Episode Description — Episode 22: Part III “Freeway Ricky Ross

”The saga reaches its final, electrifying chapter. In Part III, Detectives John Mulholland and Mike Horton return to close the book on one of America’s most infamous drug kingpins — Freeway Ricky Ross — a man whose rise, fall, and legacy still ripple through the streets he once ruled.

This episode pulls back the curtain on the aftermath: the empire shattered, the indictments delivered, the years behind bars, and the unexpected transformation that followed.

Mulholland traces the final moves of Ross’s criminal network — the desperate smuggling tactics, the last‑ditch deals, the moment the law finally caught up.

Horton brings his hard‑earned insight from working with the L.A.P.D., N.Y.P.D., and his deep training in gang life and narcotics enforcement to reveal how Ross’s world collapsed piece by piece.But the real intrigue lies in what came next.

What ultimately happened to Ricky? Where is he now? And how will history remember a man who shaped — and scarred — an entire era of American crime?

Mulholland and Horton explore the surprising turn his life took, the myth versus the man, and the legacy that refuses to fade.

This is the conclusion you’ve been waiting for — gripping, gritty, and unforgettable. All that and so much more on this week’s episode of "The Silent Witness Podcast".