Jessica Wongso: Iced Coffee Killer | #435

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True Crime

4.5 • 19.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In January 2016, a coffee date between three glamorous Indonesian gal pals turned deadly – when Mirna Salihin, a wealthy and beautiful newlywed, took a sip of a Vietnamese iced coffee that had been laced with a lethal dose of cyanide. The culprit? Her ex-bestie Jessica Wongso. The motive? A toxic case of the green eyed monster: with revenge served ice cold.

At least, that’s how the Indonesian courts said it went down. But was it really that simple?

A bungled trial, dodgy test results and a crooked legal system meant that many now believe Jessica Wongso could be innocent – no matter how guilty her smile. But what do we think? Join us as we explore the case that divided Indonesia... and left a pretty bitter taste in our mouths.

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0:00.0	I'm Hannah.
0:10.0	And welcome to Red Handit.
0:13.3	I know less than nothing about this case.
0:17.7	It's a very interesting one.
0:20.2	I very swiftly Googled it.
0:22.7	Coffee.
0:23.3	Yes.
0:24.4	Coffee crime.
0:26.5	The end.
0:27.9	Welcome to our new podcast, coffee and crime.
0:33.3	But I'm a professional.
0:36.1	I can do this.
0:37.7	You can, I believe.
0:39.0	And it's Valentine's Day this week.
0:41.2	Apparently, we're in the past.
0:42.8	Yes.
0:43.6	February 14th is a long way away.
0:45.5	It is also my grandmother Muriel Jones' 100th birthday.
0:49.8	On Valentine's Day?
0:50.8	Sure is.
0:51.6	Wow.
0:53.0	Well, good work, Muriel. She is so miserable.
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