162: What if you grew up in a cult?

After surviving the 2015 ISIS terrorist attacks at a Paris café, a woman begins the painful work of confronting buried childhood trauma and reclaiming a life she had never fully allowed herself to live. Today’s episode featured Mandy Palmucci. You can email Mandy at mandypalmucci ...  Show more

When a family sailing journey ends in capture by child soldiers during Mozambique’s civil war, a man must protect his children while confronting the unsettling truth that his captors are both perpetrators of violence and children shaped by it. Today’s episode featured Dave Muller ...  Show more

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of false imprisonment, drugging, self-harm, sexual, psychological and physical violence. For free and confidential resources, please visit: somethingwaswrong.com/resources RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organi ...  Show more

*Content Warning: Murder of a child, homicide, child abuse, infant abuse, descriptions of injuries, NICU, coma, life-support, cyber harassment, suicidal ideation, cancer, death, depression, anxiety, physical and emotional abuse.*Sources:A Second Miracle for Jace http://asecondmira ...  Show more

*Content Warning: mass shooting, gun violence, cults, religious abuse, anorexia, disordered eating, suicidal ideation, NICU, neglect, purity culture., death. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW SS23 Merch: merch.cameo.com/store/somethi ...  Show more

*Content Warning: false pregnancy, stillbirth, physical, physiological and sexual violence, factitious disorder, fraud, medical fraud, death, labor, bigotry, blood, knife violence, domestic violence. Audio sources:Brantford woman charged in Ontario-wide doula fraud investigation. ...  Show more