Episode 230: Dawnia Dacosta | Riding with the Devil
True Crime Couple
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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
After a late night church service Dawnia Dacosta began the familiar half and hour ride home. She had done the drive so many times she could have done it with her eyes closed. But as she cruised down I95 she felt her car sputter then slow. She had run out of gas.
As she eased onto the shoulder, she may have thought of her mother and the lessons drilled in long before moments like this ever came. Be prepared. Stay alert. Know what to do. So Dawnia followed those rules. Windows up. Doors locked. Hazards flashing. From where she stood, she could see the glow of a Texaco sign just off the exit ramp, not far at all. As she clutched an empty gas can, she stepped into the night, convinced it would be a quick walk… she’d make it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to episode 230 of the True Crime Couple. I'm Kay. And I'm John. We hope you're doing well and that you're ready for another episode. As always, we kind of haven't done this in a while, but say thank you to everyone who comments or rates the podcast. It really means a lot to us, and it really helps us kind of get the news out there about the podcast. So we |
| 0:23.4 | appreciate it. And we also appreciate everyone who has been so kind on Instagram. I made a post |
| 0:30.0 | about how we hit 10 million downloads. Yeah, I mean, it's wild. It's not too shabby for, |
| 0:36.3 | you know, a biweekly podcast, you know? |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, because we only release two episodes every month, but we release four episodes technically every month. |
| 0:46.0 | And if you're a member of Patreon, you could have four episodes instead of two. Just a little subtle plug there. |
| 0:52.1 | I was just going to, you just took the words out of my mouth. |
| 0:54.9 | Yes, absolutely. |
| 0:55.9 | And also ad-free episodes. |
| 0:57.6 | So people always tend to like that, too. |
| 0:59.9 | They do. |
| 1:01.6 | I also wanted to just say right off the top, too. |
| 1:04.3 | I almost want to, like, build in a segment of, like, just briefly saying what the funniest comment that I saw for the week was. |
| 1:12.4 | Oh, God. |
| 1:13.1 | There was a comment that I was dying laughing. |
| 1:17.0 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:18.8 | You know me? |
| 1:19.6 | I look at all the comments. |
| 1:21.5 | So I'm losing. |
| 1:22.7 | Yeah, John's a comment troll. |
| 1:24.5 | I am. |
| 1:25.3 | I think it was Patreon and it was hilarious. |
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