Episode 204: Hostage Negotiation

Attorney and true crime writer Doug Kari talks about his new book: “The Berman Murders: Unraveling the Mojave Desert’s Most Mysterious Unsolved Case,” which delves into the unsolved deaths of Barry and Louise Berman in 1986.

Lawyer for serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Karen Conti, will delve into what it was like to talk one-on-one with Gacy and why she decided to defend someone, who many consider pure evil.

In 2022, Paul Pelosi, the husband of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative, was viciously attacked inside their home.

Interview with Crisis Negotiator Patrick Doering on the many aspects of dealing with people in highly stressful situations.

Part 2 of 2. The murder of Sherri Rasmussen on February 24th of 1986 remained unsolved until 2009 when LAPD detectives turned their focus onto one of their own. I will be dissecting the interrogation of LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus. 

The murder of Sherri Rasmussen on February 24th of 1986 remained unsolved until 2009 when LAPD detectives turned their focus onto one of their own. I will be dissecting the interrogation of LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus. Part 1 of 2.

Liberty Forrest, the mother of a convicted killer Jacob Alexander Tolchinsky, will speak to me about what it was like to raise her son and try to cope with his violent and criminal actions. Part 2 of 2.

Part 1 of 2. Liberty Forrest, the mother of a convicted killer Jacob Alexander Tolchinsky, will speak to me about what it was like to raise her son and try to cope with his violent and criminal actions.   

Twenty-month-old Ayla Reynolds disappeared from her father’s home in the middle of the night. Was this another rare child abduction from a stranger, or do the adults inside the home know more than they are telling?

After 16 years, a judge exonerated Leonard Allan Cure for a crime he didn’t commit. Then, just a few years later, a roadside traffic stop with a Georgia Deputy Sheriff would end his life.