The Weirdest Summer Crimes You’ve NEVER Heard Of

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Summer is here, and so are the shenanigans! In today’s episode, Melissa and Mandy dive into some of the quirkiest (and a few wild) crimes that have taken place during the sunny season. From beachside thefts to ice cream shop heists, we’ve got it all. Get ready to hear stories about crafty criminals, unlikely heroes, and even a few strange but funny moments that make summer crime a little less scary and a lot more bizarre.

Melissa shares her thoughts on beach thefts, including a film director catching thieves stealing from surfers in Newport Beach. Then, Mandy gets into a flower-stealing arrest in Seal Beach, California, and some reflections on her own sneaky gardening tendencies. They also cover the story of a stolen truck full of camping gear, ice cream shop break-ins by both bears and thieves, and a string of boat thefts in the UK and the US.

Finally, they discuss some wild summer crimes, like stolen ATM machines, ice cream pint thefts, and even a 5-year-old boy helping to crack a lemur theft case.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing well. How are you? I am doing good. I'm coming to you from my closet. Live from the closet. Yeah, exactly. I hate this weather. Okay, I'm not going to talk about weather anymore, but it's this storm stuff where it's like I could get all set up in the other room, but then that, if it starts raining,
0:39.2	I have to move in here. So now I'm just cramped in the closet. But yeah, things are going well.
0:43.4	My anniversaries today. Oh, my goodness. Happy anniversary. Thank you. 18 years.
0:47.9	18. Yeah. We're getting Chipotle for dinner.
0:51.9	I love that for you. actually. That sounds perfect.
0:55.1	It really is. It's so one thing I love about being in a long-term marriage is how simple things get, like at anniversary times and stuff.
1:04.7	Nothing makes me happier than just going for like a quick, like, fast food meal or Chipotle or something along those lines and, like,
1:11.4	eating ice cream from the grocery store, like at home. Like, I don't really want to go out
1:15.3	and do anything crazy. I just want to relax and, like, I want my kids to, like, be in their
1:19.3	rooms playing video games all night. Like, that's perfect for me. I don't care about anything else.
1:23.1	No, I convinced my husband to watch, like, a Netflix show with me and that's going to be the planned.
1:28.6	Yeah.
1:29.1	And I love it.
1:30.1	I love that for me.
1:31.2	I do.
1:31.6	I love that for you too.
1:32.5	Yes.
1:32.8	Happy anniversary.
1:34.0	Well, thank you.
1:34.7	My husband and I have an anniversary next month in July, not a wedding anniversary, but it will be our anniversary of being together for 20 years. So that's crazy.
1:49.3	Yeah. Yeah. Our 20 year together is, oh, it's later this year. But yeah, that is crazy. Crazy. Yeah. You're a baby. So are you. In a nice way.
2:04.1	In a nice way, you're a baby.
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