The Devil You Know: Part 2
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful two-part conclusion, Abby’s story reaches a shocking and emotional climax. After surviving a devastating sexual assault, she finds herself drawn back to her ex, Peter, who weaponizes her trauma, manipulates her into taking psychiatric medication, and ultimately coerces her into creating non-consensual OnlyFans content under her own name. As Abby’s world unravels—from financial exploitation and digital trafficking to secret surveillance and forced “swinger” events—she begins to reclaim her clarity, her body, and her freedom. With the help of an unexpected ally, she escapes the marriage and exposes the horrifying ways predators are exploiting online sex-work platforms without accountability. This is one of the most intense and important stories the Dating Detectives have ever told.
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| 0:00.0 | The following program contains names, places, and events that have been anonymized or fictionalized for the purposes of protection and safety. |
| 0:08.7 | The following program is provided for entertainment purposes only, and any commentary from the hosts are strictly conjecture and should not be held as making any definitive statements about the truth or identity of any particular individuals or circumstances. |
| 0:21.3 | If you or a loved one are involved in an abusive relationship, |
| 0:24.2 | please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-723 for support. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi, happy dating detectives Monday. |
| 0:43.2 | And happy part two. |
| 0:45.7 | Not happy, but we're back for part two. |
| 0:49.0 | Yeah, and we're literally sitting cheek to cheek. |
| 0:51.5 | We recorded this episode in L.A. |
| 1:28.6 | And now we're recording the intro on the Friday before it comes out. And we're about to go do an escape room with other podcast hosts. But beforehand, we had to get this in and we're next to each other sharing a mic. It's a Spotify event that we're doing tonight. So I came back to L.A. and we get to, I love recording with you. But I love, like, we're literally sharing headphones in a mic. This is so cool. Like I'm sorry if I brushed my teeth. I don't know if I did. Do I stages my armpits? It's fine. It's okay. It's okay. We're all family here. Yeah. And I know you guys are so ready for this part too. So do we need to do a quick recap? I can, can do a quick recap because I always, you know that you know they want to get to it. I always need a recap and then |
| 1:32.5 | yes, fast. So we have our guest Abby the sweetest. Yeah, I really I loved Abby. I really did. |
| 1:39.4 | I love her. She met Peter in college and he was a little weird, but he was like innocent and cute and like a puppy dog. |
| 1:46.8 | And like the nerdy kind of way. Then they start kind of dating. He says he has multiple personality disorder. |
| 1:53.7 | But the way he explains it is kind of like, let me introduce you to my other personality Doug, which we know that's not how that works. |
| 2:00.6 | So like Peter Doug was like, let me dip my toes in. |
| 2:03.1 | Okay, what did you think of that? |
| 2:04.5 | Like, he was trying to, like... |
| 2:05.9 | He, like, did a monologue. |
| 2:08.6 | Then he said he had throat cancer, but he was okay after that. |
| 2:12.3 | Just some things building up. |
| 2:13.7 | I'm glad he was well. |
| 2:15.2 | If he had throat cancer, I hate to be that cynical, but I don't know if I buy it. |
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