279. Four Pounds of Pressure: The Survival of Danielle Leukam

Strictly Stalking

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Danielle Leukam is a survivor of a horrifying home invasion. While she and her three-year-old son slept, a masked and armed intruder broke in during the night. For the next five hours, Danielle was zip-tied and brutally assaulted before the attacker finally fled. For months, his identity remained a mystery—until DNA from another assault, committed hours away, matched her rape kit. That’s when Danielle discovered the unthinkable: her attacker was someone from her past who had been stalking her. He had never been to her home, never had her address—yet somehow, he found her. Today, Danielle bravely shares her story in her memoir, Four Pounds of Pressure: A Memoir of Rape, Survival, and Taking Back My Power.

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains graphics depictions of physical violence, abduction, torture, and sexual assualt. Please listen with caution.**

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0:00.0	For the last three years, we've been bringing you stalking survivor stories from people around the world.
0:07.2	Our guests have shared their worst moments with us in order to help create awareness and give advice to others.
0:13.1	We've also heard from experts and advocates that are doing everything in their power to change the stalking laws.
0:19.3	Stocking affects millions of people worldwide, but it's not talked about enough to get everyone
0:24.1	the help they need.
0:25.5	If you have a stalking story you want to share, we'd love to hear from you.
0:29.7	By sharing your story, you have the ability to help others and take your power back.
0:33.9	And it's up to you if you'd like to use your real name or remain anonymous.
0:38.5	If you're ready to share your story or want to reach out for advice or even just chat, email us at
0:44.2	Strictly Stockingpod at gmail.com or you can DM us on Instagram at Strictly Stocking pod.
0:51.2	Thank you so much for supporting us through the years and for listening to Strictly Stalking.
0:56.0	The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains graphic depictions of physical violence and sexual assault.
1:03.0	Please listen with caution.
1:05.0	So at 127 in the morning, I woke up to a noise at the end of my bed, and I thought it was my cats.
1:11.8	So I reached over to my nightstand, and I grabbed my phone, and I clicked the side button so the light would shine, and I pointed it at the end of my bed.
1:20.4	And that's when I saw a man.
1:22.3	He stood up, and he had a 9mm gun pointed at my head.
1:39.1	Okay. and he had a 9mm gun pointed at my head. I'm Jamie Beebe.
1:40.7	And I'm Jake Deptula.
1:42.0	On today's episode of Strictly Stocking,
1:43.9	we're speaking with
1:44.5	Danielle Lycambe, a survivor of a brutal attack by a mask-armed intruder who broke into her home
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