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May 2024
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Baby Reindeer: The complicated truth abo...

THE TIMES
About this episode

Netflix's latest hit, Baby Reindeer, is a fictional account of a real-life stalking, which our guest has experienced, too. So what happens in complicated stalking cases, when the lines between criminality, complicity and consent are blurred?

If you've been affected by any of the issues we've talked about today, do have a look at Paladin, the charity that Sarah used for help at paladinservice.co.uk.

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Guest:  Sarah Ditum, writer for The Times and The Sunday Times, and author of Toxic: Women, Fame and the Noughties

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Baby Reindeer © 2024 / Official Trailer / Netflix / creator: Richard Gadd

Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk 

Further listening: Sextapes, gossip blogs, and Paris Hilton: How the noughties went toxic

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