S17 Ep134: Big Dogs: On The Trail of a Serial Killer w/ Steve Ditmars
Darkness Radio
Darkness Radio
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 201 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Lieutenant JW North is on his last night on patrol when he is shot and seriously injured after responding to a prowler dispatch. His life hangs in the balance as his fellow officers work to catch the shooter and try to help a woman who is also brutally injured. This injury changes JW and as he recovers he begins a journey of redemption. He reaches into his past to find a new direction for his life. He begins training a German Shepherd dog, Ares, to trail dangerous suspects. The program develops into a not only a powerful law enforcement tool, but also helps JW begin to take back his life. Police work is always dangerous, but when you are out front, chasing desperate criminals, it is especially so. Ares leads JW on several adventures, but ultimately, he must again face evil in another deadly confrontation.
Former LBPD Officer/Author of Big Dogs, Steve Ditmars joins True Crime Tuesday today to talk about the book (based on a true story), the character of Asko the dog (based on his first K9 partner, Asko), his experiences on the force and the challenges that his brothers and sisters face today in training and maintaining new K9 unit and themselves.
Get your copy of Big Dogs here: https://wildbluepress.com/steve-ditmars-blog-1/
Get an autographed copy of Big Dogs: https://www.slditmars-author.com/
PLUS DUMB CRIMES AND STUPID CRIMINALS!!
Find all of the archives of True Crime Tuesday from the Patreon days of 2017-2021, go to our new website, https://www.officialtruecrimetuesday.com/ and check out what you have missed!
#crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #bigdogs #theadventurebegins #steveditmars #longbeach #longbeachpolicedepartment #jwnorth #Ares #addy #bonnienorth #germanshepard #trackingdogs #trailingdogs #scenttrails #bigdogsseries #k9 #murder #serialkiller #rape #trailingdogs #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #BeerCityBruiser #ROH #RingofHonorWrestling
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to the Best in True Crime Podcasting. |
| 0:25.8 | This is True Crime Tuesday. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Tim Dennis. |
| 0:27.8 | Got a good show for you today folks. |
| 0:29.9 | We're going to take it in a little bit different direction. |
| 0:32.0 | One that I'm excited about. |
| 0:33.5 | I myself am a dog lover. |
| 0:35.2 | I absolutely love my canines. |
| 0:38.3 | And one of the things that interests me about True Crime, in the True Crime aspect and |
| 0:43.1 | about law enforcement, is police canines. |
| 0:46.3 | And I absolutely love stories of police canines. |
| 0:49.8 | Love hearing about police canines. |
| 0:51.1 | One of the things that absolutely breaks my heart is when I'm sitting at home and |
| 0:55.0 | I'm watching the news. And I hear stories about canines that get injured or killed in |
| 1:01.7 | the line of duty. |
| 1:02.7 | Nothing breaks my heart more than hearing stories about that. |
| 1:07.9 | But there is a great new book out there that I read over the weekend called Big Dogs. |
| 1:13.2 | And it's written by an author named Steve Dittmerson. |
| 1:16.0 | It's out by Wild Blue Press. |
| 1:18.4 | And I got to tell you folks, we're going to talk about that book today. |
| 1:22.1 | And it's based on some real life experiences. |
| 1:24.6 | Our author Steve Dittmerson was born in Long Beach, California as a proud graduate of |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Darkness Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Darkness Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.