The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line Podcast

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, Ash Wednesday hosts discuss this controversial TV series. The Last Narc is a docuseries about the 1985 death of U.S. DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. The series interviews DEA agents and w...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, Steve Duncan, a retired Special Agent of the California Department of Justice, and Jim Bird, a retired Special Agent of the FBI, discuss the violent crimes in San Diego County between August...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line: The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar discusses Orange County's Mexican Mafia Prison gang member Peter "Sana" Ojeda. Ojeda was known as the Godfather of Orange C...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, retired San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz discusses working with the FBI to investigate and solve bank robberies and major violent robberies in San Diego County. In this episode, Cruz...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, Canadian freelance journalist Katarina Szulc shares her experiences with reporting on the Mexican Cartels and the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the USA. Szulc discusses how the Sinaloa Carte...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, former DEA Agent Chris Feistl shares his experiences taking down the Cali Cartel - Feistl, featured on the Netflix series Narcos 3 – Colombia, discusses the complex investigation invol...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar will share his career expertise in investigating violent crimes against children, the Mexican Mafia prison gang, debriefs, p...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video featuring our guests. In this episode, USBP Task Force Commander Alex Pacheco discusses working alongside the CIA and shares some of the major case investigations he was involved in. He will discuss kidnapping methods used by Mex...

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video that features our guests. In this episode, Fernando Puente of El Bordo Podcast in Tijuana discusses Zona Norte, the kidnapping and murder of young women, and Tijuana's Riverbed known as El Bordo.

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Retired San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz discusses some of San Diego's more notorious bank robberies, robbery crew, and the rape and continuous sexual assault of a young girl at the han...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar shares his life story, from growing up in Compton to the war in Vietnam.

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, former United States Marine Corps Sergeant Major Juan M. Hidalgo Jr shares his life stories from growing up in National City, California, to becoming a United States Marine. He will take us on...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Retired FBI Special Agent Jim Bird discusses his investigations in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the United States.

We want to remind you that our episodes are available on our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line The Story Behind The Blue Line. Each episode begins with an introductory video that features our guests. In this episode, Fernando Puente from El Bordo Podcast shares insights about his upbringing and experiences living in San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. He will delve into personal anecdotes and...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Retired LAPD Sergeant Marlon Marrache discusses the June 11, 2022, incident in Clear Creek County, Colorado, where 22-year-old Christian Glass, who was experiencing mental distress, was shot an...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Ruben Nava discusses the Chaplain Program with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the murder of a Chaplain while on duty. An episode you d...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement Special Agent Steve Duncan takes us on a journey sharing the life story of Gustavo Rivera, known as El P-1. Gustavo Rivera grew up in Chula Vista, California, an...

A reminder that our episodes can be watched via our YouTube Channel, The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line. All of our episodes start with an introduction video featuring our guest. In this episode, Officer Wester, who worked for the Rocky Mount Police Department in North Carolina before moving to California, was assigned to monitor and investigate street and outlaw motorcycle gangs in his...

Former CDCR Lt. Hector Bravo of the Prison Guard Podcast and Hector Bravo Unhinged, interview Ret. San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz. Both talk about policing in San Diego County in the 80s and 90s. There are many interesting topics here, from suicides to police shootings, use of force, equipment used, patrol cars, and many more. The interview can be viewed on Hector Bravo Unhinged.

A reminder that our podcast starts with an introductory video - The hosts on this episode are Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant David Contreras and Phoenix Police Detective Bobby Arce. Retired San Diego Police Homicide Detective Lori Adams discusses some of San Diego's Cold Case Homicides and her career with San Diego PD.

A reminder that our podcast starts with an introductory video - The hosts on this episode are Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant David Contreras, San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz, and Calexico Police Chief Gonzalo "Chalo" Gerardo. LASD Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar discusses the 1995 Mexican Mafia Prison Gang Massacre in El Monte, CA. The case came to be known as the Maxson...

A reminder that our podcast starts with an introductory video - The hosts on this episode are Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant David Contreras, San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier, and Phoenix Police Detective Bobby Arce. US Border Patrol Agent Alex Pacheco discusses specialized border Patrol and ICE Units and the apprehension of Mexican murder suspects and other high-profi...

A reminder that our podcast starts with an introductory video - The hosts on this episode are Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant David Contreras, San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz, and Calexico Police Chief Gonzalo "Chalo" Gerardo. Both Mundo and Hector Bravo discussed the current murders, inmate assaults, staff assaults within the California prisons, Sureño gang members, an...

All the episodes start with an introductory video and song. In this episode, former Chief of International Operations for DEA, Mike Vigil, discusses Mexico, the Mexican government, and the drug cartels that run many parts of Mexico and the Mexican government. Just how powerful are the cartels? Are there mercenaries in Mexico? How are cartel sicarios trained? Is the US government allowed to operate...

All the episodes start with an introductory video and song. In this episode, Los Angeles Sheriff's Chaplains Fred Krause and Ruben Nava discuss the importance of chaplains in law enforcement. Tonight, Ruben and Fred will take us on a journey through the streets, alleys, lineups, triumphs, and tragedies chaplains endure during a shift. The hosts of Ash Wednesday are San Diego Police Detective Serge...