Episode 258: Cocaine Wars

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Miami was the center of the war on drugs, specifically against the Columbian Drug Cartels. Miami Police Detective Raul Diaz took the battle to the cartels during his career in law enforcement. I will be speaking with him and his co-author, Sean Oliver.

Eric Matthew Frein used a sniper's rifle to indiscriminately kill a Pennsylvania State Trooper and permanently injure another. Afterward, it took law enforcement 48 days to capture him in the nearby, rural woods. True crime author Howard Frank will unpack these tragic events.

We will delve into the murder of Ora Schonarth and her connections to the wealthy Rhode Island family, the Blumenthals.

Part 3 of 3. In 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, people dropped dead after taking Tylenol filled with potassium cyanide. It all happened in a matter of hours and then it stopped. I will be interviewing Michelle Rosen, whose mother was one of the unfortunate victims. We will discuss the official narrative in this case, and all the illogical and perplexing actions taken by the authorities in response to the murders.

Part 2 of 3. In 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, people dropped dead after taking Tylenol filled with potassium cyanide. It all happened in a matter of hours and then it stopped. I will be interviewing Michelle Rosen, whose mother was one of the unfortunate victims. We will discuss the official narrative in this case, and all the illogical and perplexing actions taken by the authorities in response to the murders.

Part 1 of 3. In 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, people dropped dead after taking Tylenol filled with potassium cyanide. It all happened in a matter of hours and then it stopped. I will be interviewing Michelle Rosen, whose mother was one of the unfortunate victims. We will discuss the official narrative in this case, and all the illogical and perplexing actions taken by the authorities in response to the murders.

Dozens of people across numerous companies conspired to get women to remove doctor implanted transvaginal wire mesh so that they could profit from the class action lawsuits. The facilitators made millions and left hundreds of women in debt and with permanent pain. I will be interviewing Elizabeth Burch, the author of "Pain Brokers."

We delve into the triple murder of Jeffrey Ryan, 10-year-old Jesse Ryan, and Jason DeHaan, along with the police interrogation of Thayne Ormsby.

Whit Rummel will talk about his brother stealing a Picasso painting, supposedly by accident, and how he and his father helped his brother get rid of it.

Part 2 of 2. Sandy Shaw was known as the 'Show and Tell Killer,' and a jury convicted her of a murder she didn't commit. Yet, she still spent 21 years in prison. We will discuss her tumultuous life, the horrific chain of events that led to her conviction, and how she came out on the other side.