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Something Was Wrong

S13 E13: [Zoe] Escalating and Escalating

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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*Content warning: This story includes descriptions of grooming and sexual abuse, threats of gun violence, workplace abuse, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional violence, stalking, threats of homicide, abortion, self-harm, and stalking. 

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0:00.0

Something was wrong is intended for mature audiences.

0:03.3

Episodes discuss topics that can be upsetting,

0:06.0

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, and murder.

0:10.9

If you're in need of support, please visit somethingwaswrong.com slash resources

0:15.8

for a list of nonprofit organizations that can help.

0:18.9

I'm not a therapist or a doctor.

0:21.1

Most names have been changed for anonymity purposes.

0:24.5

Opinions expressed by gas on the show are their own

0:27.3

and do not necessarily represent my views.

0:30.2

Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes.

0:34.4

Thank you so much for listening.

1:04.4

Still hadn't heard from Ryan.

1:16.0

After I said I was in the hospital and he never answered.

1:19.8

Late at night, 10, 11 o'clock or something, and my mom had seen my phone was ringing.

1:26.3

She said, whose Nora?

1:28.7

I was like, oh, good friend from college.

1:31.2

She was like, okay, and then my phone kept ringing.

1:34.9

And kept ringing.

1:35.9

Nora kept calling me and I thought, she only calls me when I'm with Ryan.

1:40.9

Otherwise, she doesn't bother me because she's with Ryan.

1:44.0

So I thought something must be wrong because she's not with Ryan.

1:49.1

I looked at my phone and texted me and said, this is an emergency you need to call me.

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