I’m Investigative Journalist Mollye Barrows. For years, I’ve covered the stories that made headlines in Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf Coast - murders, missing persons, and mysteries of all kinds. These cases are far from over for many victims because the full story has yet to surface. Join me for Gulf Coast Confidential, where I dive into the saltier side of the South and expose the lies, greed, and corruption that often weighs down the truth.
…
continue reading
Send us a text Dr. Ben Brown, the Florida plastic surgeon arrested for the untimely death of his young wife, has legal battles on several fronts these days. Brown has a pre-trial conference in Santa Rosa Count court next week on his negligent homicide charge. His attorney filed a motion to waive his appearance. Also next week, Brown's office in Gul…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Lululemon and Lane Bryant Murders – Retail Can Kill Ya!
37:55
37:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:55
Send us a text Fashion to die for. Shopping and combing the racks for clothes is supposed to be fun, even necessary at times, but not deadly. The ladies in these next two cases went shopping for all the same reasons many of us do, to buy a new outfit for a special occasion, to pick up a gift for a friend, or to just kill time. Instead, they were ki…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Mommy Killer III: Brandon Aydelott, Moving Through the System
52:52
52:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:52
Send us a text You’d have to be insane to kill your mother, but can you become un-insane? According to Florida State Hospital you can. Several psychologists say Brandon Aydelott, who at 17 stabbed, slashed, beat and stomped his mother, Sharon Hill Aydelott, to death on Christmas Eve 2013 because she put him in rehab two weeks before he killed her, …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Wrapped in the mat: Kendrick Johnson’s family still grappling with boy’s death a decade later
37:04
37:04
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:04
Send us a text Kendrick Johnson was known for being a talented athlete, so how did the strong, healthy 17-year-old basketball player end up dying upside down, head-first in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym? Three autopsies, two exhumations, six tennis shoes, and lawsuits seeking billions of dollars in damages later there are still m…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Shot in the face: Deputy Sean Grayson in hot water for killing Sonya Massey, woman who called for help
30:48
30:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:48
Send us a text Shot in the face. Sonya Massey called 9-1-1 over a suspected prowler, not imagining the police would take aim at her when she was in her own house. Illinois deputy Sean Grayson, who had a history of policing at five other police departments in 3 years, as well as allegations of misconduct in the military and other issues, was one of …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Christmas Parade Crasher: The Darrell Brooks Side Show
26:04
26:04
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:04
Send us a text Darrell Brooks plowed through the Waukesha Christmas Parade like he was in the fast lane driving home from work in rush hour traffic. He drove around barriers in his race through the Wisconsin town, rarely hitting the brakes and only honking at the performers and parade goers who lined the street for the small town’s annual, holiday …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Groomed by the Blue Line: The mysterious death of Sandra Birchmore
38:06
38:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:06
Send us a text Sandra Birchmore had nothing but respect and admiration for the police. So much so, that at 13-years-old she joined a police explorer’s program in her hometown in Stoughton, Massachusetts. She had lost members of her own family, including her mother, and the close-knit department helped fill a void in her life. However, several offic…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Drowning on the Fourth of July: What happened to Avery Pickle?
26:23
26:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:23
Send us a text Avery Pickle was a young man who looked out for others. The 17-year-old Elberta High School student was a valued member of the football team, as well as a competitive wrestler, and super likable. He was kind and the kind of guy everybody wanted to be around, thanks to his quick wit, and charm, and easy-going personality. He made frie…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Aubreigh Wyatt loved making tik toks, four-wheeling, and her family. The 13-year-old Ocean Springs, Mississippi middle schooler was a lot like any all American-girl her age, she liked to laugh, have fun, and still get good grades and make it to Sunday school. Sadly, like a lot of other children her age, finding the right friend group…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Treadmill dad runs 6-year-old child to death: the Christopher Gregor case
31:20
31:20
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:20
Send us a text After being an absent father, Christopher Gregor waltzed into his 6-year-old son’s life expecting everyone to fall in line. He ran little Corey Micciollo and the boy’s mother like a drill sergeant. Corey was the result of an unfortunate tryst between his parents, and he never knew his father until his mom applied for financial assist…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Zipped to death: the Sarah Boone ‘suit’ case
24:32
24:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:32
Send us a text 8 is enough - lawyers that is! A judge finally put his foot down and has had it with Sarah Boone, the Orlando area woman who is accused of killing her boyfriend by zipping him up in a suitcase during a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Boone was charged with second degree murder for the homicide of Jorge Torres Jr. whose suffocation dea…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Dr. Ben Brown or someone claiming to be him had a lot to say on the doctor’s Facebook page. Restore Plastic Surgery, this week. The Gulf Breeze plastic surgeon is charged with negligent homicide in the death of his wife Hillary, who died after her heart stopped during procedures he was performing on her in his office. He has denied a…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Have you been catfished? Lawd, I’m not even sure what that means, but when I think of a catfish, I see a big, ugly, opportunistic bottom dweller with spiky whiskers. It’s not much different with people who use “catfishing” to lure and deceive someone. It’s ugly enough when a stranger puts on a false persona, but what if it’s your own…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Florida plastic surgeon, Dr. Ben Brown, has been arrested for the untimely death of his young wife, Hillary Brown. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office charged Brown with Second Degree Felony Homicide: Manslaughter by Culpable Negligence. Investigators say he not only failed to immediately call for help when 33-year-old Hillary wen…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
No Time for Nodine - the Angel Down’s case: Suicide or Homicide?
36:41
36:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:41
Send us a text Alabama politician Stephen Nodine seemed to have it all and then some. The Mobile County Commissioner was well-known for his charm and charisma which served him well in his successful political career, but became a stumbling block in his personal life. The middle-aged married man and father met the young and beautiful Angel Downs in …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The Bitter Ex, Big Bucks, and the Bomb: The Gary Triano story
26:08
26:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:08
Send us a text The bomb that killed millionaire real estate developer Gary Triano caused an explosion so big, it sent pieces of his car crashing around the country club where it happened. In the mid-1990s, Triano was a well-known businessman who rubbed elbows with the likes of Donald Trump and his then wife Marla Maples. He lost big on some failed …
…
continue reading
Send us a text Conrad Roy was no quitter. If anything, the 18-year-old marine salvage captain with an endearing smile put a lot of pressure on himself to work hard and succeed. Maybe a little too much pressure. Sometimes his depression took a dark turn and he wanted to follow through on ending his pain, permanently. Most of the time he didn’t give …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Sudden Passion: defense or excuse? The case of Frances Hall
28:20
28:20
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:20
Send us a text Frances Hall’s husband and business partner of more than 30 years was cheating, and he didn’t bother to hide it. Adding insult to injury, the trucking tycoon’s girlfriend flaunted their affair in France’s face. The scorned wife couldn’t put the brakes on her fury when she saw her husband’s mistress driving the Hall’s Range Rover and …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Deadly Apple River Stabbing: Don’t Go Pinocchio
29:39
29:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:39
Send us a text A relaxing day on the river turned into a deadly moment of terror and horror for a group of young people and a middle-aged man they had surrounded. Video of the deadly encounter shows 54-year-old Nicolae Miu looking for a friend’s lost cell phone when a group of intoxicated teens and young adults began taunting and teasing him over u…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Slender Man has no face, these tweenagers have no heart
26:09
26:09
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:09
Send us a text Urban legends are nothing new, but tweenagers attempting to murder a friend at a sleepover in order to appease an ominous one certainly is. In 2014, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times in sacrifice to the fictional character Slender Man. The …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Beauty Buyer Beware IV: Dr. Ben Brown
1:17:52
1:17:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:17:52
Send us a text The Florida Department of Health has issued an emergency order immediately restricting the medical license of Dr. Ben Brown, the Gulf Breeze plastic surgeon whose wife, Hillary Brown, died after he performed several procedures on her after hours in his office last November. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo said Brown’s “ina…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Alex King, one of two brothers who made headlines worldwide in 2001 when they confessed to beating their unsuspecting father to death with a baseball bat in Pensacola, Florida, when they were just 12 and 13 years old, has died. Now 35, Alex died of a drug overdose according to family. It's a demon he has been battling for years and h…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Eric Smith was only 13 years old when he murdered a child. Smith, a red-headed, freckle-faced boy with thick glasses, was something of a loner and said he was often targeted by bullies. When he saw four-year-old Derrick Robie walking alone to a summer day camp at the park, in 1993, he became the bully. Smith lured the happy, blonde h…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Mom Killer Two-Point-OHHH! Florida pre-med student stabs mom to death
30:54
30:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:54
Send us a text A popular Florida teacher happily opened the door of her home to her son when he came to visit, but her gladness turned to fear and horror when the young man pulled a knife and started stabbing his mother until she lay dead on the floor. Sound familiar? This is not the case of popular middle school teacher Sharon Aydelott who was sta…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Murder, it’s as easy as pie…um, or cheesecake-Russian dominatrix poisons look-a-like
26:17
26:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:17
Send us a text Cheesecake, poison, and a Russian dominatrix – what a recipe! A Russian born woman is now serving time in prison for trying to steal the identify of her look-a-like aesthetician by killing her with a piece of poisoned cheesecake. It turns out it was just the latest act in an international crime spree. Join us for this episode of Gulf…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Amicide: With Friends Like Annette Harvey, Who Needs Enemies?
25:07
25:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:07
Send us a text Jealousy can kill a friendship in a heartbeat. Just ask Annette Harvey. Harvey’s best friend since childhood, Robin Leonard, took in the struggling mother’s children after Harvey had a mental breakdown in 2021. Leonard, a college professor and mother herself, was glad to help her friend while she recovered and got back on her feet. H…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
That Mouth Will Get Into You Trouble Every Time: Dr. Charles Stamitoles
27:10
27:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
27:10
Send us a text Dr. Charles Stamitoles is only a few months into his two-year prison sentence for lying to an Escambia County judge. The Pensacola dentist accused of inappropriately touching patients and employees wouldn’t be spending as much time behind bars if he hadn’t. Stamitoles was convicted of multiple battery charges including cornering a yo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Mom-fluencer Ruby Franke Makes Millions Peddling Child Abuse
39:40
39:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:40
Send us a text Mothers are naturally expected to love and protect their children, not torture and torment them. Ruby Franke claimed to be a loving mother. In fact, the young, passionate mom amassed a billion views and millions of dollars from her YouTube-famous show, “8 Passengers,” which followed the daily lives of Franke, her husband, and their s…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
He Killed His Mother for Heaven's Sake! Update
38:34
38:34
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:34
Send us a text Confessed mommy killer Brandon Aydelott has a status hearing coming up, Tuesday, March 26, to determine where he should go now that the Department of Children and Families says he no longer meets the criteria for placement at Florida State Hospital, for the criminally insane. Aydelott’s aunt and the victim’s sister, Pam Hill, sat dow…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Death is the last thing on the minds of most college students when they go off to school. It’s supposed to be a time of new beginnings, not tragic endings. For three young women and their families, dreams and lives were cut short all because they unknowingly crossed paths with a predator. Just last month, 22-year-old Laken Riley was …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Accused of fentanyl poisoning her husband, then authoring children’s grief book: "I’ll take ‘Who is Kouri Richins?’ for $100, Alex."
30:28
30:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:28
Send us a text Kouri Richins was well-known in her hometown as a busy mom, wife, and realtor. In all her family and work photos the pretty brunette flashed the same sparkling, white-toothed smile, giving the appearance of a picture-perfect life. However, behind her killer grin was someone police say friends and neighbors didn’t know – a cold, calcu…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Hillary Brown’s cause of death is still pending, but answers are slowly coming out. Besides Major Crimes with the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Health is also investigating Dr. Ben Brown, who was performing procedures on his young wife at his Gulf Breeze office when she went into cardiac arrest. Although the …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Diaper wearing astronaut: An out-of-this-world love triangle
26:57
26:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:57
Send us a text Armed with a steel mallet, a BB gun, a knife and pepper spray, astronaut, and married mother of three, Lisa Nowak, set out on a mission in 2007, to get rid of the new girlfriend her astronaut boyfriend was seeing. To save time on her cross-country mission, police said Nowak wore a diaper so she wouldn’t have to stop on her way from H…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Who’s to Blame? School shooter mom charged with manslaughter
36:07
36:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:07
Send us a text School shooter mom, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for missing or ignoring red flags prior to her son, Ethan, opening fire at his high school and killing four teenagers. Crumbley faces at least 15 years in prison when she’s scheduled to be sentenced April 9, in a landmark case about parental responsibili…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Plastic surgery loving yoga teacher on the lamb circles back to kill professional lady cyclist
20:53
20:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:53
Send us a Text Message. Murder by yoga instructor took the life of a young, professional cyclist. All Moriah “Mo” Wilson did to make herself a target was date Kaitlyn Armstrong’s boyfriend when the two had taken a break. Kaitlyn stalked the pro cyclist to a friend’s house, gunned Mo down, and then ran from police when evidence of the crime led them…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
108 Stabs: Female Kills Boyfriend in Weed Induced Psychotic Frenzy
35:39
35:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:39
Send us a text Can cannabis make someone a killer? During this month of love on the Gulf Coast Confidential podcast, we’re catching up on cases of romance-gone-wrong. In this episode, a young woman took two hits of marijuana from her boyfriend’s bong and then took him out. The attack was so vicious, there was a hole in his chest where his heart use…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Me and the M.E., Married to Death: The murder of the Panama City medical examiner’s wife
29:41
29:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:41
Send us a text Death was Dr. Bill Sybers' business. The Panama City medical examiner was the one who investigated when someone died, especially when it was unexplained. When his own wife, Kay, passed suddenly in 1991, Sybers insisted she died of natural causes. He didn’t even order an autopsy and went straight to embalming her body. Why wouldn’t pe…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
He Picked Her Poison – Mayo Clinic doctor accused of secretly serving fatal drug to pharmacist wife
31:49
31:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:49
Send us a text Dr. Connor and Betty Bowman had a picture-perfect relationship. They both worked for Mayo Clinic, he was a poison specialist, and she was a pharmacist. They had an open relationship, but despite a few kinks and concerns, it all seemed to be going smoothly until the day Connor Bowman allegedly poisoned his wife’s smoothie. It wasn’t l…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Beauty Buyer Beware II: Dr. Ben Brown
1:07:33
1:07:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:07:33
Send us a text Physical carnage, emotional shrapnel. Unimaginable information is coming out about Dr. Ben Brown, the Gulf Coast plastic surgeon whose wife died after going under in his office surgical chair for elective, "minor" procedures. The untimely death of 33-year-old Hillary Brown is still under investigation, but you can hear first-hand why…
…
continue reading
Send us a text The relationship between a 15-year-old boy and his “self-awareness” class teacher took a dark turn in 1990, when the young, married woman took an unhealthy interest in the creative teen. Before long, she seduced him and convinced the boy to not only keep quiet about their illicit affair but also to kill her husband. Pamela Smart, who…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Why go under a house to die? That’s the question many people in Pensacola, Florida have been asking since Willie Junior, the first Black man elected to the Escambia County Commission in recent history, turned up dead under a house in 2004. The coroner ruled his death a suicide. Junior had reason to be stressed, his role in a governme…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Secret deals, cash bribes, and a body under a house. Pensacola has a scandalous past when it comes to political corruption. Florida's westernmost county, Escambia, made headlines in 2004 when a state investigation revealed multiple county leaders were meeting in secret and making million dollar deals at the taxpayers' expense. One co…
…
continue reading
Send us a Text Message. Murder in the movies is something you only expect to see onscreen. At a Tampa movie theatre in 2014, the real drama was in the audience. Retired police SWAT captain Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson, a Gulf War veteran and father of a young daughter. In fact, Oulson was texting with the babysitter during the movie pr…
…
continue reading
Send us a Text Message. It's not unusual for friends to cut loose when they visit Pensacola Beach. Whether people come for work or play, it's fun to party in paradise and Oklahoma police chief Lucky Miller and detective Mike Nealey were no different. What is unusual is that only one of the men left alive. In 2019, the lawmen were staying on Pensaco…
…
continue reading
Send us a text On Christmas Eve in 2013, on one of the most sacred holidays of the Christian calendar, 17-year-old Brandon Aydelott hacked, beat, and stomped his mother to death in the doorway of her Gulf Breeze, Florida home without warning. He left the popular middle school science teacher in a pool of her own blood with two knife blades embedded…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Achoo!! Grab a tissue because it turns out "Affluenza" isn't even a real psychiatric illness, but it spread like a virus, when a Texas teenager used it to defend killing four people and injuring nine others while driving drunk. Ethan Couch, now 26, claimed he didn't know right from wrong due to his family's wealth and is scheduled to…
…
continue reading
Send us a text Parents send their children to school for an education and trust that they are in safe hands with the people who are teaching them. One young boy caught the eye of his pretty, blonde teacher when he was only in the second grade. Fast forward a few years later, and the married mother of four was convinced she had an "instantaneous bon…
…
continue reading
Send us a text One would never think a little nip/tuck would kill you. After all, it is just a minor procedure. Or is it? Not so fast, there. Medication and sedation are part of the process. You’re still going under the knife, or laser, or needle, with trained and licensed staff. What could go wrong? Not to be tongue in cheek, but it turns out plen…
…
continue reading
Send us a text 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 …
…
continue reading
Send us a text 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 …
…
continue reading