True Crime Reporter® Podcast & Stories

Robert Riggs and his pal Bob the Dane on the trail of true stories worth telling

Investigating Crime, AI Threats, Corporate Negligence, and the Human Cost of Danger

From the crime scene to the courtroom to the prison cellblock, True Crime Reporter® reveals what makes dangerous minds tick and what happens when corporations, institutions, and emerging technologies put innocent people at risk.

Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Riggs examines infamous killers and dangerous minds, investigates AI-assisted crimes, exposes corporate negligence and hidden public-safety threats, and chronicles acts of survival that reveal the human cost of danger.

True Crime Reporter® is for people who want to understand how predators select their victims, how powerful companies evade responsibility, how artificial intelligence creates new forms of deception, and how ordinary people can recognize danger before it is too late.

Danger Usually Sends a Warning

Serial Killer Kenneth McDuff Abducted Dozens Of Women

The problem is recognizing it in time.

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    Go Deeper Into The Stories

    The podcast takes you inside the investigation. Robert Riggs’ books preserve the full story, drawing on original reporting, firsthand interviews, court records, archival material, and decades spent covering crime and criminal justice.

    Explore true stories of dangerous minds, failed institutions, determined investigators, and the human consequences left behind.

    Texas Crime Stories: Blood & Betrayal

    This blood-chilling true-crime anthology peels back the curtain on some of Texas’s most disturbing and unforgettable criminal cases. From cold-blooded murder to unspeakable betrayal, each story dives deep into the hearts of both victims and perpetrators, unearthing the truths buried beneath public headlines and official accounts.

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    Inside The Book

    The book opens with “The Bible Thumping Dark Angel,” an unsettling account of Baptist minister Matt Baker, a man of God whose charm and community standing masked a sinister capacity for deception and murder. Through relentless investigation and damning testimony, Baker is revealed not as a grieving widower but a calculating killer who drugged and smothered his wife, perhaps even responsible for his own daughter’s death years earlier

    About the Author

    “Texas Crime Stories” by Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Riggs is more than a compilation of murders and violence—it’s a deep dive into the complex intersection of human depravity, law enforcement tenacity, and the fragile line between good and evil. These stories remind us that in Texas, the truth is often stranger—and far darker—than fiction.

    Listen to Stories You Will Not Hear Anywhere Else

    Original reporting. Firsthand interviews. Cases drawn from Robert Riggs’ reporter’s notebook. 

    Riggs takes listeners from the crime scene to the courtroom, into the prison cellblock, and inside the decisions that place innocent people in danger.

    Hear original reporting on infamous killers, AI-assisted crime, corporate negligence, public-safety threats, survival, and the human consequences left behind.

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    From the Reporter’s Notebook

    Read original reporting by Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Riggs on dangerous minds, AI-assisted crime, corporate negligence, public-safety failures, history, conflict, survival, and consequence.

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