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Strictly Stalking

S2 / E52 My Sister’s Story: Debbie Riddle

Strictly Stalking

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Debbie Riddle is an Anti-Stalking Advocate whose sister Peggy Klinke was stalked and murdered by her ex-boyfriend. After Peggy's death, Debbie refused to remain silent about the extreme failures in our criminal justice system and set out on a mission to get the system fixed and began telling Peggy's story to anyone that would listen. She caught the attention of Tracy Bahm, the Director of the Stalking Resource Center and they took Peggy's story to Washington D.C. where they testified at a congressional briefing and declared January, "National Stalking Awareness Month" in honor of Peggy. Debbie has spoken throughout the US, at law enforcement trainings, advocate trainings and college campuses and has worked with then Senator Joe Biden, Advocate Erin Brockovich, and Lifetime Television to continue to spread awareness about the dangers of stalking. Also joining us is Dana Fleitman, the Associate Advisor at the Stalking Prevention, Awareness,& Resource Center (known as SPARC) a project of AEquitas funded by the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women. Check Out Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/strictlystalking Instagram: Strictly Stalking - @strictlystalkingpod Jaimie Beebe - @feathergirl77 Jake Deptula - @jaked3000 Please consider supporting the companies that support us! Feals has me feeling my best every day and it can help you too. Become a member today by going to Feals.com/stalking and you'll get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Join today! Stop using razors that underdeliver and switch to Athena Club! Sign up today and you'll get 20% off your first order. Just go to Athenaclub.com and use promo code Stalking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

I'm so glad we had the opportunity to speak to Debbie Riddle because of all the work she's doing

0:03.9

around anti-stocking. Yeah, I think it's helped her to keep her sisters in memory of life.

0:07.8

I'm so inspired by what she's done to take her fight to Washington DC and even push to get

0:12.3

new legislation built. For sure, and National Stocking Awareness Month in January is testament to that.

0:17.7

I just kept thinking I'm not I don't know how she died. I don't know how she died if she had an

0:22.2

order of protection. How does she die if all these police officers knew about how did she die

0:26.8

if she had if she was going to go to court? How does she die if a prosecutor knew about this?

0:33.4

How does she die if a judge knew about this? Like all of these questions just kept coming

0:39.3

coming into play.

0:49.4

I'm Jamie Bebe. And I'm Jake Duptula. On today's episode of Strictly Stalking, we're chatting with

0:53.7

Debbie Riddle, an anti-stocking advocate whose sister Peggy Klingke was stalked and murdered by

0:58.8

her ex-boyfriend. After Peggy's death, Debbie refused to remain silent about the extreme failures

1:03.6

in our criminal justice system. Debbie set out on a mission to work to get the system fixed and

1:08.1

began telling Peggy's story to anyone who would listen. She caught the attention of Tracy Baum,

1:12.8

the director of the Stocking Resource Center, and it took Peggy's story to Washington DC where they

1:17.2

testified at a congressional briefing and declared January National Stocking Awareness Month in honor of Peggy.

1:23.3

Debbie is spoken throughout the U.S. at law enforcement trainings, advocate trainings,

1:27.1

and college campuses. She's also worked with then-Senator Joe Biden, advocate Aaron Brockovich

1:32.3

and lifetime television to continue to spread awareness about the dangers of stalking.

1:36.8

Also joining us is Dana Flightman, the associate advisor at the Stalking Prevention Awareness

1:42.5

and Resource Center known as Spark, a project of equitas funded by the Department of Justice,

1:49.7

Office of Violence Against Women. The organization's mission is to educate multidisciplinary

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