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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.

Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows Mollye Barrows

    • True Crime
    • 4.8 • 36 Ratings

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.

    Suicide by Text: the Conrad Roy case

    Suicide by Text: the Conrad Roy case

    Send us a Text Message.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 in, until attention-seeking Michelle Carter entered the “chat.” She was a summer vacation crush who took anti-depressants, too.Th...

    • 29 min
    Sudden Passion: defense or excuse? The case of Frances Hall

    Sudden Passion: defense or excuse? The case of Frances Hall

    Send us a Text Message.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 chased her down the highway, repeatedly ramming the car. Unfortunately for unfaithful husband Bill Hall, Jr., he was caught in the mid...

    • 27 min
    Deadly Apple River Stabbing: Don’t Go Pinocchio

    Deadly Apple River Stabbing: Don’t Go Pinocchio

    Send us a Text Message.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 unfounded suspicions he was preying on children. Miu, who is originally from Romania, tried to avoid them, but the group kept push...

    • 28 min
    Slender Man has no face, these tweenagers have no heart

    Slender Man has no face, these tweenagers have no heart

    Send us a Text Message.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 girls’ shared madness nearly cost Payton her life, but the girl managed to stumble, walk, and crawl to the side of a road fo...

    • 25 min
    Beauty Buyer Beware IV: Dr. Ben Brown

    Beauty Buyer Beware IV: Dr. Ben Brown

    Send us a Text Message.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 “inability or unwillingness” to follow basic medical procedure presents an “immediate serious danger to the health, welfare, and safety of the p...

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Alex King rest in peace, finally

    Alex King rest in peace, finally

    Send us a Text Message.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 his family says he lost the fight against addiction in Missoula, Montana where he was living when he overdosed. His family is now ...

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
36 Ratings

36 Ratings

Katie Shyam ,

Great reporting

I came across this podcast and really love the reporting. I don’t live in Gulf Breeze anymore but did so from 2003-2006, where I worked alongside Sharon A at HNMS. She was a fantastic teacher and friend. Thank you for always sharing her sorry to keep her memory alive. ❤️

rickibobbi24 ,

Amazing investigator

Mollye is a true journalist. Grateful to have Mollye covering these stories that were pushed to the side for whatever reason. If you like crime podcasts and you have any interest in the Gulf Coast — this one’s for you!! ❤️

Kent1971 ,

Great reporting and research

Mollye is an amazing reporter. From anchoring at a local news station to hosting an cold case show with a prominent investigator on cold cases. You will love the content, coverage and case stories she reviews.

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