The Murder Police Podcast

David Lyons

Booking Overview

This is a true-crime investigative interview series focused on real criminal cases, detectives, law enforcement, and the methods behind investigations, with recurring guests who have direct firsthand involvement in the featured cases. Suitable pitches include detectives, former investigators, criminologists, forensic specialists, prosecutors, true-crime authors, and individuals with firsthand experience of documented cases; booking difficulty is medium because relevant case-specific expertise matters more than broad celebrity.

Metrics

Episodes: 180

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 14.1k subscribers

Instagram: 3.3k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

davidlyonslex@gmail.com

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Host

David Lyons - True-crime host and author of True Crime and Consequences, a book examining the relationship between the true-crime community and law enforcement.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Direct involvement in a documented criminal case, professional experience in law enforcement or investigations, or specialized expertise in criminal behavior, forensic work, or criminal justice.

Required Achievements:

Direct participation in a notable investigation or criminal case, Professional law-enforcement or investigative experience, Firsthand knowledge of a documented crime or criminal operation, Specialized expertise relevant to criminal justice or investigative methods

Recent Guest Discussions

Shawn Johnson - Bank-robbery Investigations, Criminal Patterns, Surveillance, Investigative Leads, Law-enforcement Strategy, And The Aftermath Of The Case.

Steven Meyers - The Treehouse Case, Bank-robbery Planning And Methods, Disguises, The Criminal Perspective, And Details Omitted From The Netflix Documentary.

Shawn Johnson - Serial Bank-robbery Patterns, Investigative Methods, License Plates, Vehicle Evidence, Law-enforcement Professionalism, And Case Closure.

Steven Meyers - Bank-robbery Tradecraft, Weather And Timing, Disguises, Getaway Planning, And The Emotional Realities Of The Crimes.

Shawn Johnson - FBI And Local Investigative Work, Surveillance Images, Public Tip Lines, Criminal Behavior, And The Case Timeline.

Recent Topics

True Crime, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Investigations, Bank Robbery

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Murder Police Podcast

P6: The Treehouse. The Story Netflix Couldn't Tel

September 01, 2026

Send us Fan MailA single detail flips the whole ending: “We’re not following you with the disguise, we’re following the tracers.” From there, the Tree House story stops feeling like a stylized true crime hit and starts sounding like what it really is, a chain of choices, pressure, and consequences that never fully leaves the people who lived it. We sit down with Steven Meyers alongside former FBI agent Shawn Johnson to revisit the final stretch of the Seattle bank robbery saga and the moment ...

P5: The Treehouse. The Story Netflix Couldn't Tell

August 25, 2026

Send us Fan MailA bank robber and the FBI investigator who chased him do not usually end up swapping stories and laughing about dinner next to a vault, but that’s where this chapter of the Hollywood case leads. We sit down with Steven Meyers and Shawn Johnson to talk through what the Netflix documentary hints at, what it skips, and what it gets wrong by omission. Steven brings the lived detail behind The Tree House, including the original prison manuscript packed with scenes, subplots, and ch...

P4: The Treehouse. The Story Netflix Couldn't Tell

August 18, 2026

Send us Fan MailA trenchcoat in blazing sun should never be the detail that ends you, but in Portland it nearly did. Part Four of The Treehouse story digs into the robbery that went sideways fast, when “Hollywood” walks into a bank expecting storm cover and instead meets clear skies, a watchful drive-thru witness, and the kind of radio traffic that forces a no-money abort. If you’re here for real-world criminal tradecraft and the thin line between planning and luck, this is where it gets pain...

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