My Favorite Detective Stories
My Favorite Detectives Stories is a short form interview podcast for listeners who want to be inspired, informed and entertained by great detective stories. We hear from investigators past and present about the type of investigations they perform, how they got into this niche and what they feel are the traits of a good investigator. They will share their favorites detective stories with us.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 187
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
MFDS Ep 26 Dale Pugh
Dale Pugh graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, served as an officer in the Marine Corps, and is a Vietnam Era veteran. He was appointed a Special Agent of the FBI serving as a Soviet Counter-Intell…
MFDS Ep 25 Paul Rubin
Paul Rubin's career began in 1980 as the courts/police reporter for the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review in southeast Arizona, and he spent most of his career as the senior reporter at the wee…
MFDS Ep 24 David Corbett
Prior to his career as a novelist, David Corbett worked as a private investigator for the firm of Palladino & Sutherland in San Francisco, and played a significant role in such headline litigations a…
Episode 23 - 5th Monday Pat McGaha
Pat McGaha, a retired detective and street cop, joins us again for a 5th Monday session. He shares some incredible stories this week regarding the mix of politics and investigation from his experienc…
Episode 22 - Martin Yant
Today’s guest is Martin D. Yant. He is an award-winning journalist and a licensed private investigator specializing in Wrongful Convictions. He has a full-service investigations agency, Ace Investiga…
Episode 21 - Sheryl McCollum
Our guest today is Sheryl McCollum. With over 25 years of experience and education, Sheryl is a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department as well as the Director of the Cold Case Investigative Resear…
MFDS 20 - Rachel McCarthy James
Rachel McCarthy James lives in Lawrence, KS with her husband Jason. She studied creative writing at Hollins University, and her work has previously been featured in publications including Bitch, Broa…
MFDS 19 - Sheila Wysocki
Sheila Wysocki is a mother of two and an accomplished private detective. After solving her former roommate’s murder, a case that had gone cold for more than 25 years, Sheila devoted herself to detect…
MFDS 18 - Joe Koenig
Joe retired as an Inspector from the Michigan State Police after 26 years. He also worked for more than 10 years in the banking and insurance sectors. Since 2005, he has owned and operated KMI Invest…
MFDS 17 - Jerry Mitchell
Since 1989, Jerry Mitchell has been an investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. Jerry has unearthed documents, cajoled suspects and witnesses, and quietly pursued evidence in t…
MFDS 16 - Linda Sanderson
Since 1986, Linda Sanderson has provided dedicated and effective defense investigation for indigent persons accused of crimes in one of California’s most litigious public defender offices. She provi…
MFDS Episode 15 - Fred Mamoun
Fred Mamoun is currently a Communications Officer at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale in 2017, Fred Mamoun worked for twenty years as an Investigative Journalist and as a television news Execut…
MFDS ep 14 - Shannon Sikes Mack
Shannon Sikes Mack is an active Law Enforcement Officer with 19 years of service. She holds the rank of Lieutenant in the Bossier Parish Sheriff's office in Louisiana where she oversees detectives in…
Episode 13 - Dave Watts
David Watts. Dave is a licensed private investigator specializing in fraud and business investigations. He started his career as a patrolman in Plainfield NJ in 1961, became a detective and then an i…
Episode 12 - Katherine Ramsland
Dr. Ramsland holds graduate degrees in Forensic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Philosophy. She teaches Forensic Psychology at DeSales Univerisity in Pennsylvania
She has written on the subjects…
Episode 11 - John Suggs
Family Orchard LLC was established by John F. Suggs in order to apply his expertise in genetic analysis, forensic research and investigation to the field of genetic genealogy where he assists “person…
Episode 10 - Pat McGaha returns
My Favorite Detective Stories is a short form interview with investigators and investigative journalists where we tease out how they got started, why they wanted to become an investigator, what makes…
Episode 9 James Trainum on False Confessions
James L. Trainum is retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. as the Violent Crimes Case Review Project Director- Detective from 2000-2010
James has been interviewed on the …
Episode 8 July 16, 2018 Scott Schober, Cyber Security
Scott is a Cybersecurity contributor to Fortune magazine, Connected World and also a guest-blogger on TripWire’s State of Security, IBM Big Data & Analytics, and writes for HP’s Business Value Exchan…
Episode 7 July 9, 2018 Mark Fallon, Author of Unjustifiable Means
Mark Fallon Author of Unjustifiable Means: The inside story of how the CIA, Pentagon, and the US Government conspired to torture.
He spent more than 30 years in Government Service with 27 at NCIS, Na…