Catfished in a Sinister Plot: Billie Jean and Billy Payne

Mel Pleskovic was a loving mother, coach, and teacher. She had recently added "grandmother" to her list of titles, and welcomed her daughter and soon to be son-in-law to live in her house while they saved money for their wedding. But after months of being harassed by large men in hoods, she was found dead on her kitchen floor, stabbed and shot. A "key" piece of evidence was left behind that led to the conviction of an unlikely murderer. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Killer Instinct listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/instinct Right now Ritual is offering listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/KILLER and turn healthy habits into a Ritual. That’s 10% off at ritual.com/KILLER Download Best Fiends FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. Right now, when you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you’ll get an additional 3 months for FREE. That’s 6 months, for the price of 3! Just go to BABBEL.com and use promo code KILLER Find Lumineux on Amazon.com and get seven dollars off today!  Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Mar 202229min

Mitchell and Chandler Halderson's parents go away for an impromptu Independence Day vacation at their cabin by the lake, but as their weekend getaway turns in to nearly a week of being gone, police declare them "missing". The discovery of their dismembered bodies leads back to a suspected murderer with a dark web of lies. Use Truniagen.com/killer, code killer to save twenty percent off your first purchase! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Killer Instinct listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/instinct Follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can binge all eight episodes right now on Amazon Music and through Wondery Plus. Go to GreenChef.com/killer130 and use code killer130 to get $130 off, plus free shipping! Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Mar 202238min

In 1987, a former prosecutor named Margaret Coon took her dog for a walk in one of Louisiana’s safest and most affluent parishes. The next morning, she was found dead on the side of the road with a single stab wound in her back. St. Tammany Parish advertises itself as a safe haven from the crime and corruption of New Orleans, attracting thousands of residents over the last several decades. But there is a darker side to St. Tammany and that darkness ultimately consumed Margaret Coon. Welcome to Gone South Season 1: Who Killed Margaret Coon? Over the course of this documentary podcast series from C13Originals, a Cadence13 studio, journalist Jed Lipinski investigates the theories and motives surrounding Margaret Coon’s unsolved murder, shedding new light on a bewildering crime that has haunted St. Tammany for over 34 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Mar 20224min

When teenage mother, Candace Hiltz's dog goes missing, her friends and family stir with theories of what may have happened. Only days later, Candace becomes the victim of a graphic and fatal shooting as her newborn baby, Paige, witnesses the scene from her crib. Find Lumineux on Amazon.com and get seven dollars off today! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Killer Instinct listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/instinct For listeners of the show, Everlywell is offering a special discount of twenty percent off an at-home lab test at everlywell.com/killer Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Mar 202243min

Chris Coleman found his calling as the Cheif of Security for traveling Evangelist, Joyce Meyer. But not even he could protect his family from the irate murderer sending death threat emails to him and his family. Save 20% off your first purchase by going to TruNiagen.com/killer and use code killer. Get 20% off + free shipping with the code KILLER at manscaped.com. Download Best Fiends FREE today on the App Store or Google Play.  Stop overpaying for shipping with Stamps.com. Sign up with promo code KILLER for a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale. Go to Outschool.com/instinct and use code INSTINCT to save $15 off your child’s first class. Find Lumineux on Amazon.com and get seven dollars off today! Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Feb 202229min

Small town bartender and local singer, Egypt Covington brought a lot of life to her community in Belleville, Michigan. The town was shocked when her on-again-off-again boyfriend reported that he walked in to her house to discover her lifeless limbs bound by Christmas lights and a gunshot wound to the head. With several suspects on the radar, the investigation took a shocking turn to reveal incredibly trivial events that led to her murder. Thanks to our sponsors: TryFirstLeaf.com/Killer for 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping Betterhelp.com/instinct for 10% off your first month Babbel.com Promo Code: KILLER and get 6 months for the price of 3 Ritual.com/Killer for 10% off your first 3 months Trubill.com/Killer Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Feb 202234min

The high school quarterback and his beautiful cheerleader girlfriend were the couple that others would have died to be like. What started as a romantic Valentine's dance at their Forth Worth high school in 1974, turned in to a deadly kidnapping that took nearly 50 years to solve the mystery of the killer's identity. Go to Outschool.com/instinct to get $15 off your first class. Everlywell is offering a special discount of 20% off an at-home lab test at everlywell.com/killer Go to TruNiagen.com/killer and use code: killer to save 20% on your first purchase Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/ If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Feb 202242min

Taylor Wright, a 33-year-old private investigator, was enjoying a fresh start in life after relocating to Pensacola, Florida and moving in with her new girlfriend, Casandra Waller. She was dealing with some stressful divorce proceedings and decided to go out with her friend, Ashley McArthur, in hopes of alleviating some stress but she never came home. This week, Savannah explores Taylor's life and death, and dissects the interesting level of financial trust she put in a friend that ended in homicide. Listen to The Vanished on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app! Get 15% off your order today by going to LumineuxHealth.com/killer Go to manscaped.com for our exclusive offer of 20% off + Free Shipping, with the code KILLER Get 10% Off by visiting BetterHelp.com/instinct! Love Killer Instincts but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/  If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPodcast Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer   Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Feb 202234min