WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:11.880 Years ago, I decided the best way to launch a 2 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.679 new season of Trace Evidence was by answering a bunch 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:18.000 of questions as submitted by listeners. It turned out that 4 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:20.280 was a pretty popular choice, and so we've done it 5 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:24.000 every year since. This year, I was flooded with a 6 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.879 larger amount of questions than normal, but I think I 7 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.239 managed to get the list down to a solid twenty 8 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.560 or so questions, which covers a wide array of topics 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:37.039 and interesting points. So welcome to this special Trace Evidence 10 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:40.640 twenty twenty five wrap up twenty twenty six preview Q 11 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.600 and A special episode And yeah, that was a mouthful. 12 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:55.560 Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm your host, Steven Pacheco. Today 13 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.920 we turn our attention to emails in social media, where 14 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:02.200 I'll be answering all of your questions. The Q and 15 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:05.599 A episode is always slightly divisive. While a lot of 16 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.719 listeners love it, I do get some who aren't fans, 17 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:10.799 but hey, we got to try and give a little 18 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.439 something for everyone, don't we. Afterwards, I'll briefly discuss some 19 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.439 plans for the podcast in twenty twenty six, and then 20 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:21.680 later this week I'll be dropping episode two fifty four. 21 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.079 So without further ado. Let's dive right in This is 22 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:28.840 the Trace Evidence twenty twenty five wrap up Q and 23 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:39.560 a special all right. Question Number one comes from Cheryl, 24 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:42.920 who asks, I was wondering what your thoughts were about 25 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.239 Diamond and Tianda Bradley's mother. Do you think she had 26 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.920 anything to do with their disappearance? Her actions just seem 27 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.000 odd Well, Cheryl, thanks for the question. I don't know 28 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.159 if I would go far enough to blatantly say that 29 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.000 I think Tracy could have been involved in the disappearance 30 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.359 of her daughters, at least to the extent of actually 31 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:06.840 being directly involved in it. I do think it's possible 32 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.680 that she has more information that could help the investigation 33 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.879 than she's revealed, and I also think it's possible that 34 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.039 she might have a pretty good idea of who was 35 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.479 involved and why things went the way that they did. 36 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.080 A lot of people over the years have accused her 37 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.719 of being directly involved, like setting it up or allowing 38 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.479 it to happen, or looking the other way, And I 39 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:27.719 don't know if I would go that far based on 40 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.680 what I've seen. There's some inconsistencies in her statements over 41 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.000 the years. There's certain things in the timeline that don't 42 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.120 match up in terms of her phone calls and her 43 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:40.280 call logs. Whether or not Tracy was directly involved that, 44 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.639 I don't know. Whether or not she knows a little 45 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.199 bit more or has suspicions that haven't been shared that 46 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.800 I think is probably likely, But again, you're kind of 47 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:51.680 arguing semantics with it. If she does know more than 48 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.199 she shared, then I guess she kind of would be 49 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.639 involved in the disappearance. So it comes down to how 50 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.800 you view it and why she was or wasn't sharing information. 51 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.800 It's possible she didn't share certain things because she thought 52 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:04.759 she would get in trouble or she thought something would 53 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.280 go wrong. I don't really know. At the end of 54 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.039 the day, I do think there is something suss about 55 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.520 the way that Tracy behaved in the aftermath of the disappearance. 56 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.719 And I will say this, to date, the disappearance of 57 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:21.400 Diamond and Tianda Bradley is the only episode I have 58 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.639 ever done where a family member reached out to me 59 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.360 after the episode was released and was angry with me 60 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.560 for covering it. This person wasn't angry at me for 61 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:35.000 getting information wrong. This person wasn't angry at me for 62 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:39.759 inaccuracies or the way I depicted something. They were specifically 63 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.800 mad at me for covering this case because, in their words, 64 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.680 they control the names Diamond and Tianda Bradley and people 65 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.800 are not allowed to make anything about them without their approval. 66 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.039 Obviously that's not true, but it kind of blew my 67 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.680 mind afterwards, and I couldn't help but feel like there's 68 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.000 definitely something strange going on in terms of the family, 69 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.159 because why else would you be mad about someone bringing 70 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:05.560 attention to a missing person's case. Really never made any 71 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.960 sense to me, So yeah, I can't say that Tracy 72 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.360 was involved. I can't say that she knows what happened here. 73 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.439 I can't really say much with any certainty about that case, 74 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.719 but I will say that the way she behaved in 75 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:20.519 the aftermath and certain inconsistencies have raised questions at a minimum. 76 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.759 Our next question comes from Stacy, who wants to know 77 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.360 are you still planning on doing another podcast or a 78 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:31.680 project for different topics that you're interested in. Yes, I 79 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.680 do still plan to do that, and I have a 80 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.839 bunch of different ideas, but considering what's gone on in 81 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.839 the last few years, trace evidence currently takes precedence, so 82 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.639 I don't want to work on any other projects until 83 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.279 I get that back on track, which I'll talk about 84 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.920 more at the end of the episode. In terms of 85 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.120 other podcasts, I have one that I'd like to do 86 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:56.319 because I constantly get private messages and emails from people 87 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.319 telling me that they love my voice and that they 88 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.199 often fall asleep to it. So I was planning to 89 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:05.360 do a pod specifically designed for that purpose. There's also 90 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.040 a history podcast I'd like to do. It would be 91 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:12.079 shorter form and seasonal, so like ten episodes per topic. 92 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.560 But there is another true crime podcast that I'm planning 93 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.319 to contribute to as a co host, but you'll hear 94 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.399 about that one more later this year. Next up, we 95 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.879 have a question from Trace Evidence discussion group rising star 96 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.079 Adam Miles, who asked, have you ever recorded a case 97 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:35.120 involving someone with Down syndrome. I don't believe I have. 98 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:37.160 Off the top of my head, nothing comes to mind. 99 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.279 I'm pretty sure i'd remember if I had. I'm not 100 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.600 opposed to doing that at all. I don't think I've 101 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.800 ever received a request for a case that involves someone 102 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:48.759 with Down syndrome, whether it was the victim, the suspect, 103 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:52.399 or anything in between. I don't really have any limitations 104 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.160 to the types and styles of cases that I'll accept 105 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:59.079 as suggestions. I just have a giant spreadsheet that's got 106 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.680 thousands of cases on it, and when I get a request, 107 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.720 it goes on there. I don't necessarily work the spreadsheet 108 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:09.120 in the order that I receive case requests. It depends 109 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.319 on a lot of different factors. How many sources are 110 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.720 available when the case occurred, how many other podcasts, if any, 111 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.279 have covered it, are their major documentaries. These are all 112 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:21.079 things that I take into consideration because generally I don't 113 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.600 like to focus too much on a case that has 114 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:27.519 received an overwhelming amount of coverage. I'll do cases from 115 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:29.839 time to time that other pods have done. I'll do 116 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.240 cases from time to time that have documentaries or movies 117 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.480 about them, But I don't like to do that if 118 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.000 in the span, say the last six to eight months, 119 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.759 like six podcasts released an episode on it. At that point, 120 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.720 I feel like, what can I really contribute to it. So, 121 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:45.360 to get back to your original question, No, I haven't 122 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.120 done any cases with anyone who has Down syndrome, but 123 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:50.319 I'd be more than willing to so if you or 124 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.120 anyone else has any suggestions or any cases that they'd 125 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.439 like me to look at, always feel free to send 126 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.000 those over to me, because even if I don't respond 127 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.199 to your email, I get a lot of them. I 128 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.639 can't respond to all of them. I do always add 129 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.920 those cases to my spreadsheet. Our next question comes from Jesus, 130 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.600 who asks when will you cover the case of Joseph 131 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.399 Newton Chandler the Third Well, I've looked at that case 132 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:15.680 a couple of times, and it's on my spreadsheet. But 133 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.240 I feel like at this point, the vast majority of 134 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:21.439 the mystery surrounding him is why he changed his name 135 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.759 and what he was running from or hiding from, or 136 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:27.199 trying to conceal. There's theories all over the place on 137 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:30.199 that that he was involved in some violent crimes, that 138 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.360 he had been involved in some kind of a robbery, 139 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.199 that he had a bunch of debts he was trying 140 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.399 to get away from. I've even seen in a couple 141 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:38.319 of places that people think he could have been the 142 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.279 Zodiac Killer, which doesn't really make a lot of sense 143 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.680 to me, but I guess people will come up with anything. 144 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.639 Then there's the idea that maybe he was involved in 145 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.800 World War two and it was on the run from 146 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.439 that because he might have been in the Nazi regime. 147 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.600 I really don't know, so I don't have a timeline 148 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:56.680 on when I'll cover that. I guess that one always 149 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.800 gets back burnard for me because if I'm looking at 150 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.000 a different slate of cases, say three different cases I'm 151 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.360 looking at, and it's like, all right, I'm gonna do 152 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:06.879 one of these. You got, you know, a missing person, 153 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.000 an unsolved murder, and then a guy who hit his 154 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.319 identity for some reason. Generally speaking, the missing person or 155 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.160 the unsolved murder is gonna be more important in my 156 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:19.279 mind than that. Maybe Joseph Newton Chandler would be an 157 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.680 interesting case to do for the Patreon or something like that. 158 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:25.519 So maybe I'll look into that. But thanks for your question, 159 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.279 and I'll see what I can get done for you. 160 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:32.039 Sarah Asks. Of course, I'm a fan of true crime, 161 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.840 but I also love fiction. Do you have any crime 162 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.759 fiction books or stories you've read that you would recommend. 163 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.120 I recently read The Last House on Needless Street, which 164 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:43.840 I don't want to say too much about because I 165 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:47.320 don't want to spoil anything, but that's really a fantastic read. 166 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:50.440 Normally I don't read a ton of true crime fiction, 167 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:53.320 but I admit I have a soft spot or maybe 168 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.799 just a weird interest in old school pulp novels. I 169 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.320 bought a bunch of old Mickey Spallane books from eBay 170 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.480 a few years back and really just had a good 171 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.559 time running through how over the top and melodramatic they are. 172 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:08.000 But hey, you're talking to a guy who watches General Hospital, 173 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:11.120 so I'm a sucker for a fun storyline, whether it's 174 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:15.360 well executed or not. While it's not a fiction book, 175 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.559 the next book I'm planning to dive into is called Karen, 176 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:21.799 and it's written by Kelsey Grammer from Fraser and it's 177 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:24.759 about his sister who was murdered back in the seventies 178 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:27.360 I believe, so not a fiction book, but one I'm 179 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:31.320 looking to dig into. Next up, we have Haley, who 180 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.840 has two questions for me. One what is one case 181 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.200 you constantly think about? And two what is one famous 182 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.279 cold case you believe will be solved in our lifetime. 183 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.159 The case that I constantly think about is the Zodiac Killer. 184 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.879 I honestly don't know why I think about the Zodiac 185 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.080 Killer all the time, but I do, and I have 186 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.639 since I was young. It's always been a case that's 187 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.279 been at the forefront of my mind. I watch everything 188 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.840 I can about it, I read almost everything I can 189 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:00.000 about it. But to be honest with you, there's been 190 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.120 so much stuff written about that case that's horrible or 191 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.480 ridiculous or out of this world that I avoid a 192 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.759 lot of stuff now as well. That's one of those 193 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.720 cases where, for whatever reason, every year, somebody knew comes 194 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:15.080 forward and it was their uncle, their father, their cousin, 195 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.559 their brother, their boyfriend. There's always some new Zodiac person, 196 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.480 there's always some new suspect, and it never gets any 197 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:25.360 closer to being solved. Unfortunately, considering the time when all 198 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.799 this stuff happened, the way evidence was handled, the lack 199 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:30.639 of DNA and all that, I don't know that that 200 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.440 case is ever going to get solved, but I do 201 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.480 find it fascinating. At the end of the day, however, 202 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:37.480 I have to confront the fact that it may be 203 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.120 fascinating because it is not solved. Frankly, I think if 204 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.279 the Zodiac killer had been captured in say nineteen eighty, 205 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:46.360 it would have been a really big story for a 206 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:49.519 month or two, and today no one would ever be 207 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:54.399 talking about it. Now onto your second question. One case. 208 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:57.120 One famous cold case that I think could be solved 209 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:01.080 in our lifetimes is the Lane Bryant massacre. So for 210 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.000 those of you who haven't heard of it, which I 211 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.639 can't imagine is a lot of you. In February of 212 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.320 two thousand and eight, four customers, one part time employee, 213 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:12.200 and the store manager of Elaine Bryant in Tinley Park, 214 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:16.600 Illinois were shot during a robbery. All five victims were women, 215 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:18.840 and four of them died at the scene, with the 216 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:23.039 part time employee surviving. I never believed the Austin yogurt 217 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.879 shop murders would be solved, but I was so excited 218 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:28.440 to see when they were. I think there's a good 219 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.399 chance that the Lane Bryant massacre could be solved in 220 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.039 our lifetime. Honestly, I think there's some folks out there 221 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.360 right now who know who it was, but for whatever reason, 222 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.240 they haven't come forward yet. That's certainly a case that 223 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.039 I think has a chance of finding some answers in 224 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:46.679 the next twenty to forty years. I guess we'll have 225 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.799 to see. In general, though, as technology continues to advance 226 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.720 and groups like authorm are out there doing amazing work 227 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:57.399 in genetic genealogy, I would say that within our lifetime, 228 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.960 the odds of someone ever becoming a j or Jane 229 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:04.000 Doe will be greatly reduced. I know that's not a 230 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.279 specific case, but in general, moving forward, I think we're 231 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.720 going to see Doe designations becoming more and more rare, 232 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:14.320 which is definitely a good thing. There's far too many 233 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:16.519 of them for any of you whoever perused the Dough 234 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.399 Network or name us. It's just so sad to see 235 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:21.399 how many lists there are of people that they just 236 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.960 have no idea who they are, let alone what happened 237 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:30.279 to them. Wesley Ray asks if you were a professional wrestler, 238 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:32.799 what name or gimmick would you go by and what 239 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:36.720 would your walk out entrance music be. That's a really 240 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:39.639 challenging question. I've been watching wrestling since I was a 241 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.879 little kid, and for a period of time when I 242 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.919 was really young, I imagined and fantasized about what it 243 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:47.679 would be like to get another ring. Given that I'm 244 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.919 not the biggest guy on the planet, I'd probably have 245 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.200 to go with some kind of a high flying gimmick 246 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.279 akin to a Ray Mysterio or Dean Malanko. I definitely 247 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.159 have been in the cruiserweight division back then. All that 248 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.320 being said, I think it would have been cool to 249 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.519 have some kind of a dark or evil gimmick. I 250 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.360 always imagined myself as a heel. Obviously the Undertaker set 251 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.960 the bar for that, although I was always a bigger 252 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.440 fan of the outfit and look of WCW's Mortis, and 253 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.840 I'm a huge fan of Laparca, So maybe some kind 254 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.720 of an evil wizard, druid, undead thing would have been fun, 255 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.559 like a high flying ghoul of sorts. In terms of 256 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.639 entrance music, the answer to that question depends what day 257 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:29.720 of the week it is, as my musical tastes and 258 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.399 interest shift constantly. It has to be something that fits 259 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.600 the character, makes the crowd pop, and is something you 260 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:38.720 won't ever get tired of listening to as you make 261 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.360 your entrance thousands of times. I don't know, maybe something 262 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.720 like Metallica's for Whom the Bell tolls. Wes also asks 263 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:49.720 if I'm still collecting physical media, and if so, what 264 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:54.120 are some recent Blu rays, DVDs, four K pickups. I 265 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.919 do still collect movies and all that, but I haven't 266 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.399 been buying as much stuff as I used to. For 267 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:01.600 the most part, they haven't put out a lot of 268 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:04.320 new movies that I'm into, and the list of older 269 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.399 movies that i'd love to see them released on four 270 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:10.120 K keeps growing, but nothing's happening. We keep hearing all 271 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:12.960 this talk about how physical media is dying and these 272 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:15.279 companies don't want to make it anymore. But at least 273 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.799 in my opinion, streaming movies is fine if you're not 274 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.600 super into the look. If you want it to be 275 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:24.759 sharp and clear and four K, then physical is the 276 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:28.320 only way to go. There's nothing I've ever streamed four 277 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.799 K that's looked half as good as it does when 278 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:34.000 I just throw the disk in anyway. I haven't bought 279 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:36.559 a ton of stuff this year, but recent four K 280 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:40.879 pickups include Cloak and Dagger, the one from the eighties, Clue, 281 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.240 which is one of my favorite movies, the Criterion collection 282 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:47.840 of The Breakfast Club, which looks fantastic, and then I 283 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.799 picked up some older films as well, like Donovan's Reef 284 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.120 and The Searchers. I'm still waiting for my favorite old 285 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:57.399 school Western El Dorado, to get the four K treatment, 286 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:01.360 and maybe someone can finally show some love to Iron Eagle. 287 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:06.080 That would be fantastic. What are your thoughts on AI 288 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.600 in the field of criminology. Do you think it will 289 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:11.039 help solve some cold cases or be more of a 290 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.799 hindrance than a help. That question was asked by Mark. 291 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.559 AI is such a question mark for me right now 292 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:20.440 in terms of everything. I've used it for a couple 293 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.200 of things, mostly graphic design since I'm not an artist, 294 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.120 so it helps fill in my lack of ability there. 295 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.559 But for the most part, I don't like a lot 296 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.600 of what AI generates. Some of the memes are funny, 297 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.600 some of the goofy little videos I've seen are fun, 298 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:37.960 but I don't want to watch a movie that's full 299 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.879 of AI people. I don't want to listen to a 300 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.919 podcast that's an AI voice. To this day, if I'm 301 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.360 watching something on YouTube and I hear what is clearly 302 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:48.519 an AI voice, I just turn it off and go 303 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:51.120 somewhere else. I'm not interested in that at all. So 304 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.799 in terms of entertainment applications and all that, I'm not 305 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.039 a fan. But your question was specifically about criminology. I 306 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:02.039 do think there is probably some application for AI. They 307 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.440 haven't figured it out yet, whatever that's gonna be. And 308 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.039 the problem is with everything AI, when they first start 309 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.720 doing it, it's just so flawed and full of errors, 310 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:12.679 and you have to spend so much time correcting it 311 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:14.919 and teaching it and giving it things to learn, And 312 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:20.080 even then you can't guarantee that it's accurate, whether it's Google, Gemini, Chat, GPT, 313 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.919 grock or whatever the hell Windows version is, which really stinks. 314 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:28.159 I've asked them questions and gotten accurate answers, I've asked 315 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.159 them questions and gotten completely wrong answers, and I've asked 316 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.799 them questions and gotten everything in between. So when it 317 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.759 comes to criminology in general, I don't know how helpful 318 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:40.879 it could really be. At the same time, as seems 319 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:43.559 to be the case with everything AI these days, whether 320 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:45.080 or not it's going to work, they're sure as hell 321 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.759 going to give it a shot. I wouldn't be surprised 322 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.519 to find out if the FBI were, say, working with 323 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.480 some kind of an AI to create some kind of 324 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.720 a profiling system so that they can feed in information 325 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.159 about suspects and get a general profile. But again, the 326 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.240 question is going to be accuracy and how reliable it is. Also, 327 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:06.480 it would be really interesting to see a case go 328 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.160 to trial in which AI was somehow involved in the 329 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.440 investigation would that stand up in court. Would a good 330 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.039 defense attorney be able to find a way around it that. 331 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:17.960 I don't know, it would be pretty interesting. I would say. 332 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.680 Useful applications for AI and criminology would probably be related 333 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.119 to data analysis and putting lists of information together, comparing 334 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.119 different cases that maybe aren't thought to be connected, but 335 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.400 after the AI examines all the information might find something 336 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.400 that links them. Clusters and stuff like that. When you 337 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:38.519 look at states where a lot of bodies are showing 338 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.640 up and the local police are saying, oh, there's no 339 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.200 serial killer here, AI might be able to look at 340 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:45.640 something like that and say, okay, well, based on this 341 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.599 specific standard, you probably do have a serial killer there. 342 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.960 I don't know. It's going to be a really kind 343 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.920 of a slippery slope kind of a situation. I think 344 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.559 there are certain ways it could apply. Well. I think 345 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:58.599 there are other ways that it could be a problem 346 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.799 and a hindrance. Gonna depend on the way it's done 347 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:04.680 and how accurate or reliable the information is that the 348 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:08.440 AI is coming up with. Either way, I think we're 349 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.359 gonna see it happen. So probably over the course of 350 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.240 the next couple of years, you're gonna see law enforcement 351 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.559 start talking about how they can deploy AI because it 352 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:21.440 seems today AI is this magic answer to any problem. 353 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:23.720 I don't think that's gonna end up being the case. 354 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.480 I guess we'll see how it goes in terms of 355 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:31.359 law enforcement investigations criminology in general. So I hope that 356 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.200 it can help. I hope that it can open some 357 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.920 new doorways and lead police down new avenues to investigate cases. 358 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.000 But I don't have a lot of faith in that 359 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:43.440 quite frankly. Also, I think there's another side to that question, 360 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.319 which is how might AI be used by criminals to 361 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:51.640 help thwart law enforcement or to get away. That's one 362 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.279 that I don't think has been looked at too much, 363 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:57.400 but is certainly a possibility, whether it's people cloning their 364 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:01.799 voices or using AI to develop schemes or like to examine. 365 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.680 Say someone wants to commit a crime in a specific 366 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.599 location and they feed all that data into an AI 367 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.279 and ask the AI to help them develop the proper 368 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:12.559 plan to do that, or what the best way is 369 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:16.160 to execute this crime to not get caught, or in general, 370 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:18.640 they just ask it, Hey, here's my plan. Can you 371 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.519 look at it and tell me any holes I might 372 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:22.559 have left in there or not. And I know that 373 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:25.039 ais are supposed to be trained to not do illegal 374 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.559 things and all that, but everybody finds ways around everything, 375 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.799 and criminals are certainly good at that. So I think 376 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.000 there's a couple of different angles to this. At the 377 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.359 end of the day, I think we're probably not gonna 378 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:37.400 be able to go anywhere in our lives five years 379 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.599 from now without encountering some kind of an AI somewhere. 380 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:44.480 One of my favorite people, Katery, has a couple of 381 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.559 questions here. She asks what case would you like to 382 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.200 cover in the new year? Also, what advice would you 383 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:53.119 give to someone who wants to start a true crime podcast. 384 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.799 I'll start with the second question first. If you want 385 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:00.519 to start a true crime podcast, my advice currently would be, 386 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:03.599 do not get into it thinking that it's going to 387 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.160 become a money maker for you. The field is so 388 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.200 saturated right now that it's going to take a long 389 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.640 time to create a show and build it up and 390 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:14.799 get it pushed, unless you've got some kind of media 391 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:17.759 marketing promotion machine behind you, like a lot of new 392 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.000 pods do. But if you're just trying to do it, 393 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:22.160 you know, like I and some others did straight out 394 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.920 of you know, your extra guest room or whatever. Get 395 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.960 into it because you love it. Get into it because 396 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.759 you want to do it. Get into it because you 397 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:30.519 have a passion for it, not because you want to 398 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.960 make money or you want to replace your job. That 399 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.279 might happen down the road, but it's not going to 400 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.759 happen day one. Ninety percent of podcasts don't make it 401 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:41.920