Abductions (Gratefully!) Gone Wrong – Ep. 34
A 13-year-old is abducted in Texas and driven hundreds of miles from home; a 17-year-old is kidnapped in Florida and abused for 26 hours; a 15-year-old is taken in South Carolina by a man later identi...
20 Sep 20241h
When Childhood BITES (Aggression in Kids) - Ep. 33
Toddlers have tantrums. Children talk back. Teens push boundaries. It’s all part of “growing up,” but more serious acts of aggression committed by kids can be signs of much bigger problems. Your Esca...
13 Sep 202430min
Justified or Just Another Teen Killer? - Ep. 32
A 17-year-old boy in Louisiana calls dispatch saying he shot his father. As investigators begin to work the case, they note the teen, Anthony Templet, seems confused about his arrest and oddly calm du...
6 Sep 202443min
Escaping Bad Juju and Creepy Crawlers – Ep. 31
Hop into The Escape Pod this week for an episode with just a little bit of trauma and a whole lot of laughs! An Escape Pod listener scolds one of our co-hosts for her recent handling of an odd-looking...
30 Aug 202443min
Recognizing ‘Freeze’ Response ... FINALLY! – Ep. 30
Fight. Flight. Freeze. Fawn. In the 21st century, most of us know these as very real responses to trauma and fear, but sometimes the laws of the land don’t recognize them as such. In cases of sexual a...
23 Aug 202442min
HELP! My amygdala’s been hijacked!! – Ep. 29
Ever respond to someone or something in a way that you recognized later as being completely irrational and over-the-top? Maybe your amygdala was hijacked! Yep – that pesky and primal part of the brain...
16 Aug 20241h 11min
The Baby Farmer – Ep. 28
On this episode we take the Escape Pod across the pond and back in time to England in the 1800s, when being an unwed mother was frowned upon, but women in this situation had limited options to give th...
9 Aug 202451min
Spygate Enters Chatroom - Ep. 27
In June 2003, police in the UK respond to a report of a stabbing in an alleyway. The victim is a 14-year-old boy, the reporting person is his 16-year-old friend, and the perpetrator is described as a ...
2 Aug 202457min
