Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
Viral CON ARTIST Fakes Cancer & Steals Millions | Elizabeth Teckenbrock's Husband Exposes Everything!
Sun, 01 Jun 2025
Drew sits down with Matt Cox to reveal how his ex-wife faked having cancer—manipulating not only him, but millions of followers online. What started as a workplace introduction spiraled into a web of lies, as she used her viral social media presence to collect hundreds of thousands in donations and fund her lifestyle. Drew opens up about the emotional toll, the financial impact, and how the truth finally came to light.Connect with DrewYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InventingElizabeth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inventing_elizabeth/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@inventingelizabethGet 50% sitewide for a limited time. Just visit https://GhostBed.com/cox and use code COX at checkout.Do you want to be a guest? Fill out the form https://forms.gle/5H7FnhvMHKtUnq7k7Send me an email here: [email protected] you extra clips and behind the scenes content?Subscribe to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/InsideTrueCrime Follow me on all socials!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidetruecrime/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewcoxtruecrimeDo you want a custom painting done by me? Check out my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/coxpopartListen to my True Crime Podcasts anywhere: https://anchor.fm/mattcox Check out my true crime books! Shark in the Housing Pool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0851KBYCFBent: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV4GC7TMIt's Insanity: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFYXKK8Devil Exposed: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TH1WT5GDevil Exposed (The Abridgment): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1070682438The Program: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0858W4G3KBailout: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bailout-matthew-cox/1142275402Dude, Where's My Hand-Grenade?: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXNFHBDF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678623676&sr=1-1Checkout my disturbingly twisted satiric novel!Stranger Danger: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSWQP3WXIf you would like to support me directly, I accept donations here:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/MattCox69Cashapp: $coxcon69
Chapter 1: What was the initial deception about cancer?
My wife at the time said that she had cancer. She's getting millions of views on every single video. This is now funding her lifestyle.
So 800,000 for one guy, 600,000 for another guy. I did not want to have to really come forward, but I had a private practice optometry clinic. I hired her best friend. And so we were introduced. I call her Aaron in the story. We were introduced by Aaron. She worked for me. And she's like, I have a friend and all this stuff and, you know, show me pictures. And so we started talking in that regards.
Like she's trying to set you up with her. Yeah, exactly. Like she was like, Hey, I have, you know, and so we went out a couple of times and started, you know, hanging out and really just, you know, hitting it off in a lot of ways. And, At that time, because I own my own business, I'm very business-focused on it. So for her, I think that was the way that she is. She's like a chameleon.
She will mimic your moves. If I was into this, she's into this. So I was really big into building the business, building the practice, and she was all about that. So I felt like we really connected over that drive. And she said she had done other business things in the past, but...
It turns out she didn't, but I was like, you know, you know, so we really connected on, you know, false things, but really knew that was what would connect with me. And so, um, Got married. We met in 2017, got married in 2018. And so that's fast. Yeah, it was fast.
Yeah. So was it fast just because she was like super cool and interesting and amazing?
And yeah, it really was. It was basically I was at a place in my life where I was in my early 30s. I had accomplished everything and I was ready for that next step. And, you know, I think she took advantage of that aspect of, you know, have my business, you know, had a house, I had all these things. So I was looking for the next aspect of my life, which was a relationship.
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Chapter 2: How did the financial manipulation begin?
So I felt like, you know, guiding that, you know, aspect of her where she really took advantage and how she operates and really you know, we're step for step every, you know, step of the way where I'm just like, Oh, this is perfect. I met my soulmate, you know? And so, yeah, it was, you know, obviously pretty fast.
And, and from there, that's where she kind of got involved in my practice and started, you know, kind of being like the tech office manager and really helping out with, you know, build, build the business. What was she doing for a living when you met her? So she said that she was working at a special needs school as like a teacher. Was that true? No.
Here's the thing. Did you find all this out later? Later, yeah, later. In real time, yeah. I was going to say, while you're dating her, because obviously something's not right, right?
Like, I mean, so, I mean, but if you're constantly lying about stuff, you know, then every once in a while you're probably going to slip up or somebody's, you're going to bump into some, you know, you're talking to her best friend. At some point, the best friend, you're going to say, oh yeah, you know, this is what she told me the other day. And then she's going to be like,
That's not what she told me. Or do those things come up and then she just has an explanation and you accept the explanation?
Yeah. So, yeah, she always had like an explanation for... All these things that happen, or if it wasn't, it was a misunderstanding or I misunderstood. It's a lot of gaslighting in that regards. Right. But to even go a step further, I even picked her up for lunch at the school.
So now I'm thinking not now, but like after I found out everything, I'm just like, did she drive to the school park in the parking lot and wait out front for me to pick her up? And I'm like, yeah, she absolutely did that. So, yeah. So, so it's not like I didn't go to the school and I mean, I didn't go to like her classroom. We didn't go in.
It was a quick little pickup and, you know, go to lunch type of deal. So like, you know, at the time you're thinking, yeah, no one's going to drive there and pretend that they work there and just wait for you.
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Chapter 3: What role did social media play in the con?
you know, house, like we're not doing whatever this is anymore, but she figured it out. And she told me, I mean, it was kind of a weird thing. She said that she had this like single mother, what do they call it? Grant, like a grant program, like for single mothers. And I'm just like, A, I already know you're lying about that because that makes no sense. Right.
And also, if that was a true grant, they're not going to give you, you know, it was basically a new build. I mean, the house, I think it was near Clearwater. I think the house itself, when I looked it up, it was probably like an $800,000 house. The rent on it alone was like $4,600. It's a come up for a single mother, right?
Well, yeah.
I'm like, they're not giving grants.
She's not single. Yeah.
Well, exactly. By the way, you're not single. And by the way, this isn't probably the, you know, they're not going to be doing any type of grants for this type of property, you know? she, that's how she, she told me, she's like, Oh, they cover X amount. So like the rent would only be 900. And she basically was like, I'm moving in there. You can move with, with me or without me.
And at this point we're with the grandparents. So I'm just like, I don't know. Like, so like me mom. Yeah. So I'm just like, you know, fine. So I, I, you know, I, I go, but as I come to find out now, Gary co-signed on that, that place with her. And it obviously wasn't a single mother grant program as you can imagine.
So Gary is now very involved in her life as I didn't really know how involved at the time, but I've come to find out how involved Gary is. And the short and the long of Gary is over the course of six months, July, actually about four months, he gave about $800,000 to her. Yeah. Wow. And this is where what you were mentioning earlier, the cancer scheme.
Well, in my world at this point, I pretty much know she doesn't have cancer. Cause again, after she had our last baby, she was supposed to start all that treatment. We got evicted. It was kind of chaotic, but it's like, I never, she never went on, you know, treatments. And so she, But that's kind of as well. It's like, it depends on who you talk to. You get a different story.
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Chapter 4: How did the lies escalate over time?
Chapter 5: What was the impact of the fake cancer diagnosis?
you know, house, like we're not doing whatever this is anymore, but she figured it out. And she told me, I mean, it was kind of a weird thing. She said that she had this like single mother, what do they call it? Grant, like a grant program, like for single mothers. And I'm just like, A, I already know you're lying about that because that makes no sense. Right.
And also, if that was a true grant, they're not going to give you, you know, it was basically a new build. I mean, the house, I think it was near Clearwater. I think the house itself, when I looked it up, it was probably like an $800,000 house. The rent on it alone was like $4,600. It's a come up for a single mother, right?
Well, yeah.
I'm like, they're not giving grants.
She's not single. Yeah.
Well, exactly. By the way, you're not single. And by the way, this isn't probably the, you know, they're not going to be doing any type of grants for this type of property, you know? she, that's how she, she told me, she's like, Oh, they cover X amount. So like the rent would only be 900. And she basically was like, I'm moving in there. You can move with, with me or without me.
And at this point we're with the grandparents. So I'm just like, I don't know. Like, so like me mom. Yeah. So I'm just like, you know, fine. So I, I, you know, I, I go, but as I come to find out now, Gary co-signed on that, that place with her. And it obviously wasn't a single mother grant program as you can imagine.
So Gary is now very involved in her life as I didn't really know how involved at the time, but I've come to find out how involved Gary is. And the short and the long of Gary is over the course of six months, July, actually about four months, he gave about $800,000 to her. Yeah. Wow. And this is where what you were mentioning earlier, the cancer scheme.
Well, in my world at this point, I pretty much know she doesn't have cancer. Cause again, after she had our last baby, she was supposed to start all that treatment. We got evicted. It was kind of chaotic, but it's like, I never, she never went on, you know, treatments. And so she, But that's kind of as well. It's like, it depends on who you talk to. You get a different story.
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Chapter 6: How did the relationship with Gary affect the situation?
Mind you, she lived at the boyfriend's and then the Cora house. And then she had another boyfriend. And so she had like six.
And she's got multiple evictions on her.
Multiple evictions. So essentially that weighed a lot because yeah, I could show the judge that essentially I, you know, I've had them full time and she's had little to no time with them. So that was, you know, how it was able to be written up. But the real factor of all of it, I guess, too, is it was written up for me to have 100% full day and night, holidays, weekends.
But because of all these crimes that we've been talking about, you know, when you're married, you go to the police. I mean, I remember going to the police with like a binder. I'm like, you know, here's all the things that have, you know, these crimes that have been committed against me. And I try and leave out the person until like the very end. Like these are all crimes.
This is what this person did. This person did. And then it's like, well, who is this to you? It's like, I, you know, my wife or soon to be depending on the time. Right. Oh, that's going to be civil. Here's your binder. Have a good day. You know? So in, when you're married, it just really, it's, that's such a different dynamic of, um, Did a crime commit? Are you married?
So they really washed their hands to it. So I put all that stuff in our divorce, like you owing me for X, Y, Z, all this stuff. So I was able to get it done. in divorce court, so to speak, it wasn't criminal court, but I was able to get, um, a lot of her, uh, I didn't, I actually forgot about the coffee shop. There's just so much. Yeah.
What's the coffee shop. Yeah. And, and doesn't she get arrested for, uh, for like check fraud or something?
Yes. That's in the, in 23. Okay. So yeah. For about the coffee shop is actually a big one. Honestly, it's just so much. I usually have like an outline because it's truly like, and it's not just like, like you said, it'd be so much simpler. Like this happened. Detective solved it, put it away. New one. No, it's, this is going. And then you're onto this.
It's the next, I mean, it just, she's juggling multiple, multiple scams. Yes. So the coffee shop, she always wanted to open a coffee shop and she, when we moved into the single women house, Gary's money involved and all that, she's like, you know, and again, I've cut her off in March. I'm, I, I'm, I'm, I'm trying to get out of this situation. I'm not trying to go deeper. Right.
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Chapter 7: What were the consequences of the deceit?
And, and so Gary's watching this seizure special dog, um, you know, and I, so I was basically just like, yeah, what do you, like, what do you go to rehab? Like, is there a pill for this path? Like this, this scenario that just happened. You made up a story about your dog being able to detect seizures. You gave it to Gary for every weekend so you can go out of town with your boyfriend.
Like, I don't think that's a take, you know, take three pills and call me on Monday. Like, that is a deeply rooted, you know, issue in a sense. Like, you just can't overlook that in 25 days, let alone probably two to three years, you know? So it is a 25 day treatment. Like, yeah, it's not really a drug rehab. Is it, is it for lying? Like this is deeper. This is way deeper.
You need 24 hour care for months at a time with many professionals. So she tried that angle, try to come back and people kind of, Trash dirt, yeah.
They went private. There was people saying, and who knows how true this is, just what I heard on this podcast coming over here, is that this facility that she said she went to, she said she did 25 days outpatient when she was, like, going every single day. But outpatient, like, you don't go every single day, and this facility only has, like, 30 days is the minimum that you could do.
It's like there is no 25-day program. Right.
Yeah. It's not a 25 day program. And when she went off, said that she was going off social media to go to this and came back, it was like a tight 24, 25 day window. But yeah, the weekends, they're supposed to not open. And, you know, obviously they don't, you have a, they have a 30 day, not a 25.
So basically on her video that she posted, we were kind of joking that she just walked up to the door and like touch the doorknob and then
walked maybe asked for a brochure or something but there's no way she went in there so she you know she's been trying to come back because you know she has like you said she has a still a huge following on there the of the of these people that are still somewhat supportive and are still believing not everyone but a lot of people still believe this abusive narrative uh escaping and yeah i'm keeping the kids from her and these different things and
Yeah. So I, you know, she's just obsessed with social media and that's what I think the perfect storm of it all is. You have someone like me who I don't never really been into social media. Don't necessarily want to be in social media. I'm kind of forced here. So I'm, I'm embracing it a little bit, but for her, she loves to go viral. She wants to go viral. This is what she wants to do.
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Chapter 8: How did the story conclude?
I still kept my page up cause I just felt like it was the right thing to do, but I would post only like, you know, back to like audio, you know, like clips of like, I call it blue text, essentially like statements. Cause it just got so rough. I, I would do a live and they're just like, you're a RAP, you know, like you're, you're a, you're abuser. Like basically like, I'm just like, Oh my gosh.
Like, you know, there's such scumbags and, and people are brazen in the, you know, in the comments. And, I mean, there'll be guys that will come on here and tell their story. And like, I've seen three articles saying that they did this, they did this, you know, all these things. And then guys will write comment in the comment section. They'll write like, he's lying. That never happened.
I'm like, well, I, I saw his indictment. I know he was released from, you know, prison. Like I can see the release online. There's three articles about it. Like what parts he lying? about. You know what I'm saying? Like you didn't do it. You just, some people just are, they're desperate to get in there and just be abusive as, as you know, as they can be.
And it's like, you don't, you don't know what's going on. You don't know what the situation is.
Like trolls to the definition of just like, I just want to create chaos here. Exactly. And like, no matter what, you can't even talk logic to them. I realized that early on. I don't even,
respond to half of them anymore because it's just like they just they want to misunderstand and they want to be you know right in a sense it's like those those women like despite the despite the divorce uh um documents despite the documentation that you're showing despite the cheese at that time she was like what like twenty one thousand dollars behind on child support yeah just despite all this documentation i'm showing you you saw a photo of a couple of kids
her with a couple of kids that you don't even know are the correct children. And you're saying that that photo... is you're as disproven everything else and that you're now the liar and she's telling the truth. Right. And because you saw a photo, right?
No, exactly. And that's the thing. Like when I did that video, I knew that's why I kind of posted like, you know, some screenshots from the actual divorce document. Like I try and hit some of the, you know, the quick hitters, like, Hey, you should fake answer, stole a million dollars, you know, those quick things, because, you know, again, even with the receipts, they were like, Oh, you're lying.
And it's like, she hasn't showed you a single, all she did was say words and has not shown you a single receipt and cried. And somehow that is a hundred percent.
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