True Crime with Kendall Rae
Insulin Poisoning Ponzi Scheme Cover-Up?! The Case of Michael & Natalie Cochran
03 Apr 2025
What is the case of Michael and Natalie Cochran about?
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of True Crime with Kendall Rae. Thank you so much for joining me today. And if you are new to the show, then welcome. I'm so happy to have you here. And I hope you guys are all having a great day, at least maybe an okay day. But anyway, today I have a wild case for you guys. It seems like for the most part, I cover really three types of cases.
I cover, obviously, murders and attempted murders. And then I also cover financial frauds, Ponzi schemes, things like that. And then also people who fake illnesses. And most of the time, that's cancer. And the case that I am going to be telling you about today involves all three of those. We're going to be talking about Natalie and Michael Cochran.
And by all accounts, they seem to be living a very luxurious, happy life, happy couple. But it was all a lie. This case is definitely going to piss you off. It's equal parts infuriating and heartbreaking and just mind-blowing how someone can think they're going to get away with doing everything possible
that she did also i wanted to cover this case because this just went to trial in january of 2025 so this is very very recent i know you guys are gonna have a lot to say on this one i have a lot to say on this one and i just already have so many thoughts coming to my head so i want to just jump into it and i want to start out by telling you more about michael cochran
So Michael Brandon Cochran was born on December 23rd of 1980 in Beckley, West Virginia, and he was actually an only child to his parents, Donna and Michael. But when he was eight, his stepdad, Ed Bolt, came into the picture, and the two of them grew incredibly close. In an interview where she talked about his childhood, Donna said that Michael Brandon was... quite an impressive kid.
She talked about how he never missed a day of school, how he was always on the principal's honor list, and how he was often involved in after-school clubs. Now, she didn't specifically say what those clubs were, so I'm not sure what he was involved with, but if I had to guess, they definitely had something to do with sports and possibly leadership as well.
Because Michael was a very athletic person. He loved sports from a super young age, and that passion only grew as he got older. He also just had a major passion for his health, and he got really into lifting weights when he was younger. He actually got his first set of barbells at just the age of 10.
And she said one of his favorite things to do was just go into his room, blast his music and work out. And when he got a little older, he even got first place in a powerlifting competition. And his mother was super, super proud of him for that. And it was actually at a sporting goods fitness type store that he ended up meeting Natalie Jessup.
Michael was just 17 at the time and he had actually gone into the store with his mom and Natalie just happened to be at the register. And Donna said that while they were at the store, she definitely noticed some flirting going on. And when they left, she even brought it up to Michael and said that girl was definitely flirting with you, which he kind of brushed off.
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