CASES OF THE FBI

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• Cold Case, Hot Hit: How a DNA Database Search Reopened the Teresa Ann Houck Murder

  October 5, 2026 · 3 min

  In October 1986, 23-year-old Teresa Ann Houck left the Baltimore club where she worked and was never seen alive again, found shot to death in Druid Hill Park just hours later. Investigators had physical evidence but no identified killer…

• The Profile That Found the Mad Bomber: How Investigators Narrowed the Hunt for George Metesky

  September 27, 2026 · 5 min

  For years, bombs appeared across New York City while police struggled to identify the man responsible. Then psychiatrist James A. Brussel examined the bomber’s letters and behavior and produced a remarkably specific portrait of the person…

• The Real Path to the BAU: What TV Never Shows About Becoming a Profiler

  September 15, 2026 · 4 min

  "FBI Profiler" isn't an entry-level job — it's the end of a long, competitive road that starts with becoming a special agent, surviving Quantico, and working real cases for years before anyone even gets a shot at the Behavioral Analysis…

• Jana Monroe: The First Woman in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit

  September 7, 2026 · 3 min

  Jana Monroe broke ground as the first female FBI agent in the Behavioral Science Unit, consulting on roughly 850 homicide cases over her career, including work connected to Jeffrey Dahmer and the Rogers family murders. Drawing on her book…

• The Adams County Prison Riot: When Federal Charges Followed the Chaos

  August 31, 2026 · 2 min

  On May 20, 2012, a gang fight inside a privately run Mississippi prison holding federal immigration inmates spiraled into a multi-hour riot. Twenty-four-year-old Senior Correctional Officer Catlin Carithers, called in on his day off, was…

• "Don't Shoot, G-Men!" — How a Bureau PR Line Became FBI Legend

  August 30, 2026 · 5 min

  The legend goes that gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly coined the term "G-Men" when he begged federal agents not to shoot during his 1933 arrest — but the real story is a lesson in institutional myth-making. This episode traces how J. Edgar…

• Altar of Greed: The Hit-and-Run Insurance Murders of Los Angeles

  August 3, 2026 · 5 min

  his episode uncovers the chilling case of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, two elderly Los Angeles women who befriended vulnerable, homeless men under the guise of charitable support. Behind the charitable facade, the duo took out…

• Borderless Killers: FBI Profiling Tactics and the Hunt Across Jurisdictions

  May 18, 2026 · 23 min

  When an active serial killer deliberately crosses state lines and alters their operational methods, local law enforcement often loses the trail. This investigative breakdown reveals how the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit utilizes VICAP…