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The Escape Pod Traumedy

A traumedy about the trials and tribulations of people in their journeys of “escape”. Escape what, you ask? ALL the things! From trauma, crime, and unhealthy family cycles, to traffic and good deeds not going unpunished. Like we said—all the things! (Just tune in…you’ll understand.)Co-hosted by Charity Doyle and Karabeth Borresen --The Escape Pod aims to connect, educate, entertain, and humanize through the lens of lived experience.

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All Episodes

44:23

Serial Squatter Strikes Again – Ep. 53

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2025/01/31

There are terrible roommates, and then there’s THIS guy. For more than a decade, a man with extensive knowledge of squatters’ rights made life miserable for multiple people – a girlfriend, landlords, neighbors, even members of his own family. How was he able to get away with it for so long, and when did his serial squatting finally come to an end? Find out on this episode of The Escape Pod! Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 6:45 2005: Houseguest refuses to leave Topic #2

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47:32

The Long Game: Fighting crime by creating connections...

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2025/01/24

Police officers typically meet residents of high-crime neighborhoods on their worst days – when they’re either victims of crime or contributors to it – and providing long-term help and support while addressing the situation at hand is nearly impossible. That’s where the Rapid City Police Department’s Community Engagement Team steps in. Comprised of both non-uniformed officers and civilians, including a social worker, this team plays the long game, creating positive relationships with kids and

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55:42

Escape Artist Overcomes Trafficking, Trauma,...

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2025/01/17

At age 5, she remembers being touched inappropriately; at 7, doing drugs for the first time; at 10, going into foster care, where she was a “lost child” until getting adopted in her teens. As an adult and addict at risk of losing her own children, Chari sought help in the fall of 2022 and began a remarkable transformation. Join Julie and Charity in The Escape Pod as they welcome this special guest and OneHeart "rock star" to share her inspiring story of overcoming trauma and choosing a better life

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44:15

The Call: 12 year old escapes bowling alley massacre...

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2025/01/10

911: Emergency. Melissa, 12: Please help me ... We were all shot. A child, suffering from multiple bullet wounds, still manages to provide critical information to emergency dispatch in hopes of helping her mom and others gunned down at a New Mexico bowling alley in 1990. Join the co-hosts in The Escape Pod this week to hear the girl’s harrowing account and theories surrounding who was responsible for the massacre that, to this day, is considered an “open” case. BE ADVISED: This episode

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01:09:38

HERsterical! Escaping Myths Surrounding Menstruation...

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2025/01/03

The curse. Aunt Flow. Code Red! Whatever you call it, women have been experiencing periods since women came to be; yet, historically, this “monthly visitor” has made people – mainly men, if we’re being honest – downright hysterical. (Case in point, the philosopher Plato compared the uterus to a “living creature” that wandered through a woman’s body wreaking havoc. Yikes!) The myths about menstruation are – indeed – wild, and even in modern times, products commonly used to help women cope with their

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01:04:30

Call Me ‘Fernando’ – Ep. 48

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/12/27

An email arrives in a nonprofit CEO’s inbox. The gist: An “investor” is interested in the work you do. He has connections to some of the country’s wealthiest people, and he’d like to leverage those connections to help you raise funds. The email looks legit, sounds promising, and a quick internet search raises no immediate red flags associated with the individual or his company. At least, not at first. BUT ... if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right? So the savvy CEO keeps digging and

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36:02

Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 2 – Ep. 47

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/12/20

Summary of Episode The co-hosts return to The Escape Pod this week to wrap up a two-part series on “phrogging,” when a person occupies a home without the homeowner’s or renter’s knowledge or permission. (It’s a criminal act that lands pretty high on the creep-o-meter, if you ask us!) Part 2 takes us back to the mid-1980s, when a teen phrogger terrorized families in Massachusetts. SIDE NOTE: Why does phrogger start with a “ph”? A quick internet search offers a few explanations, a prevalent one

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44:28

Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 1 – Ep. 46

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/12/13

Summary of Episode “Phrogging” (sounds like “frogging”) refers to the act of living in someone’s home without their knowledge or permission. It is not the same as squatting, and – in many ways – phrogging is much, much creepier. In the first of a two-part series on the subject, the Escape Pod co-hosts discuss a handful of phreaky phrogging incidents that might have you checking your closets. Twice. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains content some listeners might find disturbing. Bullet

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42:05

Intel on InCels (Misogyny Pt. 2) – Ep. 45

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/12/06

Involuntarily celibate. It could be fodder for a standup comedian, but these days, self-proclaimed “InCels” and the InCel Movement are no joke – even landing on Secret Service threat lists. Join co-hosts Julie and Charity back in The Escape Pod to wrap up a two-part series on extreme misogyny and an online community that poses a clear and present danger to the women they hate. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing. Bullet

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36:29

When Misogyny Leads to Mass Murder – Ep. 44

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/11/29

Ten years before the word “Columbine” became synonymous with school shootings in America, a young man in Canada carried out a massacre at a college in Montreal. His motive? An extreme hatred for women, whom he thought were “stealing men’s jobs.” This tale of true crime happened in 1989, but the perpetrator’s attitude toward the female sex – unfortunately – is alive and well in some male circles today. This trip into The Escape Pod is the first in a two-part series on extreme misogyny and a

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01:03:10

True Crime, Thanksgiving-style! – Ep. 43

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/11/22

We are feasting on family dysfunction in The Escape Pod this week, as true crime takes on a holiday twist. (Special thanks to Reddit for giving generously content-wise, coming through BIG for the co-hosts when one asked the other, “Do you think you could find some good stories about holiday dinners gone wrong?” Indeed, she did!) Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 :52 Escaping arthritis, a wonky earlobe, and a wrong-way driver. Topic #2 19:29 Intro to true crime,

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54:19

Not Today, Predators! – Ep. 42

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/11/15

A female runner stops for a bathroom break and gets attacked from behind. Little did the predator know that he did not choose easy prey. Kelly Herron said, “Not today, mother f@#!er!” and she meant it, fighting back successfully in that moment and then starting a whole movement around her now-famous line. Join the co-hosts in The Escape Pod this week for an episode featuring true crime, a truly incredible escape artist, and tips from self-defense experts who want to give you a fighting chance,

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40:58

Escaping Prison (for Good Reason!) – Ep. 41

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/11/08

A woman is brutally attacked and murdered in her Ohio home in 1998. The only witness? Her 6-year-old granddaughter, whose eye-witness account helps to convict her “Uncle Clarence.” But Clarence’s wife is certain he didn’t commit the crime, and she makes it her mission to prove it. Join co-hosts Julie and Charity in the Escape Pod this week, where a wife’s amateur sleuth skills help an innocent man escape a life sentence. Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 :35 Escaping bad

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55:18

High Achiever Hits Breaking Point – Ep. 40

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/11/01

Good kid, model student, high achiever – just a few of the descriptors bestowed on Sidney Powell during her high school years in Ohio. But college proved much more challenging, and some theorize that – rather than face her academic failures – Sidney turned on one of the people who loved her most. Is she a stone-cold murderer, or a young woman who suffered a mental break? On this episode of the Escape Pod, the co-hosts dive into a deep discussion about the desire to be perfect, and how that very

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48:00

Escaping Eerie Encounters – Ep. 39

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/10/25

Hop in for a Halloween-inspired edition of the Escape Pod! This week, we turn up the volume on unexplained (and very eerie) encounters with people or things seemingly from “the beyond.” A deep-breathing, bodiless man? A spirit hell-bent on having clean hands? A ghost cat? Who knows?! But if you’re up for a (mostly) mild scare with a good dose of traumedy, then this episode is for you! Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 1:13 Co-host goes on ghost tour. Topic #2

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01:22:25

Easy Cases to ‘Crack’ – Ep. 38

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/10/18

Open the “Can’t Make It Up” file, please! The Escape Pod takes a turn toward the lighthearted this week, as special guest (and Charity’s husband) Lt. Tim returns to the pod to share tales of true crime that will “crack” you up – in more ways than one! Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 2:27 Escaping the responsibilities of parenthood and computer pop-ups. Topic #2 9:52 Man tries to pull himself up by the beltloops. Topic #3 26:14 Water “rescues”? Not

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01:15:52

The Hard Truths Behind Historical Trauma – Ep. 37

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/10/11

One definition of historical trauma is “the cumulative and collective psychological and emotional injury that a group of people experiences over generations.” But it’s more than just a trendy phrase used to explain away some of the world’s biggest problems; science has shown it impacts descendants’ DNA, and in the case of Indigenous peoples in the United States, there are many hard truths behind the historical trauma they experience. The co-hosts welcome a very special guest (by phone) into The

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46:56

Trafficking Trauma & Courtroom Drama – Ep. 36

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/10/04

The county’s top prosecutor returns to the Escape Pod this week with true tales from the courtroom that rival anything you’d see on a TV drama! Plus, the co-hosts ask for insight on a case out of Wisconsin, where a woman is behind bars for killing the man she said trafficked her for years. WARNING: This episode includes content involving physical and sexual violence. Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: Topic #1 4:48 Woman fighting traffic violation gets feisty with the judge. Topic

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47:45

Escaping Crazy Exes – Ep. 35

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/09/27

A California couple begins a whirlwind romance in 2014. When it ends, the woman sends a bizarre and threatening email to her ex. After he moves on and marries another woman a short time later, his new wife starts receiving threatening messages in her inbox as well. But the bad behavior doesn’t stop with threats. At one point, the wife reports being attacked in her own home, and law enforcement believes she’s the victim of a “rape fantasy” ad posted online. We take the Escape Pod off-road this week

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01:00:06

Abductions (Gratefully!) Gone Wrong – Ep. 34

The Escape Pod Traumedy ·

2024/09/20

A 13-year-old is abducted in Texas and driven hundreds of miles from home; a 17-year-old is kidnapped in Florida and abused for 26 hours; a 15-year-old is taken in South Carolina by a man later identified as a serial killer. Rarely do such horrific crimes result in even a smidge of a happy ending, but these actually do! In fact, all three cases and others included in this episode put the spotlight directly on amazing young escape artists who kept their cool, outsmarted their captors, and survived to

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