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Strictly Stalking

Strictly Stalking

Strictly Stalking is a weekly true crime podcast exploring true stalking stories from survivors - in their own words. Every Tuesday, hosts Jaimie Beebe and Jake Deptula cover a unique stalking case by interviewing stalking survivors, advocates, and experts.

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01:08:29

S4 / E178 Dating, Drugs, & Danger: Stalking Brittany

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2023/06/13

Brittany was stalked by someone she met on a dating app. During the relationship this person abused drugs, became controlling, went through Brittany’s phone, monitored her social media, called constantly, and hid her keys so she couldn’t leave. This person slept outside Brittany’s apartment and removed the locks on her windows to break in at night. When they broke up, the stalking continued until they showed up at Brittany’s house with a gun leading to a standoff with police. GUEST

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00:59:56

S4 / E177 Underage Stalking: Madeleine Heather

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2023/06/06

Madeleine Heather was stalked by a co-worker when she was fourteen years old. They started dating, and he became possessive and needy. When their relationship ended, she started getting calls from private numbers; she thought she was being followed, and strange cars were driving by her house. With the help of the police, they discovered her ex was stalking her to create fear. **The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains graphic depictions of the sexual assault of a minor. Listener

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01:02:59

S4 / E176 Obsession: Surviving A Stalker

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2023/05/30

Nicole Madigan was stalked for over three years by a woman who was obsessed with her. Working as a journalist, Nicole turned her ordeal into a memoir. Part investigation and part expert analysis, Nicole used her own story to examine the psychology behind stalking behaviors and their impact on victims and survivors. LINKS & SUPPORT: Nicole Madigan https://nicolemadigan.com/obsession-book/ https://www.instagram.com/bynicolemadigan/ https://www.panterapress.com.au/product/obsession/ The Love

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00:59:40

S4 / E175 One Move Too Far: Stalking Tara

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2023/05/23

Tara was stalked by a Facebook follower. Tara's fiance started getting messages on Facebook from someone she didn't know, and soon after, they started getting numerous texts from various numbers. They changed their numbers, but the texts only escalated, becoming more personal and threatening, including photos of Tara's house. One night their house was broken into, and they found a dead cat in their mailbox. The situation escalated even further when the stalker called DHS and made false accusations

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01:00:04

S4 / E174 Title IX: Jazmin’s Justice

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2023/05/16

Jazmin was stalked by a man from her college. Jazmin befriended an awkward student in high school and spent time together when they ended up attending the same college. When their friendship started going downhill, she ended it, and he began stalking her because he thought they were in a relationship. Jazmin moved out of her apartment to escape him, but then he moved a block away from her new place and continued stalking her. Jazmin fought back to keep him away from her and off campus through a

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00:39:42

S4 / E173 Keeping Secrets: Stalking Jillian

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2023/05/09

Jillian was fifteen when she met her stalker. They dated, but the relationship was toxic and abusive. When she broke up with him, he tracked her down in public and created scenes, showed up outside her school, forced her to drive him home, and showed up at her house. Jillian eventually called the police, and they found a cache of guns at his house. He was forced to take anger management and domestic violence classes, but it didn’t stop him from stalking her and threatening to follow her to a new

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01:35:13

S4 / E172 Controlling Behavior: Stalking Olivia

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2023/05/02

Olivia was stalked by her ex-fiance. After meeting at a networking event, Olivia started dating a charming, funny, and successful man. But she mistook red flags for devotion when he tracked her movements, called her obsessively, and showed up uninvited when she went out. They moved in together, and things escalated into abuse as he continued to stalk her and threatened to kill her. When Olivia left her stalker, she got a restraining order, but he hacked her emails and social media anyway and

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00:58:29

S4 / E171 Domestic Danger: Stalking Kayla

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2023/04/25

Kayla was stalked by a man she met in high school who she dated for three years. The relationship was extremely toxic, and Kayla’s boyfriend was controlling, accused her of cheating, abused her, and threatened suicide if they broke up. When Kayla finally left the relationship, his stalking escalated. He called her constantly, followed her, created social media accounts to harass and cyberstalk her, and begged her to take him back. **The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains topics

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00:44:58

S4 / E170 Stalking The Band

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2023/04/18

Music producer Cara Buckley is being stalked by a former band member. When Cara and her husband let a new backup singer into their band, they soon regretted it when he struggled to learn the songs, drank too much at shows, and harassed other band members. Once they decided it wasn’t a good fit, they let him go from the band. After leaving the group, he sent numerous unwanted texts and emails, showed up at their gigs, and became threatening toward the rest of the band. Things escalated when he

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00:52:09

S4 / E169 Chaos on Campus: Stalking Renee

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2023/04/11

Renee met her stalker during her Sophomore year in college. They were acquaintances, and she mentioned the vacant apartment across from hers. So he moved in immediately, and she often found him staring at her intensely. He also changed his class schedule to match hers, knocked on her door constantly, yelled outside her door when he knew she was home, and followed her when she left her apartment. One night Renee called campus security when he wouldn't leave her alone, but they said they couldn't do

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00:55:20

S4 / E168 Frightening Friendship: Stalking Sarah

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2023/04/04

Sarah was stalked by a woman she met through social media. A follower commented on Sarah’s Facebook post asking to meet, and because she was female, Sarah didn’t see any red flags. They became friends, but things quickly turned toxic and escalated when she tried to poison Sarah and sabotage her new music tour. When she was confronted, her friend blocked Sarah and posted lies about her on social media. Sarah went no contact for a year, but her stalker continuously messaged her asking for forgiveness

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00:52:31

S4 / E167 Dangerous Living: Stalking Melody

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2023/03/28

Melody is a single mom who met her stalker on an online dating site. After quickly starting a relationship, she noticed red flags like love bombing, control issues, and jealousy. They moved in together, and Melody discovered he knew details of her private phone conversations and where she went throughout the day. He accused Melody of cheating, showed up at her job, and the relationship became toxic and abusive. Melody tried to kick him out of her house, but he threatened her and wouldn’t leave

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01:10:52

S4 / E166 Stalking Nina Hobson: Code Name Siren

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2023/03/21

Nina Hobson is a former UK police detective who became the target of a man she had arrested for stalking another victim. After his arrest, he turned his obsession to Nina, sending letters of his fantasies to murder her. Nina left the police force in the early 2000s after she became part of the investigative series, Dispatches: Undercover Copper, where she exposed sexism, apathy, and neglect in the police force. She now runs one of the only female-led investigative firms in the US, and hosts her

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00:43:41

S4 / E165 Hunting for Friends: Stalking Melanie

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2023/03/14

Melanie was stalked by a man she met in a Facebook group for foragers and mushroom hunters. They chatted and video-called for a year before meeting in person. After the meeting, Melanie saw red flags and ended things. But he wouldn’t take no for an answer and showed up at her job, her house, stole her keys, and even kidnapped her. Melanie called the police multiple times, but even after he was arrested and charged with stalking, he continued to break the restraining order. PODCAST LINKS: Podcast

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01:33:02

S4 / E164 Shared Stalker: Ex-Wives Undercover

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2023/03/07

Amber and Athena were stalked by the same man – their ex-husband. Both women separately met and married a man who lied about who he was and then stalked them when theyleft him. Athena met and married the man first, and when the relationship turned toxic, she left him, but he continued to stalk her even after he met his new wife, Amber. When Amber discovered he was not who she thought he was, she also left him and was stalked. Athena and Amber became friends and teamed up tofight back, and they will

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00:48:31

S4 / E163 Imaginary Lovers: Stalking Jerry

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2023/02/28

Jerry was stalked by a woman he met during an acting class. They were casual friends, but the woman started texting him non-stop and showing up at events where his band was playing. He cut ties with her because she made him uncomfortable, but she was aggressive, impatient, and angry when he didn’t respond to her texts. After thousands of texts, calls, letters, and voicemails, Jerry quit attending the acting class and isolated himself to avoid her. While Jerry barely knows his stalker, according to

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01:01:22

S4 / E162 A Fighting Chance: Stalking Maggie

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2023/02/21

Maggie was stalked by an older man she met on a dating app. After they began dating, Maggie discovered his anger issues and controlling behavior. When they broke up, he sent texts, followed her, and sent unwanted gifts. Maggie went to the police when her stalker threatened her new fiancé, but when the police reached out to him, he showed up at her parent's house to confront them. He continued to stalk the new couple, even having Maggie's fiancé banned from the Brazilian Ju Jitsu academy he trained

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00:56:50

S4 / E161 Breakup Stalker

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2023/02/14

Sarah is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who shared their private sexual messages with her parents. After dating for eight years, Sarah ended her toxic relationship and moved to a new city for a fresh start. But her ex became obsessed and followed her. He confronted her friend when she stayed at his house, followed her to work, and texted her non-stop. Sarah even worried he would steal her puppy. When Sarah attended a holiday work party, her stalker left a note on her friend’s car and sent

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01:11:30

S4 / E160 Dangerous Relations: Stalking Nicolette

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2023/02/07

Nicolette is being stalked by someone who is trying to destroy her and her family. When Nicolette's high school friend met her brother, they were soon inseparable. They married and had a child during her senior year of high school, but the couple became volatile toward family members over the next few years. After Nicolette was cut out of her brother and sister-in-law's lives, she and others in the family started getting anonymous threatening letters and phone calls. As things escalated, Nicolette

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00:58:25

S4 / E159 Stalking Her Back: Fighting Fear

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2023/01/31

Amber was stalked by an obsessed coworker. Amber's female coworker took a romantic interest in her, showing up at places she would be and even befriending her grandmother. Amber made it clear that she didn't want her coworker to contact her or anyone in her family, but she didn't stop. The coworker sent hundreds of texts, took photos of her parked car, and left gifts at Amber’s house. Things became violent when Amber was threatened and sexually assaulted at knifepoint. Amber escaped and went to the

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