Host Steve “Murph” Murphy (retired DEA Agent, featured in NARCOS on Netflix) takes you inside the most intense and fascinating true crime stories in the world. Real life tales from the most notorious cases everyone knows and some you’ve probably never heard of (until now) from those who broke the law and those who were sworn to enforce it. Murph asks the questions and gets into the true stories from the real life players in the biggest, baddest, most dangerous game of all — the Game of Crimes.
263: Part 1: From Egg Ranch To ATF: Infiltrating America's Most Dangerous Biker Gangs
Sep 01, 2026
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When the ATF needed someone to infiltrate the world's most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gangs and no one else would do it, John Carr said yes. His willingness to embrace the unknown turned a small-town kid from a Northern California into one of America's most daring undercover ATF agents.
262: Part 2: 29 Miners Killed: The Mine Explosion They Tried to Bury
Aug 26, 2026
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29 miners went to work and never came home. On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia exploded — methane buildup, inadequate rock dusting, and safety failures that turned a coal mine into a death trap. 29 lives lost in seconds...
262: Part 1: He Left the Mines to Hunt Ghost Stories, Mothman, & Murder
Aug 25, 2026
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He spent 9 years working the West Virginia coal mines — where brotherhood keeps you alive and one mistake can kill you. Now JD Belcher hunts a different darkness.
261: Part 3:Behind The Badge: The Shooting He Can't Forget 💙
Aug 20, 2026
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A radio call. A man with a sword. And in the seconds that followed, Chad Jensen's career was on the line all over again — this time not from a federal indictment, but from a trigger he had no choice but to pull.
261: Part 2: He Found The Evidence That Cleared His Name 🔥
Aug 19, 2026
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This is the moment Chad Jensen's defense stopped fighting to survive and started fighting to win. Part 2 of the fight that ended in exoneration.
261: Part 1: Cop Falsely Accused: The FBI Indictment That Nearly Destroyed Him 💥
Aug 18, 2026
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He got a phone call that started with these words: 'You've been indicted.' Not for a crime he committed — for one the federal government decided to build a case around.
260: Part 2: The Corrupt Prosecutor & the Informant Code 💥
Aug 12, 2026
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He helped elect a prosecutor to clean up the streets — and that same prosecutor ended up facing criminal charges. Welcome to the real world of undercover narcotics, where nobody is exactly who they seem...
260: Part 1: WV's First Drug Cop: Cocaine & Crack in Small-town America
Aug 11, 2026
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Before crack cocaine made headlines, before fentanyl destroyed families, cocaine was already quietly killing small-town America — and law enforcement veteran Terry Sayre was one of the only cops who saw it coming... 🔥
259: Part 2: Can Bravery Be Taught? A Retired CIA Officer Explains
Aug 05, 2026
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In Part 2 of this Game of Crimes interview, retired CIA officer Steve Hirsch draws on 30 years in intelligence to examine the true nature of courage, secrecy, leadership, and life inside one of the world’s most demanding professions.
259: Part 1: Retired CIA Officer Reveals What Intelligence Work Really Demands
Aug 04, 2026
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In this Game of Crimes interview, former CIA officer Steve Hirsch reflects on 30 years in intelligence and national security. He explains how a visit to a CIA information session changed his career—and how a conversation led to recruitment into one of the world’s most secretive agencies.
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