Shortcut: My brother's continued abuse after murdering our mother - ATC International

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

For this bonus episode of ATC International, we bring you a story from the USA.

Amy B. Chesler is an award winner blogger, actress and author from Southern California. She's also the host of a podcast called "What Came Next".

She's uniquely qualified to discuss true crime, because she's suffered a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her brother, Jesse.

That abuse continues, despite the fact that he's incarcerated for the 2007 murder of their mother, Hadas.

Amy joins us today to talk about the slow build up of abusive behaviour that led to her mother's attack, and the ongoing threat her brother poses from behind bars.

Click here to purchase Amy's book "Working for Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal and Healing"

Click here to listen to Amy's podcast "What Came Next".

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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Amy B. Chesler

Executive Producer: Matthew Tankard

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0:00.0	Before we begin today's episode of Australian true crime, I want to tell you about a new project
0:04.5	we've been working on behind the scenes. It's called She Matters. It's a new podcast from
0:10.2	award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Shirel Moody. Each week, Shirel speaks with
0:15.3	families of women and children killed in Australia, sharing who they were, the joy they brought,
0:21.9	and the love they left behind. She Matters isn't a true crime podcast. It's about lives lived, lives loved and lives
0:28.7	lost. She Matters is produced by Dashmade podcasts in association with bravecasting media.
0:35.7	She Matters is available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:43.3	We bring you a story today from the USA.
0:47.7	Amy B. Chesler is an award-winning blogger,
0:50.8	actress and author from Southern California.
0:54.1	She's uniquely qualified to discuss true crime because she's suffered a lifetime of abuse
0:58.9	at the hands of her brother, Jessie.
1:01.4	It continues, despite the fact that he's incarcerated for the 2007 murder of their mother,
1:07.4	Hadass.
1:08.4	Amy's book is called Working for Justice, One Family's Tale of Murder,
1:12.8	Betrayal and Healing. There's a link in the show notes to help you buy your copy. She joins us today
1:20.1	to talk about the slow build-up of abusive behaviour that led to her mother's attack and the
1:25.5	ongoing threat her brother poses from behind bars.
1:29.4	This is Australian true crime.
1:31.5	We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,
1:36.1	the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolan Nation.
1:39.9	And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence.
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