Tara was stalked by her abusive ex-boyfriend. While online dating, Tara formed a quick friendship with a man she met. He needed a place to stay, so she offered him a spare room in her house, leading to a romantic relationship. Shortly after moving in together, he became abusive. He drugged Tara, cut her water and electric lines, tried to set her house on fire, and smashed her stove and TV with a baseball bat. She kicked him out, but he called repeatedly, broke into her home, and sent death threa...
Sep 13, 2022•49 min•Ep. 139
Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth are cult survivors who turned their harrowing experiences into a true crime podcast. As a child, Lola and her mother fell prey to a charismatic "prophet," who turned out to be a cult leader. Meagan was raised in a high control Christian group known as the Two by Twos aka "The Truth" or "The Way." Together, Lola & Meagan co-host the podcast Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation, where they share their experiences with seductive cult leaders, the dan...
Sep 06, 2022•47 min•Ep. 138
Lindsey was stalked by the worship leader from her church. After a break up, Lindsay moved back to her hometown and began a new relationship with the worship leader from her church. He was controlling, went through her phone, obsessed over her social media, got mad when she went places without him, and was abusive. As Lindsey was breaking things off with him, coincidentally, the police served a warrant for his arrest for the alleged sexual assault of a minor. He went on the run, only communicati...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 137
Rhonda was stalked by a man she moved into her apartment. While living in NYC, Rhonda was on the search for a new roommate when the man she had been briefly dating offered to move in with her. Immediately after he moved in, he became controlling, paranoid, and angry. He kept tabs on Rhonda, told her not to hang out with friends, accused her of lying, and often got into violent fights with other men. As the relationship unraveled, she discovered he stole money from her, lied to her, and cheated o...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 136
Once called "the miracle on the beach," Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long, it would make an even bolder claim: It could cure any of your problems. All you had to do was move in. What started in a house on the beach, soon spread to compounds across the country. The man who made the miracle happen, Charles E. Dederich, aka "Chuck," would be the one to destroy it all, along with ...
Aug 18, 2022•4 min•Ep. 237
Jillian Hamilton is the Creator and Host of the Podcast "Cheating: When Love Lies." While in high school, a stranger started sending Jillian gifts and notes, which she ignored at first. She figured out who her "secret admirer" was when he showed up unannounced at her parent's house, a boy in her grade that she wasn't friends with and didn't know well. Jillian continued to ignore the letters and gifts, eventually moving away to college. While at college, she received a final note telling her that...
Aug 16, 2022•42 min•Ep. 135
Maisie was stalked by her driving instructor after taking lessons from him. While learning to drive, Maisie's teacher seemed professional and friendly at first, but then she started feeling uncomfortable around him. She turned him down when he asked her out for a drink for her 18th birthday, and he responded by creating a Tik Tok for her with driving tips, but he added a heart and called her his "favorite." Because he was almost 40 years older than her, Maisie initially thought he was just a sad...
Aug 09, 2022•54 min•Ep. 134
Jeanette was stalked in college by a classmate she befriended from her wilderness class. During the class trip, they got to know each other as friends, and afterward, he texted her, asking her to be his girlfriend and saying he loved her. She turned him down, but he continued to reach out excessively, eventually showing up in class with a bouquet, causing them embarrassment when she again turned him down. He continued to follow her around campus and even threatened suicide. Jeanette went to the ...
Aug 02, 2022•53 min•Ep. 133
Melanie was stalked by her ex-husband after meeting and connecting with him online. When he told her about his criminal past, she felt they should just remain friends, but he won her over and they were quickly married. Melanie's new husband was immediately abusive, and she barely made it out of the marriage alive. After a horrible beating she filed for divorce and pressed charges. Her abuser only served five months in jail. After his release, he hacked Melanie's social media to get access to her...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 132
Jill was stalked by an older high school foreign exchange student who became obsessed with her. He constantly stood in front of her locker and would move aside when she needed to use it, but continued to stare without speaking to her. As his behavior escalated, he followed her around school, waited outside the bathroom for her, and offered her gifts. Jill told the school counselor about this, and found out he had also been stalking other students. The counselor told Jill to try to be sympathetic...
Jul 19, 2022•55 min•Ep. 131
Paula was stalked by an ex-boyfriend from high school. When Paula broke up with him, his behavior became disturbing, and he attempted suicide to try to get her back. She gave in but only stayed long enough to help him survive the suicide attempt. When she left him again, he followed her to a hotel room she was at with friends and threatened them with a gun. Paula was again afraid for her life when she was riding in his car, and he started driving erratically, threatening to kill them both. Thing...
Jul 12, 2022•45 min•Ep. 130
Liz Hickox was stalked by a woman who faked illnesses for financial support and sympathy. While volunteering at a breast cancer charity, Liz met and became friends with Sarah, who told Liz she had terminal cancer. Sarah soon became obsessed with Liz, messaging up to 200 times a day, showing up for unannounced visits, and even moving in with Liz's parents at one point. When Liz and her husband Brian began to unravel Sarah's lies they realized they were being stalked. Liz brought Sarah on the Dr. ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 129
MT is being stalked by a man she met at church. After church one day MT received a Facebook friend request with an odd message containing religious conspiracy theories, but accepted it anyway, believing it was her duty as a Christian to help him. He started following her around, taking non-consensual photos, told people they were dating, and even showed up on her dates with other men. MT was concerned and turned to the church for help...but the church elder said the solution was to marry her sta...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 128
Keila was six years old when her stepfather started stalking and abusing her. Within three months of moving in with her stepfather in Brazil, Keila discovered he was watching her while she slept and showered. Keila's stepfather started physically and sexually abusing her, but when she told her mother, Keila was the one blamed for it. She found holes her stepfather made in the walls of their house to watch her in every room, and he started following her when she left the house. After years of con...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 127
Lily Baldwin was stalked for over thirteen years by a man who became obsessed with her while she toured as a backup dancer. It started with emails, then calls, notes, and gifts in the mail - until he came to the United States looking for her. Lily hired a legal firm and sent him a cease and desist letter to stop contacting her, but it was ignored. As the stalking continued, Lily was able to get the Manhattan special victims unit involved, but there was little they could do when her stalker left ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 126
Nicola was stalked by a coworker she dated. Nicola had just left an abusive partner and was living in a woman's shelter when she met her coworker. She began to notice him outside of work at places she frequented, so they became friends and then started dating. After Nicola told him she wanted to start a family, he pulled away, so she decided to end the relationship. When Nicola moved out of the shelter to continue rebuilding her life, her ex began following her and texted her non-stop. The situa...
Jun 07, 2022•56 min•Ep. 125
Daniel is being stalked by a man he met on the dating app, Grindr. Although there was no romantic chemistry, they decided to remain friends. When Daniel was having financial problems, his new friend offered to help him out, even letting Daniel live with him to help him save money. After he moved in, Daniel was regularly questioned about his whereabouts, and his friend started drama within Daniel's friend group to isolate him. As the situation escalated, Daniel was sexually propositioned in perso...
May 31, 2022•56 min•Ep. 124
Nikki was seventeen when she met the man she would later date, have a child with, and would eventually become her stalker. During the relationship, he was controlling and abusive. Every time Nikki tried to leave, he lured her back with promises that things would get better. When she became pregnant with their child, the abuse escalated to the point that Nikki was held captive and tortured. When she was able to get help, her stalker was arrested. Nikki moved over 3000 miles away, but when he was ...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 123
Francesca is a former bikini model who has been cyberstalked for almost twenty years. After gaining international recognition through televised bikini modeling competitions and photo shoots, an obsessed fan pretended to be Francesca to acquire candidly explicit unpublished material from her photographers. Then the fan leaked the nude photos and videos to porn websites and created fake social media profiles sending the explicit pictures and videos to Francesca's friends and family. She filed a po...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 122
Darian was stalked by a stranger he met through a random act of violence. When Darian's female friend was sexually assaulted during a night out, they left the scene, but the perpetrator followed and physically assaulted Darian. Days later, a friend of the perpetrator confronted them, saying they should die because they called the police. The man started showing up in places Darian frequented, physically and verbally attacking Darian. He did not know the identity of this man but was finally able ...
May 10, 2022•58 min•Ep. 121
Collier Landry is being stalked by a woman obsessed with his past. As a child, Collier testified against his father in the brutal murder of his mother. Collier channeled his tragedy into the ID documentary "A Murder in Mansfield," revealing intimate details about his childhood and the loss of his mother. A fan of the documentary reached out to Collier wanting to collaborate on another documentary together. Collier was open to the idea until she began conflicting with his girlfriend at the time. ...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 261
Isis was stalked by a boyfriend she met when she was eighteen years old. Their relationship was great at first, but he became insecure and manipulated her into spending all her time with him. He threatened her, physically abused her, called her job, followed her to work, and even told her boss that he would set the store on fire. After his threats got her fired from her job, he followed her to her new one and repeated the same pattern of stalking. He even smashed the storefront window with a roc...
Apr 26, 2022•48 min•Ep. 119
Faye is being stalked by an ex-boyfriend who is obsessed with Asian women. While working out at the gym, Faye met an employee who found her personal information in the company database and sent her a Facebook friend request. Their friendship became romantic, but when she wanted to become exclusive, he ghosted her, and it turned into an on and off-again relationship. After Faye started dating a new man, her stalker repeatedly showed up at her apartment, threw water bottles at her windows, and cal...
Apr 19, 2022•59 min•Ep. 118
Jeska Bailey Forsyth is a musician and model whose stalker is using revenge porn to cause her harm. Before boarding a plane to Paris to meet up with her boyfriend, Jeksa received a screenshot from one of her friends who found an explicit photo online that she had posed for privately. Jeska contacted the website where it was posted, and they removed it. Later, another friend discovered more explicit photos of Jeska online, this time it included her contact information. She attempted to have the p...
Apr 12, 2022•42 min•Ep. 117
Jamie was stalked by an active-duty soldier who used his training to turn her life into a nightmare. After ending a brief relationship, Jamie began receiving unwanted calls, texts, and gifts from her ex. He "went dark" for a month, then started stalking Jamie and her new partner. He attached GPS tracking devices to their vehicles, took surveillance videos, destroyed a truck engine, and coerced an Airbnb guest into letting him into her home while she was away. Jamie set a trap to draw her stalker...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 262
Nicole was stalked by a man she met while online dating. After dating briefly, Nicole decided they weren't right for each other and tried to end the relationship. But he wouldn't accept it. He called and texted her repeatedly, delivered flowers, food, gifts and condoms to her, and showed up at her house uninvited. She blocked him hundreds of times from different apps, social media, and her cell phone...but he continued to find ways to reach her. She eventually caught him on camera sitting outsid...
Mar 29, 2022•58 min•Ep. 243
Radio DJ Amy O. was stalked by an obsessed fan. While working as DJ for a local radio station, Amy O. met a man at one of her remote broadcasts. He showed up at her at job with coffee, flowers, and food. Amy thought he was harmless until he texted her pictures he took from her patio window looking into her bedroom. His obsession took a darker turn when he stole her mail, broke into her home multiple times, and took pictures of her while she was sleeping... from inside her home. One night, she wo...
Mar 22, 2022•57 min•Ep. 242
Steven was stalked for over fifteen years by his sadistic older brother. Steven grew up in a rough neighborhood where everyone feared his older brother. Throughout his childhood, Steven's older brother would threaten him in public while he played with his friends, steal his possessions, mentally abuse, and physically attack him. When Steven eventually left home, his brother threatened to show up at his job, beat him up, strip him naked in public, slice his face open, and crush his nose. While St...
Mar 15, 2022•40 min•Ep. 252
Marie was stalked by a former friend she met in college. After graduation Marie moved home and while they stayed friends Marie was overwhelmed because her friend was manipulative and monopolized her time. Marie told her friend they needed a break and confided in some of her friends about the turmoil. Unbeknownst to Marie, her new friends started reaching out and harassing her former friend online. Marie intervened and apologized but the damage had been done. Weeks later Marie started getting ano...
Mar 08, 2022•42 min•Ep. 235
Fiona was stalked for nearly a decade by a man who created a fantasy world about her online. While working at a local restaurant, Fiona served a customer who's constant stare made her uncomfortable. She noticed him frequently pass by the windows of the restaurant to see if she was there. They lived in the same neighborhood and shared some of the same friends, but he started turning up at the neighborhood cafe whenever Fiona was there. Fiona uncovered a delusional online blog about her life - des...
Mar 01, 2022•57 min•Ep. 250
