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I’m a Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter who’s pursued serial killers and criminals of every stripe from crime scenes to prison cellblocks.
On my True Crime Reporter® podcast, you ride shotgun on stories few others can tell.
Decades of trust and reputation grant me access to investigators, inmates, and those wronged by crime. And you’re right there with me.
For those who want to go deeper, my eBooks, paperbacks, and audiobooks expand on these cases with full-length accounts drawn from decades of reporting.
Unlike standard audiobooks read in a single voice, mine are produced as immersive documentaries. We layer the stories with music and sound design that heightens the tension and pulls you inside the investigation.”
What drives every story I tell is a mission to reveal how criminals operate, informed by years of investigations, so you come away safer and sharper than before. I carry that same mission into my newsletter, Stories To Keep You Safe, which delivers practical lessons drawn from real cases.
Beyond my investigations, I bring listeners into conversations with journalists and respected authors who have written some of the most compelling true crime books about infamous cases.
I’ve earned three “ Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards for Investigative Reporting” — the broadcast equivalent of a Pulitzer — for going toe-to-toe with the powerful and the dangerous.
The Dallas Crime Commission and the FBI honored me with their first-ever “Excellence in Crime Reporting Award” after I exposed identity theft kingpins and Mexican drug cartels. The American Bar Association’s “Silver Gavel Award” recognized my investigation that exposed systemic corruption inside the Texas parole and prison systems.
I’ve pried truth from mountains of records others tried to bury, faced threats hurled in my face, and sat in courtrooms as juries delivered justice to violent criminals and stared down the worst of the worst behind bars.
My reporting has also taken me far beyond America’s streets — under fire in Iraq while embedded with U.S. troops, chasing terrorists across Europe, inside the White House press corps covering presidents, and into disaster zones where survival hung by a thread.
I’ve been in the eye of the storm for some of the nation’s most harrowing breaking news stories, from the mass shooting at Luby’s Cafeteria in Texas and the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco, to the Oklahoma City bombing, the standoff with the Republic of Texas separatists, and countless natural disasters.
Before journalism, I served as an investigator for the legendary Congressman Wright Patman of Texas, spearheading inquiries that reached into the Watergate scandal and exposed Pentagon bribery schemes.
In 2001, Texas A&M University honored me with its College of Architecture’s “Outstanding Alumnus Award” — a distinction given to less than one percent of graduates.
In addition to my reporting, I’m a recognized expert in AI-assisted storytelling and a member of the FBI-affiliated InfraGard National Members Alliance dedicated to protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Grounded in Texas grit and guided by an unwavering belief in truth, I tell the stories that matter — with the courage to go where they lead and the resolve to see them through
As the creator of the True Crime Reporter® podcast, books & audiobooks, and the Freed To Kill Television documentary series, I employ an immersive, investigative, and deeply human storytelling style.
You can reach me at fan@truecrimereporter.com.
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Click here to purchase my “Texas Crime Stories” audiobook. It downloads into your podcast app.
Click here to purchase the Paperback & Kindle editions on Amazon.
Schedule me to speak at your social meeting or corporate event.
My presentation, “Evil Walks Among Us,” features stories about serial killers and notorious criminals and personal safety tips.
Step into the storied halls of the Texas Prison Museum and uncover the gripping tales of infamous inmates, daring escapes, and the history of justice in the Lone Star State.
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You can reach me at fan@truecrimereporter.com.
Read my biography.
I based the first season of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast on my investigation of serial killer Kenneth McDuff. McDuff, a former death row inmate, was released on parole in Texas under a cloud of corruption.
In 2021, the podcast was honored with a 25th Annual Webby Award for Best True Crime Podcast. Claire Graves, Executive Director of The Webby Awards, stated, “Honorees like Robert Riggs and the True Crime Reporter®’s podcast are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet. It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 13,500 entries we received this year from 50 states and 70 countries.”
As an Executive Producer, I spun off the podcast series about McDuff into Freed To Kill, a five-part television documentary that premiered on Fox Nation Streaming in March 2022. The five-part series received a Telly Award for television documentary in May 2022.
It has drawn praise from journalism stalwarts. Retired CBS News Anchor Bob Schieffer, who appeared in Freed To Kill, succinctly encapsulated its impact: “This is the story of pure evil, and you told it well.”
In the documentary, I revealed my intrepid reporting style by using old-school “shoe leather” tactics—knocking on doors, tracking down sources, and uncovering facts.
Outside of reporting, I enjoy the frontier spirit of Texas through my love of horses.
It offers an escape into nature that balances my intense work.
Watch the True Crime Reporter® YouTube Channel to see more than 200 of my news reports and podcasts.
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