Rachael Bell has completed masters' degrees in both Clinical Forensic and Health Psychology and has worked for TruTV (previously Court TV) for more than a decade researching, reporting and writing more than seventy in-depth feature stories on major criminal cases. Some of the cases included O.J. Simpson, the Green River Killer, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, as well as comprehensive stories pertaining to polygamist Warren Jeff's trial and conviction.

She has simultaneously worked as a mental health therapist at a lock-down psychiatric forensic hospital specializing in adolescent/teenage male and female sex offenders and those with other psychiatric problems, where she has gained years of experience in understanding criminal and deviant behaviors.

Her media experience extends to television, where she has been interviewed by E! Entertainment Television on several crime cases on the programs 20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes and Going Postal: 15 Most Shocking Acts of Violence. On a part-time basis, she instructs bachelor and master's level courses in psychology.