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A suspect sits across the table from a detective. Tension and accusations hang in the air. It’s a familiar scene. An investigator hunting for the truth. Determined to solve the crime. Maybe even get a confession. But getting to the truth can take years of training and practice. What do these seasoned investigators know that we don’t know? What are the tactics they use to get someone talking?From the team behind Bardstown and The Officer’s Wife, Anything You Say goes inside those rooms and digs into the art of the interrogation.Anything You Say launches September 16 and is hosted by Eric Flack, Chief Investigative Reporter at WUSA9 in Washington, DC.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026

Anything You Say studies the interrogation room itself, tracing the pressure tactics detectives use against real case outcomes.

Anything You Say narrows true crime down to a single room: the interrogation itself. Each episode centers on one case, pairing host Eric Flack's narration with actual interview audio to walk through how detectives worked a suspect rather than recount the crime.

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Final Thoughts: Covering InterrogationsNov 4, 2020

Eric Flack and two investigative journalists examine how interrogation tactics can turn rights, uncertainty, and language into pressure.

Interrogations sit at the center of this season finale, as Eric Flack speaks with investigative journalists Brendan Keefe and Ann Schindler about the read technique, Miranda warnings, and the careful way everyday language can shape a suspect's decision to give up the right to…

Final Thoughts: Covering InterrogationsNov 4, 2020

Two investigative journalists examine how interrogation tactics can turn familiar legal language into pressure.

The season wrap-up turns the microphone toward Brendan Keefe, Chief Investigative Journalist at 11 Alive in Atlanta, and Ann Schindler, Executive Producer of Special Projects at First Coast News in Jacksonville, Florida.

"You've Got the Wrong Guy" | Catching a KillerOct 28, 2020

A securities-fraud pretext lets detectives draw out a Colorado connection while an expert unpacks the interrogation strategy.

A securities-fraud pretext turns into a careful lesson in conversational misdirection as Colorado detectives stop James Curtis Clanton on a Florida dirt road and keep the questions framed around money.

"You've Got the Wrong Guy" | Catching a KillerOct 28, 2020

A fraud inquiry gradually becomes a study in the interrogation strategy behind a 1980 murder case.

Anything You Say begins with what looks like a million-dollar securities fraud inquiry, then steadily narrows into something far older and heavier.

"I Knew I Must Have Done Something Wrong" | The Interrogation of Matthew HoffmanOct 21, 2020

A tense interrogation episode where silence shapes the strategy as much as every spoken detail.

An Ohio disappearance becomes a close study of what happens when an interrogation runs into near-total silence. Anything You Say follows detectives as they question Matthew Hoffman after Tina Herman, her children Cody Maynard and Sarah Maynard, and family friend Stephanie Sprang…

"I Knew I Must Have Done Something Wrong" | The Interrogation of Matthew HoffmanOct 21, 2020

A patient, grim look at detectives trying to move information through a suspect's silence.

Anything You Say turns an Ohio disappearance into a tense study of what happens when an interrogation has to make silence move. The episode follows the questioning of Matthew Hoffman after Tina Herman, her children Cody Maynard and Sarah Maynard, and family friend Stephanie…

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  1. 1

    "Beyond Bardstown: Unsolved" is available now

    Oct 17, 2022·3m
  2. 2

    "Beyond Bardstown: Unsolved" is available now

    Oct 17, 2022·3m
  3. 3

    "Beyond Bardstown: Unsolved" launches Oct. 17

    Oct 10, 2022·3m
  4. 4

    "Beyond Bardstown: Unsolved" launches Oct. 17

    Oct 10, 2022·3m
  5. 5

    Introducing 'Intent: The Tex McIver Case'

    Aug 22, 2022·5m
  6. 6

    Introducing 'Intent: The Tex McIver Case'

    Aug 22, 2022·5m
  7. 7

    Introducing: Should Be Alive

    May 25, 2022·2m
  8. 8

    New from VAULT Studios: Killer Cases

    Feb 16, 2022·2m
  9. 9

    Tiger on the Loose

    Aug 20, 2021·11m
  10. 10

    Strangeville

    Aug 18, 2021·2m
  11. 11

    The Yellow Car (Available Now)

    Jul 7, 2021·3m
  12. 12

    Available Now: Bardstown Season 2

    Apr 1, 2021·5m
  13. 13

    Preview: Bardstown Season Two

    Mar 24, 2021·3m
  14. 14

    Full Episode: The Daily Crime, new from VAULT Studios

    Jan 25, 2021·16m
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    Final Thoughts: Covering Interrogations

    Hidden gem

    Eric Flack closes Vault Studios' first season of Anything You Say with Brendan Keefe of 11 Alive in Atlanta and Ann Schindler of First Coast News in Jacksonville.

    Nov 4, 2020·27m·2 clips
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    Final Thoughts: Covering Interrogations

    Hidden gem

    Anything You Say closes its first season with Eric Flack, Brendan Keefe, and Ann Schindler unpacking how investigators can bluff, isolate, and pressure suspects inside an interrogation room.

    Nov 4, 2020·28m·1 clip
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    "You've Got the Wrong Guy" | Catching a Killer

    Anything You Say examines how Colorado detectives used a nonexistent million-dollar securities-fraud case to question James Curtis Clanton about Helene Pruszynski's 1980 murder.

    Oct 28, 2020·39m·2 clips
  18. 18

    "You've Got the Wrong Guy" | Catching a Killer

    Anything You Say examines how Colorado detectives used a nonexistent securities-fraud investigation to question James Curtis Clanton about Helene Pruszynski's 1980 murder.

    Oct 28, 2020·36m·2 clips
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    "I Knew I Must Have Done Something Wrong" | The Interrogation of Matthew Hoffman

    Anything You Say examines the interrogation of Matthew Hoffman after Tina Herman, Cody Maynard, Sarah Maynard, and Stephanie Sprang disappeared in Knox County, Ohio, on November 10, 2010.

    Oct 21, 2020·38m·2 clips
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    "I Knew I Must Have Done Something Wrong" | The Interrogation of Matthew Hoffman

    Anything You Say examines the interrogation of Matthew Hoffman after Tina Herman, Cody Maynard, Sarah Maynard, and Stephanie Sprang disappeared in Knox County, Ohio, on November 10, 2010.

    Oct 21, 2020·34m·2 clips
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    "Just Tell the Truth" | The Interrogation of Travis Slaughter

    An inside look at interrogation tactics used by experts, focusing on a murder case in Toledo where a teenager is questioned.

    Oct 14, 2020·46m
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    "Just Tell the Truth" | The Interrogation of Travis Slaughter

    An inside look at interrogation tactics used by experts, focusing on a 1998 murder case in Toledo where a teenager was grilled for information.

    Oct 14, 2020·42m
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    "She Never Got Out of Your Car" | Lee Rodarte's Interrogation

    This episode examines police interrogation techniques through the case of missing 21-year-old Savannah Gold.

    Oct 7, 2020·41m
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    "She Never Got Out of Your Car" | Lee Rodarte's Interrogation

    This episode examines the case of Savannah Gold and the interrogation tactics used by detectives to elicit confessions.

    Oct 7, 2020·45m
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    "I Was So Out Of My Mind" | Brent Patterson's Interrogation

    Sep 30, 2020·39m
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    "I Was So Out Of My Mind" | Brent Patterson's Interrogation

    Sep 30, 2020·36m
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    "I Did Not Hurt That Boy" | The Interrogation of Ronnie Hyde

    This episode explores the disappearance and murder of Freddy Laster, examining the interrogation techniques used by investigators.

    Sep 23, 2020·43m
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    "I Did Not Hurt That Boy" | The Interrogation of Ronnie Hyde

    This episode examines the disappearance and murder of Fred Laster, highlighting the interrogation tactics used by investigators.

    Sep 23, 2020·39m
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    "You Have Not Shed One Tear" | The Interrogation of Christopher Watts

    Sep 16, 2020·46m
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    "You Have Not Shed One Tear" | The Interrogation of Christopher Watts

    Sep 16, 2020·42m