This week, in the void between holidays, Hal slows it down a notch and sums up a few takeaways from the year.

Guest: Erika Krouse, author

Topic: Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

Guest host: Kim Green, editor of Pursuit Magazine

Air Date:March 30, 2022

Erika Krouse, a writer of fiction and nonfiction, has the kind of face that inspires confidences. Strangers often confess their secrets to her. And she has a talent for listening—to what people say AND what lies behind their silences. These gifts landed her a gig as a private investigator, working a landmark Title IX lawsuit involving sexual assaults at a university. Guest host Kim Green talks with Krouse about her new book: “Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation.” The memoir details her role in that five-year case — and how the work began to consume her life. Krouse reveals her investigative methods and shifting motivations with blistering self-awareness and candor. In the webinar, we’ll zoom in on the sorcery of convincing witnesses to open up — how P.I.s deploy empathy, skills of observation, and sometimes, a pretense of connection as superpowers of persuasion. And we’ll tackle the question of how much to consider individual witnesses’ best interest in the context of the job — and a wider search for justice.

Order the book here: http://www.erikakrousewriter.com/books

Read an excerpt in CrimeReads: https://crimereads.com/people-have-al…

Guest: John Nardizzi, Boston private investigator ”
Topic: Investigating Wrongful Convictions Air
Date: Dec. 1, 2021
Summary: Hal Humphreys talks with Boston private investigator John Nardizzi about what causes wrongful convictions and how private investigators can get involved in working “innocence cases” — and even make a decent living at it. They’ll talk about John’s experience investigating on behalf of wrongfully convicted clients, how it feels to help set a wrong right and see a client walk free, and how it feels when justice does NOT prevail. He’s poured all that triumph and fury into a new novel, THE BURDEN OF INNOCENCE,  which he wrote to help set things right in fiction that didn’t go right in the world. Join John & Hal as they discuss all this on Wed., Dec. 1 at 4:30pm ET!