The Comm Center with Drew Breasy

Caleb Flynn was sentenced October 5, and the judge didn't hold back. But importantly, Caleb Flynn isn't simply locked away and the key thrown away-- the judge deliberately held him highly accountable for all his crimes, and the complex sentencing reflects it. Watch Drew break down exactly how hard Caleb Flynn was sentenced for the murder of his wife Ashley Flynn. Andrew Baxter (Drew Breasy...

A real 911 dispatcher asks is this a fake 911 call? A motion light snaps on. His dog was recently killed. Then he sees something nearly 7 feet tall walking upright through his yard—and it’s looking right at him. We break down the infamous Kitsap Bigfoot 911 call , what the terrified caller actually reported, what happened when police were called, and the decades of claims that followed. Was it a p...

The case against Caleb Flynn came down to one final showdown. Prosecutors Matthew Joseph and Paul Watkins and defense attorney Patrick Mulligan duel over the evidence: Caleb knew Ashley had been shot twice—but how? Where did the missing 9mm go? What do we make of the confusing DNA results? And what did Caleb mean when he texted that February 16 would be a day he’d “never forget”? Authentic Cop Dre...

On Day 1 of testimony in the Caleb Flynn trial, the jury heard the 911 call, watched body camera video from inside the Flynn home, and heard the first officer on scene explain why his own camera wasn't recording. A retired police commander (29 years) and an active 911 dispatcher break down the witnesses who do the jobs we do: the 911 center director who authenticated the call, Sgt. Corey Rismi...

In the Caleb Flynn case, we got to see a phenomenon in human communication displayed with poignance and subtlety from the witness stand. Jill Smith is told her daughter is dead. A father is told his daughter has been murdered. Both need to hear it twice. What that moment teaches us about the people answering 911.

Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife has put the Mica Miller case back in the spotlight. But before the accusations, protests and online theories, there are the facts. Jon examines Mica Miller’s heartbreaking 911 call, reconstructs her final hours and follows the evidence investigators used to determine what happened at Lumber River State Park. Then we look at the protests demanding “Justice for M...

Flock Safety's license plate readers are coming off Florida's state roads after a single Department of Transportation memo revoked every permit statewide — not a court ruling, not a new law. A retired police lieutenant with 29 years in narcotics and criminal intelligence breaks down what Flock cameras actually do, what they got wrong, the 172 missing persons cases they helped solve in one...

He had reasonable doubt. He was filling out the paperwork to acquit. And at the last second, he wouldn't sign — because he couldn't get past the fact that Lindsay Clancy killed her children. The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial, 11-1. Since then, jurors have started speaking publicly about what happened behind closed doors, why the vote broke the way it did, and what nearly happene...

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, Melissa Doi was on the 83rd floor of the South Tower. She called 911. A dispatcher stayed on the line with her until the end — because that was the only thing left she could do. Before the towers fell, before the first responders ran in, there were voices on the line. This is the story of the 911 dispatchers who never hung up — who bore witness to some of th...

Just after 2:00 a.m. on June 4, 2022, 19-year-old Rachel Hansen called 911 from her apartment in Gilbert, Arizona. She told the dispatcher that someone had entered her home while she was sleeping—and shot her. Four years later, her killer remains unknown.

In 2021 in Currie North Carolina, a man was driving his pickup when he came across two strange things-- first a man suffering from terrible injuries walking in the dark. Then something else which defies explanation. The driver dialed 911 and for 11 minutes his close encounter with something unexplainable was documented in real time. Then, the call disappeared for four years. In 2025, renewed inter...

Jon and Drew go live and talk Lindsay Clancy; the latest successes and changes to the show, and take live comments.

Retired Air Force General Neil McCasland is still missing—but his case led us to an even stranger mystery. We investigate Amy Eskridge , the anti-gravity researcher who reported stalking, death threats and directed-energy attacks before sending an eerie warning: “If you see any report that I killed myself, I most definitely did not.” Now her 2022 death has resurfaced amid questions about a growing...

On the morning of August 18th, three systems collided in Worcester, Massachusetts: a 911 center, a police department that had to investigate one of its own. Officers were called to Wildwood Avenue on a report of a person down. They found Kurt Solomon — 57 years old, a former military police officer, a 31-year veteran of the Worcester Police Department. Six days later, his wife Karen Solomon, co-fo...

I tried to understand Lindsay Clancy without condemning—or excusing—what she did. Since then, something changed my mind: the people determined to make her a tragic hero. When compassion becomes exoneration, when responsibility is blamed on everyone except the person who killed three children, true crime has lost the plot. Time to take down the self-important Lindsay Clancy cult, and the true crime...

A Georgia judge just denied Hannah Payne's motion for a new trial — and for the first time in this entire appeal, he actually explained why. This is the “clean order” the Georgia Supreme Court demanded after the last one was thrown out for citing cases that don't exist. A retired police lieutenant breaks down what the judge ruled, whether his reasoning holds up, and the two-word detail fro...

Jeremy Renner was crushed beneath a 14,000-pound snowcat on New Year’s Day 2023, suffering more than 30 broken bones and catastrophic injuries. With deep snow and abandoned vehicles making the mountain difficult for rescuers to reach, his survival depended on neighbors, a 911 dispatcher, firefighters, paramedics, deputies, an air ambulance—and a remarkable fight to stay alive. I'm a real 9-1-1...

Two 911 dispatchers. 85 calls. One active shooter moving through a Twin Falls, Idaho In-N-Out — and every call had to be sorted, triaged, and turned into a picture the responding officers could actually use. Drew, a police commander with 29 years of law enforcement experience, and Jon, an active 911 dispatcher and certified crisis negotiator, break down what it actually takes to run a comm center...

The 911 call was only the beginning. Angelia Solomon--- a mother suddenly in media limelight seeks validation and vindication for failed custody accusations by setting up her daughter as a proxy to further excoriate Aaron Solomon-- at the cost of her Gracie's wellbeing. As emotional appeals fall short, Angelia takes matters into her own hands revealing at last the hypocrisy of her own character as...

18-year-old Grant Solomon was crushed beneath his own pickup truck while his father, Aaron Solomon, called 911 for help. It appeared to be a horrific accident. Then came the questions: a bitter family history, allegations Grant was preparing to expose his father—and three mysterious men Aaron said were at the scene who seemingly vanished from the story. An actual 911 dispatcher breaks down the cal...

Miami-Dade deputies staged outside Perez Hilton's home for nearly four hours before making entry — and the Sheriff's Office called it "tactically disengaging." A retired police commander and an active 911 dispatcher break down what that phrase actually means operationally, why agencies are increasingly choosing not to force entry on self-harm-only calls, and what it signals about...

Bryan Kohberger is back in the headlines, asking to withdraw the guilty plea that spared him from the death penalty. But can he actually do it? In this episode of The Comm Center, 911 dispatcher Jon and 29-year police commander Drew Breasy break down what Kohberger is arguing, what the law says about withdrawing guilty pleas, and why the odds are stacked against him. We also discuss what may reall...

Most serial killers avoid the police. This one couldn't stop calling them. Between 1980 and 1982, the man known as the Weepy-Voiced Killer terrorized St. Paul, Minnesota, then repeatedly called police to confess in chilling, emotional phone calls. As an actual 911 dispatcher , I break down the recordings, the investigation, and the bizarre psychology of the serial killer who seemed desperate t...

Nolan Wells disappeared during a Fourth of July boat trip to Horn Island, Mississippi. His body was found two days later. The internet has decided it already knows what happened — but the audio everyone's heard isn't what they think it is, and the call that actually matters has never been released. Drew spent 29 years in law enforcement, including command-level oversight of a 911 center. J...

Ahead of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, Jonathan is joined by TrueCrimeDoula to examine one of the biggest questions at the heart of the case: what was happening in Lindsay’s mind? We break down the myths surrounding postpartum psychosis, what severe postpartum mood disorders can actually look like, and how the same evidence may be interpreted very differently by prosecutors and the defense. What...