Robin’s “True Crime” Behavior Assessment

True Crime Behavior Analysis: Insights from a Former FBI Master Spy Recruiter

As a retired FBI Special Agent and former Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, I spent decades reading people under extreme pressure, predicting motives, detecting deception, and building trust in the highest-stakes environments imaginable.

Today, I bring those same tools to the biggest true crime stories dominating the headlines; breaking down suspect behavior, witness psychology, evidence gaps, and what pressure really looks like when someone’s cornered.

Featured daily on the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Brueski, here are some of my most-viewed and impactful breakdowns from hundreds of episodes. These real-world applications reveal the human elements behind the headlines—and the exact same principles help leaders spot risks, read teams, negotiate effectively, and forge unbreakable alliances.