True Crime 2026
Special Guest
Barbara Butcher
Television personality, author & former Death Investigator, Medical Examiner’s Office, New York City
Barbara Butcher, MPH, is one of the nation’s leading experts in medicolegal death investigation and the former Chief of Staff and Director of the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Over her 23-year tenure, she investigated more than 5,500 death scenes (680 of which were homicides), led major disaster responses including the 9/11 World Trade Center recovery, and directed the creation of the federally funded Forensic Sciences Training Program to promote national standards for death investigation.
An internationally recognized consultant, Barbara has advised the World Health Organization, assisted in global disaster responses, and lectured widely on mass fatalities and forensic science.
She is the author of WHAT THE DEAD KNOW (Simon & Schuster, 2023), featured in Netflix’s Homicide New York, and the host of Oxygen’s true-crime series The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher. Watch the trailer.
Learn more at www.barbarabutcherofficial.com
Featured True Crime Experts
Richard M. Aborn
President, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City
Richard M. Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, a non-partisan non-profit organization with multidisciplinary expertise that works to improve public safety through innovation. At the CCC, Mr. Aborn advances strategies to improve the justice system, strengthen gun policies and practices, prevent youth gun violence, and prevent cybercrime.
Mr. Aborn is frequently relied upon by the media and government officials as an independent and objective expert on criminal justice issues. He has held appointments on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, New York State Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, New York State Bar Association's Task Force on Wrongful Convictions, and the transition teams of the New York State Attorney General, NYPD Commissioner, Brooklyn District Attorney, and Bronx District Attorney.
He has provided informational sessions for visitors from around the world who are interested in learning more about effective crime prevention strategies, including representatives from Argentina Ministry of Security; Colombia Ministry of Justice; Denmark Ministry of Justice; United Kingdom Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Northern Ireland Office, Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Parliament, Police Service of Northern Ireland, London Metropolitan Police, and London Mayor's Office; and the Uruguay Ministry of Interior.
In his role at the CCC, Mr. Aborn draws on his extensive experiences in law and policy. Mr. Aborn began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office where he prosecuted major felonies, including homicides, from 1979 until 1984.
While serving as president of Handgun Control, Inc. from 1992 to 1996 (now the Brady Campaign), the leading gun control advocacy organization in the United States at the time, he was one of the principal strategists behind the passage of the landmark Brady Bill mandating background checks on firearm purchasers and legislation banning assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. At the same time, Mr. Aborn also served as president of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, where he worked with the New York City public school system to develop a first-of-its-kind program to reduce gun injuries as part of the curriculum. During his tenure at the Center, he also established a research division to evaluate and supervise studies evaluating the impact of gun control legislation.
In addition to his work at the CCC, Mr. Aborn serves as president of CAAS LLC, which advises police departments, criminal justice agencies, corporations and other organizations in the United States, Latin America and Europe on criminal justice policy, violence reduction and Rule of Law issues. He is also one of the managing partners of the international law firm Constantine Cannon and serves on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations.
Brad Beeler
Retired Secret Service Special Agent, Polygraph Examiner & Author
Brad Beeler is a retired Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, where he served for 25 years in both protective and investigative roles. For the last eight years of his career, he was assigned to the National Center for Credibility Assessment at Fort Jackson, where he trained federal criminal investigators and intelligence officers in the art of eliciting information, serving as the course manager for Interview and Interrogation Techniques.
A 17-year veteran polygraph examiner, Brad conducted more criminal polygraphs than anyone in Secret Service history—many involving homicide investigations and crimes against children.
He is the author of TELL ME EVERYTHING: A SECRET SERVICE AGENT’S BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING TRUST, UNCOVERING TRUTHS, AND MASTERING EVERY CONVERSATION, which distills his decades of experience into practical strategies for enhancing communication, building trust, and uncovering truth in high-stakes situations.
Robert Genna
Forensic Analyst and Consultant
Robert Genna served at the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory from 1977 to 2021, as a forensic analyst for 25 years before becoming the laboratory’s director. During his tenure, he helped lead one of the nation’s few full-service, internationally accredited forensic laboratories—where analysts routinely responded to major crime scenes, including homicides, sexual abuse cases, fatal crashes, and hit-and-run incidents.
Mr. Genna has conducted trace evidence analysis in areas such as paint and glass fragments, and shoe and tire track impression evidence. He has responded to and processed several hundred homicide scenes, and motor vehicle crashes, throughout Suffolk County working for the Crime Laboratory.
Mr. Genna has also provided expert testimony in forensic analysis, crime scene reconstruction, crash reconstruction, and police-involved shooting investigations in courtrooms across New York, New Jersey, Florida, Virginia, Michigan, and Connecticut.
His expertise has also been recognized internationally where he lectured at the University of Rome on forensic science practices. He was also invited to Barbados for several weeks to instruct local police on proper crime scene investigation techniques.
Mr. Genna has lectured at Suffolk County Community College and Farmingdale State College. He has also given presentation to the many forensic organizations where he maintains his membership.
Today, Mr. Genna continues to serve as a forensic consultant, specializing in crash and crime scene reconstruction and police-involved shooting investigations. Outside of his forensic work, he enjoys spending time on the golf course, finding the same focus and precision on the greens that defined his career in the lab.
Joseph Giacalone
FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NYPD’S BRONX COLD CASE SQUAD, RECIPIENT OF THE NYPD MEDAL OF VALOR, AND PODCAST HOST
Joseph L. Giacalone is a retired NYPD Sergeant SDS (Supervisor Detective Squad) and nationally recognized expert in criminal investigations and cold cases. During his more than two decades with the NYPD, he served in several leadership roles, including Commanding Officer of the Bronx Cold Case Squad, supervising complex homicide and long-term investigations.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where he has taught criminal investigation and cold case analysis since 2005.
Joe is the author of two widely used investigative textbooks: THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION: A GUIDE FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS (4th Edition) and THE COLD CASE HANDBOOK (2nd Edition), both published by Blue 360 Media.
He also hosts the podcast True Crime with The Sarge and delivers The Crime Report every Friday morning on Long Island News Radio WRCN 103.9 FM.
Learn more at josephgiacalone.com
Photo by Melanie Hogan
Chuck Hogan
bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and television producer
Chuck Hogan is a New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. His best-known novel THE TOWN was awarded the Hammett Prize for "literary excellence in the field of crime writing," and was adapted into the hit feature film starring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, and Jon Hamm.
His most recent novel, GANGLAND, was selected as one of the New York Times's Ten Best Crime Novels of the year and nominated for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Novel.
His first work of non-fiction, THE CARPOOL DETECTIVES, was published in 2025.
With Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, he was the co-creator and executive producer of THE STRAIN which ran for four seasons on FX Networks, as well as co-author of the bestselling novel trilogy.
His feature adaptation of 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI starred John Krasinski.
His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, and ESPN The Magazine, and his short fiction has twice been anthologized in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES.
Laura Ingle
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AND ANCHOR
Based in New York City, Ingle joined NewsNation as a freelance correspondent in 2023 and became a full-time senior correspondent in May 2024. She is widely recognized for her in-depth reporting on major true-crime cases and investigative storytelling from crime scenes, courtrooms, and law-enforcement operations across the country.
Prior to joining NewsNation, Ingle spent nearly two decades as a senior correspondent at Fox News Channel (2005–2023). During that time, she reported extensively on the Long Island Serial Killer investigation, hosting the five-part documentary series and podcast “Grim Tide: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer.” Her reporting included exclusive access to the Suffolk County Crime Lab and on-scene coverage from Gilgo and Oak Beach.
Ingle continues to expand her long-form investigative work through her YouTube channel “The Ingle Edit,” where she conducts exclusive interviews with leading crime experts and explores major cases including the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and developments in the Rex Heuermann investigation. She has also produced immersive reporting projects, including an exclusive ride-along with the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force in Akron, Ohio.
Over her career, Ingle has covered some of the nation’s most closely followed criminal investigations, including the disappearance of Gabby Petito, the Jennifer Dulos case in Connecticut, and the arrest and prosecution of Bryan Kohberger in the Idaho college murders. She conducted an exclusive sit-down interview with Petito’s parents and secured a rare one-on-one interview with Fotis Dulos during the Jennifer Dulos investigation.
Ingle’s career has also included extensive courtroom coverage of major trials, including those of Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, and other nationally followed criminal cases.
In 2005, Ingle received the Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the Scott Peterson trial. She later hosted a 20-year retrospective special, “Reporter’s Notebook: The Scott Peterson Case.”
A Sacramento native, Ingle began her career as an investigative reporter at NewsRadio KFBK before joining KFI‑AM 640 in Los Angeles, where she earned four Golden Mike Awards from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California.
Hugh King
Town Crier & Historian, East Hampton Town
Hugh King is the Town Crier and Historian for East Hampton Town and has been studying local history since the 1980’s. His goal is to make people aware of East Hampton’s history, beyond the moniker “the Hamptons.” He believes it is important that all its citizens know about the village’s past to help plan for the future. The favorite part of his job of enlightening others is learning from his own research.
Hugh is the Village Historian and Historic Site Director in charge of Home Sweet Home Museum, the most distinguished salt-box home in East Hampton, as well as the three Village Windmills, Hook, Gardiner and Pantigo.
As Village Historian, he answers inquiries concerning Village history, arranges and conducts open-air historical tours, and shares Village history at Board of Trustee meetings. As Historic Site Director, he conducts walkthroughs of Home Sweet Home and arranges guides for the Hook Mill.
Prior to working for the Village, Hugh was a teacher for 33 years, and from 1963-1999, he was an actor in local theater productions. From 2000-2014, he worked alongside his wife, the respected historian Loretta Orion, who tended the Home Sweet Home gardens. The historic gardens reflect styles and plant species found in the United States and Europe that date back from medieval times to the nineteenth century.
Photo by East 27 Creative
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum
CSI, podcast host, author, forensics expert & cold case investigator
Back by popular demand, Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is a three-time nominated Emmy Award winning CSI from CSI Atlanta, National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame Inductee, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a writer for CrimeOnLine, a forensic and crime scene expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, host of award winning podcast Zone 7, and a working CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department.
Sheryl’s first book, SWANS DON’T SWIM IN A SEWER, is about a serial killer whose daughter is viciously murdered, the case goes cold, and he turns to Sheryl for help. It will be published in 2026.
Sheryl is also the Director of the Wildlife CSI Academy and the US Ambassador for the Wildlife Forensic Academy in South Africa.
This year Sheryl will be hosting TWO of her famous Wine & Crime dinner events: Two different cold cases = twice the fun. She’ll also be conducting a hands-on forensic competition, so you can examine a crime scene with her during the day and solve a cold case with her at night. This is your opportunity to work alongside one of the top experts in the field and learn from the best.
Neil Moran
Retired Supervisory FBI Special Agent, Recipient of the FBI Shield of Bravery, Consultant and Author
Neil Moran is a retired Supervisory Special Agent where he spent 29 years working in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York field office.
He participated in many of the FBI’s most prominent criminal investigations, which include the 1975 LaGuardia Airport Christmas Bombing, the Lufthansa Robbery, the U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation into the murder of an Australian rabbinical student in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and the investigation of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
Mr. Moran acted as an undercover agent, in what was at that time, the most successful automobile insurance fraud investigation in U.S. history, resulting in the convictions of 122 people.
Following his retirement, Neil continued his professional career working for the international accounting firm BDO USA, LLP. As a Managing Director in BDO’s Litigation and Fraud Investigation Practice, he oversaw and participated in investigations including misappropriation of funds, bank and corporate fraud, and money laundering.
Working closely during his career with the NYPD, in 1987, Neil was inducted into the NYPD Honor Legion. He is also a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI and is a former adjunct professor at St. John’s University in the College of Professional and Legal Studies.
Neil has recently written his first book, STORIES BY FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT AND BRONX NATIVE NEIL MORAN.
Joseph Scott Morgan, M.F.S., F-ABMDI
Podcast Host, Death Investigator & Author
Joseph Scott Morgan, M.F.S., F-ABMDI, is host of the successful true crime podcast, Body Bags. He is the Distinguished Scholar of Applied Forensics at Jacksonville State University where he holds the faculty rank of Associate Professor of Applied Forensics. Morgan holds a Master of Forensic Sciences degree from National University and is a Board-Certified Fellow of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
In 1985, Joseph Scott Morgan began working for the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office in New Orleans. During his tenure as the Senior Investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, Morgan helped establish the national training guidelines for Medicolegal Death Investigators. To this day, Joseph Scott Morgan remains one of less than 200 people nationwide to attain “Fellow” status through the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
Joseph Scott Morgan appears on both Headline News and CNN as the on-air forensics expert.
In 2013, Morgan was named “Georgia Author of the Year” for his memoir entitled BLOOD BENEATH MY FEET: THE JOURNEY OF A SOUTHERN DEATH INVESTIGATOR.
Joe Mullins
Forensic Artist & Adjunct Professor of Forensic Sculpture, New York Academy of Art
Joe Mullins is a forensic artist since 1999 with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He has helped identify and trace long-term missing children, approximate unknown skeletal remains, and reconstruct faces and soft tissue, paving the way for law enforcement to solve their investigations. A Washington-based forensic imaging specialist, Mullins does workshops and demonstrations of his work across the globe, inspiring and training future forensic artists.
Mullins trained as a graphic designer and fine artist before becoming a forensic imaging specialist. He studied at Savannah College of Art & Design, James Madison University and attended The FBI Academy for his forensic skills training.
Mullins also works with talented students to help solve crimes or answer questions for families with missing relatives as an Adjunct Professor at the New York Academy of Art where he teaches a unique Forensic Sculpture course. Joe is a certified Forensic Artist by the International Association for Identification. For a decade, he has been teaching a Facial Reconstruction class to graduate students in Mason’s Forensic Science Program. In the spring of 2022, he started teaching a forensic figure sculpting class at George Mason’s School of Art.
Conspiracy Theorist
Bart Sibrel
Filmmaker, Writer & Investigative Journalist
Bart Sibrel is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and investigative journalist, who has been producing television programs, documentaries, music videos, TV commercials, and stage plays for over forty years. Sibrel has also appeared as a seasoned actor on the stage and screen over five hundred times. Articles featuring Sibrel's films have been published in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today. His awards from the American Motion Picture Society include Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Top Ten Director.
Sibrel has appeared as guest commentator about the moon landing fraud on The Joe Rogan Experience, Geraldo, 60 Minutes, the Abrams Report, NBC, CNN, FOX, HBO, Tech TV, Coast to Coast, Candace Owens, Patrick Bet-David, and InfoWars. In his memoir, MOON MAN, Bart Sibrel reveals, for the very first time, the official CIA code name for the real Apollo project, the military base where the first staged "moon landing" was filmed, and the names of fifteen United States government scientists and officials who were in attendance for the first moon landing falsification, some of whom are still alive today. This information was given to Sibrel by the Chief of Security of this secretive military base, who confessed his regrettable participation in this despicable government fraud on his deathbed.
MOON MAN also reveals Bart Sibrel's real-life espionage adventures investigating the CIA's greatest secret, including his discovery of privately recorded audio of an astronaut plotting Sibrel's assassination by the CIA, which would not be necessary if they really went to the moon. (Recording Featured in “Astronauts Gone Wild”.) Bart Sibrel is convinced that until the moon landing fraud is exposed, all the governments of the world will continue to rob the people under their care of not only the truth, yet also of their hard-earned money, which continues to this day to finance their own deception.