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247: Alyssa watched her abuser burn


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discussion of suicide.


Here

in the US, 1 out of every 3 women have experienced some form of
physical violence by an intimate partner. My guest in this episode is
Alyssa. She WAS that 1 out of 3.


This

is a Flashback episode. Alyssa told this story on the podcast way
back in episode 16, more than 7 years ago. Unfortunately, as
sometimes happens, I was not able to get in touch with her recently
for an update.


Alyssa

lives in Tennessee and she’s really into music. She’s a musician,
a songwriter, and an audio engineer. Her boyfriend, Jared, was
abusive to her - emotionally and physically – and police were
actively planning to arrest him. But before that could happen, Jared
decided he would take his own life. And he wanted to do it in a way
that would be disturbing and traumatic for anyone nearby.



Full

show notes and pictures for this episode are here:

https://WhatWasThatLike.com/247


Graphics

for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.


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