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March 18, 2024Part 2: 'Why Gary, Why?' with Jody Plauché
This is Part 2 of a Two-Part Interview with Jody Plauché
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About our guest:
Jody Plauché, from Baton Rouge, La., made national headlines in March 1984 when he was abducted by his karate teacher and taken 2,000 miles away from home to Los Angeles, CA. FBI officials rescued Jody, and his abductor was arrested. Upon his karate teacher’s return, Jody’s father, Gary, shot and killed him. The shooting was captured by WBRZ news crew, a local ABC affiliate.
Jody obtained his bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Louisiana State University with minors in Psychology, Speech Communications, and Philosophy.
Jody has worked in the field of violence prevention since 1995. While attending Louisiana State University, he served on the executive board for Men Against Violence, a campus organization aimed at preventing campus violence, including sexual assault and other physical violence.
For seven years, Jody worked at the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County, a comprehensive crime victim center in Norristown, PA. At Victim Services, Jody worked as a sexual assault counselor as well as a prevention educator and eventually became the Supervisor of Community Education Programs. Jody provided crisis intervention to sexual assault victims on the agency’s 24-hour crisis hotline, as well as in-person support at hospitals and police stations. He facilitated sexual violence risk reduction programs for students ranging from pre-K through college age. Jody also presented numerous professional training sessions for police officers, hospital staff, parents, and school administrators.
Website: https://www.jodyplauche.net/about-me/
Twitter: @jplauche https://twitter.com/jplauche
Instagram: @jodyplauche https://www.instagram.com/jodyplauche/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the interviewee’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the hosts. The material and information presented in this podcast are for general information and entertainment purposes only. The hosts are not legal or mental health professionals or doctors, and opinions expressed here should not be expressed or implied that they are a replacement for qualified legal advice and medical or mental health treatment.

It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath. Please refer to the resources below for more information:
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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56 min
March 14, 2024Part 1: 'Why Gary, Why?' with Jody Plauché
This is Part 1 of a Two-Part Interview with Jody Plauché
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About our guest:
Jody Plauché, from Baton Rouge, La., made national headlines in March 1984 when he was abducted by his karate teacher and taken 2,000 miles away from home to Los Angeles, CA. FBI officials rescued Jody, and his abductor was arrested. Upon his karate teacher’s return, Jody’s father, Gary, shot and killed him. The shooting was captured by WBRZ news crew, a local ABC affiliate.
Jody obtained his bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Louisiana State University with minors in Psychology, Speech Communications, and Philosophy.
Jody has worked in the field of violence prevention since 1995. While attending Louisiana State University, he served on the executive board for Men Against Violence, a campus organization aimed at preventing campus violence, including sexual assault and other physical violence.
For seven years, Jody worked at the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County, a comprehensive crime victim center in Norristown, PA. At Victim Services, Jody worked as a sexual assault counselor as well as a prevention educator and eventually became the Supervisor of Community Education Programs. Jody provided crisis intervention to sexual assault victims on the agency’s 24-hour crisis hotline, as well as in-person support at hospitals and police stations. He facilitated sexual violence risk reduction programs for students ranging from pre-K through college age. Jody also presented numerous professional training sessions for police officers, hospital staff, parents, and school administrators.
Website: https://www.jodyplauche.net/about-me/
Twitter: @jplauche https://twitter.com/jplauche
Instagram: @jodyplauche https://www.instagram.com/jodyplauche/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the interviewee’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the hosts. The material and information presented in this podcast are for general information and entertainment purposes only. The hosts are not legal or mental health professionals or doctors, and opinions expressed here should not be expressed or implied that they are a replacement for qualified legal advice and medical or mental health treatment.

It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath. Please refer to the resources below for more information:
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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55 min
March 11, 2024Part 2: Citizen F's American Nightmare w/ Denise Huskins
This is Part 2 of a Two-Part Interview with Denise Huskins
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About our guest:
Denise Huskins
In March 2015, Denise and her boyfriend at the time, now husband Aaron Quinn, were victims in a home invasion. The intruders bound them up with zip ties, blinded them with blackout goggles, and forced them into a closet. Denise was then kidnapped. Aaron was able to break free later to call the police. Aaron told the police that Denise was being held ransom for two payments of $8,500. The Vallejo police never took him seriously. The police had his phone turned off where they could have had Denise’s location traced to be saved. Denise was then dropped off two days later by her family in Huntington Beach at her parents' house. The police and media did not believe them naming Denise the real-life gone girl.
Instagram: @huskins.denise https://www.instagram.com/huskins.denise/?hl=en
The Book: https://victimf.com
Netflix Series: American Nightmare
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the interviewee’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the hosts. The material and information presented in this podcast are for general information and entertainment purposes only. The hosts are not legal or mental health professionals or doctors, and opinions expressed here should not be expressed or implied that they are a replacement for qualified legal advice and medical or mental health treatment.
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath. Please refer to the resources below for more information:
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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48 min
March 08, 2024 Part 1: Citizen F's American Nightmare w/ Denise Huskins
This is Part 1 of a Two-Part Interview with Denise Huskins
Make 2024 your year of language mastery with Babbel! Visit https://babbel.com/collier and receive 55% off your Babbel subscription. Be a better you, one language at a time! *Rules and restrictions may apply.
About our guest:
Denise Huskins
In March 2015, Denise and her boyfriend at the time, now husband Aaron Quinn, were victims in a home invasion. The intruders bound them up with zip ties, blinded them with blackout goggles, and forced them into a closet. Denise was then kidnapped. Aaron was able to break free later to call the police. Aaron told the police that Denise was being held ransom for two payments of $8,500. The Vallejo police never took him seriously. The police had his phone turned off where they could have had Denise’s location traced to be saved. Denise was then dropped off two days later by her family in Huntington Beach at her parents' house. The police and media did not believe them naming Denise the real-life gone girl.
Instagram: @huskins.denise https://www.instagram.com/huskins.denise/?hl=en
The Book: https://victimf.com
Netflix Series: American Nightmare
• Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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49 min
March 01, 2024 Part 2: All That Glimmers w/ Kimberly Shannon Murphy
This is Part 2 of a Two-Part Interview with Kimberly Shannon Murphy.
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About our guest:
As an award-winning stuntwoman, Kimberly Shannon Murphy was intimate with pain. For years, she propelled her body through dangerous spaces—medicating the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse with the adrenaline rush that came from pushing herself to the absolute limit. But as Kimberly learned, no matter how much you suppress your past, it always catches up with you.
In Glimmer, Kimberly details her remarkable journey to the top of her field as a Hollywood stuntwoman for many A-list celebrities, including Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, and Sandra Bullock, while carrying the pain of her childhood of sexual abuse in a family that refused to acknowledge its reality. In her beautifully written, unflinchingly honest memoir, Kimberly reflects on her past and present, chronicling her path to recovery and calculating the long shadow of trauma.
Website: https://kimberlyshannonmurphy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlyshannonmurphystunts/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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40 min
February 29, 2024 Part 1: All That Glimmers w/ Kimberly Shannon Murphy
This is Part 1 of a Two-Part Interview with Kimberly Shannon Murphy.
Make 2024 your year of language mastery with Babbel! Visit https://babbel.com/collier and receive 55% off your Babbel subscription. Be a better you, one language at a time! *Rules and restrictions may apply.
About our guest:
As an award-winning stuntwoman, Kimberly Shannon Murphy was intimate with pain. For years, she propelled her body through dangerous spaces—medicating the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse with the adrenaline rush that came from pushing herself to the absolute limit. But as Kimberly learned, no matter how much you suppress your past, it always catches up with you.
In Glimmer, Kimberly details her remarkable journey to the top of her field as a Hollywood stuntwoman for many A-list celebrities, including Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, and Sandra Bullock, while carrying the pain of her childhood of sexual abuse in a family that refused to acknowledge its reality. In her beautifully written, unflinchingly honest memoir, Kimberly reflects on her past and present, chronicling her path to recovery and calculating the long shadow of trauma.
Website: https://kimberlyshannonmurphy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlyshannonmurphystunts/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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41 min
February 23, 2024 Part 2: Calling Out the Scouts w/ Matt Barker
This is Part 2 of a Two-Part Interview with Matt Barker.
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After years of suffering, Matt sought psychological treatment. He bravely made a report to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. He then filed a Police Report with the NSW Police about the repeated abuse he suffered as a child.
After three years of Police investigations and legal preparation by the Public Prosecutor, the abuser pleaded guilty to all charges relating to the abuse of Matt and three other scouts from the same scout group. That former scout leader is now serving a lengthy period of imprisonment.
Matt then acted in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, seeking to hold Scouts NSW to account for their failure to protect children like him from sexual abuse while under the care of their organization.
Website: https://www.mattvscouts.com.au
Instagram: @matt1barker https://www.instagram.com/matt1barker/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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46 min
February 22, 2024 Part 1: Calling Out the Scouts w/ Matt Barker
This is Part 1 of a Two-Part Interview with Matt Barker.
Make 2024 your year of language mastery with Babbel! Visit https://babbel.com/collier and receive 55% off your Babbel subscription. Be a better you, one language at a time! *Rules and restrictions may apply.
After years of suffering, Matt sought psychological treatment. He bravely made a report to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. He then filed a Police Report with the NSW Police about the repeated abuse he suffered as a child.
After three years of Police investigations and legal preparation by the Public Prosecutor, the abuser pleaded guilty to all charges relating to the abuse of Matt and three other scouts from the same scout group. That former scout leader is now serving a lengthy period of imprisonment.
Matt then acted in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, seeking to hold Scouts NSW to account for their failure to protect children like him from sexual abuse while under the care of their organization.
Website: https://www.mattvscouts.com.au
Instagram: @matt1barker https://www.instagram.com/matt1barker/
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesurvivorsquad
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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49 min
February 16, 2024 Part 2: Instagram Gone Wrong w/ Aziza Murphy
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Aziza Murphy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who is threatening her life. After she broke up with him, he called her over one thousand times within 24 hours, harassed her ex-husband's family, and tried to break into her house. Armed with recorded evidence, Aziza contacted the Baltimore Police Department, pleading for them to make an arrest, but they told her since he hadn't necessarily been violent with her, they couldn't take any action. Aziza was forced to relocate and lost her job after her stalker showed up at her workplace and threatened her coworkers. She turned to social media and shared her horrific story to expose her stalker and shine a light on how the system can fail to protect women, especially women of color, from a stalker.
Instagram @cured_bytheblood https://www.instagram.com/cured_bytheblood
Twitter @CuredByTheBLood https://twitter.com/CuredByTheBLood
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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36 min
February 15, 2024 Part 1: Instagram Gone Wrong w/ Aziza Murphy
Make 2024 your year of language mastery with Babbel! Visit https://babbel.com/collier and receive 55% off your Babbel subscription. Be a better you, one language at a time! *Rules and restrictions may apply.
Aziza Murphy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who is threatening her life. After she broke up with him, he called her over one thousand times within 24 hours, harassed her ex-husband's family, and tried to break into her house. Armed with recorded evidence, Aziza contacted the Baltimore Police Department, pleading for them to make an arrest, but they told her since he hadn't necessarily been violent with her, they couldn't take any action. Aziza was forced to relocate and lost her job after her stalker showed up at her workplace and threatened her coworkers. She turned to social media and shared her horrific story to expose her stalker and shine a light on how the system can fail to protect women, especially women of color, from a stalker.
Instagram @cured_bytheblood https://www.instagram.com/cured_bytheblood
Twitter @CuredByTheBLood https://twitter.com/CuredByTheBLood
Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud
• Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell
• Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links
It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath.
•Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
•Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/
•American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/
•National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
•National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/
•National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/

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37 min

About The Survivor Squad

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True crime is often sensationalized — but behind every headline is a real person with a real story. Survivor Squad creates a space where survivors share, in their own words, what really happened to them. In each episode, true crime survivors interview other survivors to go beyond the headlines and get to know the person behind the story. This is a show committed to ethical true crime — centering survivors, honoring their voices, and making the true crime space better for those who've lived it.