the Life, Death, and Legacy of Rehtaeh Parson

Nighttime

Curiouscast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This story is hard to listen to, but equally so, it's important. We are going to be joined by someone who's personal tragedy has positioned them to become an internationally known activist and advocate against sexualized violence and cyber bullying. Her name is Leah Parsons and what she and her family have been through over the last 7 years... simply put... is horrific. The story starts with the rape of Leah's then 15 year old daughter by a group of young men and continues with a 17 month quest for justice, and odyssey to stop photos of the rape from circulating around Rehteah's school. Obviously, what will be discussing isn't for the faint of heart, but as horrible as it is, you will hear some positives. The crimes against Leah's daughter highlighted significant problems with many of the institutions parents rely to keep their children safe and eventually, this story would the catalyst for change. To prevent something like this from happening again new cyber bullying laws were introduced and sweeping changes were implemented in schools, police departments, and within our mental health services. It's just a shame that Leah's daughter Rehteah had to pay for those changes with her life. In this episode of Nighttime, we will be joined by Leah Parsons and our topic is the life, death, and legacy of her daughter Rehteah Parsons. Links: Rehtaeh Parsons Society - http://rehtaehparsons.ca/ https://www.leah-parsons.com/ Thanks: Catering by Cape Breton Queso: https://www.instagram.com/capebretonqueso/ Credits: Musical Theme: Blunted to Deaf by Fortnight beats Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/nighttimepod Email: [email protected] Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners Jordan here. I just want to let you know that you can listen to nighttime early and add free on Amazon music
0:07.2	Include it with Prime
0:09.2	This episode of nighttime contains discussion of rape, child pornography, bullying, and
0:14.4	suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
0:27.0	You want You are tuned to the nighttime podcast focused on the fringe of Canada. Hello, listen. Hello listeners. Let me warn you up front. This one is going to be a bit tough, but equally
0:40.5	so it's important. We're going to be joined by someone whose personal tragedy has ultimately positioned them
0:47.8	to become an internationally known activist, an advocate against sexualized violence and cyberbullying.
0:55.0	Her name is Leah Parsons and what she and her family have been through over the last seven years.
1:02.0	Simply put, it's horrific. The story starts with a group of
1:07.4	young men raping Leah's then 15-year-old daughter and continues through a 17 month quest for justice and
1:15.2	Odyssey to stop photos of the assault from circulating around her daughter
1:20.0	Rataia's school. Obviously what we will be discussing isn't for the faint of heart, but as
1:27.0	horrible as it is, you will hear some positives. The crimes against Leah's daughter highlighted significant problems with many of the institutions
1:36.3	parents rely on to keep their children safe.
1:39.7	And eventually, this story would serve as the catalyst for change.
1:45.0	To prevent something like this from happening again, new cyberbullying laws were introduced
1:50.2	and sweeping changes were implemented in schools, police departments,
1:54.4	and within our mental health services.
1:57.0	It's just a shame that Leah's daughter Rataia
2:00.4	had to pay for those changes with her life.
2:03.0	Tonight in this episode of nighttime
2:06.0	we'll be joined by Leah Parsons
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