The Stalker: Part 2
The Dating Detectives
Dear Media
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
In this two part episode, Mackenzie and Hanna delve into a harrowing story that left them both shaken—and they’re pretty sure you’ll feel the same. January is Stalking Awareness Month, and today’s guest, Carrie, shares the terrifying reality of her experience with a dogfish who wouldn’t take no for an answer.
After meeting Jack on a dating app, what started as mild interest turned into a nightmare of manipulation, harassment, and stalking. Carrie’s raw, emotional journey reveals the lengths some people will go to exert control and the gaps in the legal system that fail to protect victims of stalking.
From unsettling red flags on a first date to technology hacks, home intrusions, and relentless harassment, this episode explores the chilling escalation of Jack’s behavior. Carrie’s story highlights the need for more awareness, education, and legal reform to protect stalking victims before it’s too late.
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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. |
| 0:21.2 | 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. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello, everybody. Oh, it's recording. No, you're not. |
| 0:50.0 | Y'all know I don't math, so the countdown didn't work out. I'm just kidding. Sorry. Hi, happy Monday. |
| 0:57.6 | Hello, my love. We're back for part two. So last week, today is going to be the second half of last week's episode. |
| 0:59.4 | Hannah, will you recap last week's first, please? |
| 1:01.5 | Yes, definitely go back and listen. |
| 1:02.8 | Carrie is our guest. |
| 1:04.5 | She told us the beginning of this story. |
| 1:09.1 | And the hard thing about this story is that there's really nothing. |
| 1:14.0 | I think Carrie could have done differently to change her situation. |
| 1:19.6 | She's doing everything right. Yeah, she, and even if you don't do everything right, |
| 1:25.7 | it doesn't mean that you deserve any kind of abuse or harassment. But it's nice to know that there are things you can do to prevent it. And stalking is so tricky because it's just easy. |
| 1:32.4 | It's easy for someone to start doing it. |
| 1:34.4 | And it's very hard to stop it. |
| 1:35.9 | So this is a stalking case. |
| 1:38.0 | Carrie met a guy online. |
| 1:40.8 | She is divorced, has a son. |
| 1:43.6 | She lives alone. She meets a guy on, I think it was Facebook |
| 1:46.8 | dating. Yeah. His name is Jack. They talk. Does not give him her address, her location. She doesn't |
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