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You Can’t Make This Up

Girl in the Picture Chapter 3: A Life Undercover

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

With escalating abuse and violence, a father becomes a husband, and very likely a killer. Sharon takes on a new identity, leaving her old life and her sense of self behind. A supposed accident leaves Michael in foster care as authorities discover his family was never who they said they were. Girl in the Picture Podcast is a companion to the documentary coming to Netflix on July 6, 2022. The podcast is a standalone audio documentary and can be listened to before or after watching the film. If you are hoping to avoid spoilers, we recommend watching the film before listening to episode 3. Girl in the Picture Podcast is brought to you by Netflix and Main Event Media.Narrator: Skye BorgmanWriter and Producer: Anna PriestlandExecutive Producers: Emily Bon and Jimmy Fox for Main Event Media, Skye Borgman and Matt Birkbeck.Sound Editor: Joel PorterSound Designer and Mixer: Reed Thomas LawrenceOriginal Music Composition by: Jimmy StoferBased on the books “A Beautiful Child" and “Finding Sharon” by Matt Birkbeck. Special Thanks: Joe Fitzpatrick, Karen Parsley, Charles Engles, Merle Bean, and Mary Dufresne. If you are in need of support on any of the issues related to this podcast, please reach out to someone. If you need to talk with someone, but aren't sure which service is best for you, Victim Connect Resource Center can help you. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 oror online using a safe computer at www.thehotline.org National Sexual Violence Resource Centre National Human Trafficking HotlineHotline: 1-888-373-7888Text: 233733 ChildHelp National Child Abuse HotlineHotline: 1 (800) 422 – 4453Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone and text. National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenHotline: 1 (800) 843 – 5678 National Suicide Prevention LifelineHotline: 1-800-273-8255 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Hotline: 1 (800) 662 – 4357

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0:00.0

This podcast contains content which may be upsetting or triggering to some listeners.

0:06.0

Please check the show notes for resources should you need to reach out to someone. I'm going to So, I think that they kept moving because he kept committing crimes.

0:55.0

Now these are what we call midnight moves where you go to his work the next day and he's not there, she's not in school, no one knows what happened, he just

1:04.5

disappeared the night before.

1:08.0

He forced her to move frequently, breaking off relationships. Now we know that Sharon had at least three children and the only

1:17.2

one that she kept was Michael and I think that the reason she got to keep Michael was that kept her around.

1:25.0

I think he let her keep Michael to control her. And then. At the end of episode two of Girl in the Picture, Warren Marshall and a heavily pregnant Sharon left Tampa.

1:53.0

Everyone thought they were just taking a trip until their trailer exploded

1:57.0

and the police, suspecting arson, came looking for them.

2:02.0

Something else had happened too. for them.

2:02.6

Something else had happened too.

2:04.8

Police discovered Warren's boat with holes drilled in it

2:08.2

at the bottom of Tampa Bay.

2:10.5

When he tried to claim the insurance, a warrant was issued for his arrest.

2:15.0

1,200 miles away from Tampa in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the owner of a club called Passions,

2:22.0

put an ad in the local newspaper looking for adult dancers.

2:27.0

Passions was a far cry from the glamour of Mons Venus, with a $3 cover charge and a loophole

2:32.4

that allowed customers to bring their own beer inside.

2:35.0

Karen, a 19-year-old waitress who lived in Tulsa at the time, answered the ad and began working at the club.

2:44.0

The first real friend she made was another new dancer

2:47.0

named Tanya.

2:49.0

With passions ruled that all women had to work a minimum of five nights a week.

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