Coffee and Crime with Mom
by CoffeeandCrimewithMom
Coffee and Crime with Mom is where true crime meets real conversation. Hosted by Nicholle and her daughter Zalle, this podcast dives into some of the most chilling cases from around the world—from infamous serial killers to lesser-known crimes that deserve attention. Each episode blends storytelling, psychology, and raw reaction as the duo unpacks what happened, how it happened, and why. With strong coffee in hand, they explore investigative details, victim stories, and the minds behind the crimes, all while keeping their conversations authentic and engaging. Sometimes they analyze. Sometimes they react. Sometimes they’re completely shocked. But they always come back to one question: How could this happen? If you’re drawn to true crime with depth, emotion, and a personal touch, pour a cup and join the conversation. 🔗 linktr.ee/coffeeandcrimewithmom 📧 <a rel="noopener norefer
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When She Tried to Leave
She tried to leave her marriage. She reported being afraid. And the man at the center of her allegations was a pastor. On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller was found dead in North Carolina. Authorities ruled her death a suicide. But the circumstances surrounding her marriage, her attempts…
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The Gainesville Ripper: The True Story Behind SCREAM | True Crime
Before Scream terrified movie audiences, a real-life killer brought terror to Gainesville, Florida. In August 1990, five college students were brutally murdered in a matter of days. Fear spread through the university community as investigators raced to identify the person responsible. His name…
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Who Killed 5-Year-Old Paitin Fields? | The Uncle on Trial
Content Warning: This episode discusses the death of a child, alleged abuse, and disturbing forensic evidence. Listener discretion is advised. On November 13, 2017, five-year-old Paitin Fields was found unresponsive in her grandparents’ North Carolina home. Her seven-year-old sister was there…
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The Pizza Bomber| Was Brian Wells a Victim or Part of the Plan?
On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery driver Brian Wells walked into a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, with a bomb locked around his neck. He demanded $250,000. He left with just $8,702. And less than an hour later, he was dead. What followed was one of the strangest criminal investigations in American...
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The Tylenol Murders | 44 Years Later, Who Was the Killer?
In September 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. There was no obvious connection between the victims. No traditional crime scene. No known killer stalking them. Just ordinary people taking a medicine they believed was safe —...
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Some cases refuse to stay in the past. 👀
44 years later… there’s a new lead. ☕ The Tylenol Murders — coming Thursday @ Noon to Coffee & Crime with Mom. #TylenolMurders #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #CoffeeAndCrimeWithMom
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The Crash That Killed 6: Accident, Medical Emergency… or Murder? | Nicole Linton
⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses a fatal car crash, the deaths of six people, including a child and an unborn baby, and the resulting murder case. Some details may be difficult to hear. Please take care while listening, and pause if needed. On August 4, 2022, a devastating crash at the...
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The Missing Lawyer, The Cart & The Plastic Surgeon | Tomasz Kosowski
Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, a Florida plastic surgeon, is on trial for the first-degree murder of attorney Steven Cozzi — but there is one major problem: Steven Cozzi's body has never been found. On March 21, 2023, Steven Cozzi disappeared from the Blanchard Law Firm in Largo, Florida. His phone…
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The Alabama Bunker Case | Bibb County Child Sex Trafficking Investigation
In this episode of Coffee & Crime with Mom, we examine the disturbing investigation surrounding an underground storm shelter in Brent, Alabama, that authorities say was used in the sexual abuse and trafficking of children. The investigation began in February 2025 after authorities received…
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Saylor Hayes | The Search, The Tragedy & The Questions Left Behind
Five-year-old Saylor Hayes disappeared while her family was staying near Pawleys Island, South Carolina, on August 30, 2026. Saylor had been enrolled in Project Lifesaver—a program intended to help locate vulnerable people who may wander. As authorities searched for her, they tried to detect the...
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Suzanne Sevakis | The Girl Who Lived Under 3 Names
Suzanne Sevakis lived under several names throughout her life — including Tonya Hughes and Sharon Marshall — while the man who controlled her identity, Franklin Delano Floyd, remained at the center of one of America's most disturbing true-crime mysteries. In April 1990, Tonya Hughes was found...
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THE HANGINGS: 5 Black Americans, 5 Trees, 14 Months | Why Don't We Have Answers?
Five Black Americans. Five trees. Five Southern towns. Fourteen months. Tonight we're not asking "is this a pattern." We're asking a simpler question: why does it take this much public pressure just to get a basic investigation? We go case by case — Juliana Umba Nzita (16, Charlotte)…
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Nothing Adds Up | The Lindsey Clancy Case
Content warning: This episode discusses child death, mental health, suicide-related themes, criminal charges, and other disturbing subject matter. On January 24, 2023, the Clancy family’s life changed forever. In this episode of Coffee and Crime with Mom, we take a detailed look at the Lindsay...
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Michelle Hadley | Framed, Arrested & Exonerated After 88 Days in Jail
Michelle Hadley was accused of a terrifying cyberstalking and sexual-assault fantasy plot aimed at her former fiancé’s new wife. The allegations were shocking—and they led to Hadley’s arrest and 88 days behind bars. But investigators eventually uncovered a far darker truth: Michelle Hadley was…
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600,000 Images, 70,000 Videos & a Mystery | Philadelphia’s House of Horrors
CORRECTION: An image shown in this episode was mistakenly identified as being connected to the Eugene Horsch case. The photograph is from an unrelated case and should not have been included. We apologize for the error and appreciate the viewer who brought it to our attention. What was happening...
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What Happened to Alexis Murphy? | The Disappearance of a 17-Year-Old
What happened to Alexis Murphy? In this episode of Coffee and Crime with Mom, we take a deep dive into the disappearance of Alexis Murphy — a case that began with a missing 17-year-old and quickly became a disturbing investigation filled with unanswered questions, conflicting accounts, and…
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What Happened to Tasia Fortune? | The Mystery Behind Her Disappearance
What happened to Tasia Fortune? In this episode of Coffee and Crime with Mom, we take a closer look at the Tasia Fortune case — the timeline, the known details, the investigation, and the unanswered questions surrounding what happened. As we work through the publicly available information, we’ll...
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Sarah Grace Patrick | The Georgia Double Murder Case That Shocked Investigators
A five-year-old walks into a nightmare—and investigators soon turn their attention toward a teenage girl. Sarah Grace Patrick, a teenager from Georgia, is accused of killing her mother and stepfather in their home. The case has raised difficult questions about family, social media, what...
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The Clerk, the Money, and the Retrial | The Murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh pt.2
⚠️ Content Warning: This episode covers large-scale financial fraud against disabled and grieving victims, jury tampering, a federal investigation, and ongoing litigation. Some details discussed are unresolved and may change as this case continues. Please take care while listening. Alex Murdaugh...
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The Documentary She Never Got to Make | The Sara Gilson Murder
A viral TikTok. A protective order. A desperate attempt to expose the truth. Just weeks after publicly accusing her estranged husband of disturbing misconduct, Sara Gilson was murdered inside her Oklahoma home in what police say was a murder-suicide. Her heartbreaking case has sparked nationwide...
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Blood at the Kennels | The Murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh pt.1
For over a hundred years, the Murdaugh family ran the legal system in South Carolina's Lowcountry — three generations of elected prosecutors, followed by a fourth generation son who became a powerful personal injury attorney. Then, on the night of June 7th, 2021, Alex Murdaugh called 911 to…
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The Boy Who Stayed Behind | The Leaked Call and Autopsy Rocking the Nolan Wells Case
On the Fourth of July, four Ocean Springs, Mississippi teenagers took a boat out to Horn Island — a remote barrier island ten miles off the Gulf Coast with no cell service and no way to call for help. Eighteen-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, a wide receiver about to start his freshman season at...
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The Athena Strand Case | The FedEx Driver Murder
In November 2022, seven‑year‑old Athena Presley Monroe Strand vanished from her father’s driveway in Paradise, Texas, after a package delivery to the family home. What followed was a frantic two‑day search that gripped the community and ended in heartbreak when investigators announced that a...
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The Woman in the Cupboard | The Bizarre Kasuya, Japan Case
In 2008, a quiet town in Kasuya, Japan, was shaken by one of the strangest true crime stories ever reported: a woman secretly living inside a man’s cupboard for months without his knowledge. This case blurred the line between burglary, voyeurism, and urban horror, raising disturbing questions…
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The Lead Masks Case | Unsolved Mystery on Vintém Hill
In August 1966, two electronics technicians were found dead on Vintém Hill in Niterói, Brazil—dressed in suits, wearing handmade lead eye masks, and surrounded by a notebook with cryptic instructions, empty water bottles, and towels. There were no obvious signs of violence, no clear cause of…
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Crash at 100 | The Mackenzie Shirilla Double Murder Case
In this case file, we walk co‑conspirators through the 100 mph crash in Strongsville, Ohio, that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan—and the murder trial that turned teen driver McKenzie Shirilla into a convicted double killer. We break down the crash footage, text messages, and event data...
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The Shocking Truth Behind Netflix’s Maternal Instinct | The Real Case That Inspired the Film
Netflix’s Maternal Instinct tells the story of two close friends whose seemingly perfect suburban lives unravel after a tragedy—but behind the dramatization is a real criminal case that stunned investigators and divided a community. In this episode of Coffee & Crime with Mom, Nicholle and Zalle...
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The Cari Farver Case | She Disappeared… But the Messages Never Stopped
In November 2012, Cari Farver vanished after spending time with a man she’d recently started dating—but unlike most missing person cases, the messages never stopped. For years, friends, family, and those closest to her received texts, emails, and social media messages that seemed to come from…
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The TikTok Killer | Solo Traveler Esther Estepa and the Vlogger With a Murderous Past
In 2023, solo traveler Esther Estepa met “Dinamita Montilla,” a 64‑year‑old TikTok vlogger, at a Spanish hostel—without knowing he’d already murdered four people in the 1980s. Three weeks later, Esther vanished. Her mother, Josefa, uncovered Montilla’s TikTok posts documenting their time together...
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She Escaped His Van… And Uncovered a Serial Killer | Jeffrey Willis
She escaped from a moving van—and without realizing it, she helped expose a serial predator. In 2013, Jessica Heeringa disappeared while working alone at a gas station in Norton Shores, Michigan, and for years investigators searched for answers with little evidence to follow. Everything changed…
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The Interview That Broke Him… | The Lauren Giddings & Stephen McDaniel Case
On June 26, 2011, aspiring attorney Lauren Giddings vanished from her apartment complex in Macon, Georgia. Friends first feared she'd simply left unexpectedly — but the truth was far more disturbing. Investigators soon linked her disappearance to a fellow resident and former law school classmate,...
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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders | Solved After 34 Years…
On December 6, 1991, an ordinary Friday night at an Austin frozen yogurt shop ended in one of the most horrifying crimes in Texas history. Four teenage girls — Amy Ayers, Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Jennifer Harbison — were found murdered after a fire engulfed the "I Can't Believe It's...
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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders: Four Girls Killed in Texas' Most Infamous Unsolved Case- AUDIO
December 6, 1991. What began as an ordinary Friday night at an Austin yogurt shop ended in one of the most horrific crimes in Texas history. Four teenage girls—Amy Ayers, Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Jennifer Harbison—were found murdered after a fire engulfed the store in the early morning...
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The Golden Daughter Who Hired Her Parents' Killers… | The Jennifer Pan Case
On November 8, 2010, Jennifer Pan called 911 claiming armed intruders had shot her parents in their Markham, Ontario home, killing her mother and critically wounding her father. She looked like the victim — until investigators found a decade of forged diplomas, fake photos, a secret boyfriend…
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The Graduation Dinner Was a Lie… | The Whitaker Family Murders
On December 10, 2003, the Whitakers celebrated Bart's college graduation with a family dinner. Minutes after they got home, a masked gunman was waiting inside — and by night's end, Tricia and her son Kevin were dead. In this episode, we walk co‑conspirators through the lie behind it all: Bart had...
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The Unsolved Murder of Teryl Orcutt | Florida Cold Case Mystery
On January 21, 1990, 26‑year‑old Teryl Orcutt left her boyfriend's house in Jacksonville and headed home to Middleburg, Florida. She never arrived. Her red Thunderbird was found abandoned on County Road 218 — engine still running, her purse and belongings untouched inside, but Teryl gone. A week...
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Eight Victims, One Confession… | Gilgo Beach pt. 2: Case Closed?
On January 21, 1990, 26‑year‑old Teryl Orcutt left her boyfriend's house in Jacksonville and headed home to Middleburg, Florida. She never arrived. Her red Thunderbird was found abandoned on County Road 218 — engine still running, her purse and belongings untouched inside, but Teryl gone. A week...
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The Gilgo Beach Murders | Pt. 1: Timeline, Victims, and Chilling Discovery
The Gilgo Beach murders exposed one of the most disturbing serial killer cases in the United States. What started as a search for one missing woman turned into a chilling discovery of multiple victims hidden along Long Island’s shoreline. In Part 1 of this series, Nicholle and Zalle break down…
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The Texas Killing Fields | The Reckoning Behind the I-45 Murders
In the final chapter of our Texas Killing Fields series, Nicholle and Zalle confront the systemic failures that allowed dozens of women to disappear along the I-45 corridor without the dots ever being connected. From delayed investigations and siloed departments to the lack of centralized data,...
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The d4vd Controversy Explained | Facts, Rumors, and Internet Panic
The conversation delves into the disturbing case of David Anthony Burke and the tragic story of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. It explores the insidious process of grooming and the dangerous intersection of internet fame, parasocial access, and predation. The episode also examines how online platforms...
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Vanished on I-45 | The Texas Killing Fields Pt. 2
Along Interstate 45, a quiet stretch of road became the center of one of Texas’s most haunting true crime mysteries. In Part 2 of our Texas Killing Fields series, Nicholle and Zalle examine the disappearances, the fear, and the lasting impact on families who were left searching for answers. This...
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The Texas Killing Fields | The Women Who Vanished Along I-45
Along Interstate 45, a stretch of road in Texas became tied to one of the most haunting true crime mysteries in the country. In Part 1 of our Texas Killing Fields series, Nicholle and Zalle examine the disappearances that shaped the case, the fear left behind, and the early investigative failures...
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The Spy in the Bag | The Impossible Death of Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams was a brilliant mathematician and GCHQ codebreaker seconded to MI6 when he was found dead inside a locked red bag in his London flat in 2010. What followed was a case full of conflicting theories, forensic questions, and official conclusions that never fully satisfied the public…
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Uncle Bob Kidney | A Cautionary Tale of Trust and Betrayal
What happens when the town secret bank is robbed? 81-year-old Uncle Bob let in someone he shouldn’t have... In 1905, Uncle Bob lived alone, with cash hidden everywhere. Neighbors trusted him for loans, but everyone knew he had money buried in jars and inside walls. One night, someone knocked. He...
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Coffee and Crime with Mom is where true crime meets real conversation. Hosted by Nicholle and her daughter Zalle, this podcast dives into some of the most chilling cases from around the world—from infamous serial killers to lesser-known crimes that deserve attention. Each episode blends storytelling, psychology, and raw reaction as the duo unpacks what happened, how it happened, and why. With strong coffee in hand, they explore investigative details, victim stories, and the minds behind the crimes, all while keeping their conversations authentic and engaging. Sometimes they analyze. Sometimes they react. Sometimes they’re completely shocked. But they always come back to one question: How could this happen? If you’re drawn to true crime with depth, emotion, and a personal touch, pour a cup and join the conversation.
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