257: What if you didn't know who to beli...

After surviving a childhood where love meant saving his mother from the ravages of schizophrenia, a man spends decades trying to outrun the self he lost, until one final visit forces him to face what was never his to fix. Today’s episode featured Johnathan Koller. Johnathan has w ... Show More

After building the loving family she always wanted, a woman loses her youngest son to an unsecured gun, and turns her grief into a fight to protect other children. Today’s episode featured Kristin Song. Kristin Miller Song is a writer and speaker whose work examines what it means ... Show More

After a scuba diving trip in Croatia turns deadly, a successful Czech executive is falsely accused of murder and thrown into a foreign jail, where the total loss of control forces him to confront fear, grief, and the unexpected freedom of mastering his own mind. Today’s episode f ... Show More

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of false imprisonment, drugging, self-harm, sexual, psychological and physical violence. For free and confidential resources, please visit: somethingwaswrong.com/resources RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organi ... Show More

*Content Warning: false pregnancy, stillbirth, physical, physiological and sexual violence, factitious disorder, fraud, medical fraud, death, labor, bigotry, blood, knife violence, domestic violence. Audio sources:Brantford woman charged in Ontario-wide doula fraud investigation. ... Show More

This week survivor Sasha shares her story. *Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of emotional and physical violence, and stalking. **Resources:The Domestic Violence Hotline offers free and confidential support, 24/7 at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233), text "START" to 88788 o ... Show More

This week we will hear Ashley Hall’s story -- told by her Mother Lucia, and her sister Jessa. Please note, due to the public nature of this story, real names will be used for this episode. *Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of psychological and physical violence ... Show More

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of grooming and sexual abuse involving a minor, gun violence, workplace abuse, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional violence, stalking, threats of homicide. If you or someone you love is being abused, please call The Nationa ... Show More

This week survivor Ari shares Part 1 of her story. *Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of emotional and physical violence, and Substance Use Disorder.**Resources: The Domestic Violence Hotline offers free and confidential support, 24/7 at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233), t ... Show More

Ep 52: On the afternoon of March 3, 1989, in Valley Stream, NY, a thirteen-year old girl watching her younger brother received a phone call. When she hung up, she told her brother that she was going to sneak out to a friend’s for a little while and would be back soon. But “a litt ... Show More

This week survivor Quinn shares her story. *Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of sexual and emotional abuse of minors.**Resources:RAINN - The National Sexual Assault Online HotlineIf you’re in need of support, please contact RAINN - the United States largest ant ... Show More

This week survivor Ari shares Part 2 of her story. *Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of abduction, rape, Substance Use Disorder, psychological and physical violence. **Resources: SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, ... Show More

*Content Warning: mass shooting, gun violence, cults, religious abuse, anorexia, disordered eating, suicidal ideation, NICU, neglect, purity culture., death. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW SS23 Merch: merch.cameo.com/store/somethi ... Show More