Everyone is talking about Netflix's The Pastor's Wife… and this week's podcast guest is the perfect person to unpack this with.
Jenny Smith is back for a bonus episode—and this time, we're going ALL the way down the rabbit hole.
Jenny was once a pastor's wife herself and has openly shared her story of escaping an abusive relationship that was centered around religious control and kept her trapped. Watching Mica Miller's story unfold hit especially close to home, and in this episode, we're breaking down the documentary, the moments that immediately raised red flags for us, and the disturbing similarities Jenny recognized from her own life.
We talk about religious manipulation, purity culture, gaslighting, power and control inside a church, Mica's attempts to get help, and why leaving an abusive situation can be far more complicated—and dangerous—than people on the outside realize.
And then… we get into the theories.
From the circumstances surrounding Mica's death and the unanswered questions raised in the documentary and other reporting, to Chris Skinner's death, JP Miller's behavior, surveillance footage, trackers, the mysterious truck, the 911 call, and details Jenny uncovered while following the case, we have A LOT of questions.
Jenny also shares some chilling moments from her own marriage, including the night she feared for her life, taking her ex-husband's guns to police, and later discovering a shotgun beside their wedding album and bullets standing next to an open Bible in her daughter's nursery.
This conversation contains speculation and discussion of allegations surrounding an ongoing and highly contested case. Our theories and opinions are exactly that—theories and opinions.
Most importantly, this episode is about something much bigger than one documentary: what happens when abuse, power, religion and fear collide and how difficult it can be for women to get out safely. This is not attacking religion, this is raising awareness of a form of abuse many of us are lucky to have never experienced.
🎧 Press play for our completely unfiltered The Pastor's Wife uncovered.
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