What Came Next

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...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of coercive control, cults, cultic abuse, branding, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, rape, & sex slavery. Sarah Edmondson is an actor, author, podcaster, victim advocate, & mother who has appeared in many publications and productions, including HBO’s The Vow. She found her passion for the performing arts at a young age, and has seen...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of the  antisemitism, racism, the Holocaust, sudden death, grief, physical violence, abuse, bigotry, religious persecution, mass murder, genocide, abuse involving children and war. Moshe Blechman is a former soldier, professor, and Rabbi hailing from Poland, whose life changed forever when his hometown was demolished amidst Hitler’s World War 2 ef...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of racism, revenge porn, cybercrimes, stalking, gang stalking, emotional, mental, and physical abuse, and murder. Author, speaker, and activist Charlotte Laws recently appeared on Netflix ’s Most Hated Man on the Internet. Her fierce tenacity played a large role in the takedown of a major nonconsensual pornography website , and she continues to ad...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, rape, abduction, gun violence, grand theft auto, and domestic violence.  Danette Ousley is a mother, grandmother, and survivor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She first shared her experiences of abduction and sexual assault at an event that was filmed for a VICE documentary that will be released in April. Danette’s ability to remain...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of fertility fraud, rape, sexual, legal, religious, suicidal ideation,  mental, emotional, and psychological abuse.  Netflix’s Our Father : https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81227735?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81592941 Jacoba’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jacobajballard Angela Ganote’s Instagram:  https://instagram.com/aga...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of coercive control, professional abuse, and financial fraud. Ron Schnackenberg is a father, husband, pilot, and business leader who appeared in Netflix’s Dirty Money. Ron’s rocky experience as a salesperson at Trump University only lasted eight months, but his resulting advocacy for fraud & professional abuse victims has continued over the la...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, rape, suicidal ideation, self-harm, and professional, mental, emotional, & physical abuse.  P.J. Masten is a businesswoman, survivor, victim advocate, and former Playboy “Bunny Mother” who appeared in A&E’s Secrets of Playboy. This week on What Came Next, P.J. describes the harsh realities of surviving rape and abuse at...

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of professional, mental, and emotional abuse and physical violence.  Couture fashion designer Koa Johnson shared his traumatic experiences on Hulu’s The Housewife and The Shah Shocker, after being employed by one of Bravo’s most-watched reality stars. How he prevailed amidst the abuse he faced, as well as what came next after freeing himself from...