S11 Ep9: [Vera] Diabolical

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.1 • 24.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week survivor Vera shares her story.

*Content Warning: This episode discusses rape, abortion, cyberbullying, suicidal ideation and psychological violence.

Resources:

StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at at 800-273-8255. The hotline is available free, 24/7 with services in English and Spanish. For more information and

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a nonprofit, non-partisan group. PPAF is backed by more than 7 million activists, donors, and other supporters working to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights. While PPAF works at the national level, local Planned Parenthood advocacy and political organizations are fighting to defend reproductive rights in states across the country.

Sources:

The 2019 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice) indicates that, nationwide, about 16 percent of students in grades 9–12 experienced cyberbullying.

The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that an estimated 15.7% of high school students were electronically bullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.

Something Was Wrong’s theme song was originally composed by Glad Rags and is covered this season by Kenna and the Kings.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences.
0:03.5	Episodes can discuss topics that can be triggering, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, and murder.
0:10.2	I am not a therapist or a doctor.
0:12.3	If you're in need of support, please visit somethingwaswrong.com slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help.
0:20.4	Some names have been changed for anonymity purposes.
0:23.3	Opinions expressed by the guests on the show are their own
0:25.9	and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or Audio Chuck.
0:29.8	Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes.
0:33.2	Thank you so much for listening.
0:38.8	You think you know me, you don't know me well.
0:46.3	You think you know me, you don't know me well at all. You don't know anybody till you talk to someone. Please note this episode discusses rape, abortion, cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and psychological
1:18.6	violence. Please use caution when listening. Hello, everyone. My name is Vera. I'm super, super excited
1:26.3	to be on this podcast and to be a part of something so amazing. It's an honor. I'm here to tell a story about something that happened to me when I was in high school. In high school, I had a really amazing core group of friends. We were just super tight, had lots of parties. My house was kind of the hangout party house, and we were
1:45.2	always together. We were really good friends. So what happened was really shocking for me and
1:50.4	really traumatic for me, but also I think really caused a ripple effect amongst all of us that was
1:55.7	really painful and broke us all apart. For today's episode, I interviewed Vera, her mom, and her longtime friend, Noelle.
2:03.7	Hi, this is Noelle.
2:06.3	I would describe Vera as a person in high school.
2:12.0	Kind of wild, very playful.
2:16.0	I like to have parties and get dressed up. You're always laughing and going on adventures.
2:25.9	The summer before my senior year of high school, I lost my virginity and maybe the third or fourth time I
2:32.6	ever had sex, I unfortunately got pregnant.
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