Crime and Coffee Couple - True Crime Podcast

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After losing two husbands in five years, Stacey Castor was seen by many as unlucky. Grief-stricken. Strong. But when her daughter was rushed to the hospital after a supposed suicide attempt, police started questioning the tragedies that seemed to follow Stacey everywhere. And once they dug into the past, they found a pattern no one wanted ...

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It was the Saturday before Thanksgiving when 22-year-old Dru Sjodin left work, walked through the mall, and called her boyfriend while heading to her car. Four minutes into the call, her voice shifted—distracted, tense. She said, “Okay, okay,” and the line went dead. He thought the call had dropped. By the time her abandoned car was found, night had fallen and the tra...

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You ever hear something so strange it sounds like a made-up urban legend...until you realize it actually happened?

This week, we talk about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a woman trying to piece her life together in one of Chicago’s most dangerous housing projects. She’d finally started turning things around, getting treatment, going back to school, planning her ...

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In 2011, 20-year-old Madison Scott headed to a party at a remote campground in British Columbia, a place where the wilderness stretches as far as the eye can see. She was ready for a night of fun with friends, her tent pitched by Hogsback Lake. But by morning, Maddy was gone. Her truck was still parked, her rings left in the dirt, her phone and keys nowhere to be foun...

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In 2012, Ryan Poston was a rising star in Cincinnati’s legal scene, a 29-year-old attorney with big dreams and a bigger heart. But on a quiet fall night, a 911 call shattered everything. His 21-year-old girlfriend, Shayna Hubers, claimed she shot him in self-defense, painting a chaotic scene of violence. Yet her chilling words on the call, talking about firing extra s...

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A little girl with a name as gentle as Harmony should have had a life filled with bedtime stories, scraped knees, and warm arms to run into. Instead, Harmony Montgomery was handed off like paperwork between systems, disappearing into broken homes and blind spots.

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Listen as Melissa tells Daniel a case that took 8 long years to prosecute but only recently came to a dramatic end.

When a celebrity hairdresser is savagely murdered in his home, was his death the result of a string of high-end burglaries or something much more sinister. We are going with sinister. Enjoy!

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You know how some people just give you the creeps? This Sapp piece of garbage was next-level dark. It all starts with a woman named Una Timmons, just walking down the road one night in 1996, when Sapp pulls up offering a ride. Sounds innocent enough, right? But things quickly take a turn. She barely escapes, and when the cops start peeling back the layers on this guy, it’s like opening a door to a nightm...

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Summary: Two Michigan families, strangers to each other, are forever linked by a devastating accident in 2006. When a truck crashes into a Taylor University van, the Cerak and Van Ryn families face unimaginable loss and hope. This episode dives into a story of grief, faith, and a twist so profound it defies belief. Don’t miss this one. Seriously. Yo...

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You’re out for a run, the trail stretching ahead, fresh air filling your lungs. It’s your time to unwind, to feel strong. But for Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mom of five, that peace was shattered on a summer evening in 2023. She headed out on Maryland’s Ma & Pa Trail, a place she loved, and never came home. What happened to her—a brutal crime that shook a community—exposes a chilling reality: for women...

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Picture this: a hardworking single mom, Ashley Bocanegra, chasing a fresh start in Buford, Georgia, unaware that a secret romance with coworker Daniel Gonzalez is about to unravel into a deadly trap. Jealousy festers as Daniel’s fiancée, Antonetta Stevens, and his teenage sister Janine uncover the affair, plotting a vicious confrontation that spirals into chilling violence—captured on video by the attacker...

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In November 2022, 22-year-old Jasmine Pace, a vibrant Chattanooga student with a heart full of love for her family and cats, vanished just before Thanksgiving. Grieving her grandmother’s death, she climbed into her white Chevy Equinox after a tearful night, unknowingly driving toward a chilling mystery. A strange, out-of-character Facebook post in sexy lingerie—missing her recent tattoos—set off alarms. He...

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In the quiet of a West Fargo morning, a 911 call shattered the stillness—a husband’s voice, trembling, claiming his wife lay lifeless in their bathtub. Sonja Moen, a vibrant nurse, mother of three, and the spark of every gathering, was gone at 30, her face marred by brutal bruises, her spirit snuffed out. What began as a night of drinks and laughter twisted into a chilling mystery, with bloodstains trailin...

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What happened to Suzanne Simpson, the vibrant Texas supermom who vanished after a heated clash with her husband? Allison delivers the chilling mystery of a beloved real estate agent and mother of four, last seen fleeing into the night. From a neighbor’s haunting account of screams in the woods to a daughter’s bold accusations, we dive into the timeline and unsettling clues that keep you wondering: where is...

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A picture-perfect family—a successful doctor, his pregnant wife, and their two adorable daughters—lived happily on a military base. Then came a chilling 911 call in the dead of night, a blood-soaked crime scene, and a lone survivor with a wild tale of hippie intruders. Was Jeffrey MacDonald a grieving husband or a cold-blooded killer who snapped? Allison tells us the story.

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On a cold January night in Pittsburgh, 2017, 23-year-old Dakota James—smart, sarcastic, and openly gay—heads out for drinks with friends. He’s last spotted on a blurry surveillance clip, walking down an alley near the Allegheny River, phone in hand. Then, he disappears. Forty days later, his body surfaces ten miles downstream, ruled an accidental drowning. But his parents, Pam and Jeff, refuse to accept it...

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It was a warm February day in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2016. A simple Uber ride turns into a heart-pounding nightmare as passenger Matt Mellon finds himself trapped with an unhinged driver, Jason Dalton, speeding through residential streets at 80 mph, a German shepherd cowering in the backseat. What starts as erratic driving spirals into something far darker—a rampage that leaves six dead, two clinging to life...

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In May 1985, a Fayetteville neighborhood froze. Newspapers stacked up outside the Eastburn home as a baby’s cries echoed inside. Katie Eastburn and her daughters, Kara, 5, and Erin, 3, lay brutally stabbed—21-month-old Jana left alone in her crib for days. A dog named Dixie, a white Chevette, and a blond stranger sparked a 25-y...