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Apr 2023
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S7 Ep7: WCN Presents: [Amy B. Chesler] S...

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About this episode

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of murder, as well as sexual, physical, emotional, mental, and sibling abuse. 

Amy B. Chesler is an award-winning writer, podcaster, victim advocate, and survivor of domestic violence featured in Season 7 of Something Was Wrong podcast. Her victim advocacy efforts have also appeared on Evil Lives Here, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Scary Mommy, and many more major media outlets. Amy and Tiffany Reese, creator of Something Was Wrong and co-creator of What Came Next, are here to explore what compelled them to develop this new show as a means for healing, advocacy, and justice.

Sources: 

Something Was Wrong, Season 7

https://somethingwaswrong.com/season-7/


Working for Justice:

https://amzn.to/3WwuUBo


True Crime Isn’t a Fad, It’s My Life via Scary Mommy

https://www.scarymommy.com/true-crime-my-life


Amy’s Victim Impact Statement

https://amybchesler.com/paroleupdate/


Evil Lives Here, “What if He Gets Out?”

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/evil-lives-here-investigation-discovery/what-if-he-gets-out


Petition to Keep Jesse Winnick in Prison

https://www.change.org/p/sign-to-keep-jesse-winnick-in-prison-in-loving-memory-of-hadas-winnick


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