Trusted Interview and Interrogation
Training Expert
Instructor | Author | Media Contributor
Stan B Walters
The Lie Guy®
Stan is a nationally recognized interview and interrogation training expert.
For over four decades, Stan has trained and advised the nation’s top law enforcement, military, intelligence, and security agencies.
Known worldwide as The Lie Guy®, Stan is a leading authority in evidence-based interview and interrogation techniques — delivering high-impact training to investigators at every level.
Trusted by the Nation’s Top Investigators
He’s conducted more than 50,000 hours of instruction and personally analyzed 1,500+ inmate interviews across 40 prisons including the US Disciplinary Barracks in Ft. Leavenworth and has conducted training on 20 US military bases world-wide.
His students include personnel from:
- FBI, US Secret Service, US Marshals, DEA, ATF.
- National Reconnissaince Office.
- US Department of Defense - National Center for Credibility Assessment.
- National Security Agency. Pentagon Force Protection Agency.
- U.S. Army Joint Special Operations Command, 82nd & 101st Airborne.
- US Army Intelligence, US Army CID - MP School, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 25th Infantry
- US Air Force OSI, and S.E.R.E. School.
- Customs and Border Protection, ICE, Homeland Security.
- The Texas Rangers and numerous state and local police academies throughout the US.
- US Park Police, US Administrator of the Courts - Parole and Pre-trial Services.
Stan's instruction is frequently tailored to specialized roles including parole officers, pretrial services agents,
arson investigators, regulatory agencies and intelligence professionals—ensuring every training session meets the needs of the field.
Stan is the author of Principles of Kinesic Interview and Interrogation and The Truth About Lying: How to Spot a Lie and Protect Yourself from Deception.
He recently released a free downloadable guide, From First Contact to Final Question: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Interview and Interrogation — used by investigators nationwide as a modern primer on interview strategy.
He is currently developing The Lie Guy® Tactical Interview Companion — a field-ready guide designed to help investigators make better decisions in real time.
Stan appeared on the National Geographic special Telling Tales and served as a technical advisor for their documentary The Science of Interrogation. He has also been featured on FOX News, CNN, ABC, NBC, Access Hollywood, and Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen.
