The murder of Breck Bednar | Ep 222

Crime and Coffee Couple - True Crime Podcast

Bleav + Allison and Mike

Married, National, Halloween, Crime, Murder, Documentary, Society & Culture, History, Husband, Truecrime, Couple, Coffee, Wife, True Crime

4.6 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

When 14-year-old Breck Bednar befriended a charismatic older gamer online, his mother noticed alarming changes in her once-open son but struggled to break through the invisible web of manipulation being spun around him. Breck's story exposes how online predators can exploit vulnerable teens in the digital spaces where they feel safest, sometimes with devastating consequences.

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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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