Criminals & Cocktails: A True Crime Podcast

Season 1 Finale In April 2009, 17‑year‑old Brittanee Drexel disappeared during a spring‑break trip to Myrtle Beach — a trip she took without her mother’s permission and one that changed everything. After leaving a friend’s hotel and texting that she was heading back, Brittanee vanished, setting off one of the most intense and heartbreaking searches in South Carolina history. In this episode, we wa...

We unravel the tangled web of Alex Murdaugh, once a powerful figure in South Carolina’s century‑old legal dynasty, now a convicted murderer and exposed financial criminal. We follow the trail from embezzled millions, insurance schemes, and decades of quiet corruption to the shocking murders of his wife and son that shattered the illusion of a protected empire. As the façade crumbled, investigators...

Thirty‑two‑year‑old Charlotte activist Kim Thomas was found brutally murdered in her home in 1990—handcuffed, stabbed, and left steps away from her sleeping infant son. For decades, the case stood as one of Charlotte’s most haunting unsolved murders. But behind the headlines was a deeper story: a police investigation riddled with tunnel vision, ignored evidence, and a rush to judgment that let the...

Henry Louis Wallace terrorized young Black women in Charlotte during the early 1990s. Our breakdown highlights how these murders went unconnected far longer than they ever should have. In this episode, our trio digs into how a trusted fast‑food manager hid in plain sight while the city struggled to connect the dots, examining the racial, socioeconomic, and informational gaps that shaped both the i...

Bernie Madoff didn’t just run the biggest Ponzi scheme inhistory, he built an empire on trust, illusion, and the allure of exclusivity among the already wealthy. In this episode, our trio digs into how Madoff manipulated data and exploited social capital to keep investors chasing returns that never existed. We also break down the role of greed, the inner workings of elite financial circles, and th...

Israel Keyes didn’t rely on chaos. He built a system of control, concealment, and cross‑country hunting that kept him invisible for years. In this episode, our trio unpacks how Keyes weaponized unpredictability through buried kill kits, opportunistic victim selection, and cross‑country travel that kept him invisible. We expand the victim list and explore how overlooked cases across the country may...