The OG Dogfish with Terra Newell
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by the most bad ass guest, Terra Newell! Terra is the survivor of an attack by her mom's con man husband, John "Dirty John" Meehan. She sits down with Mackenzie and Hanna to tell her story and share what she learned about dating after being attacked by the original dog-fish.
Check out Terra's podcast, The Survivor Squad, wherever you get your podcasts!
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| 0:00.0 | The following program contains names, places, and events that have been anonymized or |
| 0:04.4 | fictionalized for the purposes of protection and safety. The following program is provided for |
| 0:09.1 | entertainment purposes only and any commentary from the hosts are strictly conjecture and should not be held as making |
| 0:14.4 | any definitive statements about the truth or identity of any particular individuals or circumstances. If you or a loved one are involved in an abusive relationship, |
| 0:23.0 | please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800, 799, 723 for support. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi Hannah. Hi Mackenzie, are you like losing your mind today? |
| 0:43.0 | So I am because if you guys are following us on social you've heard who's going to be on the show today and this is someone whose story I have followed since the very beginning and I really love the |
| 0:55.9 | heroism and the courage that this woman showed in this story so we're talking to |
| 1:01.9 | Tara Newell who is yeah that's how I feel right now |
| 1:07.1 | That's what I feel right now |
| 1:08.7 | Total badass so Tara Newell is the survivor of the violent attack from John, Dirty John Mehan. |
| 1:18.4 | So I don't, if you've heard of Dirty John, this is the story. You've probably seen it on, you know, the Netflix or the |
| 1:24.8 | podcast. The podcast, yeah. People magazine, literally anywhere. So this has been an ongoing |
| 1:30.7 | story for the last seven years and it's just it speaks to well it spoke to me just because of her courage and her bravery. |
| 1:40.0 | Her Femptuition. Yeah, this was her mom's boyfriend that she kind of had this gut feeling. |
| 1:46.8 | She had this femtuition that just wouldn't go away. |
| 1:49.5 | Her and her sister, they knew something was wrong and they just to say it but how do you tell |
| 1:55.6 | someone you love I couldn't even imagine being in a position where you have to |
| 1:59.6 | kind of like you have this gut feeling anyways so she's like the OG |
| 2:04.2 | dogfish victim like this is like the original OG dogfish story and it's just a |
| 2:10.2 | great representation of like how dangerous and serious these situations can get. |
| 2:16.0 | For anyone who doesn't know the story I mean I encourage you to look into it just independently |
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