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Such an incredible story. One, I’m sure took years of research, hard work and DEDICATION. It is the absolute balance of between both sides with such an honest and fair tone which I find so refreshing especially living in the USA.
This is exactly how every account that is retold should be done. Thank you for being brave enough to tell this story.
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What a crazy case! The narrator does a great job describing the scenarios in a seemingly impartial way and acknowledges when he has a certain feeling about a conversation admitting thoughts around it. It sounds so complex and like the truth has been so buried and each individuals truth is so real to the point of creating false realities despite’s it being that individuals really. Would love to hear some follow up once these cases progress. Would love to hear other professionals thoughts on the disorders that Emily faces and what the industry believes now. Very compelling case.
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In my opinion, this podcast is focusing on the mishandling of someone with serious mental health issues that most likely cannot see the forest from the trees. It is not up to me to decide what abuse has been afflicted on the ‘victim’ as I am not a psychiatrist or judge, but what this investigative journalist lays out are problematic issues with the way the whole case from both sides has been handled. It seems the police and judge had decided the parents were guilty and believed the daughter, but he jury didn’t get to hear the evidence against the victim to hear of the possibility of the flawed process of memory retrieval; memories that far back cannot be remembered in such detail as said by one interviewee. I am conflicted as I seriously believe this girl has suffered trauma and the father had some twisted parenting behaviours that clearly caused harm.
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Well constructed narrative that, despite other reviews, presents a complex case in a way that provides a view through multiple lenses.
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I gave this podcast a chance, listened to the entire thing despite my hesitation on the reviews and now that I’m on the final episode I am disturbed I gave it my time. To be clear, the journalist does a great job with story telling, it’s clear the podcast had a decent budget and comes across professional. Those are about the only positives I can name.
While the host makes you believe the daughters accusations are simply from “repressed memories”, rather you find out on the last episode that one of the daughters spoke about her realization after adult sexual experiences that she was abused as a child. This is not the same as a repressed memory, rather it’s simply realizing your childhood wasn’t normal. As an abused child, I am still having these realizations at 34.
He presents “evidence” however all of it points to the parents after letting it digest for 2 seconds. The father has been accused by multiple people, including non familial students from when he was a teacher. Is it possible that certain details might be embellished? Yes I’ll concede to that. That doesn’t mean the father and mother are innocent. They both belong in jail, and their sister is a victim blaming piece of trash.
It was 100% unnecessary to mention that the victims took a picture of them smiling before giving their statements in court while crying. The host does realize women are allowed to have multiple emotions in a day right?
Overall this podcast could’ve been great but the victim blaming and bias was disgusting to hear. I hope all the victims of this horrible man and his wife (she stood by him against the other accusations as well so she’s complicit on those in my opinion at this point) are able to find peace knowing they are in jail. If you read this please ignore those that would blame you, the blame falls 100% on the perpetrators not the victims.
I would implore the host to think internally before covering any gender based violence again. You may not be the best man to cover these stories and poorly done stories about gender based violence do cause harm to survivors. Use your talent elsewhere.
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This could have been an opportunity to discuss the grey areas and difficulties in establishing facts when handling child sexual abuse cases, but instead it’s used as a vehicle for arguing that mental health professionals have gone too far in trauma informed care and ruined a good man’s life. I agree that it’s not journalism (no one from the opposing opinion is interviewed) and is victim blaming. Very harmful narrative for other survivors of assault.
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