Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows

Send us Fan Mail When retired beautician Lynn Hernan turned up dead in her living room chair, surrounded by her medications, a close friend's story that she likely committed suicide didn't seem impossible. The older woman had been down and her health had been declining.  Even when tests showed Hernan was poisoned by eyedrops, few people batted an eye because she sometimes put eyedrops in...

Send us Fan Mail It’s one thing for a man to cheat on his wife, but one husband and father murdered his whole family rather than give up his girlfriend and their fitness-focused way of life.   In 2018, pregnant mother and devoted wife, Shanann Watts returned home late from a work trip, ready to say goodnight to her 3 and 4-year-old daughters and enjoy a romantic night with her husband, Chris Watts...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes lending a helping hand can be deadly. A reporter in Pensacola, Florida with a generous heart and a lucrative hobby put his cards on the table with people who were playing for higher stakes. The Cormier brothers were down on their luck when they connected with Sean Dugas over a mutual hobby - fantasy trading cards. Sean's collection was the envy of the most avid coll...

Send us Fan Mail Pensacola crimes have been making headlines, some for what happened years ago, others just weeks ago.   In this episode of Gulf Coast Confidential, “Inmate Update: Where are they now?” we’re revisiting the case of car and cocaine dealer Ron Samuels who was convicted of hiring hitmen to kill his ex-wife, Heather. His failed attempts may have left her paralyzed, but it turns out she...

Send us Fan Mail A boy, a boat, and a birthday party. What should have been a celebration of life ended in a child’s death and a case that took years to surface.  Join my co-host Pam Hill and me, investigative journalist Mollye Barrows, for “No Lifeguard on Duty,” a conversation about the first case I covered on Gulf Coast Confidential called, “Sink or Swim.”  In this episode, we discuss the tragi...

Send us Fan Mail As far as get-away-plans go, former financial advisor Marcus Schrenker plotted one that looked like a scene out of an action movie. In 2009, the 39-year-old Indiana man attempted to fake his own death with a mid-air May Day call and phony plane problems, a stashed motorcycle with saddlebags full of cash, and an eye on hiding out in Florida.  The failed pseudocide, (fancy word for...

Send us Fan Mail In 1996,  an inmate on a work crew found the remains of a woman in the woods near the small Gulf Coast town of Holt in the Florida Panhandle. Investigators had no idea who the woman was or who raped and choked her to death, until now.  I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential, where I dive into t...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential, where I dive into the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister was killed by her own son on Christmas Eve 2013, and Pam has a unique perspective on many of the cases I talk...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential. Here I dive into the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister was killed by her own son on Christmas Eve 2013, and Pam has a unique perspective on many of the cases I talk a...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential. Here I dive into the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister was killed by her son in a brutal not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity and she has a unique perspective on many of...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential. Here I dive into the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister was killed by her son in a brutal not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity and she has a unique perspective on many of...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a longtime reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential. Here I dive into the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico. This episode of Gulf Coast Confidential spans the 1980’s and 1990’s and includes what you might expect from that time – cool cars, cocaine, and hi...

Send us Fan Mail The Labor Day holiday is one that will always hold special memories for Gulf Coast Confidential co-host, Pam Hill. On Labor Day, 1995, Hill and her pregnant sister were arguing about where to eat lunch outside their Pensacola townhome when Pam Hill heard a noise coming from a nearby dumpster.  They discovered a perfectly healthy baby girl, except for the garbage bags wrapped tight...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows and welcome to my podcast Gulf Coast Confidential.  From murders to mysteries, I explore some of the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico.  My co-host is Pam Hill. Pam’s sister, Sharon Aydelott, was murdered by her son on Christmas Eve 2013. As a survivor of violent crime, a grief and lon...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows. I’ve been covering crime in Florida’s Panhandle for years and welcome to Gulf Coast Confidential Conversations. Here we dive into the deep end and discuss what we can learn from the true crime cases I talk about on Gulf Coast Confidential.   My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister, Sharon Aydelott, was murdered by her son on Christmas Ev...

Send us Fan Mail Hero worship is alive and well in the sports world and the coaches who call the shots can be revered as much as the players. From the Super Bowl and college playoffs to a Little League game, coaches are assumed to be trustworthy, whether or not they've actually earned that trust. In this third and final case in the "Lambs to the Slaughter" series, we dive into the a...

Send us Fan Mail Back to school is such a fun and exciting time for most of us, but for some families it's a lesson they never wanted and one they'll never forget.  Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows. I’ve been covering crime in Florida’s Panhandle for years and welcome to Gulf Coast Confidential Conversations. Here we dive into the deep end and discuss what we can learn fro...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows. I’ve been covering crime in Florida’s Panhandle for years and welcome to Gulf Coast Confidential Conversations. Here we dive into the deep end and discuss what we can learn from the true crime cases I talk about on Gulf Coast Confidential. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister, Sharon Aydelott, was murdered by her son on Christmas Eve...

Send us Fan Mail “Death to Pigs,” those are the words murderous followers of convicted killer Charles Manson wrote in their victim's blood at one of their infamous crime scenes.  Now one of those faithful followers, is out of prison on parole. Leslie Van Houten once faced the death penalty. Now she's learning how to use a smart phone and make a life for herself in the modern world, after...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows. I’ve been covering crime in Florida’s Panhandle for years and welcome to Gulf Coast Confidential Conversations. Here we dive into the deep end and discuss what we can learn from the true crime cases I talk about on Gulf Coast Confidential. My co-host is Pam Hill. Her sister, Sharon Aydelott, was murdered by her son on Christmas Eve...

Send us Fan Mail How do some sex offenders manage to escape notice? That is, until something awful happens. In this case, a child paid the price.  In this episode of Gulf Coast Confidential, Pam Hill and I talk about the abduction and murder of a 12-year-old Pensacola girl by a registered sex offender. How did he go unnoticed? Because Robert Howard thumbed his nose at the justice system.  The Alab...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m investigative journalist Mollye Barrows and welcome to my true crime podcast, Gulf Coast Confidential. Here, I cover some of the saltier murders, mysteries, and scandals that surface along Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf Coast.  In this episode, I talk about the disappearance of 12-year-old Naomi Jones, who went missing from her Pensacola apartment in 2017. A mass...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my true crime podcast, Gulf Coast Confidential.   This is an update to a previous episode called, Unwanted Baggage. In Unwanted Baggage, I talk about the discovery of a boy's body in a suitcase under a Pensacola area bridge that turned out to be the remains of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch.  The boy was reported missing from his Colorado home by his stepmother, Letecia...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I’m Mollye Barrows, a long-time reporter in Florida’s Panhandle and welcome to my true crime investigative series, Gulf Coast Confidential, where I explore the saltier stories that surface in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf of Mexico.  This is a companion series called Gulf Coast Confidential Conversations where my co-host, Pam Hill, and I dive deep to discuss crimes...

Send us Fan Mail Going to the dentist already makes some people grit their teeth. The tools, the noise, the concern about pain, plus what can you do if something does go wrong?  Patients are in a vulnerable position, lying powerless in a dental chair.  While most people are better off after seeing the doctor, that wasn’t the case for some patients and employees of a prominent and well-known Pensac...