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Mike Hammond, a retired Chicago Police Homicide Detective, leads this True Crime podcast that discusses cold cases, missing persons, and law enforcement insights.
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Send a text Season 3 begins with the case that started it all. In February 2001, my partner Sam Manto and I worked our first murder as lead detectives: 6-year-old Allen Kalfus, tortured to death by his foster mother, Flora Stewart. Sam and I sit down 25 years later to revisit this case. What we remember. What surprised us. And what still haunts us. This is the story of Allen Kalfus. Visit us for direct contact, updates and news at our website: www.detectivestory.net Detective Mike Hammond is...
Send a text On Episode 22 of Detective Story we have the distinct honor to host former Chicago Police Narcotics Detective Josh Weitzman. Josh, a long time friend and colleague of Mike Hammond, has a very interesting personal and professional story. He started his police career with the Kansas City Police Department but eventually returned to his native Chicago and the Chicago Police Department. During a decorated career Josh became a narcotics investigation expert and tactical sp...
Send a text Visit our Station page and join the Detective Story community. Vote in a poll about the Richard Cain saga at: www.https://station.page/detectivestory Gangster, police officer, hitman, international criminal, right hand to notorious Chicago Outfit Boss Sam Giancana, would be Fidel Castro assassin, JFK assassination conspirator, Anti-Castro rebel coordinator and trainer, linguist, wiretapper, polygraph examiner, Barry Goldwater bodyguard, FBI Informant and CIA operativ...
Send a text Welcome back for the start of season two of Detective Story! Gangster, police officer, hitman, international criminal, right hand to notorious Chicago Outfit Boss Sam Giancana, would be Fidel Castro assassin, JFK assassination conspirator, Anti-Castro rebel coordinator and trainer, linguist, wiretapper, polygraph examiner, Barry Goldwater bodyguard, FBI Informant and CIA operative. In his 20 plus years run in the public eye, Richard Cain was reported to have been all of the things...
Send a text Reach us at our website! www.detectivestroy.net In Episode 18- Detective Story begins taking on the mysterious I-70 serial killer who killed multiple people from 1992 through 2001 along the I-70 corridor stretching from Indianapolis into Missouri and then later possibly resumed in Texas. Detective Mike Hammond is back behind the yellow tape. After a brief hiatus to focus on his upcoming book and reset the mission of the show, Mike returns with a full schedule for 2026. &nb...
Send a text www.detectivestory.net. Friend to the show, Lisette Guillen, joins us to discuss the very troubling cases of Ja'Niyah MicMichael and Emma Baum. Both young women, Ja'Niyah is 13 years of age and Emma 25, have been reported missing and both are reported to be pregnant. Emma was 9 months pregnant and beginning to dilate at the time she was last seen or heard from on October 10th, 2024 where she was reported to have been at her boyfriend's residence in...
Send a text Visit our website at WWW.DETECTIVESTORY.NET In Episode #16, PART 2 of Detective Story, we invite you to join Mike Hammond, Chris Kafcas, Bob Rodriguez and Elizabeth Veloz' family to discuss the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Elizabeth Veloz. We visit some of the key locations in the investigation and are pleased to let you hear from Elizabeth's daughter, sisters and niece. On the night of 26 July 1992, 27 year old East Side of Chicago nat...
Send a text VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE!!!! @ www.detectivestory.net Link to purchase the book, Godfathers of Chicago's Chinatown: https://a.co/d/aQw9wYu Join Detective Story for an interview with Charles "Greg" Daly aka: Harrison Fillmore on a discussion of his book and the violent 100 years of Organized Crime in Chicago's Chinatown. Rivaling the violence and mayhem of Chicago's Outfit battle between Al Capone and the Bugs Moran gang and spanning as long of a time frame, the story ha...
Send a text In Episode #14 of Detective Story, we invite you to join Mike Hammond, Chris Kafcas and special guest Retired Chicago Homicide Detective Bob Rodriguez to discuss the case of Elizabeth Veloz. On the night of 26 July 1992, 27 year old East Side of Chicago native, Elizabeth Veloz, went out with friends. She left a bar with three male, hispanic men very late into the morning. Reports of their travels are unclear and the three men have been inconsistent in their accounts. ...
Send a text Detective Story invites you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of Deviant podcast hosts Andrew Iden & Dan Szematowicz of Cold Open Media. Andrew and Dan discuss their latest project Deviant a podcast that focuses on societies scariest human predators. Detective Hammond takes a deep look with Andrew and Dan at their first season target; Israel Keyes. Keyes was a serial killer, bank robber, burglar, kidnapper, arsonist and sexual predator who murdered at least t...
Send a text Robyn Breedlove, Becky Breedlove's sister, joins Detective Hammond to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the murder of Becky Breedlove. Robyn helps to paint a more complete picture of her beloved sister and the tremendous loss and burden her murder placed on her family. In a follow up to episode #4 Detective Hammond and Robyn discuss Becky and the case and the ongoing fight to find her killer and see justice done. Thank you to Robyn Breedlove for her courage a...
Send a text Episode 11, Detective Hammond is again joined by his former homicide partner Mike Pietryla and close friend, brother and owner of the Welcome Back Lounge, Chicago, Chris Kafcas, to finish walking you through the incredible story of the murder of 21 year old Magdalena "Maggie" Idzikowska and the nearly 15 investigation and judicial process that led to the identification and prosecution of her killer. If you have ever wondered what the life of a homicide detective...
Send a text After all of the detective books have been read and the movies and television's shows cast what is solving a true mystery homicide really like? Can those entities every capture the humanity, the slow grind and the sheer focus it takes to solve a case that takes years to get answers? In episode 10, and concluding with Episode 11, Detective Hammond is joined by his former homicide partner Mike Pietryla and close friend, brother and owner of the Welcome Back Lounge, Chicago, Ch...
Send a text Detective Story invites you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of LaDonna Humphrey. Host of Multiple Podcasts and Writer and Director or the award winning documentary Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story. Detective Hammond and Mrs. Humphrey dive into the Melissa Witt case and discuss the investigation and circumstances. A case that demands answers. Answers that are out there and can be found. #WhoKilledMelissaWitt #JusticeForMelissaWitt A specia...
Send a text Susan Snow is the daughter of slain Los Angeles Police Department Detective Thomas C. Williams, who was ambushed and killed on October 31, 1985 when Susan was 17 years old. She is a published author, speaker, and coach. Her book, The Other Side of the Gun-My Journey from Trauma to Resiliency, was born out of Susan’s journey through the trauma she experienced with the death of her father. She wrote it on her pathing to healing and to help others heal through her words and exp...
Send a text Detective Hammond returns with the very personal story the murder of Vigo County Sheriff Sergeant W. Kevin Artz. Detective Hammond talks of his relationship with his first mentor in law enforcement Deputy Michael McKissick, the closing of the innocence of his youth with his college internship and the beginning of his journey into the real world of violence. A story that he has kept inside of his close circle of friends and family until now. He recounts the story from ...
Send a text On a warm summer Chicago night, June 1974 someone brutally stabbed and murdered 25-year-old Becky Breedlove in her apartment. Bubbly, cute and fun loving she was a transplant to Chicago from Mississippi in the prime of her life. She had a young son who was staying with her parents back in Mississippi at the time she was murdered. She worked hard and loved to socialize in her neighborhood. But Chicago can be a rough place for those not familiar with it. Becky, whether she kne...
Send a text In a special edition of the Detective Story Podcast, Retired Chicago Police Homicide Detective Mike Hammond discusses recent events in the Chicago area during which 12 people were murdered by two separate offenders. He talks about the police procedure, both from the perspective of a homicide detective and administrative responsibilities, during these mass casualty and public threat situations. He also gives his perspective on how you can get yourself through these events saf...
Send a text Detective Story with Mike Hammond returns with the story of Nickole Kitchen. Nickole's amazing rise out poverty to become a successful young businesswoman and inspiration to her community was violently cut short by a man she had hoped was her life partner. Retired Chicago Police Homicide Detective Hammond walks you through her rise, popularity and the love and respect she had in her family and community. Then he tells you how a violent, con man Lothario masquerading as...
Send a text Retired Chicago Police Homicide Detective Mike Hammond opens the Detective Story Podcast discussing the murder of Ms. Geneva Redding. As you will hear, Ms. Redding was an amazing 85-year-old woman that was true leader in her Chicago community for nearly 60 years. Her murder devastated not just her family but an entire community on Chicago's west side and reverberated throughout the entire city. Detective Mike Hammond is back behind the yellow tape. After a brief hiatu...
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