When a drug deal goes wrong leaving one victim at death’s door and two armed suspects on the run, this Small Town police department draws on their “mutual aid agreement” with neighboring agencies to help set up an extensive perimeter and conduct the manhunt. They call in K-9 handler, Justin, and his four-legged partner, Fedo, to assist. If you’ve ever doubted that a police dog can perform in ways above and beyond his human counterparts, this episode will make you a believer.
The Protégé
Lt. Scott returns to fill us in on the details of Francisco, the equally-depraved trainee of corrupt cop, Robert from Season 1: THE SOCIOPATH AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER. As Lt. Scott tells us, Robert may have been the initial focus of the Internal Investigation at his Small Town police agency, but it soon became apparent that Francisco was taking everything Robert had taught him about preying on vulnerable women –and perfecting it. This is the story of the protégé.
Stalked
Yeardley shares a personal story of being targeted and stalked at a time in her career when her success and notoriety as an actress were starting to get some much sought-after traction. Brought up to assume she can handle whatever comes her way without asking for help, Yeardley quickly finds herself in over her head. Zibby, Detective Dan and Detective Dave help her unpack the details of this cautionary tale.
Monster Pt.2
It was a sunny afternoon in August of 2008, when this Small Town police department began fielding multiple 9-1-1 calls from alarmed residents in a quiet neighborhood just outside of town. The callers told dispatch they had just witnessed what appeared to be the kidnapping of a ten-year-old neighborhood girl as she rode her bike. This triggers multiple agencies in the area coming together in a frantic effort to catch the kidnapper before he disappears with his victim forever.
Monster Pt.1
It was a sunny afternoon in August of 2008, when this Small Town police department began fielding multiple 9-1-1 calls from alarmed residents in a quiet neighborhood just outside of town. The callers told dispatch they had just witnessed what appeared to be the kidnapping of a ten-year-old neighborhood girl as she rode her bike. This triggers multiple agencies in the area coming together in a frantic effort to catch the kidnapper before he disappears with his victim forever.
If These Walls Could Talk Pt.2
A husband breathlessly calls 9-1-1 to say that he just arrived home to find his wife dead of a gunshot wound. As the 9-1-1 operator immediately dispatches officers to the scene, she tries to get as much information as she can from the husband about what happened. But his odd behavior during the call raises some serious red flags. Lt. Scott returns to Small Town Dicks with another shocking case that involves clandestine recordings, suspect interviews, and good old fashioned detective work.
If These Walls Could Talk Pt.1
A husband breathlessly calls 9-1-1 to say that he just arrived home to find his wife dead of a gunshot wound. As the 9-1-1 operator immediately dispatches officers to the scene, she tries to get as much information as possible about what happened. But the husband’s odd behavior during the call raises some serious red flags. Lt. Scott returns to Small Town Dicks with another shocking case that involves clandestine recordings, suspect interviews, and good old fashioned detective work.
Girl For Rent
Sgt. David and his officer-in-training are working the graveyard shift on a cold winter night when they scout out an abandoned lot in their small town that’s a well-known spot for illegal activity. As they approach, they see a car with its lights off and two passengers inside: a man in his 50’s and a young girl seated on the passenger’s side. Though there’s no crime in just sitting in your car, Sgt. David has a gut feeling that something is very wrong. What he discovers is even worse than what he suspected.
Drinking From A Firehose Pt. 1
Part 1/2: Identical Twin Detectives Dan and Dave tell us about their unusually eventful and epic first days on the job as cops.
Drinking From A Firehose Pt. 2
Part 2/2: Identical Twin Detectives Dan and Dave tell us about their unusually eventful and epic first days on the job.
Ask Me Anything
Detectives Dan and Dave, and Yeardley and Zibby sit down to answer questions posed by you, our incomparable Small Town Fam!
The Protégé Exposed
The following contains a recorded phone call and interview between Lt. Scott and Officer Francisco, where Francisco offers up the details of his illicit sexual encounters while on he was duty. For the full context of this audio we highly recommend you listen to The Sociopath and The Whistleblower (season 1) first, and then The Protégé (season 2).
The Team Tackles Proust
The Proust Questionnaire was made popular in the late 1800’s by the French novelist, Marcel Proust (though he didn’t invent it.) Back then people used to play it at parties as a parlor game. They felt like your answers to these questions revealed your true nature. Vanity Fair magazine made the questionnaire popular again by putting it on its back page every month. So we thought it’d be fun if the Small Town Team played this iconic parlor game, too.
The Sociopath and the Whistleblower Part 4
This is the chilling story of a man who, as a police officer, took his police department’s solemn oath to be guided by professionalism, integrity, courage and honor. He also promised that his behavior would meet his department’s standard of honesty and accountability. Then, for 10 years, he patrolled the community, gaining its trust, while simultaneously victimizing those he knew would be too afraid to speak up.
The Sociopath and the Whistleblower Part 3
This is the chilling story of a man who, as a police officer, took his police department’s solemn oath to be guided by professionalism, integrity, courage and honor. He also promised that his behavior would meet his department’s standard of honesty and accountability. Then, for 10 years, he patrolled the community, gaining its trust, while simultaneously victimizing those he knew would be too afraid to speak up.
The Sociopath and the Whistleblower Part 2
This is the chilling story of a man who, as a police officer, took his police department’s solemn oath to be guided by professionalism, integrity, courage and honor. He also promised that his behavior would meet his department’s standard of honesty and accountability. Then, for 10 years, he patrolled the community, gaining its trust, while simultaneously victimizing those he knew would be too afraid to speak up.
The Sociopath and the Whistleblower Part 1
This is the chilling story of a man who, as a police officer, took his police department’s solemn oath to be guided by professionalism, integrity, courage and honor. He also promised that his behavior would meet his department’s standard of honesty and accountability. Then, for 10 years, he patrolled the community, gaining its trust, while simultaneously victimizing those he knew would be too afraid to speak up.
10 Below
This murder case would end up making national headlines for it’s made-for-Hollywood plotline, including a hostage negotiation and two dead bodies. Who says Small Town, USA is only home to small-time crime?
Dead Man Walking
Sonja had filed for divorce from her husband, Roberto, and taken out a restraining order against him due to his violent tendencies towards her and their two children. So when Roberto doesn’t show up for court and Sonja doesn’t show up for work, police are dispatched to the house where they encounter the couple’s oldest daughter yelling that her father has a gun and is going to kill her mother. Detectives recount the hours-long stand-off and its impossible ending.
Evidence Breaks the Case
A scorned lover, a brazen suspect, an autistic witness, and good old fashioned detective work break this case wide open for Detective Dan.
Keep Out
Emma was a 24 year-old woman who had recently become engaged and was renting a room at her friend, Bill’s, house when Doug showed up. Doug was Bill’s cousin and had been given permission to stay, temporarily, in the detached garage. He was a heavy drug user with a criminal record, and he gave Emma the creeps. That was just one of the reasons Bill had made it clear to Doug that he was not allowed in the main house where Emma was living. But Doug didn’t listen.
Goofy Loop
Zibby shares a personal story of being violently attacked and then waiting for hours before she called the police. Law enforcement refers to this delay as, “The Goofy Loop.” In this episode Detectives Dan and Dave explain how easily it happens to civilians and law enforcement personnel, alike.
She Said/He Said
When a young teenager tells her father that her former stepdad spent several years sexually abusing her when she was younger, Detective Dave is called in to investigate this delicate case, which appears to have little physical evidence and is hobbled by the passage of time.
What Is Your Emergency?
Murder investigations are often described by law enforcement as being like a giant jigsaw puzzle that you assemble one painstaking piece at a time. But in this particular case police got a full confession from the suspect. On the 9-1-1 call. Before detectives even arrived at the scene.
Unspeakable
Detective Don already had 28 years of experience in law enforcement when he caught Lindsay’s murder case. And yet, the extent of the abuse the young girl had suffered still shocked him. As a result of this investigation, the way routine child-welfare checks are done in this Small Town, changed forever.
Is This Thing On?
A concerned wife calls the police after coming home to find her husband yelling threats and wielding multiple firearms. Police and S.W.A.T. are dispatched to the house where a violent stand-off culminates in an eerie revelation.
Don’t Go!
As far as Lynn was concerned, her on-again-off-again relationship with Allen was over for good. But Allen wanted to give it one more try. What began as “just dinner” between the two exes, ended in passion and murder. Detectives Dan and Dave, along with the victim’s mother, discuss the details of the case and the devastating effects of domestic violence.
Snake
This is the full, unabridged audio of the phone call between Lt. Scott and the suspect, well-respected police officer Robert, from Season 1, episode 12: THE SOCIOPATH AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER. Robert has been placed on administrative leave so Lt. Scott calls him at home in the late morning when he knows Robert’s family will be out. What Robert doesn’t realize is that the lieutenant is recording their conversation and he already knows much more than Robert thinks he does.
The Women
Yeardley and Zibby follow up with Lt. Scott about where the women from the THE SOCIOPATH AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER are now.
On the Record
Yeardley, Zibby, Detective Dan, and Detective Dave play their own version of Ask Me Anything with hilarious, sometimes-thoughtful and surprising results.
The Feels
Zibby and Yeardley get personal with a round table of 5 detectives from Season 1. “What haunts you?” “What’s the effect of your job on your personal relationships?” “When you have kids and your job involves confronting the worst of humankind every time you go to work, where do you put the worry when your kids leave the house?” #AllTheFeels.
K-9 Capers
Zibby and Yeardley sit down with four K9 officers, including our own Detective Dan, to hear how they bond with these elite animals (no, to snuggling on the couch; yes, to playing “fetch” at 3AM). They also get the low down on the time Detective Dave ended up as a chew toy.
The Killer
Lynn got a text on her phone from a male friend while she slept – a text she would never see because her ex-boyfriend, Allen, saw it first, exploded into a rage and murdered her with a baseball bat. This is the audio of Allen’s suspect interview that we excerpted for Season 1/ Episode 1, DON’T GO! This is the firsthand account of events that night, according to the killer.
