22/06/2023
New episode is out! This week we are joined by Maj. Fred Galvin and Sal Manna, co-authors of A Few Bad Men. Available now on all streaming platforms!
Heroes Behind Headlines Podcast
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First-hand accounts of the harrowing operations which have shaped the world over the past half-century. Hosted by best selling author Ralph Pezzullo
The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t.
22/06/2023
We're back for Season Two! First episode is up now - with guest NY Times best-selling author Steve Hodel, discussing the infamous Black Dahlia Murder and his career as a homicide detective for the LAPD. Available now on all streaming platforms!
07/11/2022
A retired Green Beret simply could not lose another soldier in the Global War on Terror. He called together a group of Special Forces veterans from the Army, Navy and CIA to join him in one last mission. As the US withdrew after 20 years in Afghanistan and the Taliban seized control, their friend, an American-trained Afghan commando, had to be saved. However, that would be just the beginning of their remarkable evacuation efforts. It is our sincere honor to welcome US Army Lt. Col. Scott Mann for an Operation Pineapple Express story you haven't heard!
Listen now: https://apple.co/3WEEBhn
31/10/2022
This is a war story worth your time...Some of the most ferocious fighting in recorded human history occurred on a tiny Pacific Ocean island between February 19th and March 26th, 1945, when the US Navy & Marines invaded Iwo Jima. Held by the Imperial Japanese Army & protecting the island’s two separate airfields, Ray Salvie was one of the incredibly brave men who fought and survived these weeks in hell.
Listen to his account here: https://apple.co/3gUFYbo
17/10/2022
Anchors Aweigh! A big Happy 247th birthday to the ! Check out for tons of navy related episodes. “Not Self, But Country”
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17/10/2022
We have an EPIC guest & episode this week. Michele McPhee from Los Angeles Magazine joins us to discuss the Downfall of a $1 Billion Mormon Cult and LA Mafia Scam.
It's a legendary story of a Mormon Cult leader combining forces with a ruthless LA Mobster to scam the US Government out of hundreds of millions of dollars...
Listen now: https://apple.co/3EMasGi
03/10/2022
On the 29th anniversary of the event, take some time to listen to Tom Satterly Page's astonishing story. 🫡 to a true hero! All Secure Foundation
Listen: https://apple.co/3cAMgL6
03/10/2022
New Epsisode 🎧 👀 Being accepted to work at the CIA is highly difficult. The interview process is long and secretive...applicants and their references are often vetted without ever knowing it. That distinction is reserved for those invited to the CIA’s top secret and legendary training program known as ‘The Farm’. Fewer still actually graduate the program and become Case Officers or as they are most commonly referred: Spies. This is all the very beginning of a CIA Case Officer’s career. Heroes Behind Headlines Podcast is excited to welcome back former CIA Case Officer Doug Laux. His career at the agency was significant, taking him to Afghanistan, Syria and other hot zones around the world.
Full Audio: https://apple.co/3ycogWE
29/09/2022
This week’s quick Rapid Fire Episoode tells the story of Raymond Salvie and landing on the beaches of Iwo Jima.
The infamous 5-week battle of Iwo Jima is regarded as some of the fiercest fighting in modern military history. Take a few minutes to listen to this heroes story
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29/09/2022
Heroes Behind Headlines Podcast EP 20: Three-Day Firefight in ‘The Valley of Death’ With Tim Kennedy...156 miles of Afghanistan stood between a convoy led by US Army Special Forces and the Forward Operating Base (FOB) they were to resupply. As their destination was in the very heart of Taliban territory, they knew they would be attacked. However, no one could have predicted the absolutely terrifying firefight would last for three days...
Audio Episode: https://apple.co/3xT5UZT
28/09/2022
Late 1970s: Iran fell into violent revolution & The Ayatollah installed a fundamentalist government, forcing citizens opposed to his system of rule to flee their home nation. Armin Armiri was 13 when he left the only country he'd ever called home.
New Episode: https://bit.ly/3BOTEeU
26/09/2022
In the late 1970s Iran fell into violent revolution, as Ayatollah Khomeini installed a fundamentalist governmennt, forcing millions of citizens opposed to his system of rule to flee their home nation as refugees. Armin Armiri was only thirteen when his family left the only country they had ever called home.
Heroes Behind Headlines: Escaping the Iranian Revolution as a 13 Year-Old Refugee on Apple Podcasts Show Heroes Behind Headlines, Ep Escaping the Iranian Revolution as a 13 Year-Old Refugee - Sep 25, 2022
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