156: Part 1: Dana Ridenour - From small town KY girl to long-term deep cover FBI agent

Game of Crimes

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🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Murph interviews Dana Ridenour, a retired FBI agent, about her experiences working long-term undercover. Dana discusses the challenges, risks, and psychological toll of undercover work, what it means to “build relationships to betray relationships,” and the risks and sacrifices involved. Considering the toll that undercover work can take on mental health, Dana emphasizes the importance of support systems and self-care for law enforcement officers. She also talks about her transition to writing and the inspiration behind her books.

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0:00.0	And the Well, welcome back to the next episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.
0:20.0	If you're new to the show, you've come to the right place to see and hear some of the best true crime content anywhere.
0:28.0	Today's guest is Dana Ridenhauer, a retired FBI agent with extensive experience working in long-term undercover roles.
0:36.1	This is one you want to hear.
0:37.8	But before we get into a story, I got a couple things for you today.
0:41.2	First I want to thank you for listening to and watching, I love saying that, watching the Game of Crimes on YouTube.
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1:01.3	do appreciate you giving me your time.
1:03.0	Second, I read your comments about the introductions being too long and several suggestions
1:08.4	on the small town police plotter.
1:10.6	So this week I've enlisted the help of our guest to join me in the small town police
1:14.4	water section and we're doing it as part of her interview and of course Dana she
1:19.4	knocked it out of the park and you'll see we had some fun doing this.
1:22.4	Third the regular house the of the interview. That's the part where I tell you how great game of crimes is and where you can find out more about our social media and Patreon stuff.
1:37.0	Quick disclaimer here, this is a show about crime. We talk about bad people doing bad things and bad people doing bad things to good people.
1:45.0	I do take these stories seriously, but what's wrong with having a little laugh about some of the crazy things that criminals do and what the cops have to put up with.
1:54.2	Now on to our guests, Miss Dana Roddenauer is a small town girl from Kentucky.
1:59.0	She earned her law degree from Chase College of Law at the Northern Kentucky University.
2:04.0	Her childhood dream was to becoming an FBI agent, but she also joined working on a charter boat in the low country of South Carolina. Nothing wrong with that. After joining the FBI,
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