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Women and Crime

W&C Reconsidered: Berlinah Wallace

Women and Crime

Cloud10

Science, Society & Culture, True Crime, Social Sciences

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Ep 303: Reconsidered: 42 - Berlinah Wallace Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates. Original Airdate: 03/11/21 Soon after Mark van Dongen ended his relationship with Berlinah Wallace. She would lure him back to her home under the guise of reconciliation. However, That evening while Mark was asleep, Berlinah poured sulfuric acid on his face and body. The burns Mark suffered from the attack left him critically injured with pain that would prove to be unbearable. How culpable was Berlinah for Mark’s fate, and would justice be ultimately be served? Sources for Today's Episode: Guardian The Bristol Post Daily Record BBC The Washington Post NPR The Times UK Judiciary Acid Survivors Trust International National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Help is Available: If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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apply. 18 plus scummalware.org. Welcome to Women in Crime Reconsidered, where we revisit our catalog and bring new insights or updates.

0:43.2

Today's episode is number 42, the Burlina Wallace story.

0:47.5

Megan, I know this case haunts you, as it does me, and it gets out one of your biggest fears,

0:53.1

and I promise we're going to stay away from

0:55.2

these types of cases for a little while because as you know we covered Katie Piper earlier this

1:01.6

week and that was a very similar type of case but what I found the most interesting was that in

1:09.1

my Berlina Wallace story, I mentioned Katie Piper.

1:13.8

And I didn't even realize until I went back and listened.

1:16.4

And at that time, when I was going back to listen, I was actually working on Katie Piper's episode.

1:22.0

So it was a really interesting, you know, connection.

1:24.6

And our listeners, as they heard earlier in the week, during Katie Piper's

1:28.8

episode, I told them to make sure they stay with us on reconsider this week, because after today's

1:34.3

episode, you will hear a little more statistics on the issues that were discussed and also a case

1:39.7

update. But for now, let's go ahead and hear our original coverage of the Berlina Wallace story.

1:46.4

Soon after Mark Van Dangen ended his relationship with Berlina Wallace, she would lure him

1:51.6

back to her home under the guise of reconciliation. However, that evening while Mark was asleep,

1:57.3

Berliner poured sulfuric acid on his face and body. The burns Mark suffered from the

2:02.0

attack, left him critically injured with pain that would prove to be unbearable. Was Berliner

2:07.0

responsible for Mark's dark fate and would justice ultimately be served in this case?

2:49.8

This is episode 42, the Berliner Wallace story. The Burlina Wallace story. The Hi, Megan. Hey, Amy. How are you? Good. How are you today? I'm good. Before we get started, I'd like to thank Danielle

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