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Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff is a licensed private investigator and former fire chief and arson investigator who hosts the crowdsourced true crime podcast Truth & Justice, investigating wrongful convictions and cold cases.

May 21, 2026

10:54
You know, does he have any sex offender history? Is he a military guy?
10:58
So he, he's got a history of violence against women.
11:00
There is, his, his ex, um, and I, I, I'm speaking from memory here, so just take this with a grain of salt, but from what I remember, his, his ex had, like, called the police when she heard the, when they released, when, when they showed the video or when she heard the voice or whatever, actually called the police and said, "That's him." Like, I...
11:18
The, the way he's walking, the way he sounded.
11:19
I don't remember what it was, but she id- identi- and then we find out later that there was, that he has a history of sexual violence, um, with her.
11:28
He ends up in, in prison.
11:29
He di- I think, I think he was in prison when he died.
16:00
Well-
2:37
And we wanted to distinguish ourselves because we were, myself and Laura Richards and, and also Lisa Zambetti, that we were going to talk about real crime and real cases, and what happened behind the scenes in investigations and productions, and that's, that we had expertise in both those fields.
2:58
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Truth and Justice.
3:02
In this season, uh, season 18 of Truth and Justice, we are highlighting justice warriors in the, in the true crime space.
3:11
And today's episode is, uh, this beginning, we don't...
3:15
I don't know.
3:15
It may be a little clunky, but it's not, 'cause we're doing a, an, an interesting crossover thing.
3:20
But I am lucky enough, for the first time ever, to have my, my very good friend and mentor, uh, who I've been working with now for over 10 years, sitting in the studio across from me at the table, not on Zoom, but sitting right here in the, in the room with me, uh, former FBI profiler, writer of Criminal Minds, former New York City prosecutor.
7:32
We, we find them important, and those are the cases that we really need to amplify to have the audience out there, a audience of listeners to, to help to try to solve those crimes.
ShannonPANELIST
16:01
So which brings me to the most important thing is Bob has kinda gotten into business with 3D printing of, uh, jets, and we have an example behind us if you wanna tell us a bit about it, Bob.
16:10
Well, this is, um, an F-5.
16:12
It's, uh, designed by, uh, if I get the name right, Michael Bucker in Switzerland.
16:18
He, uh, designed it.
16:20
Um, it's a 100 millimeter fan, 100% 3D printed, uses Electron retracts.
16:27
It is, um... weighs 17 and a half pounds, um, 12S, and it is an awesome flying jet.
16:37
Takes about 200 hours to print.
ShannonPANELIST
16:47
[laughs]

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