357: What if you were the girl locked upstairs?

357: What if you were the girl locked upstairs?

A vulnerable girl, having already endured abuse from her schizophrenic mother, loses her freedom and innocence when a trusted adult lures her into an unthinkable decade of captivity.

Today’s episode featured Tanya Kach. You can email Tanya at tnkach@gmail.com or find her on social media via the following:

Facebook @Tanya Nicole Kach (Mimi)

Instagram @libragirl1481

Tanya wrote an autobiography “Memoir of a Milk Carton Kid”, available where books are sold. She’s done many speaking engagements, as well as television, podcasts, school speaking engagements and book readings.

A special thanks to Todd Rennebohm of the Bunny Hugs & Mental Health podcast for referring Tanya to us.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz

Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood abuse and neglect, divorce, bullying, child grooming, predation and assault, rape and sexual assault, kidnapping, imprisonment, explicit language

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365: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 2: Denise

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364: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron

364: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron

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363: What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?

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Dedicated to eradicating human trafficking, a purpose-driven young man's world is shattered by a politician's unwarranted lawsuit, destroying his reputation and forcing him to find a new path forward....

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362: What if you wrote your way out of prison?

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Cultivating rage as a solution to inherited trauma, a young man commits murder over a five-dollar dispute, but once in prison, he devotes his life to liberation from systems of oppression and the jail...

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