Crime and Coffee Couple - True Crime Podcast

Skip the banter: 00:05:50 (depends on ads in beginning) It started with a young woman left for dead on the side of a road in Oklahoma, her blue high heel abandoned in the street. But the investigation into her so-called hit-and-run revealed a far more disturbing truth—this woman wasn't who anyone thought she was. What followed was a years-long unraveling of stolen identities, a child kidnapped from school at gunpoint, and a predator who used aliases the way most people use passwords. The woman known as Tonya Hughes had been kidnapped as a child and held captive for fifteen years by the man who later claimed to be her husband. Allison tells us the rest of this story, one with a dark twist buried somewhere near the Texas border. Support us and become a Patron! Over 150 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Our Amazon Shop (stuff we like that we share on the show): https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 [https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2] All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee [https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee] Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/] References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com [https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com/] a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 [https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8]   Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget!   If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode!   If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;)   Ma and Pa appreciate you more than you know.   Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Skip the banter: 00:04:48 When Kari Baker was found dead in her bed, her husband, a respected Baptist preacher, told police it was a suicide. A typed note, a bottle of sleeping pills, and a tragic history of loss all seemed to confirm his story. But Kari’s mother couldn’t shake the feeling that something was deeply wrong, and when she started digging, things didn’t add up. What began as quiet suspicion turned into a full investigation that uncovered a disturbing past, a hidden relationship, and a plan far more sinister than anyone imagined. Allison tells us the rest of this story that starts with grief and ends with one of the darkest betrayals a family can face. Support us and become a Patron! Over 150 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Our Amazon Shop (stuff we like that we share on the show): https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 [https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2] All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee [https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee] Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/] References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com [https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com/] a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 [https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8]   Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget!   If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode!   If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;)   Ma and Pa appreciate you more than you know.   Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/]   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Skip the banter: 00:05:54 (give or take a minute depending on ads in the beginning) When Iana Kasian moved to Los Angeles, she had dreams of a new life, one filled with family, safety, and stability. Instead, she crossed paths with Blake Leibel, a man born into wealth and obsessed with control. On paper, he was a Hollywood creative with a dark, surreal graphic novel to his name. But behind closed doors, his fantasies spilled into reality in the most brutal way imaginable. Allison tells us the rest of this story that ends with a mother’s scream and a detail from the crime scene that still haunts investigators. Support us and become a Patron! Over 150 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Our Amazon Shop (stuff we like that we share on the show): https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 [https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2] All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee [https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee] Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/] References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com [https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com/] a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 [https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8]   Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget!   If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode!   If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;)   Ma and Pa appreciate you more than you know.   Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Skip the banter: 00:08:13 (give or take a minute depending on ads) Pumpkin pancake recipe [https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17036/pumpkin-pancakes/] When 19-year-old Brian Cohee Jr. drove his car into the Colorado River, his parents thought it was just a mistake. But a day later, his mother made a chilling 911 call: she’d found something in his closet that no parent should ever see. As police began digging into Brian’s story, a missing person report came in—Warren Barnes, a kind and quiet man known around town for always having his nose in a paperback, hadn’t been seen in days. What unfolded next was a horrifying confession, spoken with a smile, by a teenager who’d been fantasizing about murder for years. Allison tells us the rest of this story. Support us and become a Patron! Over 150 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Our Amazon Shop (stuff we like that we share on the show): https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 [https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2] All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee [https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee] Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/] References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com [https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com/] a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 [https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8]   Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget!   If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode!   If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;)   Ma and Pa appreciate you more than you know.   Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Skip the banter: 00:07:00 (give or take ~30 seconds depending on ads) In 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan boarded a dive boat in Australia expecting a day exploring the coral-covered depths of the Great Barrier Reef. Instead, they surfaced to find the ocean empty—no boat, no crew, no one. What followed was a string of errors, oversights, and assumptions that left the couple stranded at sea, invisible to the very people who were supposed to ensure their safety. Theories about what happened in those final hours have never stopped swirling: were they victims of incompetence, a murder-suicide, or something they planned all along? Allison tells us the rest of this story that hinges on one fatal miscount and a message that might've been written just in time. YouTube of this episode: https://youtu.be/c2YSFC9F7BA [https://youtu.be/c2YSFC9F7BA] Support us and become a Patron! Over 150 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Our Amazon Shop (stuff we like that we share on the show): https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 [https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2] All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee [https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee] Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/] References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com [https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com/] a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 [https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8] Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget! If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode!   If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;)   Ma and Pa appreciate you more than you know.   Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple [https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple]   Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com [http://audionautix.com/] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.