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FBI Retired Case File Review

002: Ray Carr – Tracking FBI’s Most Prolific Bank Robber, Carl Gugasian

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Ray Carr reviews his training as a hostage negotiator and profiler in the field and his investigation of Carl Gugasian, one of the most prolific bank robbers ever investigated by the FBI. The case features hidden bunkers containing stashes of cryptic maps, weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and thousands of dollars in cash.

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0:00.0

Hi guys and welcome to episode 2 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

0:10.4

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI cases.

0:16.0

For this episode I interviewed retired FBI agent Ray Carr.

0:22.0

I interviewed him about his career and he talked FBI field analyzing cold and difficult to solve cases. He talks about his case that

0:37.3

involved one of the most prolific bank robbers in the history of the FBI. The investigation takes us into

0:45.4

hidden bunkers, stashed with maps and weapons and hundreds of rounds of

0:51.8

ammunition. It's pretty fascinating.

0:54.0

Let's start the show.

0:55.0

I want to introduce my guest for today, Ray, Car.

1:01.0

Ray, when did you retire from the FBI?

1:04.0

December of 2014.

1:06.0

How's retirement going?

1:08.0

Busier in retirement than actually when I was an agent.

1:11.0

It's something that everybody always told me would happen and I never believed it until I'm now living it.

1:15.7

When did you join the FBI? My EOD, my entry on duty date,

1:21.2

April 3rd 1989.

1:24.0

And so you were there for a total.

1:25.8

Don't make me do the math.

1:27.8

I was in for just under 26 years.

1:31.2

Wow, okay, yeah.

1:33.0

That's the same amount of time I had, 26 years.

1:36.0

All right, so why don't you take us through?

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