Cold cases, catch-ups, and a reminder about fiber.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGivern catch up on each other's lives, then turn to a true crime case, and they say they plan none of it in advance. Cases range from letters a dead man could not have typed to a DNA test in the Bobby Dunbar case, and the sign-off never changes: eat your fiber, lock your doors, go to therapy.
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Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee is a two-host true crime conversation between Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGivern, and their friendship shapes everything else. Some episodes start with one of them asking the other about her week. The answers wander: a tiramisu made from scratch for a Father's Day visit, a story saved up all week, and a habit of slipping into a heavy Cockney accent whenever something feels bad. They say they do not plan what they will say before they record. Technology is a running joke. One recording only got going after two YouTube tutorials cleared an echo in GarageBand, and another opens on technical difficulties, yet again. Then comes the case. The details arrive with reactions attached, from 'oh my god' to goosebumps, and the hosts do not pretend to be neutral. Covering a girl named Samina, they are openly angry at police who, as they see it, went on letting her down even after her death. The range across these episodes is wide. Ruby Ogletree received typed letters, supposedly from her son Artemis, after he died in 1935, though he did not know how to type. A DNA test showed that the boy raised as Bobby Dunbar was in fact Bruce Anderson. A snowmobile rider went missing, and his machine turned up far off the main trail with no footprints nearby. Post-it notes found in an accused woman's handbag became evidence at a trial. A woman received three consecutive life sentences without parole for the deaths of Tyler, JJ and Tammy Daybell. The hosts offer their own theories too, and they label them as opinion. Gentler moments get room as well, such as Ruth Marie Terry finally being identified after years without a name. The hosts acknowledge how heavy the material is and say everyone needs to look out for one another. None of the episode titles in this run names a case; they include '7 - Hot Girls Have Car Troubles' and '11 - Ballet vs. Cooked Chook'. And the sign-off never changes: eat your fiber, lock your doors, go to therapy.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants true crime as a conversation between two friends, with personal chatter, running jokes and open emotional reactions alongside the case details.
What sets it apart: The friendship gets as much airtime as the case: unplanned openers, running gags about their own tech trouble, and a fixed sign-off telling listeners to eat their fiber, lock their doors and go to therapy. The hosts react openly and share their own theories instead of narrating from a distance.
Grab yourself a coffee and get ready for some terrifying true crime and creepy conspiracy theories! Join hosts and long time friends Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGivern as they discuss some of the world's most interesting and horrifying mysteries while drinking coffee they arguably don't need!
One minute it's a tiramisu disaster; the next, you're testing a murder theory with Samantha and Georgia.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm domestic opening gives way to fierce scrutiny of Samina's case and a respectful return to Ruth Marie Terry's identity.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven begin in a warm domestic register, recording from Sam's parents' house amid lamps, no overhead lighting, and the mood-setting presence of a cuckoo clock.
Typed letters, an unknown Don, and a 1935 death keep this mystery balanced between evidence and speculation.
Artemis's unresolved death rests on a few stubborn details, most notably the three letters Ruby Ogletree received in spring 1935 after her son had died.
A chatty true crime episode moves from Converse nostalgia into an unsettling hospital case.
Crime and Conspiracies begins with Converse, dresses, and the familiar performance of being "different," then moves into a darker discussion of Samantha Ferguson, Georgia McGiven, Lucy, and premature babies.
A loose missing-person episode about two brothers, abandoned vehicles, and no clear answer.
A casual story about a woman asking Samantha Ferguson to buy her something after a Perth nail appointment opens into the disappearance of brothers Michael and Chucky Palmer.
A grim case discussion gains force from candid anger, moral clarity, and loose comic timing.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven bring visible anger and loose comic timing to a bleak case discussion. They follow investigators' belief that Tyler's remains were buried on the morning of September 9 and JJ's on the morning of September 23, and they note that Lori was…
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True crime with rough-edged comic detours.
True crime with sharp Scottish banter.
Alphabetized true crime with dark, talky edges.
Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee opens with Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven at Sam's parents' house, celebrating Sam's engagement before she admits to inventing 12 years of ballet experience in an adult class.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven open "Rubbing Cream in the Wound" with a midnight tiramisu disaster: no recipe, no ladyfingers, no mascarpone, and Nescafe Blend 43.
Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee opens with Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven joking about school shoes, bullying, and the line that you do not need tennis shoes to fit in.
Samantha Ferguson says a stranger outside a Perth City nail salon asked her to buy alcohol, then pushed her into Coles for a hot cooked chicken, bread rolls, chocolate milk, potato salad, and pasta salad.
["Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee opens on 'Hot Girls Have Car Troubles,' a GarageBand echo joke, and a switch into the Laurie Vallow Daybell case.", "Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven host the conversation, with Ferguson carrying the case timeline and McGiven reacting to the details as they surface.", "Ferguson traces Laurie from Chandler, Arizona and Charles Vallow's 2006 marriage into Chad Daybell's 2018 'Preparing a People' orbit, where he talked about seven previous lifetimes and 31 lives on different planets.", "The chronology follows Charles Vallow's July 11, 2019 shooting by Alex Cox, JJ Vallow's last school day in Rexburg, Tylee Ryan's last known Yellowstone trip, and Tammy Daybell's death after a reported driveway attack.", "The episode ends on the remains found on Chad Daybell's property, Laurie's three consecutive life sentences, and her courtroom claim that Tylee, JJ, and Tammy told her she did nothing wrong."]
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven move from birthday jokes and Hunger Games survival strategies into two child-identity cases.
Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee covers Katie Fusco’s reunion with her biological parents Alyssa and Steven Playdell after an online relationship began when Alyssa was 15 and Steven was 20.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven examine Todd Gieb's 2005 disappearance after an all-night party in Casanova, Michigan, including his final call saying, "I'm in a field." Todd's body was found upright in Ovid Hall Lake three weeks later, but Dr.
Samantha Ferguson and Georgia McGiven return to Crime & Conspiracies with Coffee after a three-year absence before examining the Turpin family case.
The hosts return after a five-month hiatus, joking about their absence and mental health before introducing their true crime and conspiracy podcast.