As Nikki and Khadijah start to pick up the pieces, they discover the story is darker than they could have ever imagined. The shocking news takes them back to the very beginning, where they uncover a vital missing piece in the puzzle.   US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: <a href="https://rainn.org/">https://rainn.org/</a>    International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: <a href="https://nomoredirectory.org/">https://nomoredirectory.org/</a>    US Suicide & Crisis Helpline: <a href="https://988lifeline.org/">https://988lifeline.org/</a>   International Suicide & Crisis Helplines: <a href="https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/">https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/</a>  The Girlfriends: Untouchable is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit <a href="https://novel.audio/">https://novel.audio/</a>.    You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Untouchable completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. See <a href="http://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

As Nikki and Khadijah start to pick up the pieces, they discover the story is darker than they could have ever imagined. The shocking news takes them back to the very beginning, where they uncover a vital missing piece in the puzzle. US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://rainn.org/ International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://nomoredirectory.org/ US Suicide & Crisis Helpline: https://988lifeline.org/ International Suicide & Crisis Helplines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ The Girlfriends: Untouchable is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Untouchable completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Nikki and Khadijah start to pick up the pieces, they discover the story is darker than they could have ever imagined. The shocking news takes them back to the very beginning, where they uncover a vital missing piece in the puzzle. &nbsp; US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: <a href="https://rainn.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://rainn.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: <a href="https://nomoredirectory.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://nomoredirectory.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; US Suicide &amp; Crisis Helpline: <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://988lifeline.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; International Suicide &amp; Crisis Helplines: <a href="https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/</a>&nbsp; The Girlfriends: Untouchable is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit <a href="https://novel.audio/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://novel.audio/</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp; You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Untouchable completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. See <a href="http://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Girlfriends S4/E8: It Could Have Been Us

In Season 4, when Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered a dark scandal at the heart of her community: A police detective had spent decades targeting, threatening and sexually abusing black women across Kansas City Kansas.
Detective Roger Golubski used the power of his badge to launch a reign of terror. He acted as if he was above the law, until Niko, and an incredible group of women, came together to take him down.
The Girlfriends: Untouchable tells the story of a courageous sisterhood who exposed the dark underworld of a corrupt police officer, and brought their city&rsquo;s horrifying truths to light. Because when the women of Kansas City Kansas realised the police weren&rsquo;t coming to save them from their abuser, they stepped up to save themselves.
US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frainn.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287786473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FKKDTNPxIGlxPiFx8oP8eBcg0CkK%2BODnwTKHJ4Ioj3s%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://rainn.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnomoredirectory.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287809638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aWAHv7avbQKO%2Bz2x0mdLizyWR6zTBrzOHDJ6x342fPU%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://nomoredirectory.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
US Suicide &amp; Crisis Helpline:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F988lifeline.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287827726%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=C4ev2LAwdNXP4FZdaRExuESOibiySJU2qoxEW0%2Bkum0%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://988lifeline.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
International Suicide &amp; Crisis Helplines:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.opencounseling.com%2Fsuicide-hotlines%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287845275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=c207XZxTtWsrRdNI83%2BmAwfgsw3BxjqgUJTCp0qQhjE%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/</a>&nbsp;
***
In Season 3, what does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur?&nbsp;
On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her.&nbsp;
So how did she end up in prison for it?
Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. This series isn&rsquo;t a whodunnit. It&rsquo;s not even really about what happened. It&rsquo;s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law.&nbsp;
Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re affected by any of the themes in this show please reach out to NO MORE at <a href="https://www.nomore.org/">https://www.nomore.org</a> a domestic violence charity we&rsquo;ve partnered with.
***
In Season 2, The Girlfriends are back to investigate&nbsp;one part of the story that&rsquo;s still a mystery.
During the investigation into Gail&rsquo;s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case.
The amateur ladies detective club have a new mission: to uncover the identity of this woman and finally find Our Lost Sister.
***&nbsp;
In Season 1, it&rsquo;s 1995 and Carole Fisher is a high-flying divorcee looking for love in Las Vegas. It&rsquo;s slim pickings in the medical community she works in. But then Bob comes to town. Bob Bierenbaum is a plastic surgeon who flies planes and speaks several languages. Her mom loves that he&rsquo;s Jewish - but there&rsquo;s something off about him. He&rsquo;s perfect on paper but he&rsquo;s quick to anger and he never talks about his ex-wife. Who, it turns out, is missing and presumed dead.
After Carole and Bob break up she tells her friend Mindy all about Bob&rsquo;s wife and his bizarre behavior. You see, Mindy dated Bob too, in fact a lot of women in Vegas dated Bob and they all have their own strange stories to tell. Before too long they form a club dedicated to bitching about Bob, eating noodles and figuring out what happened to his wife, Gail.
In this riveting nine part series, Carole Fisher uncovers the truth of Gail Katz&rsquo;s death, the systems that failed her and all the girlfriends that brought her justice.
&nbsp;
The Girlfriends is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel visit Novel.Audio
&nbsp;

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In Season 4, when Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered a dark scandal at the heart of her community: A police detective had spent decades targeting, threatening and sexually abusing black women across Kansas City Kansas. Detective Roger Golubski used the power of his badge to launch a reign of terror. He acted as if he was above the law, until Niko, and an incredible group of women, came together to take him down. The Girlfriends: Untouchable tells the story of a courageous sisterhood who exposed the dark underworld of a corrupt police officer, and brought their city’s horrifying truths to light. Because when the women of Kansas City Kansas realised the police weren’t coming to save them from their abuser, they stepped up to save themselves. US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://rainn.org/    International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://nomoredirectory.org/    US Suicide & Crisis Helpline: https://988lifeline.org/   International Suicide & Crisis Helplines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/  *** In Season 3, what does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur?  On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her.  So how did she end up in prison for it? Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law.  Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.  If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show please reach out to NO MORE at https://www.nomore.org a domestic violence charity we’ve partnered with. *** In Season 2, The Girlfriends are back to investigate one part of the story that’s still a mystery. During the investigation into Gail’s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case. The amateur ladies detective club have a new mission: to uncover the identity of this woman and finally find Our Lost Sister. ***  In Season 1, it’s 1995 and Carole Fisher is a high-flying divorcee looking for love in Las Vegas. It’s slim pickings in the medical community she works in. But then Bob comes to town. Bob Bierenbaum is a plastic surgeon who flies planes and speaks several languages. Her mom loves that he’s Jewish - but there’s something off about him. He’s perfect on paper but he’s quick to anger and he never talks about his ex-wife. Who, it turns out, is missing and presumed dead. After Carole and Bob break up she tells her friend Mindy all about Bob’s wife and his bizarre behavior. You see, Mindy dated Bob too, in fact a lot of women in Vegas dated Bob and they all have their own strange stories to tell. Before too long they form a club dedicated to bitching about Bob, eating noodles and figuring out what happened to his wife, Gail. In this riveting nine part series, Carole Fisher uncovers the truth of Gail Katz’s death, the systems that failed her and all the girlfriends that brought her justice.   The Girlfriends is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel visit Novel.Audio  

In Season 4, when Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered a dark scandal at the heart of her community: A police detective had spent decades targeting, threatening and sexually abusing black women across Kansas City Kansas.
Detective Roger Golubski used the power of his badge to launch a reign of terror. He acted as if he was above the law, until Niko, and an incredible group of women, came together to take him down.
The Girlfriends: Untouchable tells the story of a courageous sisterhood who exposed the dark underworld of a corrupt police officer, and brought their city’s horrifying truths to light. Because when the women of Kansas City Kansas realised the police weren’t coming to save them from their abuser, they stepped up to save themselves.
US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frainn.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287786473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FKKDTNPxIGlxPiFx8oP8eBcg0CkK%2BODnwTKHJ4Ioj3s%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://rainn.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnomoredirectory.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287809638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aWAHv7avbQKO%2Bz2x0mdLizyWR6zTBrzOHDJ6x342fPU%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://nomoredirectory.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
US Suicide &amp; Crisis Helpline:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F988lifeline.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287827726%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=C4ev2LAwdNXP4FZdaRExuESOibiySJU2qoxEW0%2Bkum0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://988lifeline.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
International Suicide &amp; Crisis Helplines:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.opencounseling.com%2Fsuicide-hotlines%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKatrinaNorvell%40iheartmedia.com%7C3465531e459c4828219608de0686958a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638955372287845275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=c207XZxTtWsrRdNI83%2BmAwfgsw3BxjqgUJTCp0qQhjE%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/</a>&nbsp;
***
In Season 3, what does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur?&nbsp;
On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her.&nbsp;
So how did she end up in prison for it?
Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law.&nbsp;
Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.&nbsp;
If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show please reach out to NO MORE at <a href="https://www.nomore.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nomore.org</a> a domestic violence charity we’ve partnered with.
***
In Season 2, The Girlfriends are back to investigate&nbsp;one part of the story that’s still a mystery.
During the investigation into Gail’s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case.
The amateur ladies detective club have a new mission: to uncover the identity of this woman and finally find Our Lost Sister.
***&nbsp;
In Season 1, it’s 1995 and Carole Fisher is a high-flying divorcee looking for love in Las Vegas. It’s slim pickings in the medical community she works in. But then Bob comes to town. Bob Bierenbaum is a plastic surgeon who flies planes and speaks several languages. Her mom loves that he’s Jewish - but there’s something off about him. He’s perfect on paper but he’s quick to anger and he never talks about his ex-wife. Who, it turns out, is missing and presumed dead.
After Carole and Bob break up she tells her friend Mindy all about Bob’s wife and his bizarre behavior. You see, Mindy dated Bob too, in fact a lot of women in Vegas dated Bob and they all have their own strange stories to tell. Before too long they form a club dedicated to bitching about Bob, eating noodles and figuring out what happened to his wife, Gail.
In this riveting nine part series, Carole Fisher uncovers the truth of Gail Katz’s death, the systems that failed her and all the girlfriends that brought her justice.
&nbsp;
The Girlfriends is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel visit Novel.Audio
&nbsp;

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