BWBRSA: Sextortion

<p>In 1985, 27-year-old Linda Sherman vanished – just as she was making plans to leave her tumultuous marriage. For five long years, her family had no answers — until a human skull appeared beneath a restaurant window near a St. Louis, Missouri-area airport -- where her husband w ... Show More

<p>In June of 2023, a woman was brutally murdered in Floyd County, Kentucky, while attending a gathering at the home of a local dentist. The slaying rocked the small communities of eastern Kentucky as months ticked by, rumors swirled and no one was held accountable. Finally, in J ... Show More

<p>In 1980, the tiny town of San Miguel, California, was shaken when two kindergarten girls vanished in broad daylight from a main street. Despite a long list of local child predators and bizarre clues, the trail went cold in a matter of years. But now, nearly 5 decades later, th ... Show More

<p>This week survivor Quinn shares her story. </p> <p>*Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of sexual and emotional abuse of minors.</p> <p>**</p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://rainn.org/">RAINN - The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline< ... Show More

<p>Ashley and Andrea meet another Utah mom who was stunned when the FBI swarmed her home to arrest her husband.  Then, Andrea visits agents working behind the scenes to protect children from online sexual abuse at the risk of compromising their own mental health. </p> <p>If you w ... Show More

Legislators recently met to vent their frustration at big tech’s lack of accountability for the production and trading of child sexual abuse material. Will it make a difference? If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at betrayalpod@gmail.com.   To report a ... Show More

<p>Ruby Franke makes shocking claims in court. The mom accused of child abuse, claims that one of her minor children sexually abused siblings, and molested several other family members,  and children in the neighborhood, for years.</p> <p> Franke alleges one of her children began ... Show More

<p>This week survivor Nina shares her story. </p> <p>*Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of emotional, sexual and physical violence, gun violence, and murder.</p> <p>**</p> <p>Resources:</p> <p><a href="https://www.thehotline.org/">The Domestic Violence Hotline</ ... Show More

A 13-year-old girl disappears from her mother’s apartment, only to return a week later beaten, raped, and with a rose tattoo on her neck. She barely escaped her terrifying ordeal. But within hours, police have her in handcuffs — she's under arrest for crimes her captors forced he ... Show More

<p>Ashley is interviewed by her local police department and finds out more about what her husband had been doing while isolating himself from the family. During a police interview, she learns devastating details about his crimes; the worst detail is that they involve her daughter ... Show More

<p>In 2004, a teenage girl with problems at home finds solace in a boy that she had just met online. This would lead her to pay him a visit, resulting in arguably one of the heinous cases ever to surface from South Korea.</p> <p>Tune in as we retell the tragic case of The Miryang ... Show More

<p>In 2004, a teenage girl with problems at home finds solace in a boy that she had just met online. This would lead her to pay him a visit, resulting in arguably one of the heinous cases ever to surface from South Korea.</p> <p>Tune in as we retell the tragic case of The Miryang ... Show More

<p><strong>*Content Warning:</strong> emotional and physical violence of children, interpersonal violence, sexual abuse, rape, accidental drowning death involving a child, alcohol and substance use disorder, body-image abuse, fatphobia, fraud, financial elderly abuse, disordered ... Show More