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Something Was Wrong

S21 Ep4: (2/2) [Michelle] Loose Lips Sink Ships

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

*Content Warning: child abuse, physical, mental, emotional, and verbal abuse, rape, pregnancy loss, and suicidal ideation. 


*Resources:

State Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Numbers: https://www.childwelfare.gov/state-child-abuse-and-neglect-reporting-numbers/?rt=795


Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: https://www.childhelphotline.org/


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The SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags. 

The S21 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart.  


Transcript

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0:00.0

Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences, as it discusses topics that can be upsetting,

0:05.9

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

0:10.9

Content warnings for each episode and confidential resources for survivors can be found in the episode

0:17.2

notes. Some survivor names have been changed for anonymity purposes.

0:22.5

pseudonyms are given to minors in these stories for their privacy and protection.

0:27.2

Testimony shared by guests of the show is their own and does not necessarily reflect

0:32.1

the views of myself, broken cycle media, or Wondery. The podcast and any linked materials should not be construed as medical advice,

0:41.6

nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment.

0:47.9

Thank you so much for listening.

0:50.1

You think you know me, you don't know me well, at all, at all.

1:00.0

You can't know me.

1:05.0

You don't know anybody until you don't someone.

1:22.9

The teachers and principals started to take notice that I was coming in late and that I wasn't

1:33.2

dressed properly for the weather. So they started asking around to all my friends. Well, I had sworn

1:38.9

them all to secrecy, but one of my friends told them everything. It was at that point they would interview me.

1:46.9

They'd pull me out of class and I would go and talk to the school counselor,

1:50.2

talk to the principals.

1:51.6

Over the course of maybe a week, I just told them everything.

1:56.0

They were trying to figure out who I could live with.

2:00.4

They were trying to find alternatives for me,

2:02.0

so I didn't have to go back.

2:03.9

I was 14.

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