What Came Next

*Content warning: disordered eating, anorexia, homophobia, severe physical, mental, emotional, financial, and litigative abuse, rape, and domestic violence.  Lily Sanders is a dancer, author, actress and advocate with extensive creative and professional resumes. However, it wasn’t until escaping domestic violence that she found her ultimate calling. We are so grateful she was willing to discuss he...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of drunk driving, reckless driving, medical trauma, & traumatic brain injury. Conor Crippen is a survivor and victim advocate from Ohio. Upon his entrance to college at Loyola University Chicago, Conor studied neuroscience and biology. It would be  just under a year into his educational career though that his plans were cut short by a drunk dr...

  *Content warning: This episode includes discussion of underage drinking, drug use, overdose, respite care, disordered eating, anorexia, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, coercive control, stalking, statutory rape, rape, emotional, mental, psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and attempted murder. Lexi Weinbaum is an athlete, student, and victim advocate from Con...

*Content warning: kidnapping, abduction, rape, child abuse, stalking, trafficking, and suicidal ideation Cheryl Hunter is television writer and producer, as well as a survivor advocate. Her efforts have been seen on NBC, CNN, Dr. Oz, The TED Talk stage, and many more major media platforms. But her journey of sharing about her traumatic abduction and assaults did not begin immediately. On this epis...

*Content warning: book banning, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence, police brutality, racism, segregation, lynching, and murder. Cassandra Lane is an award-winning author, journalist, artist, and speaker. Her beautiful memoir, We Are Bridges , is a labor of love born from generational trauma, as well as years of healing (and honing her craft). We are honored that Cassandra was willing to speak...

Content warning: child abuse, coercive control, stalking, kidnapping, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, fraud, and suicide. In this second part of Jan’s story, she continues to share about the grooming and sexual abuse she and her parents experienced at the hands of a neighbor. All that she’s done to heal since the abuse ended - which includes a book, a Netflix documentary entitled A...

Content warning: child abuse, coercive control, stalking, kidnapping, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, fraud, and suicide. Jan Broberg is a mother, actress, speaker, and advocate. When she was a young girl, she and her parents faced grooming and sexual abuse at the hands of a neighbor. The events that unfolded afterwards, which include two childhood abductions by the same man, are a...

This week we are taking some time for gratitude. A big THANK YOU to all of our past and future What Came Next guests, as well as our ever-growing community of listeners. This show couldn't exist without all of you. Listen to this week’s mini-sode for a sneak peek at who next week’s guest will be. And please consider taking the time to catch up on past episodes, leave a positive review, or follow W...

Content warning: domestic violence, verbal, physical, and mental abuse, threats, stalking,  litigation abuse, and fraud.  Danielle is a mom, successful entrepreneur, and domestic violence survivor whose journey was highlighted in Season 9 of Something Was Wrong. The season centered around Danielle’s narrative, navigating a very difficult relationship to a man named Ardie. She eventually went on to...

Content warning: domestic violence, verbal, physical, and mental abuse, threats, stalking, litigation abuse, and fraud.  Danielle is a mom, successful entrepreneur, and domestic violence survivor whose journey was highlighted in Season 9 of Something Was Wrong. The season centered around Danielle’s narrative, navigating a very difficult relationship to a man named Ardie. She eventually went on to...

*Content warning: gun violence, mass murder, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation Chelsea is a mother, teacher, survivor of gun violence, and advocate from Calabasas, California. Amy has known Chelsea since first grade, and although their paths diverged after high school, social media helped them stay in general touch. However, it wasn’t until Chelsea posted about her escape from a mass shooting...

Content Warning: child abuse, physical, mental, and emotional abuse, bullying, harassment, suicidal ideation, suicide, and murder. John Callas is a writer, director, and producer with an extensive list of projects including his six novels, the television show Bobby's World, and much more. His career began in the mid-seventies, and offered John a creative outlet after a very tumultuous childhood. F...

*Content warning: childhood abuse, sexual abuse, homophobia, stalking, rape, physical violence, sex trafficking, suicidal ideation, and suicide John-Michael Lander is a former Olympic-bound diver and current actor, author, speaker, and victim advocate. His words and efforts have been seen everywhere from TIME magazine to the TED Talk stage. He has entitled his experiences of sexual abuse and traff...

Episode *Content warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, child abuse, murder, suicide, and physical, mental, emotional, and litigation abuse. Tina Swithin is a mother, author, speaker, and victim advocate in the family court arena. Her blog, “ One Mom’s Battle ,” as well as her online platforms and groups, offer support for those going through divorces or custody battles to...

Episode *Content warning: child molestation, abduction, stalking, suicide, physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse. Kimberly Corban and Kara Robinson Chamberlain are victim advocates and survivors that both turned their traumas into careers in the criminal justice and media spaces. Although their experiences are different in nature, what came next in their journeys have heavily affected thei...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of antisemitism, racism, verbal abuse, impaired driving, alcohol abuse, vehicular manslaughter, and murder. Carol Oschin is a mother, model, actress, speaker, victim advocate, and co-victim of manslaughter. Since losing her beloved son, (former child actor) Jordan, she has used her experiences to educate others about grief and the dangers of drunk...

* Content warning: This episode includes discussion of substance abuse, gun violence, violent threats, self-harm, suicide, suicidal ideation, stalking, emotional, mental, psychological, and physical abuse.  Stacie Burrows is a comedian & writer from Topanga, California by way of Texas. We first met about a decade ago while we both performed in a live show centered around motherhood. Although I...

*Content warning: self-harm, child abuse, physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse and assault. Dr. Danielle Moore is a doctorate of forensic psychology, victim advocate, and former competitive gymnast. Despite the fact that her tumultuous journey has included extensive abuse and physical and emotional pain, Dr. Dani is a true beacon of hope for survivors. No matter what came next for her, sh...

*Content warning: destruction of property, stalking, abduction, domestic violence, physical violence, and murder. Lili Greer is a victim advocate and survivor from Australia. Her mother’s life was stolen by her former partner in 2012, when Lili was just thirteen. Since then, Lili has never stopped searching for and advocating for her mom, Tina, no matter what comes next in her journey. In this epi...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of infertility, miscarriages, stillbirth, statutory rape, religious, cultic, sexual, physical, emotional, and mental abuse.  Elissa Wall is a mother, author, survivor, and advocate whose incredible work has appeared on everything from Oprah to Netflix. In this second part of her story, Quantum Leap , we are given insight into Elissa’s healing jour...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of infertility, miscarriages, stillbirth, suicidal ideation, statutory rape, and mental, emotional, religious, cultic, sexual, and physical abuse.  This episode is brought to you by Kitsch. Get 30% off your entire order by visiting http://mykitsch.com/wcn Elissa Wall is a mother, author, survivor, and advocate whose incredible work has appeared on...

*Content warning: death threats, litigation, sibling, verbal and sexual abuse, stalking, and murder. Thank you, BetterHelp, for sponsoring this episode! Don't forget to visit http://www.betterhelp.com/wcn for 10% off your first month of services. Amy B. Chesler is an author, podcaster, survivor, and victim advocate. Amy shared her experiences of sibling abuse, as well as her mother’s murder, on So...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of murder, violence, emotional & physical abuse, homophobia, abandonment, infidelity, and child endangerment. Collier Landry is a filmmaker, podcaster, speaker, & victim advocate living in Santa Monica, California. His documentary, A Murder in Mansfield, is a poignant tale of the slaying of his mother and the resulting trauma that followed...

Episode *Content warning: This episode includes discussion of coercive control, domestic violence, physical, emotional, and mental abuse, violence, physical assault, weapons, and murder. This episode is brought to you by Kitsch. Get 30% off your entire order by visiting http://mykitsch.com/wcn   Terra Newell is a powerhouse victim and animal advocate whose brave journey was the subject of Netflix’...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, gun violence, murder, mass murder, and mass shooting. Olivia Percaccio is an educator, wife, daughter, sister, and friend to many; she is also the co-victim of a mass murder and shooting. We are so grateful she reached out and shared her experiences with us privately almost two years ago, after Amy’s season of Something Was W...