to buy, leaving her friends and family devastated. Her parents joined together to fight for Rachel's Law that would give additional protections to confidential informants. Nathalie's Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Alexander_case https://www.nlg.org/guild-notes/article/marissa-alexander-a-miscarriage-of-justice/ https://www.freemarissanow.org/about-marissa-alexander.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fla-woman-marissa-alexander-gets-20-years-for-warning-shot-did-she-stand-her-ground/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Five-times-Florida-s-stand-your-ground-law-sparked-controversy_170229587/ https://ideas.time.com/2012/04/30/where-was-stand-your-ground-for-marissa-alexander/ http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/current-events/stand-your-ground/#:~:text=Florida's%20%E2%80%9CStand-Your-Ground%E2%80%9D%20law%20states%2C%20%E2%80%9C,he%20or%20she%20reasonably%20believes https://www.thedailybeast.com/angela-coreys-overzealous-prosecution-of-marissa-alexander Rachel's Sources The Throwaways, by Sarah Stillman https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/03/the-throwaways Irv Hoffman, MA LMHC https://braininst.com/irv-hoffman/ How One Mother Turned Tragedy Into Triumph: The Rachel Morningstar Hoffman Story, by Rex Thomson https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/how-one-mother-turned-tragedy-into-triumph-the-rachel-morningstar-hoffman-story/ Leon County Drug Court http://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/resources/CCMU/Leon_County_Drug_Court_Program_Consumer_Expectations.pdf A decade later, Rachel Hoffman’s tragic death helps to make police informants safer, by Jennifer Portman and Karl Etters https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/06/10-years-later-rachel-hoffmans-death-makes-police-informants-safer/580595002/ Proposal adds teeth to Rachel’s Law, by Sean Rossman https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/24/proposal-adds-teeth-rachels-law/70402966/ Police are responsible for the murder of my best friend, by Lindsey Kline https://therooster.com/blog/rachel-hoffman-police-informant-responsible-murder-my-best-friend From 2008: The left turn Rachel didn’t make, by Jennifer Portman https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/06/21/2008-left-turn-rachel-hoffman-didnt-make/417894001/ Botched Sting: Killed With Gun She Was Supposed to Buy, by Brianna Ross and Vic Walter https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5450550

The Doll Podcast is Launching on  Thursday September 17, 2020. Join us and our guests:Mel Odom, Rachel Hoffman, Samy Odin, Stuart Holbrook, Suresh, Rebekah Kaufman, and Joshua David Mckenny with more guests to come.To find out more go to www.dollpodcast.com,  Facebook, and Instagram

On this new episode of Your Dating Life Sucks we interview one of our favorite guests so far, sex therapist and author of Dating and Mating in a Techno Driven World, Rachel Hoffman. We discuss why dating apps have potentially ruined dating and the partners we choose to be with, how porn has given us unrealistic "sexpecations," and ways to make your partner more comfortable during anal sex. Rachel gives us eye-opening information when it comes to communicating with your partner, how sexual experimentation can help keep relationships fresh, and watching porn with a partner could lead to a night of extreme sexual pleasure. You can follow Rachel Hoffman on Instagram @sexdochoff Follow us on Instagram @Yourdatinglifesucks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/your-dating-life-sucks/support

2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards set a new date and format, Off Broadway Alliance Awards nominees are announced, and more. Plus, Ashley sits down with Rachel Hoffman, CSA, from Telsey & Company to talk about casting NYC theatre during the COVID-19 shutdown. “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through read more

This Breaking Broadway we welcome award winning broadway casting director Rachel Hoffman.  She works at one of the top casting offices in NY, working at Telsey and Co, who has cast hundreds of broadway shows.  This season alone, Rachel is represented on broadway in Beetlejuice, Frozen and Come From Away.  Rachel gives great advice on everything from headshots to how to approach auditions.  I actually learned the most from this episode! Resources mentioned in this episode Telsey and Co website Telsey and Co IG: @telseyandco Telsey and Co Facebook Rachel Hoffman CSA, has worked in casting since 1999. Current and upcoming Broadway and Tours include Beetlejuice, Frozen, Come From Away (for which she won an Artios Award), Diana, and MJ. Past Broadway/Touring productions: Escape to Margaritaville, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, An American In Paris, The Sound of Music, Memphis, Bring It On, Hands On A Hardbody (Artios Award), First Date, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Regional/Off-Broadway productions include: The Bedwetter (Atlantic Theater Company; upcoming), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (The New Group), Becoming Nancy (Alliance Theatre), Love In Hate Nation (Two River Theatre), Found (Atlantic Theater Company), Brigadoon, The Music Man, and The Jungle Book (Goodman Theatre), Guys & Dolls and Candide (Carnegie Hall), and The Great American Mousical (directed by Julie Andrews at the Goodspeed Opera House), Bat Boy: the Musical (Off Broadway production), Altar Boyz, and Godspell (2000 Off-Broadway Revival). Regionally, she casts productions for Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage & Film, La Jolla Playhouse, The Goodman Theatre, St. Louis Muny, and the Paper Mill Playhouse. She previously served on the board of the Casting Society of America, and is currently a faculty member at Ball State University, at the University of Michigan’s summer musical theatre program MPulse, and the Broadway Dreams Foundation. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

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Welcome to a new mini-series from The Ensemblist where I sit down with folks on the other side of the casting table to ask them what they’re really looking for in a Broadway ensemble. As performers, we hear time and again that the folks casting shows want auditioners to succeed. But what does that success actually look like?  Rachel Hoffman is a casting director with Telsey + Company, which she joined after beginning her career on the team at Dave Clemmons casting almost 20 years ago. In the last decade, Hoffman has been on the casting team of 10 Broadway musicals, including the Tony Award-winning Memphis. Her work can currently be seen with the companies of Come From Away, Frozen and Beetlejuice. In addition to her work as casting director, she is also a sought-after instructor and proud (very proud, maybe too proud?) graduate of the University of Michigan.  In the studio, I asked her about what makes a good audition, what not to wear and her favorite story of an ensemble actor shining in the audition room. Here’s our conversation... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sex therapist Rachel Hoffman joins Jared on this week's Friday episode of The JTrain Podcast, to read your emails and answer questions about a one sided sexual relationship, asking out an Instagram model, getting nudes sent to you when you're at a family function, and dating someone who is allergic to latex condoms. Plus, the news with Classic Shelb. Check it out and enjoy Sponsored by: Ghost Tequila. Go to OldTownTequila.com/Ghost-Tequila & use promo code Ghost5 for $5 off Call into the JTrain voicemail line now at 347-669-8252 to leave your questions and hypotheticals! twitter.com/JTrain56 // instagram.com/sexdochoff // twitter.com/ClassicShelb Subscribe to The JTrain Podcast on Apple Podcasts: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-t…id672249013?mt=2

We learn that Home schooling has mixed results, Judd and Darren share shrooming stories, and Josh's wife drops by to tell us why she keeps her cats in the fridge. Recorded on April 21st 2018. Buy our Merch: https://rdbl.co/2IS9IzC Buy stuff on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2yYKFoK Get a VPN: https://bit.ly/2krjezf https://itjustgetsworsepodcast.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itjustgetsworse/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itjustgetsworse/support

Who: Today’s guest is Rachel Hoffman, founder of ‘Unf*ck your Habitat’ and author of the awesome book of the same name. I was trying to think how best to sum up Rachel’s great work when I came across her about page and I think it sums it up perfectly: “Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better than Your...

Our good friend, legal professional Rachel Hoffman chills with us in the studio and she couldn't have picked a better day! JJ gets revved up over a Taco John's incident and that fills a solid ten minutes. Other topics include classic muppet movies, Super Punch-Out, Tim Curry, Michael Avenatti and a jar full of pickles.

Given the opportunity to significantly reduce or even get rid of potential jail time in turn for helping cops perform high risk drug busts...would you do it? Join Lisa and our Guest Host Kara as we try and make sense of how the events on May 7th 2008 took a turn for the absolute worst. Rachel Hoffman was not the low life criminal the media so desperately made her out to be. Rachel is somebodies daughter, is somebodies friend. What happened to Rachel CAN and HAS happened to many others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rachel Hoffman is what happens when a professional bossy person is also a messy person. Rachel’s the founder of (pardon my french but get used to it because it’s the name of her brand and we talk about it a lot): Unf*ck Your Habitat, and she is the author of a book by the same name. Her thang is motivating regular peeps to get up, start cleaning, and get their lives in order because she really believes that our home should be somewhere where we’re comfortable and enjoy being in. I believe that, too. But I can’t believe we had such a fun conversation about cleaning! Seriously! You’re about to hear Rachel drop a ton of knowledge bombs that’ll help your home look less like a bomb exploded in it! That’s what my mom always used to say about my room growing up. Oh and we get into mommy issues in this chat, too! FUN!   You’ll hear:   The secret myth of the Instagram-perfect home. The brilliant and LOL and BLEEP blend of Marie Kondo meets Thug Kitchen method of organization! How to apply the Pomodoro technique to cleaning your house. Justification for the difficulty of putting on a new roll of toilet paper. You’re so welcome! The life-changing magic of getting to sink zero. How keeping a bowl in the right place might make you cook more. How to not ruin cleaning for life for your kids. And lots more!!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS” Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

Karen and Georgia cover the murders of Rachel Hoffman and Bonnie Lee Bakley.

In this episode we welcome Rachel Hoffman, Steve Hughes and Mark Davidhizar to the podcast who will chat with us about the Mitten Challenge held in Wisconsin and Kalamazoo Michigan.

Visit us at www.paranormalunderground.net to read Paranormal Underground magazine!In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio, we talk with Rachel Hoffman and Tina Storer of Boston-area Paranormal Xpeditions. The team is on a quest to document the possibilities of life after death. Paranormal Xpeditions airs some of their investigations live on http://paranormalxpeditions.com/pxplive/. Rachel Hoffman, Team Leader and Forensic Specialist, has been touched by the afterlife since birth. She seeks to explore and understand what happend when we move on. Tina Storer is an expert photographer with a keen eye. She has won the title "brave heart" from her teammates, since she faces her fears during each investigation. Air Date: December 11, 2014 Topic: Paranormal Theory, True Crime and Paranormal Investigation Guests: Rachel Hoffman and Tina Storer Hosts: Karen Frazier and Rick Hale Producer: Cheryl Knight

"Spooky Southcoast" for March 8, 2014. Guest co-host: Stephanie Burke. Rachel Hoffman and Tina Storer of Paranormal Xpeditions return to discuss their new project, "True Crime Paranormal," in which they use new advances in forensics combined with paranormal investigative techniques to search for answers in murder cases. They also catch up with us on everything that's happened since their first appearance on our show, including being featured on "Paranormal Challenge."

The Paranormal I-con Online Convention Guests include: Jodi Parks Rachel Hoffman Karl Pfeiffer Michelle Coppock Andy Coppock Hosted by Wes Forsythe and Rob Szarek

A law to protect law enforcement informants named after Rachel Hoffman.

June 17, 2010. We welcome Danielle Minacapelli, Rachel Hoffman and Tina Storer of Paranormal Xpeditions, a new Massachusetts-based all-girl group exploring the paranormal.