Episode 16 - Pura Vida

A New Brew - #4

A 28-year-old tow truck driver. Three teenage hitmen. A $7,500 contract killing. The towing industry’s dark underworld exposed. 🚛🔫💔 This is the short version. Tap the links for the full story. Links to the story: * 📰 Teen pleads guilty (CBC News): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/teen-recruited-to-shoot-gta-tow-truck-driver-pleads-guilty-to-murder-9.7238849 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/teen-recruited-to-shoot-gta-tow-truck-driver-pleads-guilty-to-murder-9.7238849] * 📰 Hired gun confession (Toronto Star): https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-area-teen-admits-to-murdering-this-tow-truck-driver-on-behalf-of-influential-adults-inside-warring-towing-industry/article_c04bf304-0df8-4d25-b43c-b71903ac6792.html [https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-area-teen-admits-to-murdering-this-tow-truck-driver-on-behalf-of-influential-adults-inside-warring-towing-industry/article_c04bf304-0df8-4d25-b43c-b71903ac6792.html] * 📰 Teen recruited by industry (Global News): https://globalnews.ca/news/11908185/16-year-old-boy-recruited-by-tow-truck-industry-pleads-guilty-to-murder/ [https://globalnews.ca/news/11908185/16-year-old-boy-recruited-by-tow-truck-industry-pleads-guilty-to-murder/] * 📰 Two teens charged (CBC News): https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7300507 [https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7300507] * 📰 “The Union” criminal network (CTV News): https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/violent-crime-group-known-as-the-union-is-behind-gta-tow-truck-violence-police-say-1.6978687 [https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/violent-crime-group-known-as-the-union-is-behind-gta-tow-truck-violence-police-say-1.6978687] * 🎙️ Serialously with Annie Elise – search “Sulakshan Selvasingam” or “Toronto tow truck murder” in your podcast app #TrueCrime #Toronto #TowingIndustry #ContractKilling #Serialously #AnnieElise #TrueCrimeTok #ShortStory #DeepDive #CanadaCrime * ☕ Follow Dark Roast for weekly episodesGet your true crime and caffeine fix every week. 📱 Find us everywhere: * TikTok: @DarkRoastCaffeineCasefiles * Instagram: @darkroastcaffeinecasefiles * Substack: @darkroastcaffeinecasefiles * Facebook: Dark Roast: Caffeine Casefiles Podcast * Spotify: Dark Roast Caffeine Casefiles * YouTube: Dark Roast: Caffeine Casefiles * Email: substack@caffeinecasefiles.com * Web: Dark Roast: Caffeine Case Files by Caitlin Francois on Substack ⭐ Rate & ReviewIf you enjoyed this episode, please rate us 5 stars and leave a review on Spotify. It helps other true crime and coffee lovers find the show. ☕ Help fill the coffee potLove the show? Support us at buymeacoffee.com/darkroasttruecrime [https://buymeacoffee.com/darkroasttruecrime] – every cup keeps the cases brewing. Stay caffeinated, stay curious. ☕🔎 Get full access to Dark Roast: Caffeine Case files by Caitlin Francois at darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe [https://darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 22 - No More Stolen Sisters

Welcome back, Caffeine Casefilers. Between March and May 2022, four Indigenous women disappeared from the streets of Winnipeg. Their bodies were found—some of them, anyway—in garbage bins, dumped at landfills, treated like refuse by a killer who believed their lives didn’t matter. Jeremy Skibicki was a white supremacist who targeted Indigenous women at homeless shelters. He drugged them, assaulted them, murdered them, and dismembered them with power tools. Then he went back to the shelters to find his next victim. Rebecca Contois, 24, was a mother. Her partial remains were found in a bin behind a Winnipeg apartment building. Morgan Harris, 39, was a mother of five and a grandmother. Her daughter, Cambria, fought for three years to have a landfill searched for her remains. Marcedes Myran, 26, was a mother of two, a practical joker who hid people’s shoes to make them stay longer. Ashlee Shingoose, 30, was known for three years only as Buffalo Woman—until DNA finally gave her back her name. This is the story of a serial killer who embodied everything wrong with Canada’s treatment of Indigenous women. And a daughter who refused to let her mother be forgotten in the trash. ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of extreme violence, sexual assault, dismemberment, racial hatred, and systemic neglect. Resources: * Hope for Wellness Helpline: 1-855-242-3310 * Native Women’s Association of Canada: nwac.ca [https://nwac.ca/] * Morgan’s Warriors outreach (Winnipeg): @morganswarriors on social media * MMIWG National Inquiry Final Report: mmiwg-ffada.ca [https://mmiwg-ffada.ca/] ☕ Follow Dark Roast for weekly episodesGet your true crime and caffeine fix every week. 📱 Find us everywhere: * TikTok: @DarkRoastCaffeineCasefiles * Instagram: @darkroastcaffeinecasefiles * Substack: @darkroastcaffeinecasefiles * Facebook: Dark Roast: Caffeine Casefiles Podcast * Spotify: Dark Roast Caffeine Casefiles * YouTube: Dark Roast: Caffeine Casefiles * Email: substack@caffeinecasefiles.com * Web: Dark Roast: Caffeine Case Files by Caitlin Francois on Substack ⭐ Rate & ReviewIf you enjoyed this episode, please rate us 5 stars and leave a review on Spotify. It helps other true crime and coffee lovers find the show. ☕ Help fill the coffee potLove the show? Support me at buymeacoffee.com/darkroasttruecrime [https://buymeacoffee.com/darkroasttruecrime] – every cup keeps the cases brewing Stay caffeinated, stay curious. ☕🔎 Get full access to Dark Roast: Caffeine Case files by Caitlin Francois at darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe [https://darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Netflix's American Murder

A #VanLife dream turned into a nightmare. Gabby Petito’s story gripped the world—but the Netflix documentary only tells part of it. For the full picture, tap the links below. * 🎥 Watch American Murder: Gabby Petito on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81766093 [https://www.netflix.com/title/81766093] * 🎙️ Listen to Serialously with Annie Elise - Episode 248: * (search “Episode 248: Why Did Netflix LEAVE THIS OUT About Gabby Petito”) * 📰 Read the full timeline (Netflix Tudum): https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/american-murder-gabby-petito-timeline [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/american-murder-gabby-petito-timeline] * 📰 Read more (Inside Edition): https://www.insideedition.com/gabby-petito-documentary-shows-cops-confronting-brian-laundries-parents-89004 [https://www.insideedition.com/gabby-petito-documentary-shows-cops-confronting-brian-laundries-parents-89004] #TrueCrime #AmericanMurder #GabbyPetito #Netflix #Serialously #AnnieElise #TrueCrimeTok #ShortStory #DeepDive #VanLife Get full access to Dark Roast: Caffeine Case files by Caitlin Francois at darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe [https://darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Netflix's The Crash

A 100-mph crash. Two dead. One survivor. Accident or murder? The Crash on Netflix will leave you questioning everything. This is the short version—tap the links for the full deep dive. * 🎥 Watch The Crash on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81941710 [https://www.netflix.com/title/81941710] * 🎙️ Podcast deep dive - RedHanded (episode on Mackenzie Shirilla): Search “RedHanded Mackenzie Shirilla” in your podcast app * 🎙️ Podcast deep dive - Crime Junkie (episode on Mackenzie Shirilla): Search “Crime Junkie Mackenzie Shirilla” in your podcast app * 📰 Read more (Netflix Tudum): https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-release-date-news [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-release-date-news] * 📰 Read more (The National): https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2026/05/22/netflix-the-crash-true-crime-review-mackenzie-shirilla/ [https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2026/05/22/netflix-the-crash-true-crime-review-mackenzie-shirilla/] #TrueCrime #TheCrash #MackenzieShirilla #Netflix #TrueCrimeTok #ShortStory #DeepDive #Ohio #TrueCrimeDocumentary Get full access to Dark Roast: Caffeine Case files by Caitlin Francois at darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe [https://darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Netflix's Maternal Instinct - Taylor Parker

☕️ A NEW BREW – SHORT TRUE CRIME STORIES YOU CAN SIP. 🎬 Today I’m talking about Netflix’s Maternal Instinct — but facts were left out. 😳 Taylor Parker faked pregnancies for YEARS before the murder — not just once.She committed welfare fraud.She ran prison schemes to dodge medical bills.Even her mom’s reason for staying quiet? The documentary didn’t tell the whole story. For the FULL deep dive, go check out Serialously with host Annie Elise. 👇 Follow Dark Roast:🎧 Substack • Spotify • YouTube + all podcast apps.Like → Share → Follow → Subscribe📱 TikTok • IG • FB * 🎥 Watch Maternal Instinct on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81766093 [https://www.netflix.com/title/81766093] * 🎙️ Listen to Serialously with Annie Elise (search “Taylor Parker”): * 📰 Read more on the case (Mirror): https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/netflix-maternal-instinct-taylor-parker-1889463 [https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/netflix-maternal-instinct-taylor-parker-1889463] * 📰 Read more on the case (TIME): https://time.com/article/2026/06/12/maternal-instinct-true-story-netflix/ [https://time.com/article/2026/06/12/maternal-instinct-true-story-netflix/] #TrueCrime #MaternalInstinct #NetflixDocumentary #TaylorParker #Serialously #AnnieElise #PodcastClip #TrueCrimeCommunity Get full access to Dark Roast: Caffeine Case files by Caitlin Francois at darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe [https://darkroastcaffeinecasefiles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]