The HR Nightmare: Part 1
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
What starts as a workplace mentorship between a young, ambitious HR assistant and her intimidating, high-powered boss quickly spirals into a secret relationship. In this explosive two-part Dating Detectives episode, Kayla shares how validation turned into flirtation, flirtation into obsession, and obsession into a web of escalating emergencies, whispered promises, and suspicious tragedies that always seemed to surface at just the right moment. As she uproots her life, distances herself from her support system, and risks her career and finances for a future she believes is real, the cracks in her partner’s stories grow harder to ignore—yet the love bombing only intensifies. By the time a frantic late-night demand forces Kayla to choose between logic and loyalty, the stakes are no longer just emotional—they’re life-altering.
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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. |
| 0:21.4 | 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. |
| 0:40.3 | Happy dating Detectives Monday. Hello everybody. We have a two-parter. I'm getting it out of the way up front. |
| 0:45.3 | Sorry, not sorry. I'm not sorry anymore for the two-parters. |
| 0:49.3 | No. Not at all. Because it's such a good story and it's a long story and it's going to piss you all. |
| 0:56.2 | You're going to need the break. |
| 0:59.6 | You're going to need the reprieve for a little bit. |
| 1:01.9 | But it is definitely an interesting story. |
| 1:04.1 | But it's another one that it's, well, this is a female dogfish. |
| 1:08.7 | We have. |
| 1:09.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:10.0 | And we don't get many of those. So this is interesting. But this |
| 1:13.1 | story is incredible nonetheless because it just goes to show you that you're not alone no matter what |
| 1:18.6 | you're going through. I really love Kayla. She was very passionate about sharing her story for that |
| 1:25.1 | reason. Exactly. She was like, I've listened to a lot of episodes |
| 1:28.2 | and I just want to make sure that people who go through the same kind of mental health |
| 1:31.9 | struggles that I went through after my dogfish story can hear that they're not alone. So there is |
| 1:37.2 | mental health stuff that comes up, some suicidal ideation. And we talk about that. And it's like |
| 1:41.2 | very brave of her to share because of how many people have been that |
| 1:45.1 | low. And she's doing better. But what a journey she had to go on to get there. So we'll throw it to |
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