Detective Story: True Crime Insights with Mike Hammond and Chris Kafcas
by Mike Hammond
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Detective Story – Episode 27: An Interview with Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson
Jun 23, 2026
1h 14m 40s
Episode 26-The Grimes Sisters: Chicago's Infamous Cold Case And A Suspect Who Can Still Be Held Accountable
May 21, 2026
1h 14m 11s
A Warrior's Path: A Tribute to Rick Coyle and John Bartholomew
May 15, 2026
22m 35s
Episode 25- Former Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples
May 5, 2026
1h 35m 51s
Episode 24- Michele Wood "Model Detective" & Marco Garcia , Lead Hostage Negotiator: Chicago PD's Power Couple
Mar 24, 2026
1h 14m 00s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | Detective Story – Episode 27: An Interview with Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson | Send us Fan Mail Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson rarely sits for interviews. We got him for a candid, hour-plus conversation — and it's the most open he's been since leaving CPD. Mike Hammond worked under Eddie back when he was a Sergeant in Area 4 Homicide, and that history shows: this is two coppers talking straight, not a press-conference Q&A. Topics include: — How Rahm Emanuel personally recruited him for the job (Eddie never applied) — Growing up in Cabrini Green... | 1h 14m 40s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 |  Episode 26-The Grimes Sisters: Chicago's Infamous Cold Case And A Suspect Who Can Still Be Held Accountable✨ | cold casetrue crime+4 | Chris Kafcas | — | ChicagoCook County | Grimes sisterscold case+5 | — | 1h 14m 11s | |
| 5/15/26 |  A Warrior's Path: A Tribute to Rick Coyle and John Bartholomew✨ | tributelaw enforcement+3 | — | Crittenden County Sheriff's DepartmentChicago Police Department | — | Rick CoyleJohn Bartholomew+4 | — | 22m 35s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Episode 25- Former Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples✨ | leadershippolice department+3 | Melissa Staples | Chicago Police Department | — | Melissa StaplesChief of Detectives+3 | — | 1h 35m 51s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Episode 24- Michele Wood "Model Detective" & Marco Garcia , Lead Hostage Negotiator: Chicago PD's Power Couple✨ | homicide investigationhostage negotiation+4 | Michele WoodMarco Garcia | Model Detective | — | Michele WoodMarco Garcia+5 | — | 1h 14m 00s | |
| 2/23/26 | Season 3 Begins! Episode 23 - The Murder of 6-Year-Old Allen Kalfus✨ | true crimemurder case+4 | — | — | — | Allen Kalfusmurder+6 | — | 1h 01m 48s | |
| 1/1/26 | 2026 Season Update: We're Back.✨ | season updatefan mail+3 | — | — | Midland/Odessa, TexasChicago, Illinois | Detective Storytrue crime+4 | Core Natural Gas Services | 1m 54s | |
| 8/12/25 | Episode 22- Interview with Chicago Police Narcotics Detective Josh Weitzman✨ | true crimenarcotics investigation+3 | Josh Weitzman | Chicago Police DepartmentKansas City Police Department | — | Chicago Policenarcotics detective+3 | — | 1h 26m 32s | |
| 8/3/25 | Detective Story-Episode #21- Richard Cain Part 2, Chicago Outfit Gray Man, Assassin and Enigma✨ | true crimegangsters+4 | — | CIAFBI+1 | — | Richard CainChicago Outfit+6 | — | 1h 27m 52s | |
| 5/1/25 | Season 2- Episode #20-Part 1- The Story of Richard Cain, Chicago Criminal and Cultural Enigma✨ | Chicago crimegangsters+3 | — | FBICIA | — | Richard CainChicago Outfit+5 | — | 1h 04m 32s | |
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| 12/24/24 | Episode 19- Interview with Chicago Police Department Homicide Sergeant Michele Wood✨ | homicide investigationtrue crime+3 | Michele Wood | Chicago Police Department | — | homicide detectiveChicago Police+3 | — | 56m 45s | |
| 12/21/24 | Episode 18 - The I-70 Killer✨ | I-70 Killerserial killer+3 | — | — | I-70Indianapolis+2 | I-70 Killerserial killer+3 | — | 43m 48s | |
| 11/24/24 | Detective Story Episode 17- TIME CRITICAL- Two endangered pregnant women missing in Gary, Indiana✨ | missing personstrue crime+3 | Lisette Guillen | — | Gary, Indiana | missing womentrue crime+3 | — | 43m 57s | |
| 11/17/24 | Episode 16- Part 2 Elizabeth Veloz | Send us Fan Mail Visit our website at WWW.DETECTIVESTORY.NET In Episode #16, PART 2 of Detective Story, we invite you to join Mike Hammond, Chris Kafcas, Bob Rodriguez and Elizabeth Veloz' family to discuss the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Elizabeth Veloz. We visit some of the key locations in the investigation and are pleased to let you hear from Elizabeth's daughter, sisters and niece. On the night of 26 July 1992, 27 year old East Side of Chicag... | 1h 02m 03s | ||||||
| 10/11/24 | Episode 15-The Godfathers of Chicago's Chinatown | Send us Fan Mail VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE!!!! @ www.detectivestory.net Link to purchase the book, Godfathers of Chicago's Chinatown: https://a.co/d/aQw9wYu Join Detective Story for an interview with Charles "Greg" Daly aka: Harrison Fillmore on a discussion of his book and the violent 100 years of Organized Crime in Chicago's Chinatown. Rivaling the violence and mayhem of Chicago's Outfit battle between Al Capone and the Bugs Moran gang and spanning as long of a time frame, the sto... | 1h 42m 15s | ||||||
| 8/19/24 | Detective Story Episode 14- Elizabeth Veloz and a dedicated detective's promise to a family | Send us Fan Mail In Episode #14 of Detective Story, we invite you to join Mike Hammond, Chris Kafcas and special guest Retired Chicago Homicide Detective Bob Rodriguez to discuss the case of Elizabeth Veloz. On the night of 26 July 1992, 27 year old East Side of Chicago native, Elizabeth Veloz, went out with friends. She left a bar with three male, hispanic men very late into the morning. Reports of their travels are unclear and the three men have been inconsistent in their accou... | 42m 19s | ||||||
| 7/23/24 | Episode #13-DS Interviews Deviant Podcast hosts Andrew Iden & Dan Szematowicz | Send us Fan Mail Detective Story invites you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of Deviant podcast hosts Andrew Iden & Dan Szematowicz of Cold Open Media. Andrew and Dan discuss their latest project Deviant a podcast that focuses on societies scariest human predators. Detective Hammond takes a deep look with Andrew and Dan at their first season target; Israel Keyes. Keyes was a serial killer, bank robber, burglar, kidnapper, arsonist and sexual predator who murdered at le... | 1h 25m 26s | ||||||
| 6/29/24 | Detective Story Episode #12-The 50th Anniversary of the Becky Breedlove Case | Send us Fan Mail Robyn Breedlove, Becky Breedlove's sister, joins Detective Hammond to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the murder of Becky Breedlove. Robyn helps to paint a more complete picture of her beloved sister and the tremendous loss and burden her murder placed on her family. In a follow up to episode #4 Detective Hammond and Robyn discuss Becky and the case and the ongoing fight to find her killer and see justice done. Thank you to Robyn Breedlove for her cour... | 41m 03s | ||||||
| 6/24/24 | Detective Story Episode #11-Magdalena Idzikowska, Part 2 What happened to Maggie? Getting answers | Send us Fan Mail Episode 11, Detective Hammond is again joined by his former homicide partner Mike Pietryla and close friend, brother and owner of the Welcome Back Lounge, Chicago, Chris Kafcas, to finish walking you through the incredible story of the murder of 21 year old Magdalena "Maggie" Idzikowska and the nearly 15 investigation and judicial process that led to the identification and prosecution of her killer. If you have ever wondered what the life of a homicide dete... | 1h 29m 49s | ||||||
| 6/15/24 | Detective Story Episode #10-Magdalena Idzikowska. The tragedy of the killing of a bright future and the grind of solving a whodunnit murder. | Send us Fan Mail After all of the detective books have been read and the movies and television's shows cast what is solving a true mystery homicide really like? Can those entities every capture the humanity, the slow grind and the sheer focus it takes to solve a case that takes years to get answers? In episode 10, and concluding with Episode 11, Detective Hammond is joined by his former homicide partner Mike Pietryla and close friend, brother and owner of the Welcome Back Lounge, Chicag... | 1h 05m 26s | ||||||
| 6/5/24 | Detective Story Episode #9-DS Interview with Mike Marotta, Executive Director, Warriors Heart | Send us Fan Mail In honor of the brave soldiers, police officers and all first responders who have fought the battles to keep us free, safe and healthy, Detective Story takes great honor in inviting you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of Mike Marotta, Executive Director of Warrior's Heart. Warrior's Heart, founded by Josh and Lisa Lannon and Tom and Laurie Spooner, is an organization that dedicates itself to not only ending the heartbreaking number of suicides ... | 1h 03m 15s | ||||||
| 5/29/24 | Detective Story Episode #8-DS Interview with LaDonna Humphrey, Documentarian | Send us Fan Mail Detective Story invites you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of LaDonna Humphrey. Host of Multiple Podcasts and Writer and Director or the award winning documentary Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story. Detective Hammond and Mrs. Humphrey dive into the Melissa Witt case and discuss the investigation and circumstances. A case that demands answers. Answers that are out there and can be found. #WhoKilledMelissaWitt #JusticeForMelissaWitt A s... | 1h 02m 44s | ||||||
| 5/19/24 | Detective Story Episode #7-DS Interview with Allicia Johnson Niles, Author, Trauma Survivor, Keynote Speaker and Mental Health Advocate | Send us Fan Mail In honor of Memorial Day, Detective Story invites you to join Detective Hammond for the interview of Allicia Johnson Niles. On March 27th, 1976 Allicia's father, Lieutenant Junior Grade Burr N. Johnson, was shot and killed aboard his assigned ship, the USS Richard S. Edwards which was docked in Pearl Harbor. Then a young child, Allicia was told of her father's murder. For her, the loss caused years of years of pain, trauma and shear terror of the unnamed and unkn... | 1h 17m 38s | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | Detective Story Episode #6-DS Interview with Susan Snow-Author and Speaker | Send us Fan Mail Susan Snow is the daughter of slain Los Angeles Police Department Detective Thomas C. Williams, who was ambushed and killed on October 31, 1985 when Susan was 17 years old. She is a published author, speaker, and coach. Her book, The Other Side of the Gun-My Journey from Trauma to Resiliency, was born out of Susan’s journey through the trauma she experienced with the death of her father. She wrote it on her pathing to healing and to help others heal through her words an... | 59m 46s | ||||||
| 4/18/24 | Detective Story Episode #5 Sergeant Walter Kevin Artz and the summer of 1987 | Send us Fan Mail Detective Hammond returns with the very personal story the murder of Vigo County Sheriff Sergeant W. Kevin Artz. Detective Hammond talks of his relationship with his first mentor in law enforcement Deputy Michael McKissick, the closing of the innocence of his youth with his college internship and the beginning of his journey into the real world of violence. A story that he has kept inside of his close circle of friends and family until now. He recounts the story ... | 56m 14s | ||||||
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