What happens after the experiences of true crime survivors have been shared with the world? Does the media truly capture all it entails to survive such tragedy in the public eye? What comes after the convictions are in, the cameras stop rolling, and the court of public opinion has spoken? Can sharing our stories lead to justice, and is there ever really justice?
These questions and many more are discussed on the new true crime docuseries podcast brought to you by Broken Cycle Media.
What Came Next is co-created and produced by Something Was Wrong’s Tiffany Reese and host, award-winning writer, victim advocate and true crime survivor Amy B. Chesler.
On What Came Next, you’ll hear firsthand accounts from those impacted, with behind the scenes insights about what came next for survivors after their stories were shared with the world, and how the media impacts crime victims and their loved ones.
Latest episodes
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195: [Jenn Wilenta] Instincts Are Kicking In // Part 2
Content warning: sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual abuse material, image-based sexual abuse, drug-facilitated sexual abuse, drug-facilitated rape, and rape.
Jenn Wile
Sep 18 36 min
194: [Jenn Wilenta] So Much More to Come // Part 1
Content warning: grooming, sexual abuse, sexual abuse material, image-based sexual abuse, drug-facilitated sexual abuse, sexual assault, drug-facilitated rape, and rape.
Sep 11 38 min
193: [Kate Johnson] Survival Mode Felt Like Home
Content warning: child abuse, religious abuse, religious trauma, child sexual abuse material, image-based sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, mental abuse, in
Sep 4 39 min
192: [Ginger Goetz] What if She's Set Free? // Part 2
Content warning: substance use disorder, substance abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, child-to-parent violence and abuse, and murder.
Ging
Aug 28 41 min
191: [Ginger Goetz] An Uphill Battle She Was Losing // Part 1
Content warning: substance use disorder, substance abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, child-to-parent violence and abuse, and murder.
Ging
Aug 21 37 min
190: [Liz] Like a Mime Trapped in a Box
Content warning: stalking, child sexual abuse material, childhood sexual abuse, kidnapping, rape.
Liz is a mother and survivor from New York. When she was 14 years old,
Aug 14 31 min
189: [Rasul T. Freelain] I Have to Tell Sheila's Story
Content warning: murder, parricide, matricide, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, child-to-parent violence and abuse, and false reporting.
Rasul
Aug 7 43 min
188: [Jordan Wulf] Good Out of All of the Ugly // Part 3
Content warning: extreme violence, brutality, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, rape, strangulation, torture, domestic violence, criminal threats, kidnapping, and murder.
Jul 31 40 min
187: [Jordan Wulf] The Night I Gained My Freedom Back // Part 2
Content warning: extreme violence, brutality, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, rape, strangulation, torture, domestic violence, criminal threats, kidnapping, and murder.
Jul 24 43 min
186: [Jordan Wulf] The Beginning of the End // Part 1
Content warning: emotional abuse, sexual abuse, rape, torture, domestic violence, physical brutality, kidnapping, and murder.
Jordan Wulf is a mother, business professi
Jul 17 46 min
185: [Mary Cain] Nowhere Else to Turn
Content warning: bullying, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, systemic abuse, systemic betrayal, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.
Mary Cain is an author, athlete, and non-p
Jul 10 37 min
184: [Shelley Hamilton + Alicia Doyle] Until Answers Are Found // Part 3
Content warning: child abuse, rape, strangulation, asphyxia, and murder.
Shelley Hamilton is a co-victim of murder and co-author of the nonfiction book, The Forsaken. S
Jul 3 30 min
183: [Shelley Hamilton] Almost 39 Years // Part 2
Content warning: domestic violence, intimate partner violence, rape, strangulation, asphyxia, and murder.
Shelley Hamilton is a co-victim of murder and co-author of the
Jun 26 28 min
182: [Shelley Hamilton] Life Was in Limbo // Part 1
Content warning: domestic violence, intimate partner violence, rape, strangulation, asphyxia, and murder.
Shelley Hamilton is a co-victim of murder and co-author of the
Content Warning: criminal threats, professional abuse, image-based sexual abuse, legal abuse, cultic abuse, substance use disorder, driving under the influence, instituti
Jun 12 40 min
180: [Amber Rodgers] A Crisis Victim Within the System // Part 2
Content warning: childhood abuse, childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, abduction, missing persons, gun violence, murder, and mental illness.
Amber Rodgers is a
Jun 5 31 min
179: [Amber Rodgers] It's Safe Until It's Not // Part 1
Content warning: childhood abuse, childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, abduction, missing persons, gun violence, murder, and mental illness.
Amber Rodgers is a
May 29 26 min
178: [SWW Presents] S24 E25 Case & Community Updates - 12/18/2025
*Content Warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and institutionalized child abuse.
*Free + Confidential
May 22 44 min
176: [Vanessa Reiser] Episode 77 Updates
Content Warning: legal abuse, divorce, child-to-parent violence, narcissistic abuse, and coercive control.
Vanessa Reiser is a mother, author, survivor, and licensed psy
May 15 20 min
175: [Tracy Hall] If It Is to Be, It Is up to Me // Part 2
Content Warning: love fraud, intimate fraud, financial fraud, gun violence, and robbery.
Tracy Hall is a mother, author, speaker, business marketing expert, and victim
May 8 33 min
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Love this show. Each guest is so powerful and their experiences are so unique, yet still relatable. I also love how each episode takes me through so much of each victim’s journey from start to finish. It’s impossible to cover it all, but they do a great job. I think Hearing all angles of their experiences really makes me feel less alone, and shows us the impact of true crime genre. Thank you to all the guests
PodcastLover2024 · Sep 2024
I started listening to What Came Next when it was first released just a year or two ago (I heard about it through the SWW podcast). Not only has this podcast given me so much insight & perspective, but I now have an incredible amount of respect and appreciation for these victims & survivors who are brave enough to share their stories in an effort to help others, educate the public, lift each other up, and band together to make this world a better place. I grew up in a pretty traditional Christian, conservative household with right wing republican views and opinions. However, now that I’m in my mid-late 30’s with a life & family of my own I’ve made an intentional effort to expand my horizons, listen & learn about opinions & experiences very different from my own. Through this process I’ve come to realize that life is not as black and white as I thought, and many of the social & political issues we face are not simple & straight forward. The What Came Next & SWW podcasts have played a big role in this shift in my perspective and I’m no longer quick to make assumptions or judgements based on very little information. True crime has been a big interest of mine for the past few years & I'm so glad I stumbled across these podcasts when I first started exploring all of my true crime podcast options!! Amy you are incredible and you’ve made a difference in the lives of so many people, not to mention being vulnerable in sharing your own story. Thank you for giving survivors a platform to share their stories and what came next for them, what you’ve created is a remarkable community of people and the impact is worldwide. Keep up the amazing work!!!!
Chuntemann86 · Jan 2024
Amy does such an amazing job with this podcast. There are so many podcasts about the crimes, but very few about the survivors and their lives after the fact.
These women are so brave and so strong. This is the type of podcast that can inspire hope and help for those who are being abused.
I’ve fallen off of “Something Was Wrong” lately, as the host’s season was a ton of rambling, but this one is structured so beautifully and the stories are told with such meaning and compassion. So well done!
FrequentPlayer17 · Sep 2023
Something Was Wrong is my all time favorite podcast - I have listened to every single episode. I love that What Came Next is continuing the stories, however, the episodes without context to the original story makes it difficult to catch on. More often than not, I have no clue what the person is referencing/what their original story is so I just move to the next podcast. It would be great to have a quick summary of the original story so I can binge this podcast like I did SWW.
justwannalistentopodcastallday · Aug 2023
It's so irritating to hear the host constantly interrupt the guests. She doesn't offer anything substantive with her annoying interruptions. She tries to sound like a fake psychologist or therapist. Tiffany would rarely interrupt get guests and when she did, she offered substantive statements / thoughts.
Elhavina · Apr 2024
Show started out okay when it was a follow-up on survivors who had their stories covered (unethically) by media (docuseries, podcasts, etc) but has continued to fall off as it becomes a platform exclusively for those hoping to finesse their traumatic experiences into fame or financial gain (literally every guest is on here to either promote a book, their TikTok, or their own podcast. Literally every. single. one!) Also somehow manages to include too much detail while also none at all, with usually the back half of each episode being 15 minutes of filler platitudes: “Everybody heals different.” “Sharing is healing.” “Be kind to yourself.”
I’ll give points for trying to be an “ethical’ true crime pod but overall is just directionless and boring
RobbingHoodCrooks · Nov 2023
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