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It started with the 2014 disappearance of an Upper Michigan man named Chris Regan. The two-year investigation into his disappearance would take authorities on a strange journey into a world of sex, drugs, pig farming, alleged cannibalism, and serial murder; all stemming from a wedding day pact between Kelly and Jason Cochran, that resulted in the murder of at least two men. Investigative reporter, Josh Hallmark, dives through thousands of case files and dozens of hours of interviews with Kelly to make sense of the breadth of her crimes and her often contradictory stories, in hopes of identifying her additional victims she's refused to name... if there even are any.

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www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyi
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17. A Boreal Feast

17. A Boreal Feast

2023-07-2628:301

An examination of the strange relationship and power dynamics between Kelly Cochran and Detective Ogden, reveals new patterns in Kelly's stories and behaviors. Plus, a cumulative overview of what we've learned about Kelly, helps construct an MO and timeline of her crimes.This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Research assistance by Becca Cline.Tip by Olivia.Music by William Hellfire, Chris Zabriskie, Lee Rosevere, and Odetta Hartman.
If you enjoyed The Pact, check out host Josh Hallmark's other investigative deep dive into serial killer Israel Keyes: True Crime Bullsh**www.bothand.fyiwww.truecrimebullshit.comwww.patreon.com/studiobothand
Tour Announcement

Tour Announcement

2023-08-2201:25

Josh is heading out on the road. Catch him at:The True Crime & Paranormal Festival in Austin, Texas (8/26-8/27)www.truecrimepodcastfestival.comA casual Happy Hour in Tampa, Florida (9/10)www.bothand.fyi/tourObsessed Fest in Dallas, Texas (10/20-10/22)www.obsessedfest.com& Coming Soon:A Studio BOTH/AND Launch Party in North Adams, Mass.
Unsafe Spaces is an investigative, serialized true crime podcast that explores the crimes that take place in the places we’re supposed to feel safest. In Season One: Tampa’s Missing Men, I explore how two different missing persons cases, reported on the same day, opened a Pandora’s Box of unreported assaults, cold missing persons cases, ignored rapes, and unsolved murders within Florida’s gay community; and the two men who could be responsible for all of them. Not to mention cold cases of missing gay and murdered men in Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and beyond. Check out Unsafe Spaces: www.UnsafeSpacesPodcast.com
Catch up on all things Studio BOTH/AND for the month of February (and beyond).This month's news:• New tours and events • Unsafe Spaces update • The Karen & Ellen Letters update • True Crime Bullsh** update • New projects • Our Americana update • Studio BOTH/AND Launch Party follow-up in The Berkshires this October • What's happening on Patreon this month Links: • True Crime Podcast Festival, use promo code JOSH for 15% off • Studio BOTH/AND Patreon
The Pact | Trailer

The Pact | Trailer

2023-02-2201:551

It started with the 2014 disappearance of an Upper Michigan man named Chris Regan. The two-year investigation into his disappearance would take authorities on a strange journey into a world of sex, drugs, pig farming, alleged cannibalism, and serial murder; all stemming from a wedding day pact between Kelly and Jason Cochran, that resulted in the murder of at least two men. Investigative reporter, Josh Hallmark, dives through thousands of case files and dozens of hours of interviews with Kelly to make sense of the breadth of her crimes and her often contradictory stories, in hopes of identifying her additional victims she's refused to name... if there even are any.Launches: 3/15/23The Pact originally aired as season 3 of True Crime Bullsh**.
1. The Pact

1. The Pact

2023-03-1540:361

On the night of Kelly Cochran's wedding, her husband Jason forced her to agree to a pact: That if she ever cheated on him, she'd have to kill the man she cheated with. That pact would result in the deaths of at least 9 people.This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandMusic: Chris Zabriskie: Last Night I Dreamt I Saw True Love in Your EyesSergey Cheremisinov: SleepersSergey Cheremisinov: Comets and Sparks Whithe: Consequences DOOMSQUAD: Ice StormMy Brightest Diamond: Lover KillerResources: • FOIA files• Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201805/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-female-psychopaths• The Iron Mountain Daily News: https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/02/missing-or-dead/• Dead North, Investigation Discovery• The Iron County Reporter
2. Hunters & Gatherers

2. Hunters & Gatherers

2023-03-2241:332

Phone records, discrepancies in Kelly Cochran's statements, search warrants, and several interviews lead to some shocking revelations surrounding Chris Regan's disappearance. Plus, criminal psychologist, Joni Johnston, discusses female psychopaths. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Chris Zabriskie, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Radical Face, and The Bird & The Bee. Sources: Dead North, Psychology Today, and Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps
3. Baby Bird

3. Baby Bird

2023-03-2936:052

Investigators and psychologists try to get to the bottom of which Cochran was abusing the other. Chief Frizzo works with the FBI and an unlikely informant to coerce Kelly into confessing. And Kelly hits the road, again. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Radical Face, and Anna Calvi Sources: Dead North and The Iron County Reporter
4. Two Women

4. Two Women

2023-04-0545:312

Kelly discusses a third murder. Josh takes a look at the two women at the center of this case, and how their lives were affected and intertwined by it. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face. Sources: The Iron Mountain Daily News, Michigan Live, U.P. Matters, The Iron County Reporter, Dead North.
The trial of Kelly Cochran reveals shocking information about Kelly and Jason, discerns Kelly's truth from lies, and begins painting a clear picture of the Cochrans' killing spree. Plus, we take a closer look at Jason's manuscript. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Chris Zabriskie, Stacxk, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face. Sources: Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps, The Iron Mountain Daily News, The Iron County Reporter, and Dead North.
6. Mississippi Street

6. Mississippi Street

2023-04-1931:47

The investigation into Jason and Kelly Cochran's other crimes begins with a look into their time in Indiana; revealing some strange and shocking connections. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Stacxk, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face, Kevin MacLeod, and Jenny Wilson.Sources: NAMUS, The Charley Project, Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps, The Iron Mountain Daily News, and The Iron County Reporter.
7. Laura

7. Laura

2023-04-2601:36:442

She may be the only living person to truly know Kelly Cochran. Laura Frizzo talks the Cochrans, David Thayer, the glass ceiling, and how this case has impacted her life. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Stacxk, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face, Chris Zabriskie, LaBon
8. Rotten Love

8. Rotten Love

2023-05-0346:04

If Laura Frizzo knows Kelly best, then Walt Ammerman probably knew Jason best. We get to know Jason through an interview with friend and eventual informant, Walt. Then we explore Kelly's Facebook and its odd parallels to her crimes, and an unsolved Indiana homicide and its odd parallels to Chris Regan's murder. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face, Kyle Preston, and LEVY.
9. Inside

9. Inside

2023-05-1730:092

Josh goes inside the investigation into Kelly Cochran, revealing new information, new links, and a possible timeline. And the investigation itself raises some important questions about what authorities do and don't know. Next episode: 24 May 2023This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face, The Inner Shore
10. The Park

10. The Park

2023-05-2440:451

The Kelly Cochran case files arrive, opening a Pandora's Box of depravity. And during an encounter following Jason's death, Kelly shows Hobart police just how calculating and unhinged she truly is. Next episode: 31 May 2023This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandResearch assistance by Becca Cline. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, Radical Face, Ian Alex Mac, Stacxk, and Kevin MacLeod.
11. Camping

11. Camping

2023-05-3140:421

Kelly's brother, Colton, shares some revealing and shocking information with investigators. Kelly discusses her first three murders. And patterns begin to emerge.Next Episode: 14 June 2023 This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandResearch assistance by Becca Cline. Music by William Hellfire, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, Kyle Preston, and Radical Face.
12. Playing Games

12. Playing Games

2023-06-1436:281

Kelly's lists of 32 alleged victims lead investigators to find some interesting evidence in Illinois and Minnesota. And Josh begins making sense of Kelly's lists (and lies). Next Episode: 21 June 2023This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandResearch assistance by Becca Cline and Michelle Kaszuba. Music by William Hellfire, Chris Zabriskie, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, and Radical Face.
13. The Lists

13. The Lists

2023-06-2139:201

Josh deep-dives the lists of Kelly's and Jason's alleged 32 victims, with some shocking revelations and a whole lot of WTF moments.Next Episode: 28 June 2023This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, and produced by Josh HallmarkResearch assistance by Becca Cline and Michelle KaszubaResources include: NAMUS, The Charley Project, boatman.com. Music by William Hellfire, Chris Zabriskie, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere.
An exploration into Kelly Cochran's practice of avoidance, her list of trophies, and consistencies in her wildly varying stories, leads to some pretty solid conclusions about Kelly and Jason. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production:www.pactpodcast.com / www.bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothandWritten, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Research assistance by Becca Cline. Music by William Hellfire, Sergey Cheremisinov, Lee Rosevere, and Radical Face.
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Shane Dennis

josh hallmark is always a great listen

Dec 29th
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Melissa

Kelly is horrendously impossible. she's the most horrible person I've ever listen to.

Jul 21st
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Melissa

Great Pod!

Jul 20th
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Melissa

y'all didn't with that last song. 😂

Jul 20th
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Me

I love Josh's and this is the second time I'm listening to the Kelly Cochran saga. Just a bummer the trial audio is so bad--wish it could have been cleaned up with the rerelease of this podcast.

Apr 7th
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