Tony Kiritsis has already taken a hostage. Now, incredibly, he's allowed to leave the scene.

With Richard Hall still attached to the Dead Man's Wire, Kiritsis relocates to his apartment, claims it has been rigged with explosives, and turns a hostage crisis into a 63-hour national spectacle. As police struggle to contain the situation, negotiators search for leverage, reporters become part of the story, and authorities make concessions that would be nearly unthinkable today.

In a desperate attempt to keep the hostage alive, police turn to Indianapolis radio personality Fred Heckman as an intermediary. But the final demand may be the most shocking of all: a live press conference with a shotgun pointed at a hostage's head.

The nation watches. The hostage taker has a microphone. And everyone wonders whether they're about to witness a murder on live television.

This 9-1-1 caller wasn't asking for help.

In this episode, a trained hostage negotiator breaks down that call to identify the demands, deadlines, threats and deeply seated emotional problems that drive hostage situations. What can negotiators learn in the first few minutes from demands deadlines and threats, and how can those clues be used to build toward a peaceful surrender?

Mickey Stines spent the night before the shooting at his aunt's house. He hadn't slept in seven days. He took a fistful of Benadryl and melatonin and none of it touched him. He sat up all night watching security cameras, terrified for his wife and daughter. And minutes before he killed his friend, he called his aunt from inside that courthouse — and asked to speak to his grandmother. She had been dead for two and a half years. His aunt said that under oath.

That was one of three fights inside a single pretrial hearing. This is the full breakdown — the venue fight, the bond hearing, and the battle over how many times the state gets to put Mickey Stines' mind under a microscope. Retired Police Commander Drew Breasy breaks it down from the inside.

We are not attorneys. This is not legal advice. Operational true crime — from the 911 call to the courtroom.

Eleven years ago, Butch Knight made a 911 call confessing his own murder—and then disappeared. Listen to the shockingly callous call, reconstruct Knight's deliberate movements before and after the homicide, and examine how one of Michigan's most arrogant and most wanted fugitives has managed to evade capture for more than a decade. The case remains open, and justice is still waiting.

Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her locked Philadelphia apartment in 2011. The medical examiner first ruled it a homicide — then reversed the finding, and the case has been argued ever since. Most of that argument rests on four claims that don't survive scrutiny. A retired police commander and an active 911 dispatcher work the record, not the rumor.In this finale, Drew and Jon break down the four myths driving the Ellen Greenberg case: that no real investigation ever happened, that there was a cover-up, the most uncomfortable myth about motivation, and the claim that the 911 call "sounds fake." Then we do something we rarely do — we make the case for the other side, and the questions that genuinely remain. We are not attorneys, and we don't render verdicts. We analyze how investigations, 911 calls, and forensic rulings actually work — and we let you decide.

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It sounded like a routine medical emergency for an unsuspecting 911 dispatcher. The caller reported that a woman was turning blue-- she was at death's door. But was the caller her killer? In this episode of The Comm Center, we break down the original 911 call, unpack the bizarre emergency call that gave a voice to a suspect and examine the 37-year mystery that transformed a seemingly ordinary emergency call into a haunting murder investigation.

A terrified little girl calls for help. A man shouts. She screams, and the line goes dead.

In this episode, a veteran 911 dispatcher breaks down the chilling call believed to be from missing child Anthonette Cayedito, examining the words, emotions, and unanswered questions that have haunted investigators for decades. Was it really Anthonette reaching out after her abduction? We explore the disappearance, the mysterious phone call, reported sightings, and the heartbreaking reality that thousands of children remain missing across the United States. One of the most disturbing missing-person cases in American history—and a mystery that refuses to be forgotten.

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A frantic late-night 911 call reports a brutal attack. The Dispatcher believes they’re hearing a terrified victim begging for help. Later, Investigators begin uncovering evidence that completely reshapes the story. From the infamous Darlie Routier case to a new Texas homicide, we break down the chilling moment when the caller becomes the suspect.

A real 911 dispatcher breaks down the controversial call made by Sam Goldberg upon discovering the body of his fiancé Ellen Greenberg in one of the internet’s most debated true crime cases.

Dissect the emotional 911 call, highlighting key moments, language choices, and behavioral cues that may have influenced dispatcher decisions and police perception and helped establish the initial 'self-inflicted' narrative of the crime scene-- before investigators even arrived.