Stop the Killing
STOP THE KILLING - A deep dive into the case files of former head of the FBI’s Active Shooter program Katherine Schweit with Co-Host Sarah Ferris. This US-UK dynamite true crime podcast duo reveal the insider’s story of what happened and what went wrong at some of the world's worst mass shootings, empowering listeners along the way. Not a fear and scary facts conversation, and no politics. Sarah and Kate prove true crime is not just for criminals as they provide a bit of a reality check on just how much power each of us has to stop the killing.
Episodes
June 1, 2023 • 38 mins
SEASON 4 E3 RICHNECK ELEMENTARY SHOOTER
6 Year Old Shooter - 6 January 2023
Well, if you haven’t heard about this absolutely shocking case, you must be living in a news free utopia!
This episode we take inspiration from a couple of listener questions as we unpick how a 6 year old child in Virginia ended up shooting his Teacher. Yes SIX YEAR OLD!
And we discover just how important it is to never underestimate the size of a 6 year o...
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May 25, 2023 • 49 mins
SEASON 4 E2 Serial vs Mass Killers PT.2
WITH BOB MOTTA OF DEFENSE DIARIES PODCAST
This is Part 2 in our crossover episode with Bob Motta from Defense Diaries
“Join criminal defense attorney Bob Motta as he enters the twisted mind of serial killer John Wayne Gacy through the use of 15 hours of never before heard pre-trial interviews with Gacy and his attorneys as they prepare for the trial of the century.”
Bob has quite the unusu...
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May 18, 2023 • 39 mins
SEASON 4 E1 Serial vs Mass Killers
WITH BOB MOTTA OF DEFENSE DIARIES PODCAST
Yay! We are back with Season 4!
We are so excited to launch this season with Bob Motta from Defense Diaries
“Join criminal defense attorney Bob Motta as he enters the twisted mind of serial killer John Wayne Gacy through the use of 15 hours of never before heard pre-trial interviews with Gacy and his attorneys as they prepare for the trial of the cen...
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May 11, 2023 • 33 mins
KIDNAPPED FOR RANSOM
BONUS 27
In this week's episode of our podcast, former FBI agent Katherine Schweit shares a case that she worked on that she describes as the best day of her career.
Tune in to hear the story of an 88-year-old woman who was kidnapped for ransom and how Katherine and her team worked tirelessly to bring her home safely.
You won't want to miss this insider look at the world of the FBI and the incredible work th...
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May 4, 2023 • 21 mins
SILENCED FOR TRYING TO SAVE LIVES
Bonus 26
As the bell rang, after gym class, a Texas schoolgirl overheard a classmate whispering to another student, "Don't come to school tomorrow." The words echoed in her mind, and she couldn't shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong. What did she do? Did she report it to the authorities? And most importantly, what happened next? Join us on this episode of Stop the Killing podcast as ...
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April 27, 2023 • 25 mins
BONUS: LOCKDOWN vs RUN, HIDE, FIGHT
The Great Debate Part 3
Question and Answer time..
In today’s bonus episode we are sharing part 3 Katherine participated in hosted by Joffe Emergency Services.
Two experts in - what will they conclude?
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April 20, 2023 • 30 mins
BONUS: LOCKDOWN vs RUN, HIDE, FIGHT
The Great Debate Part 2
In today’s bonus episode we are sharing part 2 Katherine participated in hosted by Joffe Emergency Services.
Two experts in - what will they conclude?
Send us your Listener Questions for our Tuesday episodes
Message us on instagram :
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And for all things Katherine Schweit including ...
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April 13, 2023 • 42 mins
BONUS: LOCKDOWN vs RUN, HIDE, FIGHT
The Great Debate Part 1
In today’s bonus episode we are sharing part 1 Katherine participated in hosted by Joffe Emergency Services.
Two experts in - what will they conclude?
Send us your Listener Questions for our Tuesday episodes
Message us on instagram :
@conmunitypodcast
@stopthekillingstories
WANT TO SUPPORT US: Patreon.com/stopthekilling
And for all things Katherine Schweit including ...
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April 6, 2023 • 42 mins
COVENANT SCHOOL SHOOTING
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
27 March 2023
Another tragic, needless school shooting happened, just last week as we go to record this. We are joined by Nashville’s own 911 Dispatcher, Brandon Hall who was working as the shooting unfolded.
Hear how the shooting unfolded…
Check out Brandon’s podcast Music City 911
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April 3, 2023 • 7 mins
Just because the police can’t solve a murder doesn’t mean other people won’t find someone to blame. In season 4 of Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch, journalist Larrison Campbell returns to her Mississippi hometown to reexamine one of its most notorious unsolved cold cases – the murder of her grandmother, Presh. What happens when a family and a community suspect one of their own?
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March 30, 2023 • 14 mins
EASY TO PULL A TRIGGER
SEASON 3 BONUS 22
This was indeed a bonus episode that started with a casual chat and then slid into another listener-question episode.
This is the question that sparked our discussion this episode
‘Please ask Sarah if she has data on how many of the active shooters used their own legally registered guns to do what they did. Also, ask her for the list and cost of the guns used in the most recent incident an...
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March 23, 2023 • 10 mins
NO REST FOR THE WICKED?
Or no rest BECAUSE of the wicked!
This bonus episode we check in with Katherine to see how her year has unfolded and turns out mass shootings have not taken any time at all to ease into the new year!
Send us your Listener Questions for our Tuesday episodes
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March 16, 2023 • 12 mins
MAKE THE TOUGH CALLS!
Listener Question from Mary Louise
We love a listener question and this one is so relatable!
‘I know it's best to raise a noise when you see something concerning, but at a personal level, the aftermath of doing so would probably give me a bit of pause….”
Would you be brave enough to put your head above the parapet and take action if you saw your teens social media feed and came across something that had your...
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March 9, 2023 • 22 mins
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
13th February 2023
As we go to record this episode, it is 3 days since the tragic shooting at Michigan State University, which left 3 dead, and 5 fighting for their lives in hospital. Another tragic event that just happens to be even closer to home than usual for Katherine, as a former student of MSU.
We await many more details as the case unfolds and will return in a fuller episode when we know more bu...
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March 2, 2023 • 17 mins
THE GUN BOOKCLUB
In this bonus episode, as we promised last week, Katherine is sharing some of her favorite books on the topic of guns and gun culture in America.
Plus, Sarah has a little spelling epifany ……(bear with us…wink wink!)
BOOKS MENTIONED THIS EPISODE:
The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment (The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series)
Guide to Firearms laws in the 50 States
The Second Amendment
The Founder...
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February 23, 2023 • 26 mins
SUICIDE BY FIREARMS
***Season 4 in production***
In this bonus episode Katherine and Sarah dig into the stats because we know there's a connection between suicide and firearms but the numbers well……they will blow your socks off!
And we finish off with some practical tips that can actually turn the tide on the shocking number of suicides by firearms.
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February 16, 2023 • 28 mins
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
BONUS 16
Katherine and Sarah are currently in production of Season 4 but we will be bringing you bonus episodes each week in between seasons.
So this week Katherine shares an article she came across in the Psychiatric Times busting 10 of the myths surrounding mass shootings.
Can you guess what they might be……spoiler alert Sarah can’t!
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February 9, 2023 • 19 mins
TO LICENSE OR NOT TO LICENSE?…..That is the question!
Bonus 15
In this week's bonus episode as we work on Season 4, Katherine and Sarah discuss a million dollar question ……to license or not to license.
In New York, there was a member of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC and he put forth this idea to submit a bill to Congress to say, I want a bill that's gonna require licensing for anybody who buys an automatic weapon...
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February 2, 2023 • 33 mins
BONUS 14 HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?
With Ken Bator
As Katherine and Sarah work on Season 4 we will be dropping bonus episodes and this week we wanted to share an interview Sarah did with Ken Bator from Public Safety Talk Radio reflecting on how much she has learnt from working with Katherine over the last 3 seasons of the podcast. If you have listened from episode 1, we wonder if you can relate to just how much she has learnt?
Many tha...
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January 26, 2023 • 21 mins
MASS ATTACKS DEFENSE TOOLKIT
BONUS 13
As our Season 4 is in production we will be moving the Tuesday Bonus Episodes to Thursday in the meantime.
And in this episode we continue sharing some of the incredible research and resources that Katherine discovered at the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention. In particular she speaks with John Hollywood discussing the Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit.
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