The Elkhart Tapes

The Elkhart Tapes

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The Elkhart Tapes episodes

  • Jess & Jaclyn Lee
    Jess was a confused kid. Class clown meets micro bully. I didn't like him when he first waled in to Elkhart high school as a freshman. He was cocky.
    Eventually we became buddies but soon drifted apart.
    Jess has dealt with depression for his entire life. He tried thereapy, considered medication but eventually found peace when he gave his life to Christ. This journey was not easy. He went down swinging.
    Jess is now a preacher in Elkhart. He does his services on facebook live.
    He was able to find peace through prayer.
    **not everyone is the same, some people (including myself) require therapy and medication.
    1 hr
  • Jorge Goes to Jail
    I met Jorge when I was 21. We both worked at Papa Johns on Falls of Neuse south of the belt line. We hit it off rather quickly and ended up being roommates. Within the first few weeks of bonding he confided in me that he was wanted by the US Marshals. I didn't really believe him. One day I came home to our house in ruin. All the dogs were out of the kennels, everything was chewed up. Poop and pee everywhere.
    The Marshals had shown up and taken Jorge away.
    Over the years Jorge and I talked less and less. When we do catch up it is a mixture of new found soberness and a love for life or a sad addicted again situation.
    I love Jorge and hope he is well.
    At the end of the episode I share a song I wrote about Jorge.
    1 hr 34 min
  • Homicide Loss - LVM ADVNTGE
    61, Homicide Loss - LVM ADVNTGE
    Don't let the LOSS take over your MIND, use it to your ADVNTGE.
    Rebecca Benny was 17 and in high school the day she had to gather her friends and tell them her mom had been killed. She was closer to her father than her mother at the time, and she has been left with the task of figuring out her complicated relationship with her mother now as a motherless daughter. Besides gathering her friends that day to tell them the news, it wasn't typical of Rebecca to speak about her mother, Luz V Minda.
    Today she's 24 and has started a podcast in order to voice her own story and to be a voice for others experiencing homicide grief. Join Rebecca in her very first episodes and travel with her on her literal journey from the dark to the light. Rebecca began sharing her story from a couch in a dark room. 13 episodes later, she has started to show her face and has just released her first True Survivor Series sharing other homicide loss survivor's stories.
    Rebecca's Advice: That guilt should be on the person that committed the crime. Not us, because we didn't do anything wrong. It is important to keep their name going.
    Don't stop talking about them.
    Book Recommendation:
    Healing Your Traumatized Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies a Sudden, Violent Death (Healing a Grieving Heart series) by Alan D Wolfelt
    https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Traumatized-Heart-Practical/dp/1879651327
    Podcast Spotlight:
    LVM Podcast - LMV ADVNTGE
    Join Rebecca Benny as she shares her journey of losing her mother to homicide. As we live in a world where people would rather listen to true crime stories, survivors are the only ones that are able to share the life their loved ones lived. Rebecca not only talks about her grief, but also provides a safe place for other survivors to talk about their grief. Let’s Raise Homicide Awareness Together.
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtMsEZTsPyPU6Q3FTT3yBCQ
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lvmadvntge/
    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/lvmadvntge
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lvmadvntge/
    If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate
    This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.
    Additional production and music by Ian Releford.
    Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.
    Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?
    https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast
    Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
    Voicemail: 623.396.6069
    You are not alone.
    57 min

About The Elkhart Tapes

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The Elkhart Tapes is a podcast hosted by Derek Releford that dives into the rich history of the small town of Elkhart, Kansas. With 50 episodes available, the podcast features interviews with both…