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Rich Kolko has seen it all. Everything from investigating terrorist attacks, to busting up gang networks, working missing persons cases, to unearthing mountains of financial fraud. In today's episode we're sitting down with the former FBI supervising special agent to better understand the dark arenas hiding in the quiet neighborhoods of America. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

Delia learns about a valuable tool the ATF uses to track down and combat the illegal firearms market. A special agent and his partner reveal how human intelligence can't compare to canine savvy. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

In an era where you can order pretty much anything off of the internet, federal ATF agents working to foil bombings and mass shootings have to keep up with the times. In today's episode we sit down with special agents to discuss the dark arena of bomb making, arsons, and explosives. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

Who is the real Jason Bourne? Is Jack Ryan real? In today's episode we sit down with former director of the CIA, Porter Goss, to take a closer look at the dark side of international espionage. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

Carry a gun. Kick down a door. Repeat. Sounds like a script ripped right from a television show, but in today's episode U.S. Marshal Chief Deputy Manny Puri explains that the reality facing fugitive task force teams is darker than anyone can imagine. Marshals aim to shield the public from mayhem by knocking on a criminal’s door before he or she can do any more damage to society. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

Some federal agents nine-to-five job is reviewing thousands of images and videos of child sex abuse material. Their meticulous work in this dark arena exposes details hidden within the images that help track and catch predators. In today's episode we talk one-on-one with the FBI agent who's best tool against child sex predators is the predator. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

When a child disappears, every second counts. Communication between law enforcement agencies, the public and the child's family has to happen. In today's episode a special agent from the FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team explains the dark arena of trying to find a missing child...and bring them home, either dead or alive. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit www.darkarenas.com

Have you ever thought about whose job it is to track international fugitives, hunt child abductors, conduct espionage, or pull human remains from concealed mass graves? Every day thousands of good and decent people work in these Dark Arenas. They’ve chosen professions that grapple with the grotesque, deal with the deviant, and dodge the dangerous.  In audiochuck’'s newest original series, Dark Arenas, you will hear first-hand accounts of what it's like to investigate the darkest crimes and most violent criminals in society. Host Delia D’Ambra has traveled across the United States to collect one-on-one interviews with FBI agents, a former CIA Director, ATF special agents, and more. Each week she works to understand how these professionals’ jobs affect them, and most importantly, why they keep at it day after day. Listen to new episodes every Wednesday on Stitcher Premium.