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Ep 337: Terror Behind Closed Doors: A Sadistic...

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2026/05/18

Miriam Lake was terrorized as a little girl by Michael Egan, a coercive controller who groomed the family through charm and love bombing before subjecting Miriam, her siblings, and mother to years of sadistic abuse. Listen as Laura identifies the patterns of behaviour and missed opportunities to safeguard and protect. Together, Laura and Miriam explore: The early warning signs and grooming behaviours The language of coercive control How coercive control creates fear, silence, and

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49:49

Ep 336: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 9

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2026/05/14

In this remastered episode, Laura discusses the other police body worn cameras and highlights new key information available from Officer Pratt’s footage, which was released on Friday 1st October.It took Moab City Police Department more than 14 days to release the second video. Laura shares why she believes it took them so long, highlighting three concerning and significant events that happened across that time in Moab City Police Department. This is uncomfortable information to hear - but it’s

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51:35

Ep 335: Con Men and Coercive Control: The Psychology...

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2026/05/11

Laura continues her interview with Sarah Ferris moving beyond the initial deception to unpack the deeper patterns, behaviours, and mindset of a conman - and what we must learn from it.Laura and Sarah profile Peter Cowell, who posed as an Admiral, extracting money from senior leaders, veterans and even targeting former police detectives for an organisation he called IntSAR – the International Sea Air Rescue Service, a global humanitarian project with a military-style structure. It turns out, it

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67:04

Ep 334: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 8

Crime Analyst ·

2026/05/07

In this remastered episode, Laura continues to break down Gabby and Brian’s behaviour using the police body worn camera footage from the Moab City Police Department.Laura focuses on evidence that Brian is thinking about himself, whilst an emotional Gabby self-abandons and prioritizes Brian’s needs over her own, as well as how sexism, a gender bias and misogyny played a role in green lighting and reinforcing Brian’s coercively controlling behaviour. Laura shares important indicators of coercive

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57:27

Ep 333: Con Men and Coercive Control: The Psychology...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/05/04

We all like to think we would know a conman when we see one – that’s what savvy Sarah Ferris thought when her sister Emma introduced her to the man she met on Tinder. His name was Andrew Tonks – only it wasn’t. His real name was Andrew W C Tonks Thomson. After six months of dating him he conned her out of more than $250,000. Together with her sister, Sarah, and a brilliant group of women – they didn't let him get away it and turned the tables on him. They made a podcast about it as it happened

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51:40

Ep 332: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 7

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/30

This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many. Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the Utah Supreme Court oral argument in

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62:40

Ep 331: Australia’s Landmark Coercive Control...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/27

Laura continues her in-depth analysis of the landmark case Police v Callum Fairleigh with survivor Sam Bouffler, moving beyond the initial conviction to further unpack the patterns, behaviours, and responses that shaped this significant outcome.Key Analytical Takeaways: • Escalation and Pattern Recognition: How coercive control intensifies over time and why early identification of the pattern - not individual incidents - is critical. • Serial Perpetration: there’s always a history and multiple

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47:10

Ep 330: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 6

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/23

This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many. Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the Utah Supreme Court oral argument in

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58:34

Ep 329: A Line in the Sand: Sam Bouffler and the...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/20

In a landmark moment for justice in Australia, New South Wales has seen its first full-time prison sentence handed down for the crime of coercive control. In this episode, Laura deconstructs the case of Police v Callum Fairleigh, analyzing the behavioral patterns that led to this historic conviction and what it means for the future of victim protection. Laura moves beyond the headlines to center the experience of Samantha, the survivor who bravely shared her story to ensure others feel less

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57:37

Ep 328: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 5

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/16

This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many. Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the Utah Supreme Court oral argument in

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74:45

Ep 327: Analysing Life’s Namaste Motherf*cker...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/13

Laura interviews comedian and author Cally Beaton and together they explore and analyse the gift of female empowerment, midlife reinvention, and “Namaste Motherf*cker moments” - those defining points where you stop tolerating what isn’t working and choose to take your power back. Every woman has a scary story about men – or two or three or four. Cally shares hers. This is an insightful and often humorous conversation about courage, identity, and recognising the moments in life where you decide

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48:58

Ep 326: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 4

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/08

Gabby would have been 27 last month. This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many.Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the

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51:03

Ep 325: Coercive Control: A Child’s Unthinkable...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/06

In part 2 David speaks candidly about his experience, excavating the patterns he now recognises, the behaviours that were normalised at the time, and the lasting effect of living with a coercively controlling father. Together, Laura and David examine the subtle and often missed warning signs, the insidious nature of coercive control, why recognising these patterns in law is critical to prevention, protection and saving lives and how men can be part of the solution in changing this behaviour. David

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42:30

Ep 324: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 3

Crime Analyst ·

2026/04/02

Gabby would have been 27 last month. This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many.Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the

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53:04

Ep 323 Coercive Control: A Child's Unthinkable...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/30

Laura and David Challen, son of Sally Challen and author of The Unthinkable, unravel the insidious and lifelong harm coercive control causes a child. David speaks candidly about his lived experience, the realities of growing up with a coercively controlling father, and his horrifying experience at his mothers’s trial where she was convicted of his fathers’s murder. Listen and find out what David discovered when he went through all the trial transcripts. It angered him so much he started to

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38:03

Ep 322: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 2

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/26

Gabby would have been 27 last week. This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many.Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news updates in the case regarding the

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60:28

Ep 321: Sexual Abuse Signs, Trauma, Recovery and...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/23

Laura and survivor, clinical psychotherapist and hypnotist Ella McCrystal share the signs of grooming, as well as what happened to the family when Ella’s abuser, her father, came home from prison having served his sentence.Ella also shares further insight into her trauma and recovery and healing journey and new trauma-informed therapies she has developed which worked for her and many other victims. ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse, rape, domestic

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40:27

Ep 320: Remastered: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 1

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/19

Today March 19 2026 would have been Gabby Petito’s 27th birthday. This remastered series is to honour Gabby and ensure the warning signs of coercive control are understood. It’s the difference between life and death for so many.Determined to decode the patterns of coercive control and escalating risk, Laura deconstructs the behaviours that were visible - but too often minimised or misunderstood - with forensic precision. Join Laura for this remastered investigative series which provides news

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65:39

Ep 319: Decodifying the Signs of Child Sexual Abuse...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/16

Laura interviews Ella McCrystal about surviving child sexual abuse, rape and domestic abuse, and the complex dynamics that can keep victims silent - including people-pleasing, fear, and when other family members and friends support and enable the abuser. Together they discuss the red flags that a child is being groomed, accountability and societal attitudes towards abusers, and the urgent need to centre survivors rather than protecting perpetrators or reputations. Laura draws parallels with

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75:08

Ep 318: The Murdaugh Murders: Final Facts and...

Crime Analyst ·

2026/03/13

The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision. Join in for Laura’s new insights in this remastered series. *** Laura

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