What happens after the experiences of true crime survivors have been shared with the world? Does the media truly capture all it entails to survive such tragedy ...
Content warning: sexual assault, physical violence, brutality, and murder.
Karie Kroll is a nurse of over 30 years, a family woman, and a co-victim of murder from Iowa. She found her passion for nursing at a young age and pursued a degree in the medical field out of college. However, it was not long into her professional trajectory that her family experienced a devastating loss: the horrific 1996 murder of her sister, Amanda. In this episode, Karie describes all that came next for her family while navigating the criminal justice system throughout the last 30 years, and the drastic changes they experienced just last year. The Broken Cycle Media team is incredibly grateful for Karie's candidness, advocacy, and her willingness to share her sister's memory with our audience. This episode is in loving memory of Amanda Michelle Folker.
Sources:
Registrant Information. (2024). In Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database. https://isp.illinois.gov/MVOAY/Details/X16B2238
For a list of non-profit organizations and related resources at http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources
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105: [Milena Monrroy] This Changed My Life
Content warning: gun violence, armed robbery, grand theft, and home invasion.
Milena Monrroy is a Los Angeles-based producer and the host of the podcast Latina Life with Jen and Milena. Her life has been largely influenced by her roles as a single mother and a storyteller, but her trajectory took a drastic turn when she became a victim of a home invasion and armed robbery in January of 2022. The months following would be filled with not only immense stress, upheaval, and fear, but also a taxing legal battle to receive justice. The Broken Cycle Media team is so grateful for Milena’s vulnerability and raw accounts of all that’s came next for her over the last two years, in hopes of bringing awareness to our audience.
Milena’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/milenaonair
Latina Life with Jen and Milena: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-latina-life-with-jen-and-m-89358863/
Latina Life with Jen and Milena on IG: https://www.instagram.com/latinalifepodcast
Sources:
Burglary Statistics. (2024, July 19). The Zebra. https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/burglary-statistics/
Home Invasion Statics By State. (2024, April 11). Consumer Affairs. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/home-invasion-statistics-by-state.html
For additional resources and a list of related non-profit organizations, please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources
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104: [Elle Gargano] My Second Chance at Life // Part 2
Content warning: suicidal ideation, intimate partner violence, criminal threats, domestic violence, physical, mental, emotional, and psychological abuse, and gun violence.
As shared in part one of her story, Elle Gargano is an entrepreneur, writer, survivor, and victim advocate from Southern California. She originally began sharing her story of resilience after attending the Las Vegas Route 91 festival and surviving a gunshot wound to the head. After enduring several surgeries and physically recovering, Elle began to realize she still had more trauma to digest. After escaping an abusive, nine-year relationship that persisted throughout her entire healing journey, Elle’s path of sharing has evolved and now allows her to advocate for domestic violence victims. The Broken Cycle Media team is so very grateful for Elle’s tenacity, resilience, and willingness to share so much of what came next for her with our audience today.
Elle’s website: https://www.ellegargano.com/
Elle’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ellegargano
Elle's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellegargano
Brave the Label: https://bravethelabel.com/
For a list of related non-profit organizations that can help, visit http://www.somethingwaswrong/com/resources
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103: [Elle Gargano] I Would Persevere // Part 1
Content warning: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, physical, mental, emotional, and psychological abuse, gun violence and mass murder.
Elle Gargano is an entrepreneur, writer, survivor, and victim advocate from Southern California. She originally began sharing her story of resilience after attending the Las Vegas Route 91 festival and surviving a gunshot wound to the head. After enduring several surgeries and physically recovering, Elle began to realize she still had more trauma to digest. After escaping an abusive, nine-year relationship that persisted throughout her entire healing journey, Elle’s path of sharing has evolved and now allows her to advocate for domestic violence victims. The Broken Cycle Media team is so very grateful for Elle’s tenacity, resilience, and willingness to share so much of what came next for her with our audience today.
Elle’s website: https://www.ellegargano.com/
Elle’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ellegargano
Elle's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellegargano
Brave the Label: https://bravethelabel.com/
For a list of related non-profit organizations that can help, visit http://www.somethingwaswrong/com/resources
Thank you again to Mint Mobile for sponsoring this episode. Don't forget to visit mintmobile.com/wcn to cut your wireless bill to $15 a month!
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102: [Kyleigh McPeek + Grace Carroll] Represent the Truth
Content warning: domestic violence, physical violence, murder, and mass murder.
Kyleigh McPeek and Grace Carroll are recent graduates of Stanford University. While they were students there, they launched an honors project that took podcast form. In this special episode of What Came Next, they share about their work on the True Crime Podcast Podcast, and their goal to promote awareness about the impact of - and ethics in - the true crime podcasting industry. The Broken Cycle Media team is not only incredibly grateful for their time and energy, but also for the advocacy and awareness they're promoting through their podcast platform.
The True Crime Podcast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-podcast-podcast/id1763286752
The True Crime Podcast Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/_podcastpodcast
Know My Name by Chanel Miller: https://amzn.to/3VAatEO
Sources:
Boling, K. S. (2022). “It’s that ‘There but for the Grace of God Go I’ Piece of It”: Domestic Violence Survivors in True Crime Podcast Audiences. Mass Communication and Society, 26(6), 991–1013. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2061359
For a list of related resources and non-profit organizations who can help, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources
What happens after the experiences of true crime survivors have been shared with the world? Does the media truly capture all it entails to survive such tragedy in the public eye? What comes after the convictions are in, the cameras stop rolling, and the court of public opinion has spoken? Can sharing our stories lead to justice, and is there ever really justice?
These questions and many more are discussed on the new true crime docuseries podcast brought to you by Broken Cycle Media (https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/) .
What Came Next (http://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast) is co-created and produced by Something Was Wrong (http://www.somethingwaswrong.com) ’s Tiffany Reese and host, award-winning writer, victim advocate and true crime survivor Amy B. Chesler (http://www.amybchesler.com) .
On What Came Next (http://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast) , you’ll hear firsthand accounts from those impacted, with behind the scenes insights about what came next for survivors after their stories were shared with the world, and how the media impacts crime victims and their loved ones.
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