Retired Agent Greg Shaffer served in the FBI for twenty years. During his career, he spent six years on the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). In this episode of FBI Retired...Continue reading
Category: Violent Crime
Episode 172: Weysan Dun – Posse Comitatus, Nebraska Cult Murders
In this episode, retired agent Weysan Dun reviews a case targeting an extremist group espousing Posse Comitatus rhetoric and white supremacist views. Initially under investigation for weapons and interstate theft...Continue reading
Episode 167: Tom Baker – Attempted Assassination of President Reagan
In this episode, retired agent Tom Baker reviews the FBI’s investigation of the March 1981, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. He discusses how lessons learned...Continue reading
Episode 163: Jim Siano and Tom Baker – Mackle Kidnapping, Airplane Hijacking
This is a two-for-one episode with retired agents Jim Siano and Tom Baker, both first office agents at the time. They review the kidnapping investigation of Barbara Jean Mackle and...Continue reading
Episode 161: Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko – Broad Street Shootout
In this episode, retired agents Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko review the March 16, 1994 Broad Street shootout where Rich Macko and another agent were shot and seriously injured and...
Episode 157: Scott Duffey – Russian National Robs Bank, Kills Mother
Retired agent Scott Duffey served in the FBI for 22 years. For the majority of his career, he was assigned to the Wilmington Resident Agency out of the Baltimore Division...Continue reading
Episode 150: Bill Plunkett – 1929, Suicide or Murder? The G-Men and the Nurse
Retired agent William “Bill” Plunkett served in the FBI for 27 years. During his FBI career, he was assigned to the joint Counterintelligence operations with the Central Intelligence Agency and...Continue reading
