Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows

Mollye Barrows

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.

  1. 3d ago

    Texts, warm milk, and ‘Boom’ shirt – Mackenzie Shirilla’s Leap Day appeal

    Send us Fan Mail Mean girls rule by fear – the gossip, the condescension, the ostracizing – it’s all designed to keep them at the top of the food chain and others around them so scared that no one holds them accountable for their cruelty and corruption.  Some people take whatever mean girls dish out – no matter what – because they’re afraid of becoming the next target of bullying or rumors.  Queens of mean don’t deal in facts; they deal in toxic drama. No one wears that tarnished crown better than Mackenzie Shirilla. The 21-year-old Ohio woman is serving 15 years to life in prison for deliberately crashing her car into a brick wall at speeds of 100 mph. The 2022 crash killed her boyfriend, 20-year-old Dominique Russo and their friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan.  Thousands of recently released texts between Shirilla and Russo, show that Mackenzie, who was 17 at the time of the crash, threatened, insulted, and talked down to him repeatedly while they dated. She treated the young man more like an ATM and a whipping post than a friend or companion.  After years of this abuse, (they’d been together since she was 13), the messages show he wanted to break it off with her because he thought it was best for both of them.  She was not having it.  And the texts she sent her own dad Steve Shirilla, are enough to make any normal parent and child cringe. She demands he rub her feet, bring “warm milk” to her room, and fetch her bougie Starbucks to-go orders.  In our latest episode of Gulf Coast Confidential, “Texts, warm milk, and ‘Boom’ shirt – Mackenzie Shirilla’s Leap Day appeal,” we’re picking up where we left off with Mean Girl Barbie Mackenzie and the more, we learn the worse it is.   Support the show

    1h 4m

  2. 6d ago

    Florida’s Free Kill Law - The Story of Cameron Perritt

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when a medical error takes your loved one's life, but the state of Florida says you have no right to answers?  In this powerful personal documentary, we follow the family and friends of 33-year-old Cameron Perritt as they fight against Florida Statute § 768.21(8)—better known as the "Free Kill" law.  Because Cameron was over 25 and unmarried, his surviving family members are barred from seeking non-economic damages, like pain and suffering, in wrongful death claims. This legal loophole does more than block financial justice; it blocks the entire discovery process, leaving grieving families facing a wall of silence from healthcare providers.  From the heartbreaking personal loss to the high-profile billboards at the state border, witness one family’s relentless battle to repeal this controversial law and restore medical accountability in Florida. Support the show

    46 min

  3. May 26

    100 mph crash route - Mean girl Barbie Mackenzie Shirilla kills boyfriend and friend

    Send us Fan Mail Mackenzie Shirilla never hit the brakes when she crashed her car into a brick building speeding at 100 mph. Two passengers in her car were killed: her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan. Her friends and family claim it was an accident, but the judge disagreed calling Mackenzie “hell on wheels.”  Mean Girl Regina George Wannabe Mackenzie Shirilla was sentenced to 15 years to life for premeditated murder over it. The case is the focus of a new Netflix documentary called “The Crash” and you won’t believe the arrogance and total disregard she has for others.  And the apple didn’t fall far from the tree with this one, her parents seem to be the same way. Her father, an art and media teacher, has been suspended with pay and placed on administrative leave for comments he made on the documentary. Now his daughter, the Queen of the Plastics, is in prison where visits with mother were recorded revealing that the young woman is not grieving but reveling in her global notoriety.  Join us for more on the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast “100 mph crash route- mean girl Barbie Mackenzie Shirilla kills boyfriend and friend.” Support the show

    52 min

  4. May 19

    Dean Faiello – fake doctor, real deaths, too many lies, lidocaine, and zero truths

    Send us Fan Mail Dean Faiello looked the part of a doctor. The handsome charmer wore the white coat well and spoke as if he knew what he was doing.  No one who came to his New York City officer for skincare and beauty services had any idea the so-called dermatologist didn't even have a medical license.  But behind the scenes he was cutting corners along with people’s bodies.  Faiello was busted for buying the numbing agent lidocaine off the black market, but he didn't know how to administer it properly with a syringe, or even take a pulse. When a woman in his care started having seizures as he performed several procedures on her, instead of calling 911 he loaded up her small body in a suitcase, buried it beneath the floor of his garage, and took off for Costa Rica. Even with law enforcement hot on his trail Faiello still tried to talk his way out of it and almost got away with all of it.   Join us this week for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “Dean Faiello – fake doctor, real deaths, too many lies, lidocaine, and zero truths.” Support the show

    1h 5m

  5. May 12

    If it’s not one thing it’s a Mother! The bizarre and perverse cases of Leeann Yammarino and Audrey Marie Hilley

    Send us Fan Mail If Pensacola’s Judy Buenoano was the most infamous “Black Widow” serial killer, then Anniston, Alabama’s Audrey Marie Hilley was the original. Like Judy, Hilley used poison to kill, or in several cases try to kill, her husband and one of her children. When she got caught in her murderous web, Hilley ran and took on other identities, even another husband to hide from her past, but also like Judy her lies eventually unraveled.    Hilley is one of two chilling cases we discuss. We also dive into the disturbing story of Leann Yammirino, the Louisiana “Cheer Mom” who was convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old boy who went to her daughter’s school in Ascension — while also sexting at least five other teenagers. Her own daughter begged the judge to give her mom the maximum penalty at sentencing.  From calculated schemes to deadly secrets, these women prove that sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones you trust the most. Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “If it’s not one thing it’s a Mother! The bizarre and perverse cases of Leeann Yammarino and Audrey Marie Hilley.” Support the show

    49 min

  6. May 5

    No way I’m signing an NDA – my dignity is not for sale - the Jay Hospital scandal

    Send us Fan Mail Nurses often choose their career because they care. They’d have to be dedicated to give as much time, compassion, and professionalism as so many do every minute of every day to their jobs. So, when allegations arose that some nurses were violating not just patients’ privacy, but also their dignity at Jay Hospital, just 44 miles north of Pensacola, many people were outraged. According to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration patients were pictured at their most vulnerable, while sleeping or medicated, with AI assisted songs created about their medical conditions including lines like “rotten balls” and “peanut butter phlegm.” The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office said the acts weren’t criminal, but AHCA found patient privacy policies were severely violated. But before we dive into that case, we also discuss some other headline making happenings including the mall “takeover” by several hundred teenagers, the politician pole crasher who made up with the pole complete with a selfie, but not the neighbor who lost power, as well as updates on the cases of two local surgeons charged with manslaughter – see police body cam video from their cases. Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “No way I’m signing an NDA – my dignity is not for sale -  the Jay Hospital scandal.” Support the show

    1h 17m

  7. Apr 20

    Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky charged with manslaughter for removing man's liver instead of spleen

    Send us Fan Mail Bill Bryan’s wife said they never dreamed he wouldn’t come back from surgery alive, but how he died is especially hard for her to take. According to Beverly Bryan, Bill went into to have his spleen removed, but bled to death on the operating table when Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky surgically removed his liver instead.  It’s a case that by all accounts shocked the operating room staff, the public, and certainly Bill’s family who are still fighting for answers and accountability.  Shaknovsky has been charged with manslaughter with the Muscle Shoals, Alabama man’s death and he’s facing civil litigation. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge and is out on bond. Beverly Bryan is concerned that Shaknovsky may skip  - not just town - but the country because he has dual citizenship and a passport. We sat down with Beverly and her attorney Joe Zarzaur for more on this incredulous tragedy. Listen or watch our latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential podcast on the case. Support the show

    43 min

  8. Apr 14

    Grandma Ann Trexler, her hairstylist, and the shampoo boy murder Ron Stovall

    Send us Fan Mail A lot of folks talk about their aggravation with mother-in-laws, but has your's ever hired a hitman to take somebody out?! Well Ann Trexler, ex mother-in-law of Ron Stovall, did just that‼️  Ann had just moved from Virginia to Panama City, Florida to be near her beloved granddaughter, when Ron, a U.S. Navy vet and delivery driver, filed for full custody of his daughter and Ann's only grandchild with plans to move his new family to Montana the controlling Gee-maw wasn’t having it! Join us for more on what she had planned in the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, "Grandma Ann Trexler, her hairstylist, and the shampoo boy murder Ron Stovall.”  Support the show

    43 min
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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.

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