In this Wrap Sheet episode of Heists, Hustles, and Homicide, we peel back the layers of the Kendra Licari catfishing case - a story that shocked a small town and left lasting damage far beyond the original investigation.

What began as a relentless cyberbullying campaign against a teenage girl turned into something far more disturbing when the truth came out: the messages weren’t coming from a classmate… they were coming from inside the home.

In this deep dive, we break down:

1. How Kendra Licari cultivated the image of the “cool mom”
2. The dangerous blurring of boundaries with her daughter’s friends
3. The unfair suspicion and fallout faced by innocent students like Khloe Wilson
4. How control, attention, and obsession quietly shaped the investigation
5. And the devastating moment when Lauryn learned the truth

We also look at where everyone is now, how this case still lingers, and why it’s a chilling reminder that cyberbullying doesn’t always come from where we expect.

Listener note: This episode discusses bullying and emotional harm involving minors. Content is handled with care.

If you haven’t listened to last week’s story episode, make sure to start there for full context.

Next week: The Pizza Bomber case - a delivery, a bomb, and a mystery that still doesn’t sit right.

For nearly two years, a Michigan teenager was psychologically tormented by an anonymous texter who seemed to know everything about her - what she wore to school, her insecurities, her relationship, and exactly how to hurt her.

The messages came nonstop.

Dozens a day.

Cruel, humiliating, sexually explicit - and eventually telling her to end her life.

Parents begged school administrators for help. Police investigated classmates. Phones were searched. Suspects were cleared. And all the while, one person remained at the center of the investigation - comforting the victim, pushing for answers, demanding justice.

Her mother.

In this episode of Heists, Hustles, and Homicide, we unravel the shocking true story behind the Kendra Licari catfishing case - a digital stalking nightmare that stunned investigators, fractured a family, and forced an entire town to confront an unthinkable truth.

We dive into:

1. The anonymous texts that escalated into psychological warfare
2. The devastating emotional toll on a teenage girl and her relationship
3. Why schools and local police couldn’t stop the harassment
4. How the FBI finally cracked the case through cyber forensics
5. The moment investigators realized the threat was inside the home
6. The disturbing psychology behind a mother who became her child’s tormentor

This isn’t just a story about cyberbullying.

It’s a story about control, fear, and betrayal hiding behind love.

Listener discretion advised.

In this Wrap Sheet deep dive, we’re reopening one of the most infamous mysteries in American crime history - D.B. Cooper - and putting the legend under a microscope.

This isn’t a retelling of the hijacking.

This is the post-game breakdown.

We dig into how Cooper actually pulled this off, why the Boeing 727’s aft stairs made the crime possible, and whether survival after the jump was brilliant planning… or blind confidence fueled by bourbon and bad weather

We examine:

• The mechanics behind the hijacking and mid-air jump
• Why 1971 airport security made this crime possible
• Whether Cooper died on impact, drowned, or disappeared quietly
• The mystery of the ransom money found along the Columbia River
• And why the suspects list goes far beyond Richard Floyd McCoy

Speaking of McCoy — we confront the elephant in the cabin.

We break down the modern evidence, including:

• Parachute discoveries uncovered by independent researchers
• Testimony from McCoy’s own children
• And the strongest arguments for and against him being D.B. Cooper

We also explore other major suspects, including Robert Rackstraw, Kenneth Christiansen, Sheridan Peterson, William Gossett, Barbara Dayton, Richard Floyd McCoy...and explain why some theories collapse under the weight of physics, logistics, and common sense.

Was D.B. Cooper a criminal mastermind?

Or just a man who understood airplanes, people… and how to vanish?

One thing’s certain — this case refuses to stay buried.

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D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Vanished Into the Sky

On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, a quiet man in a business suit boarded a short flight from Portland to Seattle… and walked straight into American legend.

He ordered a bourbon.

Handed over a note.

Claimed he had a bomb.

What followed was the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history — a perfectly executed skyjacking that ended with a man stepping off the back of a Boeing 727 into the dark, stormy sky with $200,000 in cash… and never being seen again.

In this deep-dive documentary-style episode of Heists, Hustles, and Homicide, we unravel the full D.B. Cooper story — from the infamous jump, to the FBI’s decades-long investigation, to the shocking modern-day evidence that may finally answer the question everyone’s been asking for more than 50 years:

Who was D.B. Cooper… and did he survive?

We explore the most compelling theory of all — that Cooper was actually Richard Floyd McCoy II, a decorated Green Beret, helicopter pilot, and criminal justice student who pulled off a near-identical hijacking just five months later.

This episode covers:

• The night Cooper hijacked Flight 305 and vanished
• The FBI’s largest unsolved investigation and why it stalled
• The Utah copycat hijacking that changed everything
• The discovery of a “one-in-a-billion” parachute
• New evidence uncovered by a YouTuber that forced the FBI to move again
• Family secrets, collapsing alibis, and a possible DNA endgame
• And the haunting question of whether Cooper was a folk hero… or a desperate man with nowhere left to land

This isn’t just a mystery.

It’s a legend.

And it might finally be coming down to earth.

Strap in. Because some crimes don’t end… they disappear.

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In this special Wrap Sheet deep dive, Steve takes you inside one of the most haunting disappearances of our time: the vanishing of 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse. With a fresh investigative lens, this episode breaks down overlooked theories, unsettling details, and the unseen angles that never got the attention they deserved. From the troubling environment of her condo complex to the mysterious “faceless figure” caught on camera, we explore what may have truly happened the morning Jennifer disappeared — and why key clues slipped through the cracks.

With respect for Jennifer and her family at the heart of this episode, Steve also reflects on the unwavering strength her parents and brother have shown in their 19-year search for answers.

If you care about justice, persistence, and the truth, this is a Wrap Sheet you don’t want to miss.

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Vanished in Orlando: The Unfinished Story of Jennifer Kesse

On a quiet January morning in 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse walked out of her Orlando condo and disappeared without a trace. Her shower was still warm. Her work clothes were ready. Her car was found days later, wiped clean. And the only potential suspect ever caught on camera remains hidden behind the iron bars of a fence - a faceless figure who has haunted this case for almost two decades.

In this cinematic deep-dive episode, we unravel the timeline piece by piece:

• Jennifer’s final night

• The eerie details inside her condo

• The abandoned Chevy Malibu

• The mysterious figure caught on camera

• Construction workers living feet from her front door

• The stolen master keys

• Human trafficking theories

• The stalled investigation - and the Kesse family’s fight to take it back

• The newest update: DNA finally discovered on evidence

This is one of the most frustrating, heartbreaking, and enduring cold cases in Florida history...a story that refuses to fade because Jennifer’s family refuses to stop fighting.

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Victor Lustig wasn’t just a con man — he was the blueprint. In this Wrap Sheet breakdown, I take you behind the curtain of the wildest fraudster to ever breathe air thin enough to lie in. From selling the Eiffel Tower (twice), to outsmarting the Secret Service, to conning Al Capone without ending up in a Chicago river… Lustig’s life is a masterclass in deception, confidence, and the kind of psychological sorcery that would make most modern scammers look like they’re running a lemonade stand.

In this solo Wrap Sheet breakdown, we’re diving into:

• How Lustig staged a fake government operation inside the Hotel de Crillon

• Why André Poisson became the perfect mark

• The insane second attempt to sell the Eiffel Tower

• The Rumanian Money Box: a scam so dumb it was brilliant

• Lustig’s daring play against Al Capone

• His counterfeit empire and capture

• And the almost-believable theory he tried to escape Alcatraz as the prison chaplain

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In this episode of Heists, Hustles, and Homicide, Steve takes you deep into the unbelievable true story of Victor Lustig - one of the most creative, charming, and dangerous con men in history.

We explore how a short, unassuming man from Hostinné turned himself into a globe-trotting illusionist of identity. From card-table secrets to aristocratic aliases, Lustig mastered human psychology long before the term “social engineering” existed.

Then comes his masterpiece: selling the Eiffel Tower. Not once, but twice.

In Paris, Lustig forged government documents, bribed hotel staff, impersonated a deputy director, and lured ambitious businessmen into believing the French government was scrapping its iconic monument. The sheer audacity of his plan still baffles historians.

But Lustig didn’t stop there. After leaving Europe, he ran one of the most successful counterfeiting operations in the U.S., tricked Al Capone without getting himself killed, and invented the legendary “Rumanian Money Box.”

Ultimately caught by the Secret Service thanks to a jealous mistress, Lustig landed in Alcatraz - where rumors swirled that he was plotting one last escape disguised as the prison chaplain.

This episode explores the twists, illusions, psychology, and sheer confidence of a man who understood one timeless truth:

People will always believe what they most want to hear.

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