THE WITNESS BOX
A TRUE CRIME PODCAST Hosted by Joshua Diaz Chris McDonough and Dr. Gary Brucato
Here is a just some of Dr. Brucato's credentials. Click the link to read the full bio.
https://www.coldcasefoundation.org/dr-gary-brucato.html
Dr. Brucato, who earned his Ph.D. at the New School for Social Research in New York City, is a clinical psychologist, researcher and author in the areas of psychotic illness and violence. Dr. Brucato has over two decades of clinical experience, having trained at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; Beth Israel Medical Center; Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center; Long Island Jewish/Zucker Hillside Hospital Center; and Mount Sinai Services/Elmhurst Hospital Center, including work on the Riker’s Island female prisoner unit at EHC. He was additionally trained in a private forensic practice, learning to conduct evaluations for civil and criminal courts, and was employed at Zucker Hillside’s Recognition and Prevention program for early psychosis from 2008 to 2012.
Here are just some of Chris Mcdonoughs accomplishments and credentials Click the link to read the full bio.
Chris McDonough is a nationally-recognized Homicide Investigator who’s been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, CourtTV, Nancy Grace, Dateline NBC, CBS’s 48 Hours, the BBC, and numerous other television and radio programs. He’s an expert on death investigations, interviewing, and criminal behavior analysis. He has been honored to train Native American Homicide Task Force members as part of the Cold Case Foundation appointed by the US President’s initiative “Operation Lady Justice.”
Chris has been serving in public safety since 1982. He spent nearly 25 years with the Oceanside Police Department in Southern California, including 13 years as a homicide detective. Chris has investigated and solved hundreds of homicides and consulted nationally on some of the country’s highest-profile child homicide and kidnapping investigations, including Jon Benet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Leticia Hernandez, Matthew Cecchi, and West Memphis three interview of Christopher Morgan.
He’s an expert on predator behavior involving those who choose children as victims, having interviewed serial child killers on death row, including child murderer’s Wesley Allen Dodd and Brandon Wilson, who killed Matthew Cecchi in a public bathroom in Oceanside, California. The Wilson interview started the family restroom movement in the United States.
THE WITNESS BOX
Episode 1: Dr. Katherine Ramsland: Shawna Garber ruled out as a BTK victim and The Serial Killer's Apprentic
We welcome our first guest
Dr. Katherine Ramsland
Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and is the inaugural Director for the Center for Teaching Excellencec. She created the forensic track in the psychology program and assisted to create the online Master of Arts degree in criminal justice. She has appeared on more than 200 crime documentaries and magazine shows, is an executive producer of Murder House Flip, and has consulted for CSI, Bones, and The Alienist. The author of more than 1,500 articles and 68 books, including How to Catch a Killer, The Psychology of Death Investigations, and The Mind of a Murderer, she worked with the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader on his autobiography. Dr. Ramsland currently pens the “Shadow-boxing” blog at Psychology Today and teaches seminars on extreme offenders to death investigators and homicide detectives. She came to DeSales specifically to teach forensic psychology, focusing on her field of expertise—extreme offenders. Having experienced the excitement of forensic psychology, she hopes to show students how to find and prepare for its many opportunities.
Education
MA, Criminal Justice, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, 2012
MA, Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, NY, 2000
Ph.D., Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1984
MA, Clinical Psychology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1979
BA, Psychology/Philosophy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 1978
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Suicidology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
Cyril Wecht Institute, Board
Psychological Sleuthing
Dangerous Minds
The Psychology of Fear
Psychological Logic
Behavioral Criminology
Introduction to Profiling
Forensic Science in the Courtroom
Survey of Forensic Science