Off The Hook
We are a group of private investigators, bounty hunters / fugitive recovery agents, and bail bondsmen that have been in this line of work for over twenty five years and have many stories to tell. We have traveled all over the country catching fugitives and bringing them back to have their day in court. With our years of experience we are trying to educate the public about bail and why it is a needed part of our judicial system.
Episodes
94 episodes
We Set A Fake Meeting And Walk A Fugitive Into Handcuffs
A $100,000 bond. A missed court date. A trail that runs straight through social media and ends at a hotel lobby Starbucks in Hartford. We’re back in the studio and we’re not easing in, because the main story is a full fugitive recovery breakdow...
Dog And Leland Chapman Sit Down For First Podcast Together
Somebody posts bail and promises to show up for court. Then they disappear. That’s the moment most people never think about, and it’s where Dog the Bounty Hunter and Leland Chapman live.We sit down with Dog and Leland in front of a live...
Local Stabbing Makes National News & A Take Down In A Church Parking Lot
Downtown Wilmington makes the news for all the wrong reasons, and we don’t pretend it’s normal. We talk candidly about festival weekend violence, why locals sometimes avoid downtown, and what people mean when they say bail reform and weak follo...
The Bounty Hunter’s Surprise and Iran Ultimatum
A quiet holiday weekend turns into a packed grab bag of news, local chaos, and one of our most unbelievable real-world recoveries. We start with what’s coming up fast: our April 19 Wilmington, NC event with Leland Chapman and family. We talk sp...
Keeping With The Theme Of No Kings We Revoke A Crazy Woman’s Bond
Somebody can be out on bond and still be in free fall. We start with the lighter stuff, Tiger Woods, celebrity culture, and why so many people are done taking political cues from famous faces, then we get into the heavy reality behind bail bond...
Iran Long Range Missiles To Fugitives and Hot Donut Signs
The easiest way to understand bail enforcement is to hear what it sounds like before, during, and after the cuffs. We start with the kind of off-color humor you only get from people who deal with chaos for a living, then shift into what really ...
Our Thoughts On Iran And We Lure A Fugitive With A Airline Ticket
Dog the Bounty Hunter is coming to Wilmington, and we’re finally saying it out loud. We’re hosting a live Off the Hook podcast at The Warehouse On Water on April 19 with Dog, Leland Chapman, and Cecily Chapman, and tickets are already moving. I...
Peace Through Strength, Prices Through Pain, And The Grind Of Real Bounty Hunting
Tickets secured, date locked, and the lineup everyone asked for. We finally pinned down our April 19 live event in downtown Wilmington with a VIP podcast, meet and greet, and plenty of time for photos, merch, and real conversation with Dog and ...
USA Beats Canada For Hockey Gold And A Bondsman Tale Unfolds
A gold medal can flip a nation’s mood, and that’s exactly where we start: USA tops Canada for hockey gold, and we dig into why that win felt different. The pride, the clean postgame words, the way a single interview can cut through the culture ...
Valentine’s, Olympic Fails, And A Very Dumb Skip
What happens when a low-key Valentine’s, a Daytona pileup, and a fugitive with a crush collide? We start where real life lives: choosing a home-cooked ribeye over roses, swapping overpriced dinners for time that actually matters. Then we take a...
Jesus Gets Arrested and Bad Bunny Can’t Sing
A foot of snow in a coastal town, iguanas dropping in Florida, and a home HVAC dying at 2 a.m. set off a week where nothing went as planned—and everything begged for straight talk. We kick off with winter chaos and slide into a Super Bowl that ...
Water Cannons, Bananas-And-Rice, And A Guy Named Pig Pen
A busted pipe, a cold snap, and an insurance denial set the tone for a candid ride through systems that promise plenty and deliver little. From there, we widen the lens: protests around ICE, what “non-lethal” really looks like on the street, an...
Minnesota Protesters, Dog The Bounty Hunter and a Fugitive on a Boat
Tickets are live and the surprise is real: we’re bringing Dog the Bounty Hunter and Leland Chapman to Wilmington for a one-of-a-kind live show that blends raw stories, sharp questions, and true access. We’ve wanted to do this for years, and the...
Minnesota Slow Learners and Peter the Wife Beater
Two cups of coffee, one packed news cycle, and a case file that still makes our palms sweat. We kick off the year by separating signal from noise: the Venezuela headlines and talk around Maduro’s capture, oil shock ripple effects that touch die...
How To Deal With Liberals Over Christmas And A Smoking Getaway Truck
Holiday cheer meets high-speed reality. We kick things off with Christmas plans, a local band invite, and a friendly argument over the greatest holiday movie ever made—Die Hard, Home Alone, Gremlins, or Christmas Vacation. That cozy start gets ...
Discussion on Irena’s Law And How To Avoid a DWI
One holiday season, two realities: twinkle lights and hayrides on one side, blue lights and court dates on the other. We invited Wilmington attorney Jimmy McGee to bridge that gap with clear, practical advice on DWI stops, sobriety tests, and t...
Venezuela, Bail Bonds, And Bourbon
The world feels chaotic until you anchor it to what actually works. We start with a raw look at Venezuela—an oil-rich nation weighed down by corruption and human rights abuses—and connect it to the fentanyl surge, narco-terror networks, and why...
North Carolina’s Irena’s Law, AI Risks, And A Bondsman’s Grim Case
The episode opens with light, fast banter—Thanksgiving plates, 80s party gear, and the annual sprint to string up lights—then it pivots into the kind of talk that actually affects our streets and our courts. We lay out what North Carolina’s Ire...
North Carolina ICE, Bail, And Scams
A quiet morning turns into a masterclass on how the justice system actually works when a $15,000 bond, a missed court date, and a last-minute rehab collide. We take you behind the counter of a North Carolina bonds office where a forfeiture cloc...
A Multi-State Hunt For A Hooker-Pimp Duo On The Run
A weekend in Nashville set the stage for something bigger: a candid look at how public voices shape private lives, and how fast hype can outpace reality. We kick off with Kenny Chesney’s refreshingly apolitical stance and use it to examine a qu...
Two Bail Agents Break Down A Category Five Hurricane, A New Bail Law, And A Wild Fugitive Capture Story
A hurricane roars toward Jamaica while the ground shifts under our feet at home, and we’re trying to make sense of both. We start with the uneasy calm of coastal life—stocking up, watching the radar, calculating risk—and move straight into the ...
How A Drone, A Scorned Girlfriend, And Some Legwork Saved A $25,000 Bond;
A fan from Bangladesh, a lawn seat that costs a fortune, and a $25,000 bond saved without a scuffle—this one moves from global shoutouts to ground-level action fast. We open with the audience love and then tear into the mess of modern ticketing...
Skippy is high on drugs and low on hygiene
A father calls, a shed door creaks, and the heat hits like a wall. That’s how our chase for “Skippy” ends—quiet, tense, and painfully human. From there, we pull the threads that tie a single arrest to a web of policy, media narratives, and the ...
