The Investigation Guru – Jodi Arias

Posted on April 22, 2022August 27, 2023 by Shaun Culwell

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Jodi Arias

This is Episode 9 of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. Please stay tuned for more exciting content on the world of true crime and private investigations. You can also subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. We are available on all of the major platforms.

This episode examines the case of Jodi Arias and the brutal murder of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander.

In the summer of 2008, Jodi Arias made national headlines after she was charged with murdering her 30-year-old ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, who was working as a motivational speaker and insurance salesman. The shocking and horrifying brutality of the murder (committed by a female), along with Arias’s bizarre behavior when she was arrested, makes this one of the most unusual cases we’ve examined thus far.

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Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content. Next time, we will be discussing the intriguing case of Elizabeth Holmes, who, at the tender age of 19, and having just dropped out of Stanford University, convinced some VERY big players to invest in her startup company Theranos. She did this by convincing them that her team was on the cusp of developing the technology to test for a full suite of physical ailments with just a single drop of blood. The trick was…none of it was true.

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The voice actor for our intro and outro is Jake Phillips. He has the voice of a Roman God and we were so happy to have him. He insisted on us not crediting him, but we’re going to do it anyway. He can be found at jakephillips.net.

Our intro and outro music was composed by Zach Striefel.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – Jim Jones

Posted on May 3, 2021August 27, 2023 by Shaun Culwell

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Jim Jones

This is Episode 8 of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. Please stay tuned for more exciting content on the world of true crime and private investigations. You can also subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. We are available on all of the major platforms.

This episode examines the case of Jim Jones and the events that transpired in Jonestown, Guyana on November 19, 1978.

Jim Jones was an American cult leader, mass murderer, political activist, and self-professed faith healer who led the People’s Temple, a new religious organization which existed between 1955 and 1978.

Jones founded the organization that would become the People’s Temple in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1955.

In 1965, he moved the Temple to California, where the group established its headquarters in San Francisco and became heavily involved in left-wing politics through the 1970s.

Jones then left the US to establish Jonestown, compelling many of his followers to live there with him.

By 1978, media reports had surfaced of human rights abuses at Jonestown. Deciding to investigate these reports, US Representative Leo Ryan led a delegation to the commune in November of that year.

While boarding a return flight with some former Temple members who had wished to leave, Ryan and four others were murdered by gunmen dispatched from Jonestown. Jones then ordered and likely coerced a mass murder-suicide that claimed the lives of 918 commune members, 304 of them children, almost all by cyanide-poisoned Flavor Aid.

San-Francisco-Chronicle-Article

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Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content. Next time, we will be discussing the disturbing case of Jodi Arias, who was convicted of killing her boyfriend, Travis Alexander, after stalking him for months.

Our intro and outro music was composed by Zach Striefel.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – Chris Watts

Posted on March 7, 2021August 27, 2023 by Shaun Culwell

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Chris Watts

This is Episode 5 of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. Please stay tuned for more exciting content on the world of true crime and private investigations. You can also subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. We are available on all of the major platforms.

This episode examines the sad and shocking case of Chris Watts, who murdered his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste in 2018. The coldness and inhumanity with which Chris carried out these murders is truly disturbing and really began to bother me personally. His total and complete lack of remorse and the endless lies that he told during the investigation are haunting.

Here is the police report, as promised!

Chris-Watts-Police-Report

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Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content. Next week, we will be discussing the case of Lori Vallow/Daybell, who participated in the murder and subsequent cover-up of the deaths of her two children, Tylee and J.J. If you haven’t heard of this case, get ready because it’s quite unnerving.

Our intro and outro music was composed by Zach Striefel.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – 5 Things a PI Can Never Do

Posted on February 13, 2021January 27, 2024 by Shaun Culwell

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5 Things a PI Can Never Do

This is Episode 4 of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. Please stay tuned for more exciting content on the world of true crime and private investigations. You can also subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. We are available on all of the major platforms.

This episode closely follows a recent blog post series we did on the legalities of being a private investigator and the bounds and constraints that are placed on us by our governing agencies. In this episode, we discuss five things that a private investigator can NEVER do. For more information, please head over to our blog and read the post titled Five Things a Private Investigator CAN NOT Do Under Any Circumstances.

This post is also on our YouTube channel! Come check us out!

Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content. Season Two starts very soon. First up will be the shocking and disturbing case of Chris Watts, who murdered his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. If you haven’t heard of this case, get ready because it’s quite unnerving.

Please be patient with us…this is the final episode in Season One. We will be completely re-branding the show in Season Two and will be focusing more on true crime content and less on the PI stuff (although we may put in a PI episode here and there if it fits in with the more true-crime vibe we are going for). We are completely re-doing our intro and outro and getting some custom music for the channel that is more appropriate.

This season, we have really been trying to get everything set up and get our feet wet. We have made our share of mistakes (and have learned from them). We have bought some new equipment and will be dedicating a lot more of our time to this area of our business. So, thank you so much for your extreme patience. Better things are coming out very soon, we promise.

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The temporary intro music for this episode was composed by Kevin MacLeod. It is available on the incompetech website:

Anguish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3373-anguish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – 5 Things a Private Investigator Can Do

Posted on February 1, 2021September 10, 2021 by Shaun Culwell

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5 Things a Private Investigator Can Do

This is Episode 3 of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. It has been a while since we uploaded any new content (our apologies), but things have been quite busy. We are going to do better, we promise. Please stay tuned for more exciting content on the world of true crime and private investigations. We should be uploading much more regularly going from here on out. We appreciate your patience.

This episode closely follows a recent blog post series we did on the legalities of being a private investigator and the bounds and constraints that are placed on us by our governing agencies. In this episode, we discuss 5 things that a private investigator can legally do. For more information, please head over to our blog and read the post titled Five Things a Private Investigator CAN DO that May Surprise You.

This post is also on our YouTube channel! Come check us out!

Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content.

Tune in next week when we discuss five things that a private investigator can NEVER do.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – Vanessa Guillén

Posted on August 9, 2020September 10, 2021 by Shaun Culwell

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This is the second full-length episode of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. Please also check out Episode One of the podcast where we discuss the psychology behind infidelity as well as some tips to help overcome the betrayal.

Caution: This episode might be disturbing for some listeners. This is a horrible case and is not one for the kiddos.

In this episode, we discuss the gruesome and disturbing case of Army PFC Vanessa Guillén. She went missing from Fort Hood in Kileen, TX in April of this year. Another soldier, US Army Specialist Aaron David Robinson, 20, is the main suspect in Vanessa Guillén’s death. After bludgeoning her with a hammer, he folded her body into a tough box, put her in his truck, and departed the base. He then called his girlfriend to help him set her body on fire before dismembering and disposing of her remains.

Over a month went by with nothing breaking. A group of workers found her remains and called police. Police quickly set Rodriguez as the main suspect, as he was the last person to see her alive. As police approached to arrest him, he took his own life. Authorities later arrested Robinson’s girlfriend Cecily Aguilar for conspiracy to tamper with evidence in connection with the disposal of the body.

This episode is also on YouTube!

Here is the sworn affidavit in the Cecile Aguilar case.

Cecily Aguilar Criminal Complaint

Make sure you tune in to The Investigation Guru podcast regularly for more true-crime and private investigation content.

Tune in next time when we discuss the international travesty of human trafficking and the sex trade.

Thank you for listening to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.

www.reddoorinvestigations.com

The Investigation Guru – Infidelity

Posted on July 4, 2020September 10, 2021 by Shaun Culwell

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This is the first full-length episode of The Investigation Guru podcast. The Investigation Guru is the official podcast for Red Door Investigations. In this episode, we discuss the psychology behind infidelity and some common signs to look out for in your relationship, as well as some tips on healing and overcoming the betrayal. Tune in every week for more true-crime and private investigation content.

This episode is also on YouTube!

Tune in next time when we discuss the gruesome and disturbing case of Army PFC Vanessa Guillén. She went missing from Fort Hood in Kileen, TX in April of this year. Another soldier, US Army Specialist Aaron David Robinson, 20, is the main suspect in Ms. Guillén’s death. After bludgeoning her with a hammer, he folded her body into a tough box, put her in his truck, and departed the base. He then called his girlfriend to help him set her body on fire before dismembering and disposing of her remains.

Over a month went by with nothing breaking. A group of workers found her remains and called the police. Police quickly set Rodriguez as the main suspect, as he was the last person to see her alive. As police approached to arrest him, he took his own life. Authorities later arrested Robinson’s girlfriend Cecily Aguilar for conspiracy to tamper with evidence in connection with the disposal of the body.

Thank you for listening to this episode of The Investigation Guru podcast and we will see you next time!

Shaun Culwell

Shaun is the owner of Red Door Investigations. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor.