Podcast Episodes

Bonus Minisode #12: Ryan Buttery

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Stacey Schuchart was nine months pregnant with her seventh child. None of her previous six children were legally in her c…

Published on 7 hours ago

Bonus Minisode #11: Jordan Roberts

Around 6:00 PM on Friday, May 1, 2020, a woman named Maranda Alford burst into a police station in Little Rock, Arkansas, to notify authorities that her 11-year-old son, Jordan Roberts, had been take…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Bonus Minisode #10: Kendall Doss

In this bonus minisode, which was originally released for Patrons only in February 2022, you’ll hear the story of 18-month-old Kendall Lynn Doss, a precious little girl with blonde hair, her daddy’s …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Episode 204: Long-Term Effects of Child Abuse (with Kate Russell)

Episode 204

Research has long shown that child abuse and neglect can and often do lead to a wide range of negative effects on a person’s life, including mental, physical, and behavioral problems. This kind of tr…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Episode 203: Child and Survivor Advocacy (with Dale Margolin Cecka)

If you’ve listened to this show for any length of time, and most likely even if you haven’t, you know the US legal system all too often fails domestic abuse survivors, especially women, children, and…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 202: Dennis "Boo" Vaughan Jr. (Part 3)

Episode 202

Over the last two episodes, I’ve told you the story of five-year-old Dennis Vaughan Jr., known affectionately as “Boo,” who died in his grandmother’s house on Christmas Eve, 2019. Boo’s mom, Danielle…

Published on 3 months ago

Episode 201: Dennis "Boo" Vaughan Jr. (Part 2)

Young mother Danielle Vaughan knew her children were being abused in the home of her mother, Sherry Connor. She spent years pleading for someone to intervene before it was too late. No one listened, …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 200: Dennis Boo Vaughan, Jr. (Part 1)

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In 2016, toddler Dennis “Boo” Vaughan Jr. and his three …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 199: Baby Lawrence Noxon (With Jim Overmyer)

Episode 199

Lawrence Swift Noxon was born in March 1943. At five months old, he was diagnosed with what we now call Down syndrome. Three weeks later, on September 22, 1943, baby Lawrence died from electrocution …

Published on 4 months ago

Episode 198: The Good Girl (with Morrene Hauser)

My guest in this episode, Morrene Hauser, spent decades repressing traumatic memories from her childhood. When she finally cracked open that vault, her life all but fell apart. Morrene speaks with ra…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago