This is Not a Joke: The Abduction of Karen Kummerer

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Sometimes, there’s no easy way out of the dark place you find yourself in, especially if that dark place puts you under the control of someone stronger than you, someone dangerous and unpredictable. And as much as you might fantasize about action-movie struggles and daring escapes, there are other ways to fight back. You can use your smarts and your courage to decide on a course of action that’ll give you the best chance of survival, and stick to it no matter what. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is just keep going. Join us for an amazing story of stalking, obsession, rage...and incredible courage. Sources:Investigation Discovery's "House of Horrors," episode "Terror By the Letter"Investigation Discovery's "Escaped," episode "Obsessed Kidnapper"https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/house-of-horrors-kidnapped/terror-by-the-letterhttps://www.discoveryplus.com/video/escaped/obsessed-kidnapperhttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1142978.htmlhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-11-21-cfbriefs21-3-story.htmlhttps://www.naag.org/attorney-general-journal/an-update-on-the-legal-landscape-of-revenge-porn/#:~:text=In%202017%2C%20the%20number%20of,an%20increase%20of%20over%20100%25.&text=In%202019%2C%20a%20larger%20study,number%20of%20victims%20from%202016.Follow us, campers!Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfireFacebook: True Crime CampfireInstagram: https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfireEmail: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.comMERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:22.9	Sometimes there's no easy way out of the dark place you find yourself in, especially
0:27.2	if that dark place puts you under the control of someone bigger than you, stronger than
0:31.6	you, someone dangerous and unpredictable.
0:34.8	And as much as you might fantasize about action movie struggles and daring escapes, there
0:39.2	are other ways to fight back.
0:41.1	You can use your smarts and your courage to decide on a course of action that'll give
0:44.5	you the best chance of survival and stick to it no matter what.
0:48.8	Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is just keep going.
0:52.9	This is not a joke, the abduction of Karen Kummerer.
1:11.5	So campers, for this one we're in Daytona Beach, Florida, November 27, 2006.
1:17.7	It was going to be a beautiful warm fall day, not that unusual for y'all lucky duckies
1:21.7	down in Florida, but the sun wasn't even up yet when Karen Kummerer got up and started
1:26.7	getting ready for work.
1:28.6	That was her routine, get up at 5.30, have coffee and breakfast, get herself put together
1:32.8	and leave for work by 7.
1:35.0	Karen was 49 years old and not long ago her 20 year marriage had broken up.
1:39.2	In the aftermath of that she'd left her native New Hampshire and moved down to Florida,
1:43.6	where her sister lived and where the winter climate was just a scotch or two warmer than
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