Big Mad True Crime

A firefighter who saved lives in a flood, a plan to leave her husband, and a missing persons report nobody told her family about.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A dad of three, a stranger on a mountain bike before dawn, and a $40,000 question nobody has answered.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-8477 or the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at 713-755-6044.

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A missing child labeled a runaway, a mother dating the lead investigator, and a sister who never stopped searching.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A date night, a blamed attacker who didn't exist, and a hat with a receipt trail.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A date night, a blamed attacker who didn't exist, and a hat with a receipt trail.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A fired cop, a lawsuit against the department, and a murder weapon that belonged to her husband.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A fired cop, a lawsuit against the department, and a murder weapon that belonged to her husband.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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An affair, a trip to the gas station, and a van stuck in the mud.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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An affair, a trip to the gas station, and a van stuck in the mud.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A $17 million vault, a velvet Elvis painting, and a hitman sent to Mexico.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A surprise divorce announcement, a jailhouse suicide pact, and a basement full of bullet holes.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A small town, a late night walk in the rain, and a "I hate cops" note.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A borrowed nine-millimeter, a staged break-in, and an extreme fugitive makeover.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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An online ad, sequined suspenders, and a military sniper.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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A trip to the toy department, a frantic search, and the absolute nightmare that changed child safety forever.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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An orphan from Colombia, a stolen royal identity, and a Rodeo Drive shopping spree.

Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray.

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An orphan from Colombia, a stolen royal identity, and a Rodeo Drive shopping spree.

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Happy 4th of July. Here is Critical Incidents newest episode. If you want to be featured, email us at Criticalincidentspod@gmail.com

I sat down with retired FBI Special Agent Seamus McAlerney to tell the inside story behind Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos.

A former bank auditor who was told he'd never make it into the Bureau, Seamus landed on the legendary C-10 squad as a brand-new agent in 1998 just as a botched World Trade Center robbery cracked open one of the most significant organized crime cases in FBI history. Assigned to arrest violent DeCavalcante soldier Anthony Capo, the rookie agent chose respect over intimidation, played a patient game of mental chess, and did what no one in the family's 100-year history had ever done: he got a made member to flip.

Seamus takes us deep into the real-life world that inspired The Sopranos - the panel of bosses, the Queens strip club, the murders, and a consensual recording of mobsters watching the show and naming which characters were them. Along the way he breaks down how cooperation actually works: proffers, "eating the indictment," the Witness Security Program, RICO and its predicate acts, and why numbers beat letters when it comes to a plea.

He also shares the human cost — contracts on his witness and on law enforcement, losing his father mid-case, 9/11 grinding everything to a halt, friends lost in the towers, and a White House commendation for dismantling not one but two crime families at once.

A masterclass in patience, teamwork, and the principle that carried his whole career: persistence beats resistance, and credit will find you.

Get the book at ⁠flippingcapo.com⁠, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.

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