175: : Part 1 – Susannah Herkert – DEA Diversion Investigator and Amelia Earhart enthusiast

Game of Crimes

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Susannah Herkert, a former Diversion investigator and expert on Amelia Earhart. Susannah delves into the theories surrounding Amelia Earhart's disappearance, showcasing her passion for aviation and her extensive research on the subject.

Susannah discusses her transition into law enforcement, the formation of Tactical Diversion Squads, and her involvement in high-profile celebrity cases. Being qualified as an Expert Witness in all things related to Diversion, Susannah and Murph discuss the critical issues surrounding medical accountability, the impact of drug diversion on families, and the role of law enforcement in addressing the opioid crisis. They emphasize the need for community involvement and education to combat addiction and highlight the importance of holding medical professionals accountable for their actions. The conversation concludes with a call to action for individuals to engage in grassroots efforts to raise awareness and prevent addiction in their communities.

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0:00.0	We typically found money at the clinics, bank accounts.
0:03.1	I will tell you during a lot of the interviews of the doctors, I'd be like, oh, wow, you're
0:07.0	a doctor.
0:07.8	You must make a lot of money.
0:09.6	And it would just, well, of course, I have, you know, a yacht down here.
0:13.5	And I have these six bank accounts and I buy cattle and all this.
0:17.9	And I'm like, you know, the agents are outside listening, you know, going,
0:21.6	did he really just say that to her? And so I'd be like, well, I'm new here and I don't have a
0:25.0	bank. So which bank was that again?
0:44.6	Hey, gang, welcome back to this week's episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.
0:49.4	And again, we got a special guest coming on today, just like we do every week.
0:54.3	I know you get tired of hear me say that, but I'm just amazed at the people I can get on the show here,
1:01.7	and today's no different. So she has, today's guest has a very interesting background. As you recall on episode 169, which came out on November 4th, we had Billy Matthews, who was a DEA
1:07.0	special agent that worked in a diversion tactical squad out of Dallas and ended up in Quantico.
1:13.9	Well, you remember when he was in Quantico, he talked about creating a more robust
1:18.6	diversion training program and he brought in a special person to help him run that program.
1:24.1	And it might be that person you see on the screen next to me today.
1:26.5	So we're going to hear
1:27.9	some more about diversion. I think I've gotten more comments on Billy's interview than I have
1:34.8	in quite a long time. Matt Addington, we got a lot on him, but I was kind of shocked, to be
1:40.3	honestly, I didn't realize there was that much interest in diversion. So today,
1:45.0	rather than having a special agent on here, we've got a former diversion investigator, a diversion supervisor
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