Ann McElhinney


Ann McElhinney is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, public speaker, and podcaster.  She is the author of the best-selling New York Times book Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer.  The book debuted at #3 on Amazon and sold out 3 days after publication. 

She has produced several films, plays, and podcasts with her husband Phelim including FBI Lovebirds: Undercovers, FrackNation, The Ann & Phelim Scoop Podcast, The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered Podcast, Mine Your Own Business, and Not Evil Just Wrong

Their most recent podcast, The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered, broke into the True Crime genre on Apple Podcasts with a splash – regularly ranking in the top 100 true crime podcasts in the world. 

McElhinney has also made documentaries for the BBC, CBC (Canada) and RTE (Ireland). The Search for Tristan’s Mum concerned the case of Tristan Dowse, a baby who was adopted by an Irish man and his wife in Indonesia. Two years later, when the adoptive mother became pregnant, they abandoned Tristan in an Indonesian orphanage.

McElhinney has also written for or is a regular contributor to an array of international media organizations including CNN, FOX News, ABC (US), and BBC. She is a regular on a number of US talk radio shows including The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Eric Metaxas Show, The Dennis Miller Show and The Dennis Prager Show.

She is an entertaining and sought-after public speaker and appears regularly through the Young America’s Foundation.