• Criminal Mischief: Episode 80: Q&A: Effects of Smoke Inhalation
    Jun 3 2026

    New on Outliers CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 80: Q&A: Effects of Smoke Inhalation

    Join DP Lyle for a fun question on the effects of smoke inhalation on a police officer.

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPxYt9_9icE

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    8 mins
  • GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author Caitlin Rother
    Apr 26 2026

    Join Outliers GET TO KNOW host DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Caitlin Rother about her latest release STAGED.

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VVGapn0PoU

    New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother has written or co-authored 16 books. Her latest is HOOKED, which launches on Feb. 1 as the first in Rother’s new “Katrina & Goode” thriller series. Her other recent titles are narrative nonfiction: DOWN TO THE BONE, about the McStay family murders, the updated edition of BODY PARTS, about serial killer Wayne Adam Ford, and DEATH ON OCEAN BOULEVARD, about the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau. Rother, who worked as an investigative newspaper reporter for 19 years before quitting the news biz to write books full-time, has appeared more than 250 times on TV/radio shows and podcasts. She also works as a book coach, enjoys ocean swimming, and plays keyboards and sings in a jazzy bluesy trio.

    https://www.caitlinrother.com.

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    19 mins
  • GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author and Killer Nashville Founder Clay Stafford
    Apr 28 2026

    Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a fun conversation with Best-selling Author and Killer Nashville Founder Clay Stafford

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJyP8ZctF0

    Clay Stafford has had an eclectic career as an author, filmmaker, story and creative consultant, actor, composer, educator, public speaker and business leader. He has sold nearly four million copies of his works in over sixteen languages. He is founder and CEO of the annual Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference and a contributor to Writer’s Digest magazine with his monthly online column, “Killer Writer”. In addition, Clay is the founder of Killer Nashville University, a creative learning platform for writers.

    ClayStafford.com.

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    22 mins
  • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 79: Retired Detective and Story Consultant Adam Richardson
    Apr 21 2026

    Join DP Lyle for a fun chat with Retired Detective and Story Consultant Adam Richardson

    Adam Richardson spent seventeen of his twenty-eight years in law enforcement as a detective in California, including assignments to state and federal task forces.

    He has been helping screenwriters, fiction authors, TV shows, and film productions with the cop stuff in their stories since 2015.

    https://www.skool.com/writersdetective/about

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQspEilVhc

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    26 mins
  • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 78: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
    Apr 12 2026

    New on Outliers CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 78: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

    What Drugs Might Cause Side Effects in My Character With Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?

    Join Host DP Lyle, MD for a clever question from a crime writer and a discussion of this fascinating neurological syndrome

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOCq-7s7Ow

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    13 mins
  • GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author and Outliers Instructor Kaira Rouda
    Apr 10 2026

    Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Kaira

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1meyeXj08

    Kaira Rouda is an award–winning USA TODAY and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense have been translated into a dozen languages and BENEATH THE SURFACE has been optioned for feature film. Three of her novels have been named Amazon Editor’s Picks for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. THE NEXT WIFE was named a Suspense Magazine Best Book of 2021, won the 2022 Silver Falchion for Best Suspense Novel, and was a 2022 Silver Falchion first runner-up for Best Book of the Year. BENEATH THE SURFACE won a Zibby’s Book Award for Best Beach Read, and WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS was featured in People magazine.

    Kaira is active in the mystery and thriller writing community as a co-founder and co-host of the Killer Author Club, a live online show supporting authors. She is a candidate for a Master’s in Creative Writing at the Palm Desert Low-Residency program at UC Riverside. Prior to writing novels, Kaira was a journalist, society columnist, magazine editor, and marketing executive. She lives in Southern California with her family.

    https://kairarouda.com/

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    19 mins
  • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 77: Knife Wound Analysis
    Mar 27 2026

    New on Outliers CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 77: Knife Wound Analysis

    Can the ME Determine the Type of Knife Used in a Murder By Examining the Wounds?

    Join Host DP Lyle, MD for a fascinating question from a crime writer and a discussion of forensic knife wound analysis.

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOarnMHQh4&list=PLia8l2DJ_EnXVBBYu0gtb1Ijjwkf0f6dn

    OUTLIERS BLOG POST: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/post/outliers-medical-forensic-files-knife-wound-analysis-by-dp-lyle-md

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    14 mins
  • GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author Craig Johnson
    Mar 31 2026

    Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Craig Johnson

    WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz5xJRb7rbo

    Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.

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    32 mins