The Third Man | EP 8
Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Laura Owens didn’t start with Clayton Echard or Greg Gillespie. In 2016, Michael Marraccini met Laura on a dating app, and he’s never been the same. He dated Laura for a year and a half. The relationship left him with lifelong psychological scars, and a legal battle that’s impacted his everyday life.
In this episode, we’re telling Mike’s story, which answers some of the biggest questions, like — what’s Laura’s endgame? Why does she do this? And maybe most interesting of all... what does her family know?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | No gloss, no filter. |
| 0:07.4 | Just stories. |
| 0:09.1 | Spoken without fear. |
| 0:10.9 | Person who is not generous can not be an artist. |
| 0:13.8 | The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. |
| 0:18.4 | Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhhawad show and the I Heart Radio app, |
| 0:22.9 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:27.6 | Come for the honesty. |
| 0:29.2 | Stay for the fire. |
| 0:37.4 | Hey, everyone. Before we start this episode, I want to let you know that this one includes some graphic descriptions of pregnancy loss, including both abortion and miscarriage. |
| 0:47.8 | This episode also mentions suicide and includes allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence. |
| 1:04.3 | When Clayton Eckerd walked into the courtroom for his June 10th trial against Laura Owens, |
| 1:05.6 | he wasn't alone. |
| 1:12.6 | The room was packed with supportive family, friends, and dedicated content creators, like Dave Neal. There were 50 people in the courtroom and 10,000 online. |
| 1:16.6 | Clayton says having that support actually calmed his nerves. |
| 1:20.6 | I wasn't nervous because it's bigger than me. |
| 1:24.6 | It was bigger than him. |
| 1:26.6 | There were two people in the courtroom that day who'd been in Clayton's shoes. |
| 1:31.6 | They'd been subpoenaed to testify because they'd been through something similar with Laura Owens. |
| 1:37.1 | The first... |
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