Heroes Behind Headlines
Heroes Behind the Headlines: a new podcast featuring an explosive new story every episode. First-hand accounts of adventures and events which have shaped our world . The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t. Hosted by NYT and international bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 172
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Hunting Al-Qaeda’s Biggest Financier
HBH is thrilled to welcome back our good friend, Omar Kahn. Today, Omar tells us of an operation he undertook as a private investigator against the vast smuggling network of Ayub Afridi, the single l…
Single-Handedly Taking Down a Mass Murderer at a U.S. Military Base
On June 24th, 1994, Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington State became the site of the second single-shooter mass shooting on a U.S. military base. Andy Brown joins HBH to tell the story of how he s…
9 British SAS v. 400 Communist Rebels: The Epic Battle of Mirbat
Russian and Chinese-backed rebels were making deadly headway in Oman during its Civil War of the early 1970s. In support of the Western-allied Sultan, the British Army secretly deployed nine operator…
Iranian Gun Boat Chase and a $250 Million Cocaine Bust: Welcome To The Coast Guard
Captain John Pruitt III joins HBH to tell incredible stories of his time in the US Coast Guard, a branch of the military few people know much about.
John’s stories are remarkable. At the start of the …
War Has Infinite Victims. An Unbelievable Human Trafficking Survival Story.
Human trafficking is a $150 billion-a-year business that thrives in war zones and is arguably more lucrative than arms sales. Lurata Lyon joins HBH and bravely tells her unimaginable story of surviva…
Launching the CIA’s Contra War In Central America
The story of the young CIA operative who helped launch the Contra War in Nicaragua. Ric Prado joins HBH and tells of his first mission in the CIA.
Long before the US operations in Central America bec…
SEAL Team 6: Operating in the Top Secret Special Mission Unit
Legendary SEAL Team 6 operator Don Mann joins HBH for a special episode.
During Don’s incredible career as a Naval Special Warfare operator he served in SEAL Teams 1 and 2 before being recruited to Te…
The Untold LA Riots Shootout That Nearly Led to Unimaginable Consequences
Fred Reynolds joins HBH to tell the story of a shootout that could have escalated the 1992 Los Angeles riots into something far worse. He discusses his experiences as a black police officer during on…
The CIA Mission to Eliminate the Taliban’s Most Lethal Weapon
CIA Officer Doug Laux joins us to explain how he developed a network of spies to track down the man responsible for running the Taliban's lethal IED network, which at the height of the Afghan War was…
Destroying a $50 Billion Chinese Mob Smuggling Operation
International private investigator Omar Khan joins us to explain the incredible story of how he infiltrated the Chinese Triads' global criminal organization, and crippled their multi-billion dollar c…
Inside the Real Takedown of El Chapo
Legendary FBI Special Agent Mike McGowan describes the unknown true story of how he and an FBI undercover ‘all-star team’ delivered a massive blow to the Sinaloa Cartel, directly leading to the arres…
Heroes Behind Headlines - Trailer
The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t. Heroes Behind Headlines is an explosive new podcast, featuring new, incredible interviews every episode. First-hand accou…