You know Helen of Troy, right?

Yeah, of course you do.

The face that launched a thousand ships, the most beautiful woman in the ancient world,

famous mostly for being kidnapped.

That's right.

In the old myth, the goddess Aphrodite promised Helen to Paris, the Prince of Troy.

But one problem.

Helen is already married.

So Aphrodite helps Paris abduct her.

And that spark sets off a decade-long war.

But there's another version of the story, a version where Helen

wasn't taken at all, where she went willingly because she had a crush on the prince and wanted

a new life. Two versions of the same story. They can't both be true. Not in the same universe.

But here's what's wild.

Whether Helen is a victim or the accomplice, she's always the cause.

Not the gods, not the kings, not the men with their armies, her.

And why do you think that is?

Today's story isn't just another kidnapping story.

It's a story about how it's decided which women get believed and which ones get blamed.

I'm Harvey Guillen, and this is Killer Stories. You remember 2017. You remember 2017? I do.

It was the pre-COVID era, so everything felt different, but also in the ways that matter, kind of the same.

You know? That July, a young model named Chloe Ailing lands in Milan for a photo shoot. She's 20 from South London and just starting to get traction in the world of glamour.

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