A Study in Crime

Mar 11 2025 44 ep. 46 mins
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I’m Scott Fulmer. I’m a private investigator and author of Confessions of a Private Eye. Every Tuesday I talk with investigators, journalists, authors, and others about crime. Join me as I dig into some well-known (and not so-well-known) true crime stories. Together, we’ll try to understand how and why these crimes happened.

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42. A Study in School Shootings

Mar 11 2025 42 mins  
42. A Study in School Shootings Why do school shootings happen, and can anything be done to prevent them? Will trying to understand school shooters and their motivations help us prevent shootings in the future? Are there potential warning signs to look for that may help us develop prevention strategies to protect schools and our children? In episode 42, I speak with Dr. Debbie Good

41. The Red Collar Crime League

Mar 04 2025 57 mins  
41. The Red Collar Crime League White-collar crime is financially motivated and almost always non-violent. Nobody gets hurt. At least not physically. However, sometimes white-collar criminals like Alex Murdaugh, Nancy Siegel, and Christopher Porco resort to violence to prevent someone from discovering their fraud. So what started as fraud…becomes murder. And that’s when it beco

40. The Problem of Human Trafficking

Feb 25 2025 50 mins  
40. The Problem of Human Trafficking Human trafficking, forced labor, forced marriages, and sex trafficking exist all over the world. Even here in the United States. What is the cause, and how do you stop it? Matt shares real stories of victims of this nightmarish crime. This episode contains a conversation about sexual assault and human trafficking. Listener discretion is advised.

39. The Robbery Crew of Gotham City

Feb 18 2025 50 mins  
A violent organized home invasion robbery crew was on the loose in New York City. They impersonated NYPD police officers and DEA agents to access private homes and drug stash houses. My guest today was on the task force that blew the case wide open. In episode 39. The Robbery Crew of Gotham City, I speak with Pete Forcelli.

38. Your Nurse is a Serial Killer

Feb 11 2025 41 mins  
38. Your Nurse is a Serial Killer Charles was a skilled nurse. He was also a serial killer. In over 16 years as a nurse, he was fired or asked to resign from 5 of the 10 hospitals he worked at. By the time Charles was caught, he had killed at least 29 patients by injecting them with fatal doses of insulin or digoxin. Some believe the number is as high as 400. In this episode, I spe

37. Murder in the Emerald Triangle

Feb 04 2025 33 mins  
Aaron Bassler was a 36-year-old loner with a troubled past and a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He cultivated poppy and marijuana plants deep in the vast woods of the Emerald Triangle in Northern California. In August of 2011, Aaron shot and killed two men. And with that, a 36-day standoff began between Aaron and the Mendocino Country Sheriff's Department. In episode 37, I spea

36. Bonus Episode: Murder of the Bank President’s Wife

Jan 14 2025 15 mins  
36. Bonus Episode: Murder of the Bank President's Wife On September 18th, 1985, Frank Patton received a phone call at work. He was president of Castle Hills National Bank in San Antonio. His wife, Becky, was on the phone. She said, “Hi, Frank, there is someone here who wants to talk to you.” The next voice he heard was of a man. It was not a voice that Frank recognized. The voi

35. Bonus Episode: Q&A with Host Scott Fulmer

Jan 01 2025 45 mins  
35. Bonus Episode: Q&A with Host Scott Fulmer And now for something completely different. Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of 2025. We begin season 2 of A Study in Crime with 35. Bonus Episode: Q&A with Host Scott Fulmer. Scott turns over the hosting duties to Valerie Fulmer, his wife of 34 years. Valerie is the guest host, and Scott is the host that will be the guest!

34. Bonus Episode: Mystery of the Vanishing Blonde

Dec 10 2024 16 mins  
On a cold morning in February, on the outskirts of Miami, a utility worker found a woman lying naked in the brush. She had been beaten and raped. At the hospital, police and medical staff had difficulty understanding her due to her limited English and Eastern European accent. But the first thing she said was clear - She wanted her lawyer. And that seemed odd.

33. Undercover in an Outlaw Motorcycle Club

Nov 26 2024 83 mins  
Special Agent Jim Weber of the US Department of Homeland Security had a 30-year career in law enforcement. He spent two of those years undercover in the Invaders Outlaw Motorcycle Club, a 1% Motorcycle Club in the Midwest involved in narcotics, murder, money laundering, and a host of other crimes. In episode 33. Undercover in an Outlaw Motorcycle Club, I speak with Jim Weber.