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*BONUS* The Real Impacts of True Crime Media w/ Sarah Turney

Truer Crime

Celisia Stanton

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In 2001, Sarah Turney’s sister, Alissa, went missing. Nearly two decades later and no arrests in the case, the police told her they could no longer help her and she needed to get media coverage for the case. So, in 2019, Sarah started The Voices for Justice Podcast as a way to tell Alissa’s story. In August 2020, an arrest was made in the case and Sarah’s efforts were recognized by the Maricopa County Attorney. Since the arrest, Sarah has shifted her focus to advocating for other cases in need of justice. In today’s bonus interview, Sarah reflects on what she’s learned along the way, and answers critical questions from her own experience as both a victim’s family member and a true crime media creator herself. Why might a family member tell their story on a podcast with exploitative tendencies? How does Sarah create a safe space for victims and their family members to share their stories on Voices for Justice? What could ethical true crime content look like? And what can true crime media consumers do to push the genre into a more ethical direction? I was so honored to learn from Sarah, and I hope you enjoy this bonus interview while we are on a break from regular season episodes. You can find Sarah Turney on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter (@saraheturney). Make sure to also check out Sarah's podcasts Voices for Justice and Disappearances. If you need a transcript of today's episode, please email [email protected] Love Truer Crime and want to support our work? Join us on Patreon (patreon.com/truercrimepod) If you like Truer Crime, leave us a review! It's a great way to support our work and helps other people find this show! Keep up with us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook @truercrimepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello I'm Ian Sulling and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their

0:04.0

petite hang on these are odd looking potatoes. That's kale Ian. You do know you

0:08.9

need potato to make chips right? Yes but we don't just grow potatoes we actually

0:13.8

rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy. So we eat McCain chips I'm

0:17.7

helping do some good. Exactly yeah you're supporting the move to regenerative

0:21.8

farming. By the way I do know the difference between kale and potatoes. Of course

0:27.2

today. McCain let's all check in. Hey friends it's been a minute hasn't it? The

0:34.5

last real full-length episode of True Crime came out over a year ago now which

0:38.6

is wild to believe. So a lot of you might be wondering where we've been. The

0:42.6

answer to that is complicated but also simple. Making new episodes takes a lot

0:47.5

of time and it takes even more time when both me and my team have full-time

0:51.2

jobs outside of the podcast. I promise though I promise new episodes are

0:55.5

coming we've been working on them as fast as we possibly can and I can't tell

0:59.6

you exactly what I have up my sleeve but trust me it'll be worth the way we

1:02.9

have some amazing things in store and in the meantime I'm thrilled to share with

1:07.7

you a really special interview with a fellow True Crime podcast creator whom I

1:11.9

deeply admire Sarah Turnie. Well I'm sure many of you are familiar with Sarah

1:16.5

in case you aren't Sarah entered the True Crime space as an advocate for her

1:20.6

missing sister Alyssa Turnie. Alyssa went missing in 2001 at just 17 years

1:26.1

old. Sarah exhausted all traditional legal avenues and used social media

1:30.6

organized several campaigns demanding justice for her sister and after years of

1:35.8

fighting for answers she created the Voices for Justice Podcast which

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