Coffee and Cases Podcast

The night of October 24, 1953, was a busy one in La Crosse, Wisconsin as La Crosse State College was celebrating homecoming weekend. Fifteen-year-old Evelyn Hartley had accepted a babysitting job for a local college professor and had just settled down to do some school work when the Rasmussen family had left her in the care of their 20-month-old daughter. But, when Evelyn didn't call her parents a...

The investigation into Claudia Lawrence’s disappearance first appeared as though it would be one that could be quickly solved. But one very public comment by police changed the course of the investigation into one in which no one seemed to want to get involved. It is a case of video footage and DNA… but no answers. BLENDJET2: Go to blendjet.com and use code coffeeandcases12 to save 12% off your or...

What happened to Charles “Chuck” Morgan in the spring and summer of 1977 seems the stuff of nightmares— abductions (yes, plural), poison, fear so great that it involves the constant wearing of a bulletproof vest, spies, organized crime, coded messages, and finally… murder. As if those elements aren’t strange enough, nearly every new development in this case will leave those hearing the story scrat...

When Chris Thompson approached his employer’s home around 9 am on the morning of August 15th, 2002 in the small town of Oak Level, Virginia, he expected his boss to step out of the home, ready to go with Chris to pick up the new business truck. What Chris discovered, instead, was that his boss, Michael Short, had been shot, seemingly as he slept on the couch in his garage. When police arrived at t...

Sleuthhounds, we need your help. We at Coffee and Cases have been asked to help spread the word about this case.  Here is the contact information we mentioned in the episode: Warren County, MississippiSheriff: Martin Pace, Jr.https://uncovered.com/cases/angela-barrentine-vicksburg-ms/sourcesWarren County Sheriff’s Department e-mail: warrencounty_s@yahoo.com and https://co.warren.ms.us/contact-us/P...

A UFO enthusiast and pilot-in-training went on a short flight to meet some friends on October 21st, 1978, when he radioed to say that an unidentified object was hovering above and around his own aircraft. Then the radio communication went silent. Was the pilot abducted? Did he fake his own death? Or was he the victim of a tragic accident? To check out the new season of Tapes from the Darkside, cli...

Meghan Marohn was a poet, a teacher, an advocate, a friend, and a soul who saw the interconnectedness of life in all its fragile intricacies. However, this woman who fought tirelessly against all that is wrong in the world went missing on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 in Lee, Massachusetts. Her remains were located a little over five months later-- on September 1st. Was her death the result of an tragi...

*TRIGGER WARNING* In this episode, the hosts of The Sirens Podcast get really heavy. Raven discusses the Oklahoma serial rapist RJ Thompson, as well as her own sexual assault experience with attorney Carrie White, whom consulted on the RJ case, and speak with RN & Forensic Nurse or SANE nurse, Debra Campbell, who testified in RJ's trial, and who gives a tell all of what to expect during a sexual a...

When an odd man with no luggage checked into the Hotel President on January 2nd, 1935, the hotel staff minded their own business. When the man, who was checked in as Roland T. Owen, acted strangely, the staff tried to keep their distance. But, when that man was found in his locked hotel room both beaten and stabbed and later died from his injuries, everyone who had seen the man would become embroi...

Betty Gail had just finished studying for a huge biology exam with some of her college classmates in Lexington, KY, when (around midnight) she headed back home to her parents’ house about three miles from campus. Despite acquaintances seeing her car headed in the appropriate direction of her home, Betty Gail never made it that far. Instead, she was found just hours later, in her car, murdered. Who...

September 2001 was a time Aidan Minter would remember not only because of the September 11th attacks in America but also because of something he saw only ten days later, when walking across Tower Bridge in central London heading for a business meeting. He saw a child’s mutilated torso floating in the water below. Who was this child and who could have been capable of such an abhorrent act? Use my s...

…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Coffee and Cases. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, bu...

…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Coffee and Cases. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, bu...

When Matthew Gentile was deciding on the subject of his first feature film, he settled on the story of Jason Derek Brown. In this interview, Allison and Maggie talk to Matthew about his inspirations, his choice of this case as the subject of the film, and about his experiences in making the film. American Murderer was released in select theaters on October 21st and will be available via streaming...

Jason Derek Brown is the 489th entrant on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list. Wanted for robbery and the assassination of an armored truck courier, Brown fled, making several curious choices along his route. That is… before he disappeared completely. Click here for a link to Jami Brown's book Center of Attention: A True Crime Memoir, available on Amazon.  This episode is sponsored by/brought to you...

Phylicia Barnes was 16-years-old when she went to visit her siblings in Baltimore, Maryland for the Christmas holidays in 2010. She stayed with her 27-year-old half-sister, Deena, at her basement apartment. On December 28th, 2010, Phylicia left the apartment to grab some food and had plans with her other sister, Kelly, to get her hair done later that day. After 1:30PM, no one heard from or saw Phy...

On October 30th, 1982 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Marvin and Ethel Brandland were wrapping up passing out Halloween candy when a final person came to the door. But this person was there for money and not candy, and his intentions were not fun-loving but violent. Use my special link zen.ai/coffeeandcases and use coffeeandcases to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencas...

Hear Maggie and Allison talk with Laura and Sarah from Ivy League Murders concerning the Suzanne Jovin case. Laura and Sarah provide insight into Yale culture and the Best Buddies program and provide an interesting alternative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fall semester was nearing its end in 1998 for Yale senior, Suzanna Jovin. On the evening of December 4th, she was at a pizza party celebrating with her friends in the Best Buddies program with plans to then head back to her place to work on final revisions to her senior thesis-- all while looking forward to finally getting some glorious sleep when all the work was complete. However, less than...

On Tuesday, September 7th, 1982, crew aboard multiple fishing vessels in Craig, Alaska saw the smoke billowing in the distance. It was coming from another ship, The Investor, which had been anchored off of nearby Fish Egg Island for the past day. However, when other crew rushed to aid those on board the ship only to find that not a single person was visible on deck nor actively trying to extinguis...

Kurt Sova was the 17-year-old who could always make people smile, either by being his responsible, caring self or by cracking a joke. But on October 23rd, 1981, Kurt was doing something out of character; he was skipping school and drinking the day away. That night, the drinking continued at a local party in Newburgh Heights, Ohio-- a party from which Kurt never made it home. Then, five days later,...

For over sixty years, she was known known by the nickname she had been given in 1960: Little Miss Nobody. Her charred remains had been buried in a shallow grave off of State Route 93 in Congress, Arizona. Thanks so modern genetic testing procedures being done by Othram, she has recently been identified. That part of the puzzle has now been solved. Now we must focus on the crime and who could possi...

From 1910 to 1919, a murderer stalked the nights, intent on a bloody crime spree through the streets of New Orleans. Targeting Italian grocers, his acts grew more heinous as time went on. Despite leaving behind murder weapons, other evidence, and multiple witnesses, we still haven’t discovered his true identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brittany Stykes was on her way to her father’s birthday party, bringing her 14-month-old daughter along with her, when she was attacked. Driving along on State Route 68 in Ripley, Ohio and only about three miles away from the safety of her parents’ home, someone fired into her yellow Jeep, striking both Brittany and her toddler with the bullets. Who could have committed such a heinous act, especia...

Between February 15, 1976 and March 16, 1977, fear reigned in Oakland County, Michigan when, during that span, muiltiple children between the ages of 10 and 12 were abducted and subsequently murdered. The deaths triggered a murder investigation which, at the time, was the largest in U.S. history, with  numerous radio and television stations covering the case. To this day, the cases remain unsolved...