Episode 094: Russell Atkinson - Silicon Valley Executive Kidnapping Case

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2017

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Russell Atkinson reviews the case of Charles Geschke, a wealthy Silicon Valley business executive kidnapped at gunpoint and held for four days before being rescued. After retiring from the FBI, Russ Atkinson, with degrees in mathematics and law, practiced law and also worked for many high-tech firms in the computer industry, including IBM, Fairchild Semiconductor, and AOL. Now retired, he writes crime fiction and is the author of eight mystery novels. His book, Held For Ransom, is a fictionalized account of the kidnapping of a wealthy Silicon Valley executive inspired by the Geschke case.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 94 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:15.1	FBI cases. In this episode we get to speak to retired agent Russell
0:21.4	Atkinson who served in the FBI for 25 years.
0:25.0	He specialized in investigating high technology crimes in Silicon Valley.
0:31.0	Atkinson also worked on several kidnapping cases and has arrested murderers and drug dealers.
0:38.4	In this episode, Russell Atkinson reviews the case of Charles Greske, a wealthy Silicon Valley businessman,
0:47.0	kidnapped at Gunpoint and held for four days before being rescued.
0:52.0	After retiring from the FBI, Russell Atkinson, with
0:57.2	degrees in law and mathematics, practice law, and also work for many high-tech firms in the computer industry, including
1:06.6	IBM, Fairchild Semiconductor, and AOL.
1:11.7	Now completely retired, he spends most of his time writing crime fiction and is the
1:18.1	author of eight mystery novels his for Ransom, is a fictionalized account of the kidnapping of a wealthy Silicon
1:28.3	Valley executive, and it was inspired by the Gresky case. You can learn more about Russell Atkinson and his books at
1:37.2	his website, Cliff Knowles Mysteries. Now of course this case that we're talking about, the Charles Greske
1:45.8	kidnapping is all true, but you can imagine as a mystery writer Russell Atkinson is a great storyteller so I really
1:56.7	think you're going to enjoy this interview but before we get to the interview I
2:01.0	just want to say that I hope you had a fantastic
2:04.8	Thanksgiving and to invite you if you're not already to become a member of my
2:11.2	FBI in books TV and movie reader team. Once a month I send out a
2:17.3	digest of the episodes introduced a month before my crime fiction recommendations and I curate different articles about
2:26.8	the FBI and books, TV and movies.
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