The writer of One Step Over The Line now intends to assist fellow true crime podcasters in expanding their listenership.
Ken Behr operated inside a massive smuggling enterprise for over twenty years before becoming a DEA cooperator. Today, he is the host of Crime Nightly, a true crime podcast that explores cold cases, missing persons, and criminal investigations at crimenightly.com. Behr aims to use the knowledge gained from building Crime Nightly to support other true crime podcast hosts in growing their programs.
Behr’s journey into that world began in the 1970s, when he was still a teenager working out of his mother’s residence. A small operation eventually ballooned into a major smuggling network that Behr managed for more than two decades. During that time, he crisscrossed the country in a cigarette boat, raced cars, and traveled by private jet, rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s most notorious smugglers and crossing paths with everyone from celebrities to killers.
Facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years behind bars, Behr chose to become a cooperating source for the DEA. He later chronicled that chapter of his life in the memoir One Step Over The Line, a title borrowed from the 1970s song “One Toke Over the Line.” The book, Behr’s first foray into writing, covers both his personal story and the smuggling scene in South Florida during that period.
Additional details about the book can be found at onestepovertheline.com.
In the book’s author’s note, Behr also addresses wrestling with post-traumatic stress from those decades, an experience he admits took him by surprise after years of believing PTSD only happened to other people.
Behr’s time inside federal investigations and his direct exposure to large-scale trafficking now inform his work behind the microphone. He launched Crime Nightly to apply that perspective to unsolved cases, missing persons inquiries, and conversations with researchers and formerly incarcerated individuals.
“We built Crime Nightly and grew our audience fast, and that experience is exactly what we want to bring to other true crime podcasters who are trying to grow their own shows,” said Ken Behr, host of Crime Nightly.
Behr also appears as a guest on the true crime podcast circuit, sharing his background in trafficking and federal investigations.
Recent appearances include:
- Digital Social Hour (with Sean Kelly)
- 10 Toes Podcast
- Locked In with Ian Bick
- Gangland Wire (with Gary Jenkins)
- Soft White Underbelly
- The Green Tea
- Bioactive Podcast
- The Mike Drop Podcast
Behr intends to leverage the lessons from building Crime Nightly into a new service that aids other true crime podcast hosts with marketing and audience growth. This initiative targets podcasters covering cold cases, missing persons, and criminal investigations who are looking to reach a larger audience.
Listeners can keep up with Crime Nightly’s case updates and new episodes via the show’s social media account, @crimenightly, and at crimenightly.com.
About Crime Nightly
Crime Nightly is a true crime podcast and media platform based in Hollywood, Florida, covering cold cases, missing persons and criminal investigations. The show is hosted by Ken Behr, a former cooperating source for the DEA and author.
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Email: Crimenightly@gmail.com
Website: www.crimenightly.com
City: Hollywood
State: FL
Country: USA
