Game of Crimes
Game of Crimes is a true crime podcast hosted by Steve "Murph" Murphy, a retired DEA agent featured in Narcos. He takes listeners inside some of the most intense and fascinating criminal cases from around the world. The show mixes notorious cases everyone knows with lesser-known stories. Episodes feature perspectives from both those who broke the law and those who were sworn to enforce it. Murph asks the questions and uncovers the real-life stories behind the biggest and most dangerous cases.
Episodes
269: He Went From Combat Rescue to Hunting Child Traffickers
Former Air Force Pararescueman Nic McKinley went from small-town Montana to elite personnel recovery missions embedded with Special Forces – the teams called when pilots go down and climbers get trapped. But then the mission changed after he confronted child trafficking in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
268: My Dream Job: 30 Years in the NYPD: Gangs, Drugs & Counterterrorism in the Joint Terrorism Task Force
New York City will always be one of the number one targets in the world — and stopping the next attack is nothing like TV. Retired NYPD Detective Tom Smith reveals why complex investigations span years, and why catching a murderer is easier - with terrorism, you're dealing with an event that hasn't happened yet.
267: Part 2: Model Detective: 25-Year Chicago Homicide Cop Turned 20/20 Star
Retired Chicago Police Detective Sergeant Michele Wood returns for Part 2 - from Chicago murder rooms to Hollywood lights. After 25 years behind the badge and 15 years hunting killers in homicide, she lived the bizarre reality TV never shows - a death scene so grim the roaches left, a roach crawling on her neck as she worked the body.
267: Part 1: How a Chicago Detective Survived 25 Years in Homicide
Retired Chicago Police Detective Sergeant Michele Wood spent 25 years behind the badge and 15 years hunting killers in homicide. From U.S. Army service to flight attendant and waitress to the murder rooms of Chicago, her true story of heels, handcuffs and homicides shatters every TV myth about police work.
266: Part 2: Secret Service Agent Faced Death - Now He Lives Without Fear
Retired U.S. Secret Service agent John Constantine returns for Part 2 to talk about the one enemy you can't outgun — fear. After 23 years protecting presidents, a brush with mortality forced him to make peace with death — and finally learn how to live without fear.
266: Part 1: I Led the Secret Service Counter Assault Team – Then I Lost Everything
John Constantine served nearly 23 years in the U.S. Secret Service, rising to Team Leader of the elite Counter Assault Team - the heavy guns who stand between presidents and catastrophe.In Part 1 of this raw Game of Crimes interview, host Murph sits down with John to unpack the critical rifle incident that triggered an investigation, shattered his identity, and sent him spiraling into depression.
265: Part 2: He Put 51 Crips Away — Then Spent $150K Saving Their Kids
Former Fort Worth Police Officer Tegan Broadwater returns to Game of Crimes for Part 2 of 'Life in the Fishbowl' — the brutal aftermath of 18 months infiltrating the Crips. In Part 1, his cover survived a COPS rerun on a trap house TV. Now he faces the heavier truth: every bust has a human cost.
265: Part 1: He Heard Himself on COPS While Undercover in a Trap House
Former Fort Worth Police Officer Tegan Broadwater takes you deep inside 'The Fishbowl,' an 18-month undercover operation where every word could get you killed. Posing as a kingpin, he earned trust and walked into a gang trap house for what should have been routine — until his own voice echoed from the television.
264: Part 2: DEA's Batman Busted: The Raid That Almost Ended His Career
He wore a Batman suit on a real DEA raid. NBC put it on TV. And that 10-second joke made him the most famous myth in the DEA for 30 years!!
264: Part 1: DEA's Real Batman Raided Drug Houses in Atlanta
Former DEA Agent Steve Peterson became the "Batman of DEA" — wearing a replica Batsuit from the 1989 Michael Keaton film on high-stakes drug raids in Atlanta. What started as a Halloween joke became a powerful psychological tactic in the war on drugs.
263: Part 2: They Called Me Hollywood: My Life Inside the Mongols MC
"They didn't let me pick my name. I wanted Slash. They gave me Hollywood. J Hollywood." And in the Mongols, your road name is your life — get it wrong, you're dead. I spent 34 years with the ATF, two Medals of Valor, and lived double lives inside America's most violent outlaw motorcycle gangs. This is what it cost me — and why my family is my only legacy.
263: Part 1: From Egg Ranch To ATF: Infiltrating America's Most Dangerous Biker Gangs
When the ATF needed someone to infiltrate the world's most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gangs and no one else would do it, John Carr said yes. His willingness to embrace the unknown turned a small-town kid from a Northern California into one of America's most daring undercover ATF agents.
262: Part 2: 29 Miners Killed: The Mine Explosion They Tried to Bury
29 miners went to work and never came home. On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia exploded — methane buildup, inadequate rock dusting, and safety failures that turned a coal mine into a death trap. 29 lives lost in seconds...
262: Part 1: He Left the Mines to Hunt Ghost Stories, Mothman, & Murder
He spent 9 years working the West Virginia coal mines — where brotherhood keeps you alive and one mistake can kill you. Now JD Belcher hunts a different darkness.
261: Part 3:Behind The Badge: The Shooting He Can't Forget 💙
A radio call. A man with a sword. And in the seconds that followed, Chad Jensen's career was on the line all over again — this time not from a federal indictment, but from a trigger he had no choice but to pull.
261: Part 2: He Found The Evidence That Cleared His Name 🔥
This is the moment Chad Jensen's defense stopped fighting to survive and started fighting to win. Part 2 of the fight that ended in exoneration.
261: Part 1: Cop Falsely Accused: The FBI Indictment That Nearly Destroyed Him 💥
He got a phone call that started with these words: 'You've been indicted.' Not for a crime he committed — for one the federal government decided to build a case around.
260: Part 2: The Corrupt Prosecutor & the Informant Code 💥
He helped elect a prosecutor to clean up the streets — and that same prosecutor ended up facing criminal charges. Welcome to the real world of undercover narcotics, where nobody is exactly who they seem...
260: Part 1: WV's First Drug Cop: Cocaine & Crack in Small-town America
Before crack cocaine made headlines, before fentanyl destroyed families, cocaine was already quietly killing small-town America — and law enforcement veteran Terry Sayre was one of the only cops who saw it coming... 🔥
259: Part 2: Can Bravery Be Taught? A Retired CIA Officer Explains
In Part 2 of this Game of Crimes interview, retired CIA officer Steve Hirsch draws on 30 years in intelligence to examine the true nature of courage, secrecy, leadership, and life inside one of the world’s most demanding professions.
259: Part 1: Retired CIA Officer Reveals What Intelligence Work Really Demands
In this Game of Crimes interview, former CIA officer Steve Hirsch reflects on 30 years in intelligence and national security. He explains how a visit to a CIA information session changed his career—and how a conversation led to recruitment into one of the world’s most secretive agencies.
258: Part 2: A Navy SEAL's Warning: Defund The Police Is Destroying America
Combat veteran Kevin Kent isn't just another voice in the "defund the police" debate. He's lived it — from the high-intensity world of special operations to the front lines of American streets as a reserve police officer. And his message is blunt: cutting funding from law enforcement doesn't just weaken the system. It gets people killed.
258: Part 1: Navy SEAL to Hollywood: Kevin Kent's Untold Story
Kevin opens up about his extraordinary transition from the SEAL teams to Hollywood, where he now works as an actor, stuntman, and producer. He reveals how the mental toughness, adaptability, and dark humor forged in the teams gave him the tools to reinvent himself in a completely different world — and why he believes the real test of a warrior isn't on the battlefield.
257: Part 2: They Lured Her to Mexico With a Lie!!
She thought she was going to work at a World Cup bar. She was 17 years old. Instead, she was trafficked across the border into Mexico — and left with no way home. Thanks God that Tyler Schwab and Libertas International were able to her out.
257: Part 1: They Save Trafficked Children — And Nobody Talks About It
Tyler Schwab, founder of Libertas International, is back!! Tyler has spent years operating in the shadows of one of the world's most brutal crimes: child trafficking. In this raw, unflinching episode, Tyler pulls back the curtain on what really happens when children disappear — and what it takes to bring them home.
256: Part 2: He Let the Cartel Boss Walk: A DEA Veteran's Biggest Regret
In Part 2 of our conversation with Bill Bodner, the 32-year DEA Special Agent gets brutally honest about the decisions that haunt you when you're fighting a war that never stops.
256: Part 1: He Cracked the Cartel's Code: 32 Years of DEA Operations
Bill Bodner spent 32 years as a DEA Special Agent. But it was a single 1995 wiretap operation in Los Angeles that changed the game forever. When a Mexican drug trafficking group began communicating through encrypted cell phones — a technology no one in law enforcement had encountered — his team made a call that would reshape DEA strategy for decades.
255: Part 2: He Fired 2 Shots in 1.8 Seconds — The Truth the Media Buried
Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga was a 25-year undercover narcotics veteran when a split-second decision at a gas station changed everything. He fired twice in less than two seconds. By the time the smoke cleared, the media had already made up its mind — and the label "racist killer" followed him for years.
255: Part 1: I Lived a Double Life for 25 Years — LAPD's Most Dangerous Undercover Narc
Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga spent 35 years on the job — 25 of them buried deep inside Los Angeles's most dangerous drug networks as an undercover narcotics agent.
254: Part 2: The Government Is Lying About Cartel Violence
The Mexican government told you cartel violence is going down. They lied. A U.S. Army intelligence officer just walked us through the evidence — and what he found about cartel cyber operations, drone surveillance, and government cover-ups changes everything you thought you knew.
254: Part 1: He Trained Mexico's Military — Then Watched Cartels Win
He spent years as a U.S. Army intelligence officer — training Mexican military police, analyzing cartel threats in real time, and watching the situation get worse. Now Stefano Ritondale is telling you what the government won't.
253: He Fooled the Mafia for 6 Years | FBI's Most Dangerous Undercover Mission
For six years, FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone lived a lie that nearly swallowed him whole. Armed with a fake name—Donnie Brasco—and nerves of steel, Pistone infiltrated the most dangerous organized crime families in America, earning the trust of mob bosses and hitmen while his own identity slowly disappeared.
252: Part 2: The Media Got Dahmer Wrong: A Reporter's Confession
Veteran crime journalist Annie Schwartz was inside the Jeffrey Dahmer investigation. In Part 2, she turns her lens on the media itself — and what she exposes is more disturbing than anything she found in that apartment.
252: Part 1: A HEAD IN THE FRIDGE: The Night Annie Schwartz Walked Into the Dahmer Case
Annie Schwartz was a young crime reporter when a police source delivered a message no journalist could ignore: "You need to get over here. There's a guy saving body parts in his apartment." She drove to an unremarkable Milwaukee apartment — and walked straight into the Jeffrey Dahmer case.
251: Part 2: "El Chapo's" Fall: The Fentanyl Connection Nobody Talks About
In Part 2 of this explosive interview, Ray Donovan — the DEA's Chief of Operations — goes deeper than any headline ever has. This isn't the sanitized version you've heard before. This is the real account of how a multi-agency coalition of DEA, FBI, and HSI agents coordinated one of the most complex law enforcement operations in modern history to bring down Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán and dismantle t
251: Part 1: He Led the Hunt for "El Chapo" — DEA Chief Ray Donovan (ret) Speaks Out
In Part 1 of this exclusive true crime interview, Ray Donovan opens up about the pivotal mentorship that launched his law enforcement career, the brutal realities of life inside the DEA, the international operations that defined a generation of drug enforcement, and what it really takes to rise from rookie agent to Chief of Operations of the preeminent drug enforcement agency in the world!!
250: Part 2: How Social Media Is Fueling America's Fentanyl Crisis
In Part 2 of this explosive episode, Game of Crimes sits down with Aaron Graham and Derek Maltz — two law enforcement veterans who've tracked these networks from the front lines — to reveal how technology has handed cartels their most powerful weapon yet.AI and 3D printing have shattered every barrier that once kept counterfeit drug production out of reach. Today, a cartel chemist with a simple m
250: Part 1: Fake Pills Are Killing Americans: A DEA Agent's Warning
In Part 1 of this episode of Game of Crimes, two retired DEA law enforcement experts, Derek Maltz and Aaron Graham, pull back the curtain on one of the deadliest crises in American history: counterfeit prescription pills laced with synthetic fentanyl — and the $4.5 billion global death trade fueling it.These aren't street drugs. They're stamped, pressed, and packaged to look exactly like Xanax, A
249: Part 2: Good Cops vs Great Cops — A Homicide Detective Explains
What's the difference between a detective who closes cases — and one who never lets a killer escape? Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga reveals the psychological tools, instincts, and mental discipline that separate good homicide detectives from truly great ones.
249: Part 1: The Serial Killer Nobody Noticed — Until He Did!! 🔥
Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga shares the inside story of a 19-year career in homicide, culminating in one of Canada's most shocking serial murder investigations. Hank's team cracked the case that shook an entire nation.
248: Part 2: He Knew You Were Lying Before You Opened Your Mouth
Retired Secret Service polygraph examiner Brad Beeler goes deeper than any TV show, documentary, or true crime podcast has ever gone — into the real science of deception detection, the emotional cost of the work, and a formula for criminal behavior that will fundamentally change how you understand why people commit crimes.
248: Part 1: Secret Service: Protecting Presidents & Detecting Lies
Retired Secret Service Brad Beeler goes behind the badge to reveal what it truly takes to protect the most powerful person on Earth, and what 25 years of high-stakes federal service teaches you about human nature, sacrifice, and the truth!!
247: Navy SEAL to #1 Author: Jack Carr's Secrets Exposed & New Book 🔥
Jack Carr is the former Navy SEAL officer and #1 New York Times bestselling author behind The Terminal List — the explosive military thriller franchise that became a worldwide phenomenon on Amazon Prime. But before James Reece ever existed on the page, Jack Carr spent two decades in special operations executing the real missions that most people only see in movies.In this exclusive Game of Crimes
246: Part 2: How He Fooled the World's Most Dangerous Cartel — DEA Undercover Secrets
Retired DEA Agent Chris Diaz goes deeper than any headline ever will. This isn't about tactics — it's about psychology. How do you infiltrate one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world? You think like them. You talk like them. You become them.Chris breaks down the exact psychological strategies he used to build trust with high-level cartel targets — how he posed as a major play
246: Part 1: DEA Agent Exposes the Cartel's Darkest Secrets
Chris Diaz pulls back the curtain on the dangerous world of federal drug enforcement. From undercover operations deep inside cartel networks to life-or-death decisions along the border, Chris takes you inside the real war on drugs — one that doesn't end when the badge comes off.But that's not all. Chris authored a children's book that reached the International Space Station — he's on a new missi
245: From the Rookie Years to the Page: Retired Milwaukee Cop Tells All 🔥
Retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell reveals the storytelling secrets behind Police Stories: The Rookie Years, and his podcast, Cops and Writers. Patrick breaks down exactly how law enforcement officers turn their real experiences into powerful, published memoirs — without losing the grit, the truth, or the people who lived it.
244: Behind the Badge: Savannah's Hidden Crime War Exposed
Former police officer and Army combat veteran Kevin Grogan pulls back the curtain on the real Savannah, Georgia — a city where wealth and poverty collide, where the port fuels a criminal underworld, and where cops face life-and-death decisions every single shift.In this raw, unfiltered episode of Game of Crimes, Grogan takes you from the battlefields of Iraq to the front lines of American policin
243: Part 2: The Police that Brought a Startup Mindset to Law Enforcement
In Part 2 of our conversation with Chief Nishan Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police, we go where most police chiefs won't. No press conference language. No spin. Just a straight-talking leader who inherited a department in crisis — and turned it into a blueprint for modern law enforcement. This is a law enforcement leadership masterclass. Chief Nish doesn't just talk about what's wrong with policin
243: Part 1: Organized Crime, Trust, & Leadership: Inside Peel Regional Police 🇨🇦
In this episode of Game of Crimes, we go deep with Chief Nish Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police — one of Canada's most respected law enforcement leaders. Chief Nish has spent over three decades navigating the most complex intersections of crime, culture, and community. His approach to criminal justice reform, police-community relations, and law enforcement leadership is unlike anything you'll hea
242: Part 2: He Defused Bombs for 31 Years — Then Found One That Terrified the Nation
In Part 2 of Game of Crimes, retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black — bomb technician, sniper, and 31-year veteran — reveals the cases that defined American counterterrorism, including a 2005 incident that changed everything the Bureau thought it knew about domestic terror threats.
242: Part 1: FBI Accountant Spent 31 Years Hunting America's Deadliest Criminals
Retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black reveals how a baseball coach in Alabama changed his life — and how diverse skills make the most lethal agents in the Bureau. From fraud investigations to becoming a SWAT member, sniper, and ultimately a FBI bomb technician who participated in some of the most high-profile cases around the world.
241: Part 2: He Fooled Drug Cartels in Panama AND Colombia — Here's How
In Part 2 of this exclusive Game of Crimes interview, 26-year DEA veteran Jeff Sweetin goes deeper — into the fake identities, the legendary pranks, the family sacrifices, and the parts of undercover work that no training manual ever prepares you for. From covert operations in Panama and Colombia to the quiet toll the job takes long after the mission ends, this is the conversation that happens whe
241: Part 1: He Survived Many Years Undercover — Now He's Telling Everything
Retired DEA Special Agent Jeff Sweetin pulls back the curtain on almost three decades of undercover operations, international cartel takedowns, and the razor's edge between life and death. Jeff worked alongside legendary agents in some of the most dangerous corners of the drug war — Panama, the Dominican Republic, South America — and lived to tell the tale.
240: Part 2: EXCLUSIVE! The media went after her - Here's what they got wrong
Former LAPD Officer Toni McBride survived a life-altering officer-involved shooting on April 22, 2020. She was cleared. She did everything right. But being right didn't protect her from what came next — the media firestorms, the public hatred, the departmental politics, the lawsuits, and the battle against an autoimmune disease that attacked her body just as the world was attacking her name.
240: Part 1: EXCLUSIVE! Best shot in her LAPD class – then she had to prove it, without her partner
She was born to wear the badge. Raised by an undercover LAPD officer in Southern California, Toni McBride didn't just dream about law enforcement — she dominated it. She became the youngest female in LAPD history to complete the Level 2 Reserve Academy, earned the title of Top Shot, and served as class leader. Then came April 22, 2020 — and the officer-involved shooting that changed everything. Wh
239: Part 2: Drug Trafficker to Informant to Training Cops about Human Intelligence
After dismantling his own drug trafficking network and agreeing to cooperate with federal agents, Ben entered a world few ever talk about from the inside. The deals, the dangers, the mental toll, the paranoia — and the unexpected truth about the people supposed to protect him.Ben is now a law enforcement consultant and informant expert — training handlers on what they're getting wrong. His insigh
239: Part 1: He Ran Drugs Across America — Then Flipped on Everyone | True Crime Interview
What started as small marijuana runs across state lines grew into a sophisticated, multi-state criminal operation. Ben Freedland stayed ahead of law enforcement by constantly reinventing his methods: "I always changed my methods of transport to stay ahead of law enforcement." He was connected, calculated, and relentless — until the day everything changed.
238: Part 2: 8 Years Firing From the Sky — Now She Saves Newborns
In Part 2 of this exclusive interview, Mary reveals what happened when the resilience that kept her alive in combat collided with the emotional toll of saving premature babies — and how COVID-19 pushed her to a breaking point she never saw coming. She opens up about nurse burnout, the invisible wounds veterans carry into civilian careers, and the self-care journey that saved her.This is the story
238: Part 1: Inside the Most LEGENDARY Military Family in U.S. History 🇺🇲
In this powerful episode of Game of Crimes, host and retired DEA Special Agent Steve Murphy sits down with Mary Howe — an eight-year U.S. Air Force veteran who nearly lost herself before the military gave her the structure that saved her life. From growing up in the shadow of America's most elite special operations unit to becoming a military veteran herself, to transitioning to a family nurse pr
237: Pt 2: She Investigated Ground Zero After the Towers Fell
Veteran New York City Medical Examiner investigator Barbara Butcher, who was one of the first forensic professionals to enter Ground Zero, continues discussing her amazing career as she reveals the raw, emotional reality of working the largest victim identification operation in American history. Barbara shares the surreal moment she entered a city buried in smoke and ash, and what it was really l
237: Pt 1: NYC's Top Death Investigator Reveals What She Saw
Murph sits down with Barbara Butcher, a former medical legal investigator for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. After navigating the counterculture era, battling Alzheimer's patients' suffering, and becoming a physician assistant, a life-changing interview with the Chief Medical Examiner set her on a new path. "Forget the money, do what you love." She did, and through forens
236: Part 2: DEA Agent Stationed Across from Juarez During Cartel Wars Tells All
Retired DEA agent J. Todd Scott takes us inside his most intense assignment — serving as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in El Paso, Texas, during some of the bloodiest years of cartel violence in Juarez, Mexico. From 21st-century drug trafficking operations to old-school smuggling straight out of the Wild West, Todd saw it all unfold from the front lines of America's border crisis.Todd reveals
236: Part 1: DEA Agent Ran Undercover Ops for 30 Years – Now He Writes for Yellowstone
Retired DEA agent J. Todd Scott went from running undercover operations and dismantling cartel networks to consulting on hit TV shows like Yellowstone. In this episode of Game of Crimes, host Murph sits down with Todd to hear stories that most people only see on screen — the brutal reality of DEA operations in Haiti, the mindset of criminals who think they're smarter than everyone, and how nearly
235: Part 2: Cold Case Breakthrough: The Killer Admitted to EVERYTHING!! with Jen Bucholtz
In Part 2 of this Game of Crimes true crime special, Murph returns with Jen Buchholz to break down exactly how a cold case gets solved. Transitioning from a career in military intelligence and corrections, Jen proves that sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes to see what others missed.
235: Part 1: Unsolved Mysteries: Inside Modern Cold Case Investigations with Jen Bucholtz
In this week's true crime podcast episode of Game of Crimes, Murph sits down with Jen Buchholz, a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Specialist and Supermax prison social worker who now dedicates her life to solving the impossible: Cold Cases. Jen uses that same intensity to hunt killers who thought they got away with it. Listen as we find out exactly how modern technology is cracking cases tha
234: Part 2: Why the Cartels Fear Sheriff Mark Lamb's Fight for America 🇺🇸
In part 2, we go deep into Sheriff Mark Lamb's career trajectory, his bold strategy for securing a 20% pay raise for Deputies, and the controversial but effective media tactics that rebuilt public trust. Discover the real stories behind the headlines as Mark discusses the transition from local law enforcement to the national stage.
234: Part 1: Untold Stories of Fighting Cartels & Crime with Sheriff Mark Lamb
Murph sits down with one of America's most recognized law enforcement figures, retired Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb. Go behind the badge as he reveals the gritty reality of policing, his personal journey from business to the front lines of crime, and the untold stories of taking down criminals.Mark and Murph dive deep into border crime, the psychology of policing, and how Mark balanced raising five
233: Part 2: The Real Sopranos: Informants, Betrayal, Survival, with Seamus McElearney
Murph continues his gripping conversation with Seamus McElearney, a former FBI Special Agent fighting organized crime from the inside. This episode dives deeper into the deadliest phase of mob investigations: informants, witness protection, betrayal, and survival.Seamus pulls back the curtain on the real-world Mafia behind The Sopranos, revealing how the DeCavalcante crime family—the so-called “S
233: Part 1: Inside the Mafia, How the FBI Infiltrated the "Sixth Family," with Seamus McElearney
This episode pulls back the curtain on the high-risk world of informants, the fragile trust required to flip a capo, and the relentless challenges of witness protection, where one mistake can cost lives. Seamus also opens up about the personal toll these investigations took on him and his family—and why cooperation between federal, state, and local agencies is essential in taking down organized c
232: Part 2: Chad Meli – Proactive policing, Parental awareness, & Online safety
This powerful conversation with Chad Meli goes beyond headlines, diving into real-life trafficking cases, rescue operations, and the often-overlooked reality of victim support after recovery. Chad shares firsthand stories that reveal how traffickers exploit technology—and how law enforcement, NGOs, and community partners are using that same technology to fight back.Chad and Murphy explore the cri
232: Part 1: Chad Meli – Unmasking Evil & Fighting Child Exploitation
Murph sits down with anti-human trafficking investigator Chad Meli. Chad walks us through a harrowing investigation involving a father who exploited his own daughters for profit, using social media and online platforms to traffic abuse across borders. What followed was a complex, high-risk operation requiring undercover work, cutting-edge technology, and unprecedented collaboration between NGOs an
231: Part 2: Lew Rice – From the streets to the top – a DEA life 🔥
In the second part of this powerful episode of Game of Crimes, Lew Rice, a retired DEA Special Agent and senior leader, discusses his life of service, sacrifice, and what it truly means to wear the badge.Lew takes listeners inside his distinguished DEA career, which began on the gritty streets of New York City and led to overseas assignments, major leadership roles, and ultimately becoming Specia
231: Part 1: Lew Rice – DEA legends and drug wars – Back in the day 💥
In this explosive episode of Game of Crimes, Murph sits down with Lew Rice, a legendary 26-year veteran of the DEA, to pull back the curtain on the brutal realities of America’s drug war. Lew shares firsthand stories from the front lines of federal drug enforcement, revealing how drugs like heroin, opioids, meth, and fentanyl have devastated communities across the country. From the early days of
230: Part 2: Tyler Schwab – Hope after human trafficking
Murph shares his recent trip to Vienna, Austria, where he represented Libertas International at the United Nations Trafficking in Persons Symposium. While the conference highlighted the global awareness surrounding human trafficking, it also exposed the frustration felt by those on the front lines — too much talk, and far too little action. Tyler and Murph reflect honestly on the gaps between pol
230: Part 1: Tyler Schwab – Hunting human traffickers worldwide
This episode dives deep into the alarming scope of human trafficking, from Latin America to the United States, and why Medellín became a strategic base for operations. Tyler shares heart-wrenching survivor journeys, miraculous interventions, and tragic reminders of just how high the stakes truly are. You’ll hear firsthand about the cost of doing good, the dangers NGOs face, and the resilience of
229: Part 2: AJ Collazo – Op PanEx, Inside the global Drug War
Murph is joined once again by veteran DEA leader AJ Collazo for a deep dive into one of the most complex fronts in modern law enforcement—the international drug war.Their conversation centers on Operation Panama Express, a groundbreaking multi-agency effort that transformed how law enforcement tracks and dismantles maritime drug trafficking networks. AJ breaks down how intelligence-driven cases a
229: Part 1: AJ Collazo – Wild stories, undercover dangers, & truth about America’s drug war
In this gripping and surprisingly hilarious episode of Game of Crimes, Murph sits down with AJ Collazo, a veteran law enforcement officer whose 38-year career includes 24 years with the DEA during some of the most dangerous years of America’s drug war.AJ takes listeners inside the real world of policing—from outrageous Florida criminal stories that will make you laugh out loud, to the deadly serio
228: Our Annual Tradition – Review of the original “Die Hard” movie from 2021
Murph and his former co-host, Morgan Wright, have a fun but informed review of the original Die Hard, breaking down the legendary Nakatomi Plaza hostage takeover with help from someone who actually knows how this stuff works—Rick Massa, a retired LAPD SWAT officer. Spoiler alert: crawling through air vents barefoot is not standard operating procedure.Whether you’re a true crime fan, a law enforce
227: Part 2: Mike Chavarria – The war on drugs isn’t fought in headlines, it's fought in the shadows
In this powerful continuation of Game of Crimes, Murph sits back down with Mike Chavarria, a true American patriot who dedicated more than 31 years to the DEA after serving in the U.S. Navy and NCIS. Mike’s career placed him at the heart of the global fight against drug trafficking, where intelligence, courage, and trust meant the difference between life and death. Mike takes listeners deep inside
227: Part 1: Mike Chavarria – Inside the DEA’s Biggest Drug Wars
In this gripping episode, Murph sits down with Mike Chavarria, a U.S. Navy veteran and former DEA Special Agent with more than 30 years of frontline experience in America’s war on drugs. From covert operations to high-stakes international investigations, Mike pulls back the curtain on the real-life battles fought by federal agents—far beyond what you see in movies or TV shows.Mike shares behind-th
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