Paul Holes: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

Paul Holes takes us through his memories of a storied career as a cold case investigator and provides an insider account of some of the most notorious cases in contemporary American history, including the hunt for the Golden State Killer, Laci Peterson’s murder, and Jaycee Dugard’s kidnapping. This is also a revelatory profile of a complex man and what makes him tick: the drive to find closure for victims and their loved ones, the inability to walk away from a challenge-even at the expense of his own happiness.
Holes opens up the most intimate scenes of his life: his moments of self-doubt and the impact that detective work has had on his marriage. This is a story about the gritty truth of crime-solving when there are no flashbulbs and “case closed” headlines. It is the story of a man and his commitment to cases and people who might otherwise have been forgotten.
Come meet Paul Holes and go behind the scenes of an expert cold case investigator.
This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Holes photo by Steve Babuljak.
MAY 5, 2022
SPEAKERS
Paul Holes
Retired Cold Case Investigator; Author, Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases; Twitter @PaulHoles
In Conversation with Brian Watt
News Anchor, KQED; Twitter @RadioBWatt
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[@blackboots2989]

What an amazing man! Who knows how many lives he's saved and how many wrongful convictions he's been able to stop. 👠👠

[@jamesjazzy8040]

Amazing man? it took him 35+ years and 177 victims before he finally caught the guy...

[@ProgressiveDemLib]

Excellent interview with Paul. His podcast is excellent too. Just ordered his book and have always been fascinated with crime fighters. Thank you for this presentation. ❤️

[@inamariesanchez8916]

Just finished reading Unmasked My Life Solving Americas Cold Cases by Paul Holes. Looking up everything Paul Holes related. Such an excellent read & how awesome to know he didn’t give up looking for the GSK.

[@StateOfDJ]

Amazing interview! I loved the book he wrote and even listened to the audio version so he could read to me. I hope he’s I enjoy in retirement! lol

[@Karlettastar]

Just wrote 400 words. Memoir. Thank you for the opportunity to watch and listen to this conversation.

[@boxingscience8849]

Amazing interview!This man is treasure!im big fan!

[@DianeIaquinto-co1zq]

Hopfully paul can look into Delphi case to catch this murderer of Libby and Abby they deserve justice it has been six years since their deaths maybe you will see somrhibg they are over looking the police are doing the best they can but they need new eyes i pray you can look intwo this case of Delphi thank you GOD BLESS❤

[@advancedknowledge]

The Delphi suspect was arrested in October of 2022 and is currently awaiting trial for the murders.

[@kathykline7202]

I just now got a letter from DOJ - attorney general in Ca, thanking me for solving Z13 and Z32. Woo Hoo ! I was right. I also got identity in Z340 and Z408 but someone probably turned it in before me. The words there validate themselves.

[@siridanicak3997]

Much enjoyed! Thank you. From a novice genetic genealogist: 1 Likely a 1st cousin match is possible with the size of DNA data bases in 2022- much easier to construct family trees. 2 Companies like Ancestry hold our DNA (by choice) and that DNA does hold information about us which could be analysed by stakeholders such as insurance companies. If a person has genetic markers for certain types of cancer, there are organisations that could use this to our deficit. Also, some may find it an invasion of privacy to be determined to be related to a serial killer.

[@SteveWoodsGsy]

God bless this man 🥰

[@DKilgallen]

Fascinating

[@anotherblonde]

The US (and probably some other countries) have continual 24 satellite surveilance now. When a vehicle is identified, they can go back and look at how a vehicle got to where it is today, where it resides, and everywhere it has been !

[@andreviana1902]

What are your thoughts on Zodiac?

[@mohibullahofficial7961]

Lovely man

[@Fastjimmy041]

Very smart guy

[@rainymctrixie1]

Hey, Captain Howdy.

[@whotelakecity2001]

What is his accent ?

[@janeschwartz8875]

Paul is so humble and willing to share credit with other investigators...NOT