My guest in this episode, Morrene Hauser, spent decades repressing traumatic memories from her childhood. When she finally cracked open that vault, her life all but fell apart. Morrene speaks with raw honesty about surviving a childhood marked by relentless abuse at the hands of her mother and stepfathers. 

Morrene is driven by a fierce desire to help others by telling her painful but inspiring story. We talk about her upcoming memoir, The Good Girl, and how writing has become both a lifeline and a form of catharsis. Morrene also shares how horses played a powerful role in her healing. This conversation is about survival, reclaiming your own narrative, naming the wounds, and finding a way forward.

This is Morrene Hauser’s story.

• Links related to this episode:
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• Morrene’s book, Sunshine, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Morrene-J-Hauser/dp/1944715657/ref=sr_1_1
• Morrene’s writing on OC87 Recovery Diaries: https://oc87recoverydiaries.org/author/morrene-hauser/
• Morrene’s writing on the CPTSD Foundation’s blog: https://cptsdfoundation.org/author/mjh/ 
• Morrene’s story on The Survivors Trust: https://thesurvivorstrust.org/survivor-stories/the-many-therapeutic-benefits-of-writing-about-trauma/ 

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Back in 2021, both episode 49 and minisode #3 featured the story of 20-month-old Quortney Kley. On February 25, 1997, Quortney was sexually abused and murdered by her mom’s boyfriend, Cayce Williams. It took nine years for the legal case to end with Williams accepting a plea agreement in 2006, and he was released in 2021 after spending only 24 years behind bars for the violent sexual assault and murder of a toddler. 

In this episode, you’ll hear my recent conversation with Quortney’s mom, Gretta Morgan, who has some disturbing updates for us about Quortney’s killer and some shocking revelations about Illinois’ sex offender registry. Quortney’s case is already overwhelming in its injustice, but today’s episode will boggle your mind. 

#DemandChangeIL

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• CBS2 news piece: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/54-sex-offenders-living-in-one-englewood-building/#
• Cayce Williams on the ISP sex offender registry: https://isp.illinois.gov/Sor/Details/X06B1162 
• Gretta’s recent interview with freelance journalist Sarah Boyles: https://www.facebook.com/SuicidePainter/photos/tw-quortney-kley-was-a-happy-funny-and-smart-20-month-old-baby-when-cayce-willia/1509718230371103/?_rdr 

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On August 24, 2020, 23-year-old Luis Luna ran into the living room of his shared Houston apartment in a panic, holding his unresponsive 8-month-old daughter, Savayah Mason. Despite an immediate 911 call, Savayah didn’t make it. An autopsy found horrific injuries, and Savayah’s death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple blunt force injuries with suffocation and sexual assault. A week later, her father was arrested and charged with capital murder.

This is the story of an adorable baby girl whose short life ended in the most brutal way possible. It’s also the story of a young father whose possibly drug-fueled impulses led him to commit an unthinkable crime against his own helpless infant daughter.

This is the disturbing story of Savayah Mason.

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The Innocent is a nonprofit organization made up of active or retired law enforcement. Their mission is to train law enforcement agencies across the country about preventing and investigating child sex crimes. 

In this episode, my guest is Nate Lewis, CEO and founder of The Innocent, whose passion and dedication to the mission are inspiring. You’ll hear us talk about what led Nate to launch the organization, the biggest threats facing American children right now, and how the community can take action to bring this essential training to their local law enforcement agency.

This is the inspiring story of The Innocent. 

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In the last episode, I told you the story of ten-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens, a smart, creative, charming kid who was dealt a bad hand in life and died at the hands of a foster mother and longtime family friend. Jennifer Wilson is now serving a regrettably short sentence in the Indiana prison system for crushing 91-pound Levi to death with her 341-pound body weight.

In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with three of the people who loved Levi the most: Grandma Melissa Mahler; Aunt Ana Parrish; and Uncle Alex Parrish. Levi’s maternal family members told me about their family's constant attempts to rescue Levi from the foster care system; their heartache at Levi’s bright light being snuffed out by someone they thought they could trust; and their efforts to make changes to help other kids like Levi.

This is part two of the heart-wrenching story of Dakota Levi Stevens.

Honoring Dakota Levi Stevens on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3953712874915112/ 

Change.org petition to remove Robert Wilson as middle school principal: https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-removal-of-principal-robert-wilson-from-lake-ridge-new-tech-middle-school 

Change.org petition to hold DCS accountable for failing Indiana’s vulnerable children: https://www.change.org/p/hold-the-department-of-children-and-family-services-accountable-for-foster-child-deaths 

Levi’s Law petition: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-get-levi-s-law-started?recruiter=295397157&recruited_by_id=d285ea50-f8dd-11e4-8573-5be613050eb0 

Lake County Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Child Abuse (April 30): https://www.facebook.com/share/16RPD7VvE4/ 

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On April 25, 2024, 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens was rushed to the hospital in Valparaiso, Indiana, unresponsive. He was placed on life support, but his brain had been deprived of oxygen for too long, and after two days, Levi died. His foster mother, Jennifer Lee Wilson, admitted to police that in an attempt to control his behavior, she had laid her 341-pound body on top of the 91-pound boy. Surveillance camera footage proved that Levi lay motionless under Jennifer for over eight minutes before she moved, asking if he was faking.

This is the story of a joyful, creative, lively little boy who loved Pokemon, Minecraft, bugs, and his little sister. It’s also the story of a broken-hearted family who wanted only to protect Levi but weren’t given the chance by a state system that has failed far too many children.

This is part one of the heart-wrenching story of Dakota Levi Stevens.

Honoring Dakota Levi Stevens on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3953712874915112/ 

Change.org petition to remove Robert Wilson as middle school principal: https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-removal-of-principal-robert-wilson-from-lake-ridge-new-tech-middle-school 

Change.org petition to hold DCS accountable for failing Indiana’s vulnerable children: https://www.change.org/p/hold-the-department-of-children-and-family-services-accountable-for-foster-child-deaths 

Levi’s Law petition: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-get-levi-s-law-started?recruiter=295397157&recruited_by_id=d285ea50-f8dd-11e4-8573-5be613050eb0 

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A young North Carolina couple lost a baby in what appeared to be a tragic case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). When their second infant died less than two years later with multiple suspicious injuries, authorities began looking harder at father Zachary Lee Littell.

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In January 2020, a Tennessee mom stepped away for ten minutes of "me time," leaving her two young children alone in the bathtub, and returned to find her 11-month-old son, Aidan Leonardo, floating in the water, unresponsive.

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In 2022, 15-month-old Isabella Kuykendall attended the United States Navy’s Ford Island Child Development Center, a daycare at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for three days. During those three days, Bella went from a happy, bubbly baby to alternately crying hysterically and becoming quiet and withdrawn. Then her parents noticed a distinctive pinching bruise on Bella’s thigh. An investigation turned up hours of CCTV footage from inside the daycare, showing three workers abusing the baby, including pinching, shoving, crushing, slapping, shaking, and smothering her.

Bella’s parents, JD and Kaitlin Kuykendall, assumed their baby’s abusers would immediately face consequences, but instead, officials seemed hell-bent on sweeping the incident under the rug. The daycare workers responsible remained working at the CDC for months. Only when Bella’s parents went public with her story were any charges pressed, and those were woefully inadequate.

In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with Kaitlin Kuykendall about what Bella endured, how it continues to affect her to this day, and why Kaitlin and her husband went public with her story.

This is the inspiring story of Operation Mei Mei.

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Over the last three episodes, I’ve told you the story of 8-year-old Raylee Browning, a little girl who died from abusive, neglectful, callous treatment in the home of her father, his girlfriend, and the woman’s sister. This has been the most comprehensive telling to date of Raylee’s story, with details you haven’t heard anywhere else.

In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with Janice Wriston, Raylee’s only mommy, who fought tooth and nail for Raylee and begged various government agencies for help that never came. Janice has been to hell and back since meeting Marty Browning Jr. in 2008. Now, six years after her daughter was cruelly ripped away, Janice is finally ready to tell the world her truth, and Raylee’s.

This is the conclusion of the harrowing story of Raylee Browning, retold.

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