Episodes

  • Interview with former cult member Isabella Young

    Interview with former cult member Isabella Young
    Apr 1 2026
    Isabella Young is a cult survivor who has rebuilt her life after escaping from a high-control, religious group that she joined with the belief it was a spiritual community under the guidance of a spiritual teacher. What began as a search for healing, purpose, and belonging became a fight for sanity, truth, and freedom from years of mind control, emotional abuse, and strict obedience to a charismatic and deranged leader. Over time, she recognized that emotional, psychological, and spiritual tactics were being used to control cult members, including cutting off contact with family, brainwashing, and punishments for independent thinking and disobedience.

    Leaving required great courage because the cult leader threatened everyone who wanted to leave with endless suffering and personal tragedies. After her escape, Young faced the difficult process of creating a new life with new relationships, stable housing, employment, and the process of healing from the trauma of the cult. Recovery is ongoing: she has spoken about struggling with guilt, shame, fear, trust, and the challenge of making decisions after years of being told what to think and how to live. A range of healing modalities and support from other cult survivors have played a major role in regaining her self-confidence and rebuilding her sense of identity. Today, Young lives in Hawaii, where she has embraced a quiet, grounded life connected to Nature. She has found space to heal, reflect, research, and write.

    She has described the islands as a place for renewal where she can focus on personal growth and emotional well-being while distancing herself from a painful past and creating a new foundation for her future. In recent years, Young has become an advocate for raising awareness of cults, high control groups, and psychological manipulation. By sharing her story, she aims to reduce the stigma around cult survivors and encourage others to question environments that demand total loyalty or suppress individuality and critical thinking. Her journey from control to independence highlights the vulnerability that can draw some-one into a cult and the resilience it takes to reclaim one's life afterward.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted school shooter/murderer Erica Hainstock

    Jailhouse interview with convicted school shooter/murderer Erica Hainstock
    Mar 24 2026
    The criminal case of Eric Hainstock centers on a 15-year-old student who, in September 2006, brought a shotgun and handgun into Weston High School and fatally shot his principal, John Klang, after a confrontation over disciplinary issues. Hainstock had a history of behavioral problems and claimed he had been bullied, though investigations found mixed evidence supporting that claim. Following his arrest, he was charged as an adult and later convicted of first-degree intentional homicide; in 2008, he was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after a lengthy period, reflecting the severity of the crime and the court’s view of premeditation.









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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Mendy Kent

    Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Mendy Kent
    Feb 24 2026
    According to court records and regional news coverage, Mendy Kent was one of several individuals charged in Mobile County, Alabama, in connection with a long-running sexual abuse and exploitation case involving members of her extended family. Prosecutors alleged that the group participated in the abuse of minors over a period of years, and the case became widely known in the area because of the number of people implicated and the disturbing nature of the accusations. The investigation uncovered evidence that led to multiple arrests and prosecutions tied to what authorities described as an organized pattern of abuse.

    Kent’s sister, Wendy Holland, was also charged and later convicted in the same broader case. Court proceedings resulted in prison sentences for those involved. The case drew heightened public attention in Alabama not only because of the convictions but also because it later became indirectly connected to the disappearance of Brittney Wood, though Kent’s convictions themselves centered on the sexual abuse charges prosecuted in Mobile County.

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    8 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Wendy Holland (Second Phone Call)

    Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Wendy Holland (Second Phone Call)
    Feb 24 2026
    Wendy Holland is an Alabama woman who became publicly known after a broader criminal investigation involving members of her extended family in Mobile County. The investigation gained attention during the time of the 2012 disappearance of her teenage relative, Brittney Wood, a case that drew significant media coverage and later became the subject of true crime documentaries.

    As a result of the investigation, Wendy Holland was convicted of charges related to sexual abuse and incest involving minors. Her convictions stemmed from evidence uncovered by authorities during that period, and she was sentenced under Alabama law for those offenses. Brittney Wood’s disappearance remains unsolved.

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    12 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Wendy Holland

    Jailhouse interview with convicted sex offender Wendy Holland
    Feb 24 2026
    Wendy Holland is an Alabama woman who became publicly known after a broader criminal investigation involving members of her extended family in Mobile County. The investigation gained attention during the time of the 2012 disappearance of her teenage relative, Brittney Wood, a case that drew significant media coverage and later became the subject of true crime documentaries.

    As a result of the investigation, Wendy Holland was convicted of charges related to sexual abuse and incest involving minors. Her convictions stemmed from evidence uncovered by authorities during that period, and she was sentenced under Alabama law for those offenses. Brittney Wood’s disappearance remains unsolved.

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    17 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Lazale Ashby

    Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Lazale Ashby
    Feb 2 2026
    Lazale Ashby is a Connecticut inmate whose legal saga stems from the December 2002 rape and murder of 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia in her Hartford apartment; DNA evidence and his own statements led to his arrest and a 2008 conviction on multiple counts, including capital felony, for which he was sentenced to death — making him one of the state’s youngest death row prisoners — but after Connecticut abolished the death penalty, that sentence was converted to life plus 125 years. However, in 2020 the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned his conviction because his rights were violated at the original trial, and Ashby later pleaded guilty in 2023 and received a 46½-year prison sentence, the third sentencing in the case; he is also serving a 25-year term for another 2003 murder

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    39 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with Rebecca Martinez (Released)

    Jailhouse interview with Rebecca Martinez (Released)
    Jan 26 2026
    Andrew speaks with recently released California prisoner, Rebecca Martinez. Martinez was released after serving a 32-month prison sentence. Rebecca Martinez has been convicted of burglary, vehicle theft, battery on an officer, murder, accessory to murder, kidnapping, carjacking, battery, assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and felony evading.

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    41 mins
  • A conversation with retired criminal investigator Steven Lampley

    A conversation with retired criminal investigator Steven Lampley
    Jan 5 2026
    Steven David Lampley is a former police officer and undercover sex-crimes (SVU) detective with more than two decades of law-enforcement experience who has since become a bestselling true-crime author, speaker, and expert on deception and forensic investigation. He’s worked high-profile cases featured on television programs such as America’s Most Wanted and Investigation Discovery.

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    1 hr and 12 mins