Natalie Cochran: The Pharmacist Femme Fatale Part 2 | 184

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When her Ponzi scheme starts to crumble – and her husband dies under mysterious circumstances – Natalie Cochran plays the perfect victim: a widowed mother of two, supposedly battling cancer while grieving her sudden loss. But behind her tears is a master manipulator. And soon, Natalie will face questions she can’t lie her way out of – from federal investigators and the national media.

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0:00.0	Hey, Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here.
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0:30.6	Sachi, how many times does your friend have to break dinner plans with you and be a flake before you realize they're full of shit?
0:33.7	For someone I don't know very well, I'll give you two chances and then I will never try again.
0:38.8	Yeah, I think for me, it just kind of starts becoming clear that we're living in different realities and the person obviously thinks I'm stupid.
0:47.0	So once that hits, it's basically over.
0:49.4	Yeah, there's not coming back from stupid.
0:51.7	Well, this week, we're reconnecting with West Virginia pharmacist and cold-blooded husband
0:56.9	killer Natalie Cochran.
0:59.1	Natalie has lied to everyone in her life about government contracts, baseball funds, cancer,
1:05.1	her husband's death, and God knows what else.
1:08.4	Now, friends, family, and law enforcement are all about to call her out
1:13.4	on her bullshit. It's February 21st, 2019, and Donna Bolt is sick with grief. Donna is a 60-year-old
1:26.5	retired nurse with long gray hair, and last week, she buried her only
1:31.5	child, Michael Cochran.
1:34.0	Today, she's sitting in her living room in West Virginia, surrounded by bookshelves,
1:38.9	filled with photos of Michael.
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