A Conversation with Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent and 'FBI Retired Case File Review' Host Jerri Williams
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🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
The Murder Sheet sat down with former Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Jerri Williams. Jerri is known for her podcast, FBI Retired Case File Review, where she goes over fascinating high profile investigations and equally-intriguing lesser known cases with the FBI agents who investigated them all. Jerri also served as a FBI special agent for 26 years. She spoke to us about what it is really like to investigate cases for the FBI.
Listen to Jerri's podcast FBI Retired Case File Review here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://jerriwilliams.com/podcast-2/
Check out Jerri's website: https://jerriwilliams.com/
Buy Jerri's book on FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives here and support local bookstores: https://bookshop.org/p/books/fbi-myths-and-misconceptions-a-manual-for-armchair-detectives-jerri-williams/9740984?ean=9781732462441
Buy Jerri's first novel Pay to Play here and support local bookstores: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pay-to-play-jerri-williams/9740961?ean=9781732462427
Buy Jerri's follow-up novel Greedy Givers here and support local bookstores: https://bookshop.org/p/books/greedy-givers-jerri-williams/9740935?ean=9781732462403
Read Áine's old Business Insider article about the myths about working at the FBI: https://www.businessinsider.com/what-hollywood-gets-wrong-about-being-an-fbi-agent-2016-7
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| 0:00.0 | For most of us who are interested in crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a fascinating institution. |
| 0:06.5 | In the United States of America, it's our domestic intelligence agency. |
| 0:10.9 | The Bureau boasts a long, storied, lauded, and occasionally even controversial history, dating all the way back to the dawn of the 20th century. |
| 0:19.6 | It dominates our popular culture, with countless films, |
| 0:23.0 | television shows, serials, radio programs, and novels centering the FBI and FBI agents. And, of course, |
| 0:30.8 | it's been involved in many of the highest profile criminal cases this country has ever seen. |
| 0:35.7 | According to the FBI's website, the Bureau has a workforce of around 35,000 people, and over |
| 0:42.6 | 10,000 of those are special agents. |
| 0:45.9 | These special agents are tasked with investigating everything from serial murders to |
| 0:51.0 | white-collar crime to terrorism cases. |
| 0:54.1 | But what's it really like to work for the FBI? |
| 0:58.4 | Today, we will speak with someone who can take us through what a career at the Bureau is really like. |
| 1:04.3 | We'll be speaking with Jerry Williams. She's the author of the book FBI Myths and Misconceptions, |
| 1:12.7 | a manual for armchair detectives, and she's also the hosting author of the book FBI Myths and Misconceptions, a manual for armchair detectives. |
| 1:18.1 | And she's also the hosting creator of the podcast, FBI retired case file review. |
| 1:23.7 | And before all that, for 26 years, she served as an FBI special agent. |
| 1:27.0 | My name is Anya Kane. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenlee. I'm an attorney. And this is |
| 1:30.5 | The Murder Sheet. We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives |
| 1:36.8 | into murder cases. We're The Murder Sheet. And this is a conversation with former Federal Bureau |
| 1:43.0 | of Investigation Agent and FBI retired case file |
| 1:46.5 | review host Jerry Williams. |
| 2:03.6 | Thank you. The The Jerry isn't just a former FBI special agent. She continues to be an ambassador for the institution |
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