Catfishing Stories Secret Lives

About Catfishing Stories Secret Lives

Have you ever talked to someone online who seemed almost too perfect, then noticed one detail that did not quite add up? A photo can feel convincing, a story can sound sincere, and trust can grow quickly—until a small inconsistency makes everything harder to believe. Catfishing Stories: Secret Lives explores deception, false identities and the hidden lives people build behind screens. Each episode follows the emotional fallout of online relationships shaped by secrecy, manipulation and carefully constructed personas. The stories focus on the clues people overlook, the reasons they keep believing and the moment doubt becomes impossible to ignore. When someone can control everything you see about them, how much of what you trusted was ever real?

Publisher

Creator at Obomedia

Category

society & culture · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

121 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   The Sneaker That Exposed Two Families: Roy Cox's Hidden Second Life

   The Sneaker That Exposed Two Families: Roy Cox's Hidden Second Life A single size-five light-up sneaker with the name "Aiden Cox" written inside sat on a church sign-in table and quietly unraveled seventeen years of careful construction. What looked like ordinary reliability hid a man who drove 22,000-25,000 miles a year, rented a PO box halfway between two towns, and maintained two fully lived lives - so how did no one see it until his death? In this episode, we tell how the everyday routines and records of one man mapped onto two families and two communities, revealing the systems he used to keep both lived realities moving in parallel. How did commute logs, business papers, and a single child's shoe become the documents that exposed everything? Person: Roy Harold Cox Date of death: April 4, 2011 Birth year: 1958 Location of church: Calvary Lutheran Church Towns connected: Dellwood and Dellwood - A size-five light-up sneaker with "Aiden Cox" was left on the sign-in table on April 7, 2011. - Roy drove between 22,000 and 25,000 miles per year in his work van for about seventeen years. - Roy was born in 1958 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the second of three children. - He married Nancy Hartley in 1983 and had two children: Kelsey (born 1986) and Drew (born 1989). - Roy died of a cardiac event on April 4, 2011, with his work van parked nearby. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   She Left Two Lives - Why the Keys Were Intentionally Abandoned

   She Left Two Lives - Why the Keys Were Intentionally Abandoned A deliberately placed key fob with two letters - S.H. - sat on a concrete drainage cap behind a scrub willow, looking as if it had been set there an hour earlier despite eleven days of weather. Who chose to leave those keys where another stranger would find them, and why would someone carry two separate lives for three years and four months? In this episode, we follow how a dog-led walk led Russell Zeller to turn over a photograph of an object that would become central to Deputy Tom Schaefer's questions. The episode covers the discovery, the two separate households Susan maintained, and the unexpected person who first stood at that culvert - but did not take the keys; what does that choice reveal? Person: Susan Marie Marie Age: 46 Second identity: S.M. Hanover (Sandra) Partner: Teresa Vann, age 51 Discovery date: March 12 (found at 7:55 a.m.) - The key fob had a brass oval plate engraved with the letters "S.H." - Two keys were attached: a residential deadbolt key and a flat-edged apartment key with a red rubber cap. - The fob and keys showed no rust, mud, or debris after eleven days of early-March weather. - Susan sustained two active leases for three years and four months while paying both rents on a single salary. - Teresa drove to Pinegrove Nature Path and found the fob on March 1 at roughly 7:00 a.m., then left it where it was. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   The Accidental Discovery That Unmade Two Lives

   The Accidental Discovery That Unmade Two Lives A ten-year-old's science fair board washed up in a Tennessee creek with a Mississippi address on the back, and a single damp artifact unwound a woman’s carefully split existence - a mother in Mississippi and a renter using a different name in Tennessee. How did a laminated project mailed by a child become the hinge that revealed two lives lived in parallel? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events set off by that recovered board, tracing the overlapping schedules, hidden identities, and small clues that accumulated until someone decided to act. What exactly linked the board, the gas receipt, and the texts, and how did those clues converge to expose the truth? Person: Monica Cook / Monica Prather Person: Gordon Miller Person: Douglas Thompson Date: February 15, 2011 Location: Cutter Creek, Tillman County, Tennessee - A science fair board titled "DOES WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECT HOW FAST SUGAR DISSOLVES?" was found in Cutter Creek on February 15, 2011. - The board had a Mississippi address written on the back in black Sharpie and was legible despite water damage. - Monica Cook was 28 years old in winter 2011 and lived at 14 Sable Drive, Morden, Mississippi with her ten-year-old daughter Katie. - Monica rented a second house on Aldridge Lane in Coverton, Tennessee under the name Monica Prather and had held that lease for three years. - Gordon Miller found a gas station receipt from Hernando, Mississippi and a text saying "mom did you get the thing I sent for the science fair i put it in the mail" while reviewing Monica's belongings. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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