Episode 100: The FBI in Books, TV, and Movies - 10 More Clichés and Misconceptions
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2018
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
I’m celebrating 100 episodes of FBI Retired Case File Review with a special crime fiction show exploring clichés and misconceptions about the FBI in books, TV, and movies. My co-host for this episode is retired agent Bobby Chacon. We have both “been there” and “done that.” What most people know about the FBI comes from popular culture. This list features what writers of novels, scripts, and screenplays sometimes get wrong about the Bureau and FBI agents. This is my second list. In Episode 50, I also wrote about this topic. Both lists were created for those who read and watch crime fiction about the FBI, write crime fiction and thrillers about the FBI, and who have always wanted to join the FBI.
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Why does it matter if films and novels occasionally contain false information about the FBI?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 100 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired |
| 0:14.0 | retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime |
| 0:18.0 | cases. |
| 0:19.0 | This is another milestone 100 episodes and to help me commemorate this special milestone is my |
| 0:27.4 | special co-host Bobby Shacon. Hey Bobby. |
| 0:31.1 | Hi Jerry, congratulations on the 100th episode. |
| 0:34.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:35.0 | So I've been doing this for two years. |
| 0:38.0 | I plan on continuing to be the host and producer of this podcast until I can't find another retired agent who's willing |
| 0:49.2 | to give me the honor of helping him or her tell their story and we told your story in episode 8. |
| 0:57.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:58.0 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:59.0 | So if anybody's listening and you haven't heard episode 8 with Bobby Chacon. |
| 1:05.0 | We talked about what you did in the Bureau, so that was Jamaican drug gangs and as one of the founders of the FBI died team. |
| 1:17.0 | Right, underwater forensics at its infancy. |
| 1:21.0 | So that was a really exciting episode so I do hope they go back and take a look at that. |
| 1:27.0 | But you also came back for the 50th episode and at that time we did a whole episode just about what people |
| 1:39.6 | get wrong about the FBI and books, TV, and movies, |
| 1:43.8 | 10 cliches and misconceptions. |
| 1:47.0 | And this time, we're calling it, |
| 1:49.6 | the FBI and books, TV and movies, |
| 1:52.3 | 10 more cliches in this conception. So why don't you tell the folks why you are |
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