The murder of Breck Bednar | Ep 222
Crime and Coffee Couple - True Crime Podcast
Allison and Mike
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
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In 2014, 14-year-old Breck Bednar was a bright, tech-savvy teenager who loved gaming and coding with his friends online. When a charismatic older gamer named Lewis began appearing in their chat group, claiming to be a 17-year-old entrepreneur with his own company and connections to the U.S. government, Breck was fascinated by someone who seemed to share his passion for technology. But as months passed, Breck's mother Lorin noticed disturbing changes. Her once-open son became secretive and distant, defending his new friend against her growing concerns. Despite her attempts to intervene, including contacting police about potential grooming, Lewis had already woven an invisible web of manipulation around her son. Breck's story exposes the terrifying reality of online predators who hide behind screens, exploiting the trust of vulnerable teens in spaces where they feel safest, and serves as a stark reminder that danger can enter our homes through something as ordinary as a gaming headset.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone. Welcome back to another episode with the crime and coffee couple. My name's Allison. |
| 0:08.3 | And my name's Mike. Hello, Mike. Hey, Elle, Alexander. El Allison. I guess Alexander isn't your name. |
| 0:14.5 | Alexander Hamilton. That was a good show. Good show. I'm glad it got like all the people who got excited about it and I watched. |
| 0:36.3 | It's not something I would normally watch Hamilton, that musical. You're not a musical guy? I'm not going to say I'm not a musical guy, but I wouldn't search one out on my own. I will tell you who is not a musical guy as our son. He is like vehemently against musicals. you are so right. |
| 0:37.1 | You just mention it. |
| 0:37.3 | He's like, I don't like musicals. |
| 0:38.3 | I don't like it. |
| 0:38.8 | It's like, |
| 0:39.0 | well, |
| 0:39.2 | maybe open your mind a little bit, |
| 0:40.4 | buddy. |
| 0:40.6 | Maybe you might like, |
| 0:41.5 | one. |
| 0:41.6 | Yeah. vehemently against musicals. You are so right. You just mention it. He's like, I don't like |
| 0:37.9 | musicals. I don't like it. It's like, well, maybe open your mind a little bit, buddy. Maybe you |
| 0:41.1 | might like one someday. I mean, I admittedly, I was like that at one point. And there was one that really surprised me. And do you remember which one that would be? Sweeney Todd? Yes. Oh, I cannot believe I guess that. |
| 0:51.8 | Well, it's because we didn't expect it to be a musical. |
| 0:53.9 | I probably would have never given it a chance had I not known. |
| 0:56.6 | But oh my gosh, what an amazing... Oh, I cannot believe I guess that. Well, it's because we didn't expect it to be a musical. I probably would have never given it a chance had I not known. |
| 0:56.6 | But oh my gosh, what an amazing movie. I love it through and through it. Like surprise me at every twist and turn. And again, you're thinking, Mike, you don't like true crime and gore and stuff. But that is a super gory movie. I love the darkness of it, how he's like joking and laughing and kind of just singing about murdering. |
| 1:12.4 | Johnny Dup. |
| 1:13.1 | Oh, it's amazing. |
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