The Gabby Petito Story: Including an Interview with Nichole Schmidt, Gabby's Mom

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old travel blogger, was found murdered in September 2021 after going missing during a cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Her death sparked widespread media attention, and Laundrie was later found dead, with authorities concluding he was responsible for her murder. In this episode, the hosts of Moms and Mysteries sit down with Nichole Schmidt, Gabby Petito's mother, to discuss the foundation she and Gabby's family started, the warning signs of unhealthy relationships, the current state of domestic violence worldwide, and essential resources available for victims and survivors.

Special thanks to Nichole Schmidt, Gabby’s mom, for sharing her story and the important work the Gabby Petito Foundation is doing to raise awareness about domestic violence. To learn more, visit gabbypetitofoundation.org.

Research assistance by Ana Luria.

For more information about domestic violence awareness month including resources for survivors, supporters, and ways to give back, including joining us and Navigating Advocacy Podcast in our Survivor's Bag Drive, check out momsandmysteries.com/dva.

Thank you to this week’s sponsors!

To take the next step in improving your health, go to lumen.me/MOMS to get 15% off your Lumen.

Treat yourself to the best bras and shapewear on the market and save 20% Off at honeylove.com/MOMS20.

Get cozy in Quince's high-quality wardrobe essentials. Go to Quince.com/moms for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.

We've worked out a special deal with Hiya for their best selling children's vitamin. Receive 50% off your first order. To claim this deal you must go to hiyahealth.com/MOMS.

To advertise on the show, contact [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast.

New merch! Check out Moms and Mysteries Threadless! You can also get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus merch and more at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast

Listen and subscribe to Melissa’s other podcast, Criminality!! It’s the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality

Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more!

Sources:

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're going to be. Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast a true crime
0:27.1	podcast featuring myself Mandy and my dear friend Melissa hi Melissa.
0:30.9	Hi Mandy how are you? I am doing great happy to see the sun shining
0:36.7	happy to hear your voice happy to be back recording. Wow that was so nice yes how. How are you? He is well. It only takes a hurricane for us to say these nice things.
0:47.0	Yes. We made it through the storm. Thank you everyone who checked on us. So sweet. I know a lot of people are still dealing with it. I've seen so many Tiktocks of like trees and houses but like set to music which I always love when people can keep their sense of humor with stuff.
1:04.0	Like that's totally how I cope.
1:06.3	But yeah, it's been a crazy hurricane season
1:09.4	and I'm just thankful,
1:11.1	hopefully nothing else is coming because it's not over yet and you know I have to keep worrying,
1:15.2	but we're on the other side of this one, the one that really affected us.
1:18.8	So I'm happy to be here.
1:21.4	Absolutely. So we're going to get right into the story this week.
1:24.9	This is one that I'm sure many of our listeners will know about and have heard of.
1:29.3	The story that we are really eager to share this month during Domestic Violence Awareness Month because it does deal
1:34.8	with the topic of domestic violence as it pertains to the younger generation.
1:39.9	The story of Gabi Petito captured the world's attention in the summer of 2021 after the
1:44.3	22 year old went missing during a cross-country road trip with her fiance, Brian Laundry.
1:49.8	The story, which we're telling today, unfolded in the most heartbreaking way and illuminated an issue
1:54.8	that's often overlooked. The importance of recognizing the warning signs of abuse,
1:59.3	especially when they're often hidden behind the veil of love and affection.
2:02.7	As moms we knew we wanted to when they're often hidden behind the veil of love and affection.
2:07.1	As moms, we knew we wanted to share Gabby's story during our series this month where we're highlighting stories that involve domestic violence because talking to our kids
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Not Your Mom Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Not Your Mom Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.