Something Was Wrong

*Content Warning: mature themes, scams, fraud, cons, false reporting, sexual assault. The S22 cover art is by the amazing Sara Stewart.    Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources    Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo 

Payne Lindsey, creator of the true crime podcast Up and Vanished, dives deep into the haunting disappearances of Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas. He discusses the emotional strain families endure and the complexities surrounding missing persons cases. The conversation highlights community involvement and the systemic issues within law enforcement, particularly regarding Indigenous women. Lindsey also shares insights on the evolution of true crime storytelling and the delicate balance of revealing truths while respecting victims and their families.

*Content warning: car accidents, medical trauma, stalking, medical fraud, doula fraud, birth worker abuse, domestic violence homicide, murder, legal abuse.  Please sign our petition to hold Jessica Polly accountable: https://www.change.org/p/hold-jessica-polly-accountable What Came Next Episodes referenced in this episode: [Amy B. Chesler - Evil Lives Here] This Sh*t Doesn’t End - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amy-b-chesler-evil-lives-here-this-sh-t-doesnt-end/id1674051643?i=1000602598564  [Amy B. Chesler - Evil Lives Here] The Darkest Times Are All Behind Me - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amy-b-chesler-evil-lives-here-the-darkest-times-are/id1674051643?i=1000612743331  [John-Michael Lander] An Athlete’s Silence - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-michael-lander-an-athletes-silence/id1674051643?i=1000619765637  [John-Michael Lander] Episode 22 Updates // Part 1 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-michael-lander-episode-22-updates-part-1/id1674051643?i=1000662000663  [John-Michael Lander Hosts] WCN E1 & E13 Updates // Part 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-michael-lander-hosts-wcn-e1-e13-updates-part-2/id1674051643?i=1000662716253  [WCN Presents] SWW S19 Updates - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wcn-presents-sww-s19-updates/id1674051643?i=1000667242886  For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources  FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/  Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo  business@tiffanyreese.me  The SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags.  The S21 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart. 

*Content warning: murder, bigotry, racism, violence, slavery, assault, wrongful imprisonment.  Sources: 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is Passed. (n.d.). National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/13th-amendment-us-constitution-passed Brennan Center for Justice, Wilder, W., & Baum, S. (2022, January 31). 5 Egregious Voter Suppression Laws from 2021. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/5-egregious-voter-suppression-laws-2021 Brennan Center for Justice. (n.d.) The Myth of Voter Fraud. https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud?fbclid=IwAR36AFdgauzcPZF3YxMPVzQQ636b9vVMuCwGZrkDK2YQNDy5oX6xASEBzgI British Broadcasting Corporation. (n.d.). Suffragettes in prison. In BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqkbbqt#zjkbbqt The Center for Public Integrity, & Starshak, H. (2022, October 6). 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Everytown. https://www.everytown.org/what-is-the-victims-of-crime-act/ When Women Lost the Vote. (n.d.). In The Museum of the History of the American Revolution. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibits/when-women-lost-the-vote-a-revolutionary-story/pages/how-did-the-vote-expand-new-jersey-s-revolutionary-decade The White House Historical Association, & Shogan, C. (2021, April 8). “We Shall Overcome”: Lyndon Johnson and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The White House Historical Association. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/we-shall-overcome-lbj-voting-rights Archive Audio Sources: (Democracy Now!) Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches MLKs Famous Montgomery Speech: https://youtu.be/CBm48Scju9E?si=SjGjlUrxHhVfBoBB  (The Washington Post) Remembering Rep. John Lewis, in his own words: https://youtu.be/5ayewOtuixI?si=qZvqoS8R6nr97KdH  (AAPB) Rep. John Lewis on Bloody Sunday in a 1985 Eyes on the Prize interview:  https://www.facebook.com/gbh/videos/rep-john-lewis-on-bloody-sunday-in-a-1985-eyes-on-the-prize-interview-via-aapb/1123272501840163/ (JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE) John Lewis: Good Trouble - Bloody Sunday Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHJ6JlERxY  Resources: https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Increasing-Voter-Participation https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1348556/dl?inline https://www.rockthevote.org/ https://votolatino.org/ https://www.nonprofitvote.org/ https://nvrtf.org/ For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources  FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/  Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo  business@tiffanyreese.me  The SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags.  The S21 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart. 

*Content warning: anxiety, depression, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, parasocial relationships, and mental illness. Resources: For additional resources & a list of related non-profit organizations, please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: Rebecca Godard, Susan Holtzman, Are active and passive social media use related to mental health, wellbeing, and social support outcomes? A meta-analysis of 141 studies, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2024, zmad055, Chaffey, D. (2024, May 1). Global Social Media Research Summary 2024. Smart Insights. https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new -global-social-media-research/ Firth, J., Torous, J., Stubbs, B., Firth, J. A., Steiner, G. Z., Smith, L., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Gleeson, J., Vancampfort, D., Armitage, C. J., & Sarris, J. (2019). The "online brain": how the Internet may be changing our cognition. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 18(2), 119–129. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20617 Firth, J., Torous, J., Stubbs, B., Firth, J. A., Steiner, G. Z., Smith, L., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Gleeson, J., Vancampfort, D., Armitage, C. J., & Sarris, J. (2019). The "online brain": how the Internet may be changing our cognition. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 18(2), 119–129. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20617 Uncapher MR, Wagner AD. (2018). Minds and brains of media multitaskers: current findings and future directions. Proc Natl Acad Sci;115:9889‐96 Wallinheimo, Anna-Stiina, and Simon L. Evans. (2021). "More Frequent Internet Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic Associates with Enhanced Quality of Life and Lower Depression Scores in Middle-Aged and Older Adults" Healthcare 9, no. 4: 393. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9040393 Transactions, 21(4), 376-381. Hanson, J. (2018). Social media. World Book Student. Loftus, E.F. (2018). Memory. World Book Student. Mendoza, J. S., Pody, B. C., Lee, S., Kim, M., & Mcdonough, I. Krach, S., Paulus, F. M., Bodden, M., & Kircher, T. (2010). The rewarding nature of social interactions. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 4, 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00022 Kwek, A., Peh, L., Tan, J., & Lee, J. X. (2023). Distractions, analytical thinking and falling for fake news: A survey of psychological factors. Humanities & social sciences communications, 10(1), 319. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01813-9 Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2019). Association of social media use with social well-being, positive mental health, and self-rated health: Disentangling routine use from emotional connection to use. Health Education & Behavior, 46(2_suppl). https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198119863768 11. Korte M. (2020). The impact of the digital revolution 
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*Content warning: death threats, litigation, sibling, verbal and sexual abuse, stalking, and murder. Amy B. Chesler is an author, podcaster, survivor, and victim advocate. Her experiences of sibling abuse were shared on Something Was Wrong Season 7, and her experiences afterwards are largely what inspired the creation of the show, What Came Next. WCN Episode 1, [Amy B. Chesler] This Shit Doesn’t End (released 3/3/23) highlights the continued abuse and terror she faced at the hands of her imprisoned brother; in this episode she explains how she was finally freed from the criminal justice systems (in just the last few weeks) since this podcast’s launch. Something Was Wrong Season 7: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2dec880d-db88-4156-aa12-4f82dc496422/episodes/adb93563-71ee-484a-82a8-b74b74aec0c7/something-was-wrong-s7-e1-extreme-anger?ref=dm_sh_BeYRh06neVQMkqxYAAAP0lFnU What Came Next, Episode 1: [Amy B. Chesler] This Sh*t Doesn’t End https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amy-b-chesler-this-sh-t-doesnt-end/id1674051643?i=1000602598564 Amy’s Instagram http://www.instagram.com/amybchesler Amy’s Facebook http://www.Facebook.com/amybchesler Working for Justice: One Family’s Tale of Murder, Betrayal, & Healing https://amzn.to/42adAo7 Amy’s Petition (Now Closed): https://chng.it/fxqZyJRR Free + Confidential resources: somethingwaswrong.com/resources

*Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, nonconsensual pornography, and suicidal ideation. Season 11, Episode 11 of Something Was Wrong entitled [Dara] Very Sorry first aired on February 23rd, 2021. The episode poignantly shared Dara’s account of a sexual assault she experienced while on her Spring Break Senior trip. However, her heartache did not end there. Years later, after Dara had become a mother and began to cultivate her own healing journey, her sister experienced a similar trauma. From that moment on, Dara was compelled to share their stories in hopes of changing the criminal justice landscape for other survivors. Although Something Was Wrong was the first public space she shared, her efforts have not slowed down at all. The Broken Cycle Media team is incredibly grateful for Dara’s time, energy, legislative efforts, and for sharing with our audience all that’s come next in her battle to change the statute of limitations for Indiana survivors of sexual assault. SWW S11 E11 [Dara] Very Sorry:
https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/episode/10716-dara-very-sorry/
 Change the statute of limitations for sexual assault Petition: https://chng.it/YqjgsGWL2b Senate Bill 151 via Indiana Gov’t Website
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/151/details Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking:
https://icesaht.org/ National Sexual Assault Hotline:
https://www.rainn.org/resources Suicide & Crisis Hotline:
https://988lifeline.org/ For a list of related resources and non-profit organizations, please visit: http://www.somethingwas.wrong.com/resources

*Content Warning: alcohol use disorder, interpersonal violence, child sex-abuse material, deepfakes, ai-perpetuated abuse, sexual assault, verbal abuse, violence, suicidal ideation, mature themes, sibling sexual abuse, incest, rape, sex trafficking. For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources  FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/  Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo  business@tiffanyreese.me  The SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags.  The S21 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart.  

*Content Warning: alcohol use disorder, interpersonal violence, child sex-abuse material, deepfakes, ai-perpetuated abuse, sexual assault, verbal abuse, violence, suicidal ideation, mature themes, sibling sexual abuse, incest, rape.  For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo  business@tiffanyreese.me  The SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags.  The S21 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart.  

*Content Warning: digital violence, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, doxxing, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, grooming, exploitation, child sexual abuse material, internalized misogyny, hate crimes, racism, transphobia, and homophobia. Resources: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/ National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ Take It Down: https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/ THORN: https://info.thorn.org/ Sources: Artificial Intelligence 2023 Legislation. (2023). The National Conference of State Legislatures. https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/artificial-intelligence-2023-legislation Bernard Marr. May 8, 2024. The Important Difference Between Generative AI And AGI. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/05/08/the-important-difference-between-generative-ai-and-agi/ Deeptrace Labs. (2019). The State of Deepfakes: Landscape, Threats, & impact. https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/10/08/deepfake_report.pdf European Commission. (n.d.). The EU’s Digital Services Act. https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en FACT SHEET: Presidential Memorandum Establishing the White House Task Force to address online harassment and abuse. (2022). https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/16/fact-sheet-presidential-memorandum-establishing-the-white-house-task-force-to-address-online-harassment-and-abuse/#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Justice%20(DOJ)%20will%20implement%20new%20statutory%20provisions,at%20the%20intersection%20with%20domestic Janine M. Zweig, Ph.D., Meredith Dank, Ph.D., Pamela Lachman, Jennifer Yahner. Technology, Teen Dating Violence and Abuse, and Bullying.  U.S. Department of Justice. 2013. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/243296.pdf National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. (n.d.). CyberTipline 2023 Report. https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline/cybertiplinedata Pew Research Center. (2021, January 13). The State of Online Harassment. Pew Research. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/01/13/the-state-of-online-harassment/ Pew Research Center. (2022, December 15). Teens And Cyberbullying. Pew Research. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/12/15/teens-and-cyberbullying-2022/ Right To Be. (n.d.). Self-Care When Experiencing Online Harassment. Right to Be. https://righttobe.org/guides/self-care-when-experiencing-online-harassment/ Rosenblatt, K. (2021, November 16). Drag queens are being swatted while streaming on Twitch. They want it to stop. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/drag-queens-are-swatted-streaming-twitch-want-stop-rcna5631 Rosenblatt, K. (2019, November 11). Family of Wichita man killed by police in swatting incident seeking $25 million from city. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-wichita-man-killed-police-swatting-incident-seeking-25-million-n1079836 THORN. (2023, April 11). Online Grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children. https://www.thorn.org/blog/online-grooming-what-it-is-how-it-happens-and-how-to-defend-children/ Walker, Paige, Adam Jazairi, and Chelcie Rowell, eds. Digital Literacy Against Digital Violence: A Handbook for Library Workers. 2022. https://nfpcsa.pubpub.org/handbook. Dr. Aiden Hirshfield: Dr. Hirshfield’s website: https://www.aidenhirshfield.com/ Media Psyched Podcast: https://www.aidenhirshfield.com/podcast Dr. Hirshfield’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dr.aidenhirshfield