True Story Media.

Hey guys, I wanted to give you an update on the cracks in the fandom series.

It has been down from Patreon and Spotify because Megan Walsh filed a copyright complaint.

Well, rest assured, my attorneys quickly responded and the episodes will be back

soon on Patreon. And, you know, before we talk about the bonus episode that we're about to hear

today, because we're going to talk about parisocial relationships and we're going to hear from

an expert about it, I want to address some of the things that this series cracks in the fandom taught me.

And it surprised me in ways that I didn't expect.

I learned a lot from this series.

Reporting on Megan Walsh forced me to confront some uncomfortable truths.

At first glance, she didn't seem credible, right?

Her claims were scattered and emotional and honestly pretty hard to follow and seemed kind of petty.

But here's the thing. Megan wasn't just a victim. She also contributed to the chaos. She amplified it.

And in some moments, she manipulated the narrative so that it could fit her point of view. It reminded me of breaking up a fight. If you freeze the action, just at the right moment. I mean, the last person to get hit could look like the victim.

But if you zoom out, you see that people had been throwing punches this whole time, too.

So it was a really complicated story that I felt was important to tell.

Now, not everyone who listened to the series felt the same way.

A lot of my audience said, hey, this seems childish.

This seems like watching bum fights on the Internet,

and why are you giving these people a platform?

And, you know, I've sat with that critique for a while because that question, why give these people a platform? Well, that question could apply to basically any story that I do or any

story that any podcaster or true crime podcaster does. Like, why do people obsess and report about serial killers? Why did we even

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