Ep 93: Surviving Dirty John with Debra Newell

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode, Laura interviews survivor and shero Debra Newell from the podcast “Dirty John,” Bravo show of the same name and Oxygen documentary, “Dirty John, the Dirty Truth,” which Laura served as consultant producer on. Now Debra has written a book called “Surviving Dirty John” to set the record straight about what really happened. Laura and Debra discuss how Debra went to four different police stations, desperate for help. Despite Debra’s 319-page report about John’s history, the police told her it was a civil matter and to go home. This is exactly why Laura and Debra have been lobbying for coercive control law reform and a register for serial perpetrators in America. Laura unravels coercive control including the red flags and her indirect assessment of John Meehan using the Psychopathy Checklist Re-visited. Debra shares her investigation into her sister Cindi’s murder and reads out the message she sent police the day before her daughter, Terra Newell, was attacked by John Meehan. You won’t want to miss this. Trigger warning: Listener discretion is advised. This episode may be upsetting and/or triggering and it will be angry making. You can buy Debra Newell’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Dirty-John-Story-Murder/dp/1953295509 Sign the petition to Criminalize Coercive Control in America https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/dv-law-reform/ Sign the petition to Criminalize Coercive Control in Australia https://www.change.org/p/criminalise-coercive-control-in-australia Complete the Victims Voice Survey if you have experienced coercive control: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LLW6XZ3 You can follow Laura and her work on Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod and Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 #DebraNewell #DirtyJohn #CoerciveControl #CindiVickers #TerraNewell #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast #MaleViolence #Femicide Clip Dirty John, the Dirty Truth Thank you to my amazing sponsor Babbel: Right now, get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to BABBEL.com/crimeanalyst Leave a Review If you want to support my work and Crime Analyst and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here: https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I would dream first home, probably a doer upper, put a runs damp on it.
0:03.3	Sounds like a nightmare, which is why I keep saying we should look at new builds.
0:06.5	But they're all so watertight, asshole free.
0:08.4	Boring, just white boxes.
0:10.2	Well, we can decorate an old liquor painted in there.
0:12.4	Hmm.
0:13.4	Like a nice shade of grey.
0:15.2	We are not having grey walls.
0:16.9	Why not?
0:17.5	Why not?
0:18.5	Whatever stage of the process you're at,
0:20.1	Halifax's online first-time buyer events are full of useful tips and guidance.
0:24.9	Halifax, it's a people thing.
0:26.8	For more information, search Halifax first-time buyer events.
0:30.2	How did Malcolm finally gain his cat's respect?
0:33.4	Was it because he saved 35% on Trainline,
0:36.3	then bravely looked into the eyes of his dismissive pet,
0:39.5	where he saw something that said,
0:42.1	I don't actually hate you.
0:45.1	His Trainline detanked for Malcolm gaining his cat's respect.
0:49.0	We hope so.
0:49.9	We really do.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Laura Richards, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Laura Richards and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.