Aaron | Betrayal Weekly

Betrayal Weekly

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True Crime, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.2 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Betrayal Weekly is back. Aaron was committed to supporting the woman he loved, no matter the cost. Then one day, he asked for receipts.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human.
0:04.3	Hey, everyone. Just a note before we begin, this episode discusses suicidal ideation.
0:11.3	Please take care when listening.
0:16.5	Betrayal Weekly is officially back. This is Season 3, Episode 1. Each episode tells a unique story of
0:23.7	deception and broken trust, and each storyteller has found their own path forward. Whether
0:29.4	you've been with us from the beginning or you're just tuning in, welcome. We're starting this season
0:35.9	with Aaron's story.
0:46.2	I'm at work, just plugging away, and I get an email notification on my smartphone.
0:53.9	I look down, and it's from the FBI, RE, information about Sabrina Taylor.
1:09.2	I'm Andrea Gunning and this is Betrayal,
1:12.5	a show about the people we trust the most and the deceptions that change everything.
1:19.7	My name is Aaron Ward. I'm a software engineer working in video games.
1:26.4	Aaron spent his whole career working on popular video games.
1:30.4	I worked on Halo Infinite. I worked on Minecraft. I've worked on a bunch of little projects for Nintendo.
1:38.4	One of my minor claims to fame is I had the number one played game on Nick.com in 2008, which was SpongeBob SquarePants,
1:47.0	Reef Rumble. Aaron's a third-generation computer nerd. He grew up in rural Ohio with his
1:53.0	siblings and parents who worked in computer science. My parents were what I would call upper
1:59.2	middle class, both white-collar working professionals.
2:02.6	Aaron's parents made enough money for their family to live comfortably.
2:06.6	But a lot of people in their community struggle to make ends meet.
2:10.6	His parents tried to give back wherever they could.
2:14.6	My parents always volunteered a lot.
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