PART 2: The Price of Truth: We Speak Out After 9-Hr Live | Lauren & Dr. John Matthias Break Down the Fallout

Hidden True Crime

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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On October 15th, Lauren did a 9 hour live going through the most painful details of their families lives in the last several months. Now, John is here to follow up on the psychology of smear campaigns, mob mentalities, cyber stalking and physical stalking. About Hidden True Crime What started as a simple conversation at their dinner table became a captivating podcast. Join the dynamic duo of Dr. John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, as they delve into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week. Their unique perspectives and in-depth analysis offer a fresh take on true crime storytelling. Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming a Patreon member at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is part two of our episode on stalking and harassment, something our family has been
0:05.6	enduring for months. If you haven't yet, we recommend going back and listening to part one first.
0:10.8	It provides important context for what you are about to hear.
0:15.1	On Wednesday, September 15th, 2025, I went live on YouTube for exactly nine hours and nine minutes. Yes, you heard that
0:23.6	right, nine hours and nine minutes. That live stream, which I never intended to do, was raw,
0:31.2	emotional, and deeply personal. It was my attempt to reclaim my voice after months of being
0:36.6	silenced, targeted, and misrepresented.
0:39.2	Over the past several months, I have become the focus of a relentless smear campaign and the victim of persistent stalking, both online and in person.
0:48.8	So out of concern for my safety and for the safety of my husband, John, and our child, I filed for a civil stalking
0:55.4	injunction and was granted a temporary stocking injunction. And then something unexpected happened.
1:02.3	It always does, right? And this unexpected something was that law and crime requested to
1:08.7	broadcast my evidentiary hearing where I hoped to make my temporary
1:13.1	stocking injunction permanent. This was a proceeding that would have exposed the most private
1:18.4	details of our lives, including those involving our young child and sensitive mental health
1:23.2	matters. And look, as a journalist, I understand the importance of transparency. I do. But I also know
1:30.3	that some hearings are not meant for public broadcast, child custody cases, for instance, or
1:36.3	civil stalking injunctions. And why? Because they carry real risks for victims. When such cases are
1:43.4	aired to the world, the victims themselves can become
1:45.8	targets all over again. Allowing law and crime to stream that hearing would have set a dangerous
1:51.5	precedent, one that could silence other survivors out of fear that seeking protection means surrendering
1:57.4	privacy forever. So I made the difficult choice. I withdrew my case. And instead of
2:04.5	letting strangers or law and crime narrate my story, I chose to bravely tell it myself. 24 hours after
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