🚨 EP 49 | TEN-FOUR TAVERN | TUES 7:05 PM ET 🚨
Detective WENDELL STRADFORD, NYPD (ret.)
How do you solve a case everyone else has forgotten?
This week, Tom Joyce and Peter J. Forcelli Forcelli welcome retired NYPD 1st Grade Detective Wendell Stradford, one of the original members of the NYPD Cold Case Squad and one of the most accomplished investigators in department history.
Almost 40 years of service, Wendell helped bring answers to families who spent years, and sometimes decades, waiting for them. His career took him from the legendary PC Squad under Jack Maple to Central Robbery, Street Crime, Warrants, and ultimately the Cold Case Squad.
We'll discuss:
🔹 The art of cold case investigations
🔹 How old cases get reopened and solved
🔹 The evolution of DNA and forensic technology
🔹 Working in New York City's toughest years
🔹 Lessons learned from nearly four decades of detective work
🔹 The cases and people that never left his mind
From the Transit Police days to becoming one of the NYPD's most respected detectives, Wendell's story is one of persistence, professionalism, and a commitment to finding answers when others thought there were none.
📅 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
🕖 7:05 PM ET
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