Between The Madness - Episode 9 - Deal With The Devil – Scott Kimball & The FBI

Between The Madness - Episode 9 - Deal With The Devil – Scott Kimball & The FBI

Author: Grip Tape May 1, 2026 Duration: 50:56

A high speed chase through the California desert. A man who refused to stop. And a secret that should never have existed.

Scott Kimball was trusted. An informant working alongside the FBI. But as people around him began to disappear, the stories he told were just believable enough to keep suspicion away.

For years, it worked.

And by the time investigators began to see the pattern, the truth was already buried.

Retired FBI Special Agent Jonny Grusing joins us to tell the story from the inside.

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Special Thanks:
Jonny Grusing

Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Sources:
The Devil I Knew: Unmasking A Serial Killer - Jonny Grusing
The Snitch - Atavist Magazine
Three Colorado women murdered and the search for a serial killer named "Hannibal"
Convicted serial killer Scott Kimball’s sons break silence 20 years after father’s killing spree
Serial killer FBI informant tricked feds for years while preying on victims: former agent
She married Scott ‘Hannibal’ Kimball
Colorado’s FBI informant‑turned serial killer


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