Robert Riggs and Bob the Dane against a backdrop of investigative reporting scenes.

TRUE CRIME Reporter®

Robert Riggs & his pal Bob the Dane—on the trail of true crime stories.

Investigating Crime, AI Threats, & Hidden Dangers

From the crime scene to the courtroom, Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Riggs takes you inside dangerous minds and exposes threats hiding in plain sight. Drawing on decades of firsthand reporting, he investigates violent crime, AI-driven deception, and corporate negligence—revealing the warning signs, the human consequences, and what you can learn to better protect yourself and your family.

Danger Usually Sends a Warning

Kenneth McDuff, in white prison clothes, is escorted by officers outside a transport van.

Serial killer Kenneth McDuff abducted dozens of women.

The Problem Is Recognizing It in Time

Go Deeper Into the Stories

Texas Crime Stories: Blood & Betrayal, by Robert Riggs

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Texas Crime Stories

Blood & Betrayal

Riding Herd on the Lawless · Vol. 1

Some stories demand more than an episode.

Join Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Riggs for a deeper look inside chilling Texas crimes—drawn from original reporting, firsthand interviews, and decades spent following cases from crime scenes to courtrooms.

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.

AI Has Made It Impossible to Know What’s Real

https://media.blubrry.com/truecrimereporter/ins.blubrry.com/truecrimereporter/138_TCR.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:41 — 44.9MB)Imagine getting a video text message from your bank’s manager asking for your password. You recognize her face. You hear her voice. She’s looking right at you. But there’s one… More

The AI Chatbot That Made Her Question Reality

https://media.blubrry.com/truecrimereporter/ins.blubrry.com/truecrimereporter/137_TCR.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:59 — 53.5MB)After a nine-hour conversation, an AI Chatbot convinced a 17-year-old girl that she was living in a simulated world.  A world like the one depicted in the 1999 Sci-fi film… More

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.