288: Online Dating Scam Ends With Two Bodies Floating in the River | The Case of Laura Kowal
Serialously with Annie Elise
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🗓️ 16 June 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I am so excited because we are finally going back out on tour and this is going to be |
| 0:05.8 | our biggest tour yet. We are hitting a lot of cities coming to a city near you and this tour is |
| 0:11.7 | going to be unlike the last tour and unlike any episode or case that we have ever presented. |
| 0:17.6 | It's going to be an all new exclusive case, an entirely new approach, interactive with |
| 0:23.4 | you guys, and it is just going to be so great. I am so excited to connect with all of you guys. |
| 0:28.8 | I am very eager for you to hear this case, and it's just going to be an unforgettable night. |
| 0:34.0 | So tickets are on sale now, but grab yours now before they're gone. You can get all of the |
| 0:38.0 | information at Annieelis.com. I will also link it in the show notes, and I'm really excited to see you |
| 0:43.8 | there. So head to Annieelise.com, grab your tickets, and I'll be seeing you soon. |
| 0:49.4 | Three years after Kelly Gow's father died from cancer, her mother, 57-year-old Laura Koal, |
| 0:55.0 | decided she was ready to start dating again. |
| 0:58.0 | She was just laying on the couch when I got here. |
| 1:00.0 | Like three and ten adults have done, turned to online dating. |
| 1:05.0 | My mom felt the emotions of feeling loved and having companionship just through email. |
| 1:11.5 | She matched with someone who called themselves Frank Borg. |
| 1:15.5 | She had all these buckets full in her life. |
| 1:18.0 | There was this one bucket that was missing of having a relationship. |
| 1:21.8 | The search for a missing woman. |
| 1:23.8 | Laura Cowell was last seen on Friday. |
| 1:26.0 | Kelly Gow is a daughter searching for answers. |
| 1:36.5 | Hey, true crime besties. |
| 1:38.6 | Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly. |
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