This three part-interview takes us through the amazing career and true-crime adventures of Texas native Zeke Flatten, who grew up knowing he wanted a career in law enforcement, got himself hired as a bail bondsman in high school, and then became an undercover cop at 19. Initially placed undercover in a high school ostensibly to stop drug sales, he ended up working on gun sales and other crimes, including stopping the use of even a bomb brought to school by a student.

Throughout his 20+-year career as a detective he was extraordinarily effective, but ultimately took a break to focus on his young family. As he attempted to start a legal cannabis business in California, an illegal stop and siezure by off-duty police in Northern California’s “Golden Triangle” (where a huge volume of cannabis is grown) sent him on a whole journey to identify and bring to justice a ring of crooked police who were routinely robbing people roadside of weed and cash from the local industry. Enlisting the aid of the FBI and local journalists, he was able to see many of the officers involved apprehended or forced into retirement.

While Zeke was being harassed during the case, he went home for his high school reunion and discovered a classmate and former friend had been murdered. This propelled him into another adventure to solve the case, leading him to also uncover a human trafficking ring and solve one of the most famous child murders in Texas.

Heroes Behind Headlines
Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo
Produced & Engineered by Mike Dawson
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