A Special Report: Raped by His Mother - A Vic...

Original Air Date: 9-22-1986Guests open up about their struggles with gossip—some admit to being obsessive gossips themselves, while others share how damaging rumors have upended their lives. The episode explores the emotional toll and social consequences of spreading and being t ...  Show more

From June 13, 2002: Sociologist, life coach and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Martha Beck discusses what she calls “the disease to please.” She also coaches women on breaking their “doormat mentality.” Martha explains the K.I.S.S. rule, talks about why people pleasing ca ...  Show more

Senegal in West Africa recently introduced much tougher sentences for rape. Until 2019 it was deemed a misdemeanour rather than a serious crime and anyone convicted was often released after a few years, or even a few months. Myriam Francois meets rape survivors and both female an ...  Show more

A darker facet of his childhood, less publicly disclosed but equally crucial in understanding this individual, was the sexual abuse he reportedly endured. The precise details of the abuse that Garavito endured are, understandably, scant and thinly documented. What is recognize ...

Tom Leavesley-Matthews was 11 when he was sexually abused after a period of grooming. It took him many years to realise what had happened to him. But at the age of 29, he went to the police, and his abuser was convicted five years ago. He talks to fellow survivor Catriona about t ...  Show more

The only thing he loved in life was his mom. She was his everything. He couldn’t bear to be fighting with his “Mama Bear.”

He was worried that South Hill Rapist would come for his mom. I mean why wouldn’t he? He was terrorizing the entire neighborhood - no woman was safe ...