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Retired Agent, Author, Podcaster ~ writing FBI crime fiction and nonfiction and hosting FBI Case File Review podcast. https://jerriwilliams.com/

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Nov 22

I’m here to talk about crime fiction and true crime, and to debunk FBI myths and misconceptions for those who read, watch, and write crime dramas about the FBI.

I’m hoping this will be a safe place from toxicity.

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · 10d

Review of FBI art crime case where cultural artifacts and human bones illegally stolen were seized by the FBI and repatriated to communities around the world.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/374-tim-carp... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #artcrime

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · 18d

Review of Eufaula police corruption case where drug dealers in the Alabama town cooperated with the FBI to record proof they were being extorted for cash.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/373-john-mcm... or wherever you get your podcasts.  #fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #policecorruption

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · 24d

Review of espionage investigation of honeypot Chinese double spy Katrina Leung and former FBI handler JJ Smith.

Listen to Episode 372 here: jerriwilliams.com/372-steve-co... or wherever you get your podcasts.  #fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #chinathreat #chinesespy #honeypot

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Oct 1

I'm excited to announce I've been invited to speak about the FBI in Books, TV, and Movies at the Wilmington University True Crime Lecture Series on November 11, 2025 (Veterans Day). I hope to see you there! It’s is free; but registration is required. Register here: cji.wilmu.edu/events/tcls-...

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 25

Review of sex trafficking investigation where a teen was held against her will and murdered by a man who answered an online sex advertisement.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/371-carrie-l... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #sextrafficking #crimesagainstchildren

371: Carrie Landau – Justice For Desiree, Teen Sold To Trafficker - Jerri Williams

Review of sex trafficking investigation where a teen was held against her will and murdered by a man answering an online sex advertisement.

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 18

Review with the authors of the undercover drug smuggling and money laundering operations covered in the true crime book, Inside The Cartel.

Listen to Episode 370 here: jerriwilliams.com/370-martin-s... or wherever you get your podcasts.

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Review of 3 SWAT operations recounted in the book, Send Me: Chronicles of an FBI Sniper, by Jeremy Rebmann, a sniper on the Oklahoma City FBI SWAT team.

Listen to Episode 369 here: jerriwilliams.com/369-jeremy-r... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 5

I called up retired agent Donnie Brasco to help me review the hit movie Donnie Brasco for teachable moments about FBI policies.

Read my review of Donnie Brasco here: jerriwilliams.com/blog/review-...

#FBI #fbiagent #crimefiction #crimedrama #donniebrasco #undercoveragents #mafia

Review of Donnie Brasco (1997) - Jerri Williams

Retired agent Donnie Brasco helps review Donnie Brasco, comparing it with today's FBI reporting requirements for undercover employees (UCEs).

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Part 2 of our conversation with Joe Pistone and Donnie Brasco about their family ties and what it takes to be an undercover agent.

Listen to Episode 368 here: jerriwilliams.com/368-donnie-b... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #undercoveragent

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Sep 2

I reviewed the series finale of FBI: Most Wanted (Season 6 - Episode 22: The Circle Game), focusing on teachable moments about the FBI fugitive program and agent retirement policies.

Read my review of FBI: Most Wanted here: jerriwilliams.com/blog/review-...

Review of FBI: Most Wanted (2020–2025) - Jerri Williams

Review of the series finale for teachable moments pertaining to the most wanted fugitive program and the special agent retirement policy.

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 28

Retired agent Donnie Brasco shares how his uncle, Joe Pistone, inspired him to become an FBI agent and certified undercover agent.

Listen here jerriwilliams.com/367-donnie-b... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #donniebrasco

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 25

Coming up on FBI Case File Review - Episode 367 this Wednesday night, August 27, and Episode 368 on September 3 - is the exclusive video reveal of the FBI's worst-kept secret.

Follow or subscribe to FBI Case File Review wherever you get your podcasts.

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Review of two financial fraud cases: the Orion Bank failure, which cost the FDIC $884 million, and the VR Labs fraud.

Listen to Episode 366 here: jerriwilliams.com/366-thomas-l... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 14

Review of the Colleyville, Texas snagogue hostage crisis, where a British national took four people hostage.

Listen to Episode 365 here: jerriwilliams.com/365-brooke-p... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 7

Review of FBI investigation of the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings where 8 suicide bombers donated themselves in hotels and churches, killing 270 people, including five Americans.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/364-raj-pate... or wherever you get your podcasts.  #fbi #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Aug 4

In my review of The Hunting Party, about an FBI task force on a mission to recapture the unknown number of sociopaths who escaped from a top-secret underground prison silo, I write about federal prisoner escape procedures.

Read my review here: jerriwilliams.com/blog/review-...

Review of The Hunting Party (2025 - ) - Jerri Williams

Review of The Hunting Party for teachable moments about Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prisoner escape procedures for notifying the FBI.

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jul 31

Review of the fugitive hunt for a developer who defrauded banks of nearly $20 million in the late 70s and 80s and of the book, Beyond the Badge.

Listen to Episode 363 here: jerriwilliams.com/363-tony-moz... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #bankfraud

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jul 24

Review of an FBI investigation that resulted in the rescue of a restaurant owner kidnapped for ransom at gunpoint and held for five days.

Listen to Episode 362 here: jerriwilliams.com/362-kathy-ad... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #kidnapped

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Review of one of the first international digital child sexual images distribution cases and the start of the Innocent Images National Initiative and international task force.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/361-stacey-p... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jul 16

I thought a slight refresh of the FBI Case File Review name and artwork might help reach younger @spotify listeners.

Listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts.

#FBI #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jul 10

Review of FBI HRT involvement in the attempted rescue by Navy SEALs of four Americans whose sailboat, The Quest, was commandeered by 19 Somali pirates.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/360-robert-dam… or wherever you get your podcasts.#fbib#fbiagentn#truecrimepodcastst

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jun 30

I review Duster for teachable moments about how an FBI agent might select and develop an informant, human source, or cooperating witness.

Read my review of Duster here: jerriwilliams.com/blog/review-...

#FBI #crimefiction #tvblog #duster #fbiagent

Review of Duster (2025 - ) - Jerri Williams

Review of Duster for teachable moments about how the FBI operates human sources, plus my role as a technical consultant on the show.

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Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jun 27

Women Who Talk To The Dead.

Review of Operation UNITED, where the bodies of 200 victims were exhumed to solve their murders.

Listen to Episode 359 here: jerriwilliams.com/359-katherin... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast #coldcase

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jun 24

ThrillerFest 2025 was the best ThrillerFest ever!

(Confession: I say that every year.)

#thrillerfest #thrillerfest2025 #thrillerwriters

Jerri Williams @jerriwilliams1.bsky.social · Jun 19

Would you take anabolic steroids manufactured in some guy’s basement? FBI case review of Operation Raw Deal, a nationwide DEA led investigation and take-down.

Listen here: jerriwilliams.com/358-bryan-tr... or wherever you get your podcasts.

#fbi #fbiagent #truecrimepodcast