Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Welcome to the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things Podcast. I am your host Detective Chuck, I have worked in the law enforcement field for over 19 years. I will be joined by my co-hosts Detective Burke, with over 29 years in, and Sgt RJ with over 15 yrs. Your mind will be taken on a wacky journey into some quirky and bizarre tales. You will laugh, cry and have nightmares as we negotiate your brain into a peaceful submission. So join us as we put our decades of experience to the task to tackle topics from true crime, hilarious and gritty law enforcement stories, to some great adventures in history....and there is so much more. We consider ourselves as a gaggle of brilliant minds who display our knowledge in a fashion befitting that of a drunken sailor with a sober sidekick...
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 92 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Future is Wide Open
2020, Covid pandemic hit and changed the world forever, everyone was forced to adapt and overcome, every industry was pushed to the limits. Here we are 2024, we are advancing at an ala…
The MK Ultra Experience
The Bourne Identity, The Manchurian Candidate, Jacobs Ladder...so many books, movies, stories, the cold war, and so much more...the prospect of the CIA meddling in mind control is somet…
Elijah Bond The Ouija Board Guy...
Ahhhhh, yes, the Ouija Board...spooky!
Well do we have an episode for you! A story filled with adventure, history, debauchery, and just plain Ouija Board shenanigans, but heavy on som…
Alcatraz Warden James A Johnston
The Rock, Alcatraz, the story of the first warden of Alcatraz James A Johnston...truly a crazy one at that.
We take you to the legendary prison located on Alcatraz, an island off the c…
Grab Bag Special: Failed and Weird Inventions
So here we are...episode 110...it is time for one of our favorite episodes to record, the Grab Bag Episode.
We do a Grab Bag Special every 10 episodes...it is a thing we do here at Det…
North Hollywood Shootout!!! We are bringing back one of our favorites!!!
Remastered and ready to rock, we are bringing back one of our favorite episodes...the North Hollywood Shootout, Guns, Guns, and the Militarization of the Police and More Guns!!! If you…
Vladimir Demikhov Madman or Genius
We love the tale of a great horror story...but what if it was happening right before your eyes...in a lab in Russia.
We bring you the true story of Vladimir Demikhov, the man who would…
The Gladiator A Legacy of Death
Spartacus, The Gladiator, the movies, the stories, the history, legendary tales of life and death. In this episode we take you on a journey through the world of the Gladiator...A Legac…
The Red Baron
WWI, The Great War, the war to end all wars...a new fangled machine had just been invented merely 10 years before the start of WWI, called the airplane. So, what did we do as humans, w…
Miller Ranch Road...The Unknown vs The Science
The world has always been mystified by the unexplained, and the science behind a world that lives beyond our sight. In this episode we take a look at a conspiring world of the paranorm…
Freedom of Choice and Thank You For Your Service...
We all have choices to make, careers to choose, and decisions to make within those careers we choose. So once we choose our path, career, as a first responder, military, service indust…
Johnston McCulley (Zorro) and Legendary Sword Fighters
Maybe you are of the age, or maybe you are to young to know the tales and the stories of the Legend of Zorro, vigilante hero who saved the day...the Robin Hood of early 1900's Los Angel…
Gabriele Amorth an Exorcist for Rome!
The Exorcist, Exorcist, The Pope's Exorcist, books, more movies, demonic possession, documentaries, demons, demonic children, priests, the Catholic church, so many things come to mind w…
Ma and Fred Barker, the FBI's Longest Gunfight
We give you an almighty FUBAR, when the Barker/Karpis gang (1935) exchanged bullets with the FBI, well, not the whole gang, just Ma and Fred Barker. The events and craziness leading up…
Long Haul Truckers a Serial Killers Playground!
When we were kids, it was a thing to open your car window on a summer day, lean out, make a fist and pump your arm up and down as a big rig-semi-truck passed by hoping they would sound …
Grab Bag Episode, Movies, Music, and Pop Culture!!!
The Grab Bag Episode is one of our favorite episodes to put out, the Grab Bag Episode!!! Absolute shenanigans, and all sorts of things happen in these episodes, we have no idea what is…
Should First Responders Be Allowed to Smoke Marijuana...
In this episode the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things team gets after the question everyone is asking. Should Police Officers, Firefighters, nurses, doctors, medics, m…
Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright, Outlaw, Lawman
On this episode, we head on back to the old west, and step into the world of Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright...was he an outlaw, or a lawman, or both. Well, that's we are going try and f…
Women Work In Law Enforcement Deal With It!!!
On today's episode we have a very special guest joining us, Sergeant H. She has 18 years of law enforcement experience, has worked as a 911 emergency dispatcher, a patrol officer, FTO,…
The Uncanny Valley and Anthropomorphism...
Have you ever heard the terms Uncanny Valley, or Anthropomorphism...yes, great. No, we that's great to...cause your in for a treat. In order to understand what these terms mean, well,…