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Most any of us that have been on the Ole Miss Campus in the Gulf Coast state of Mississippi most likely fell in love with the sweet, syrupy, Southern charm of the campus and students. 

Bubbly and fun Ally Kostial fell in love  with everything about her first choice for college, from her classes in marketing and fashion, to enjoying golf, fitness, and her sorority. 

The 21-year-old rising senior was also in love with the idea of marrying a Southern gentleman and building a life with someone who would enjoy family, sunsets, and college nightlife as much as she did.  

Ally thought she found the perfect partner in Brandon Theesfeld, a fellow University of Mississippi student and smooth-talking young man who enjoyed throwing his doctor daddy’s money around and seemed to always skate out of trouble. 

That is until Ally’s lifeless body was found on July 20, 2019, shot multiple times near Sardis Lake in northern Mississippi. 

Theesfeld was unable to talk his way out of a murder charge after authorities quickly unraveled his flimsy alibi and discovered he tricked Ally into coming with him to the lake and that Ally’s murder followed their breakup and Brandon’s outrage when he thought she might be pregnant. 

The case drew national attention because both were college students and it highlighted issues of dating violence and obsessive behavior in young relationships. 

Join us for the latest, unbelievably sad yet familiar episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast “Ally Kostial loved pink, pearls, Ole Miss and her boyfriend and it killed her.” 

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‘Kinky catfish’ arranged on a BDSM fetish site by an IRS Agent and his Au Pair - all to get rid of Brendan Banfield’s wife.

Nurse Christine Banfield had no idea that when their 25-year-old, Brazilian Au Pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes, took her 4-year-old daughter to the zoo that she was opening the door to a diabolical plot. 

Little did she know that her husband, Brendan, had been having an affair with the Au Pair, and the two had plotted to lure stranger, Joe Ryan, to the Banfield home to engage in some BDSM role play.

Joe and Christine were unsuspecting pawns in the cheating couple’s game. Brendan pretended to be his wife on a fetish website and Joe took the bait, agreeing to come to their home in a pre-arranged ‘fake’ assault and bringing a knife as instructed. 

The murderous plot went off as planned, but when police began to take a closer look at the lying lovers’ story it wasn’t long before Brendan’s sweetheart got a sweetheart deal to turn on him and tell the jury what happened at his double murder trial. 

Not only did she avoid a lengthy prison sentence, Juliana is now being courted by Hollywood for her story and producers are already putting money on her books. 

This sassy siren appears to have almost gotten away with murder because once she’s finished with the little bit of time she got, she can cash in on her story and head back home to Brazil.  

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential podcast called, “Oh what an Evil Pair! Brendan Banfield and his Brazilian Au Pair!!”

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 This week we have cases about people devaluing the lives of other human beings. Just wicked, corrupt, evil people. In other words, diabolical. 

The overly sexual Au Pair trying to help get rid of the lady of the house so she could be “the lady of the house” by implementing a Cat fishing scheme with the “man of the house” resulting in double murder. 

We’ve got the stories of two of the most heinous barbaric killers Brandon Aydelott and Thomas McGill and how they are nearing being released back out into our communities neither one has any remorse whatsoever. 

The story of Stephanie Perdue …she has up coming trials one for attempted murder the other for attempting to hire a hit man. 

Just when you think  these evil human beings couldn’t sink any further …more weird and sick details keep popping up. 

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “Crime collage – from jealous brothers to wonky surgeons.” 

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Linda Duffey was such an animated character few questioned her wacky and wonky story about the sudden and violent death of her husband, Patrick, who was found dead on their living couch after Linda said she shot him twice in the head accidentally. 

In fact, police detectives were charmed, bamboozled, and "entertained" when she described how the tragic so-called mistake happened. She said she was showin’ off her cowboy style shootin’ known as “fan firin,” a trick she learned from watching Looney Tunes cartoons. 

The wacky widow said they were just reenacting a scene from Buggs Bunny when that "Wasally Wabbit" mixed it up with his persistent, dim-witted rival Elmer J. Fudd. 

Just like the bumbling cartoon hunter, Linda told police she too thought there were “no more “buwwets ” in her gun when she fatally shot Patrick while he was on the couch. 

No one looked too closely at her story and within no time she had moved out, moved on, and moved in with a new a husband, a professor in Mississippi. 

When the law did catch up with Linda, she was sunk by her own looney defense and finally nabbed by those meddling detectives.    

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast Linda Duffey's Buggs Bunny defense - 'No more buwwets!'

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Martin Luther King Jr., who we just remembered this week, was an advocate for justice. One of his many famous quote was, “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

That is fitting for this week’s episode, “Justice cut short for Torrey King after convicted killer set to go free, ” the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast. 

Losing a loved one is a grief many people share. Losing a loved one to a violent homicide is a club nobody chooses to join.

Two Gulf Coast families are not only living with the horror and trauma of such a loss, they are still seeking justice for it.  

Thomas McGill, the man who shot Panama City teen Torrey King to death in 1994, then drug and burned the body of his fellow classmate and football teammate, will be released from prison this year despite a life sentence for the murder to which he confessed. 

Brandon Aydelott, who admitted to stabbing, beating, and stomping his mother and middle school teacher Sharon Aydelott to death in 2013, is working his way through Florida’s mental health system for the criminally insane after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 

If state mental health contractors have their way Brandon could soon be released back into the community, despite assurances from the state attorney at the time that he “would never get out” of confinement for killing his mother. 

In both cases, the slayings happened at Christmas, one just before and one right after. Both families are still fighting for the justice they felt was promised; one has been pursuing it for 32 years and the other for 12 years. 

Join us for a raw and unique conversation on surviving the worst thing that can happen to you and your family and despite it all believing in faith, hope, and justice in their memory.  

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Convicted double murderer Ali Abulaban says he didn’t get a fair trial because it was televised and “everybody knew him as the Tik Tok Star murderer.”

It’s no surprise he’s still blaming others now that he has lost everything he wanted: freedom, a beautiful wife and family, and social media career. 

The former Tik Tok creator known as "JinnKid," had what most people would consider a charmed life. Good looking with a gorgeous and fun wife, and beautiful five-year-old daughter, the likeable and charismatic social media personality had over a million followers. 

But the more attention he got, the more sadistic and punishing he became to his wife, Ana, who had built her own growing following on social media. 

His vivacious and beautiful wife helped him build his family and social media career after he was "other than honorably discharged" from the U.S. Air Force over abuse. 

Off and on camera he continued to berate her and treat her like property until she could no longer take his violent and volatile behavior and he moved out of their luxury apartment San Diego. 

Little did Ana Abulaban know Ali was nowhere near ready to let her go and the lengths he was willing to go to make sure she never moved on. 

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “Tik Tok star to convict; jealous, cocaine snorting Ali Abulaban murdered wife, friend.”

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Who in their right mind would brag about being related to notorious, accused ax murderer and parent killer Lizzie Borden?! 

Well, convicted serial killer and nurse Kristen Gilbert not only bragged about it, she lied about it! 

But it turns out lying and manipulating is something Kristen has done well since at least high school and the more you dig into her past, the more grim details emerge about a woman who would become notorious in her own right. 

It seems every time Nurse Kristen Gilbert needed an Ego Boost, Distraction, Schedule Change, or a bit of excitement or drama she managed to call a Cardiac Arrest Code for patients she cared for at a Veteran's hospital.

Primarily to gain attention, seek approval and praise, and attract the notice of a hospital security guard with whom she was having an affair. 

Her Crush responded to most Cardiac Codes as well so she could showboat and peacock for him. She truly didn’t care about anyone but herself. 

To get all the details on this incredulous and heinous case join us on on Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast for “Serial Killer Nurse poisons patients at VA Hospital to impress Crush.” 

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What goes up must come down - even if free falling from Cloud 9 without a parachute isn't part of the plan. 

That's what happened to two unsuspecting women who loved skydiving and the wrong men. 

Victoria Cilliers and Els Van Doren were both victims of high-altitude murder plots, tangled up love triangles, jealousy, sabotaged parachutes, and some really bizarro, messed up, so-called friends and lovers 🥴. 

These two cases happened nearly a decade apart in two different countries. They just go to show greed and sour grapes can make for deadly bedfellows and there's plenty of “What the Feazy” to be found everywhere. 

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast, “Oh 'chute, love in freefall‼️ Emile Cilliers sabotages skydiving Wife." 

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Two iconic fathers with adult, mentally health challenged sons. Movie director and actor Rob Reiner and renowned gospel, opera, and jazz singer Jubilant Sykes were both allegedly killed by their grown sons, a week apart, in the Los Angeles area. 

The tragedies are similar in that the suspects are the victims' own children. Both young men, in their 30s, have substance abuse, addiction and mental health issues, including schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. 

Police say both men wielded knives on their parents, a particularly savage method of domestic violence.

The cases differ in that Nick Reiner allegedly slaughtered his mother, Michele Singer Reinger, too. Micah Sykes spared his mom, but CeCe Sykes witnessed him allegedly murder his dad. 

Adding to the cruelty of the crimes, the Reiners and Jubilant Sykes were killed in their own homes during December right around the holidays.

Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast host Pam Hill knows first hand what it's like to lose a loved one to a violent, unprovoked attack at the hands of your own child. 

Pam's sister Sharon Aydelott was brutally stabbed, beaten, and stomped in the doorway of her Gulf Breeze home on Christmas Eve 2013 by her own son, Brandon Aydelott. 

His family says he also struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity for his mother's homicide and continues to work his way through the system and is now in a group home. 

Join us for more on these developing cases in the latest episode of theGulf Coast Confidential Podcast, "Rob Reiner and Jubilant Sykes – two iconic men allegedly murdered by their adult sons."

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When did we start calling beat downs and assaults “hazing?” 

Hazing is the word you use when you’re pledging a fraternity or a sorority and now it’s being used interchangeably with locker room bullying and brawls as well as isolated attacks on individuals. 

Officially, hazing is strictly against the law when it’s part of abuse, but the word doesn’t hold a candle to the terror, anguish, and sometimes death victims experience because of it. 

We’re diving into several cases that stretch from Ocala, Florida, and Georgetown, Texas, to Newport, Rhode Island and all the way to Bozova, Turkey.  

These are incidents that some may call hazing, but the actions are cruel, criminal, and deadly.

But before we get into those cases, we also want to remember Danika Troy, a Pace girl who was tragically killed, allegedly by classmates who deceived her.

Join us tomorrow for the next episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential podcast, “Bullying on steroids, hazing in high school sports and the workplace.”

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