I'm the father of a murdered child.
I brought over 1400 fugitives to justice
and best of all, recovered 61 missing children.
I'm John Walsh and I'm not even close to finished.
I have a superhero for a father.
Watching him catch these bad guys my whole childhood,
I was inspired.
I knew it was a calling that I had as well.
These fugitives are still out there.
Watch my show, keep your eyes open,
and join my fight.
Let's catch these guys.
Well, please welcome host and executive producer,
John Walsh, and his son who is the correspondent
on the series, Callahan Walsh.
(audience clapping)
Thank you.
Well John, Callahan, as someone that is trained
in forensic psychology and has worked in the legal arena
and is a huge advocate for law enforcement,
it is an honor to sit and speak to you because
you are the man and I can't tell ya how much good
I've watched you do over the years.
It's just amazing.
So, congratulations on your career.
I just can't even begin to tell ya.
Thank you very much. (clapping)
Now, you kind slid by some numbers pretty quick there
in that little tape piece.
Let's slow down and talk about that again.
Some pretty impressive numbers there.
What were you saying in terms of those caught?
Say those numbers again.
Well, the public kept America's Most Wanted
a number one primetime hit for 25 years
and they helped me.
I always believed the philosophy if you,
most of the people in the world are good people.
There's a lot of bad guys.
But if you showed em how to do something
and asked them to do the right thing,
they would do the right thing.
So, my whole philosophy is, call me.
I don't trace or tap calls.
I don't have cops answer the phone, hotline operators,
legal, illegal, I don't care where you are.
Tell me where that dirtbag is and I'll figure out
a way to catch em.
Over those 25 years, we caught 1244 guys
in 45 countries, 17 off the FBI's 10 most wanted,
more than any FBI agent in the history of the bureau,
and the best part is we got 61 stranger abducted kids
back alive.
It was amazing. 61 kids.
(cheering and clapping)
So, 17 of FBI's top 10.
That's more than any agent's ever done.
So, why come out of retirement?
Well, a couple years ago, the FBI and the Marshals
came to me and said, "We gotta sit down and talk to you.
"You gotta saddle back up."
They said 18, 2018 is shaping up to be the most
violent year as it relates to homicides and shooting
in the history of the United States.
And I thought, "OK, I need some young blood."
This guy, when he got outta college and went to work for me,
I know how much you love your children
and how much they work with you.
So I said, Callahan, would you saddle up with me?
He works at the National Center
for Missing Exploited Children all week.
I said, "I know you got a new baby.
"How bout coming and working for me on the weekends?"
He said, "Yeah."
How are you enjoying this?
Ya know, big shoes to fill, that's for sure.
My Dad's a tough boss, but,
I watched him for years on America's Most Wanted,
following him around and actually became a producer
for America's Most Wanted as well.
So I've worked with him for a number of years,
finally joining him on camera.
I tried to do everything I could to stay behind the camera
previously and it's something that I thought
might always happen.
I knew I would eventually make my way over to the
National Center for Missing Exploited Children.
I've been there for five years
and just honored to be able to join my father this year
in going after these criminals and getting justice
for families that haven't gotten it.