Very good podcast. Personally note- I have had so many similar traumatic events happen - this has been very helpful to reflect and also realize I did almost all of the productive things I could being so young with basically no guidance. This was before the me too movement. Thank you for doing this- it’s so hard- and actually having some sort of answer of what to do about it- talking about it. and thank you also for coming to all of the same conclusions- not vilify all predators but to come to some sort of understanding and rather acknowledging the lack of resources for folks. It’s such a hard subject - sending love to anyone reading- thank you

I wonder if while they edit this podcast they didn’t hear how repetitive it was. She kept mentioning the same things over and over again. I couldn’t finish listening

I’m only at the beginning and I already feel relief! Thank You So Much. I need my Girls to listen to this too.

Excellent podcast. I am SO SICK of women explaining why they or someone they love didn't report assault tho. We have to stop doing that. If you do not understand the myriad of reasons a woman (or man) does not report then you are an unfeeling robot.

This was a truly heartbreaking story. These stories do need to be told though. The thing that I didn’t enjoy was the recap at the beginning of each episode, it felt redundant. I also don’t like how the verbiage used minimizes the acts. “Intervened” with the children? No, it’s called rape and assault.

Many of this type all,,,, yet this drifting away , no future & this foolishness of making sure this doesn’t happen to another child …. when great majority comes from a child’s family ….. & families can’t be bothered + the whole Australian thing of not allowing a sexually abused person to connect there name to any story 🙄 ( only desperation brought me here)

Excellent podcast. Professional. Heartbreaking case. Shows the deep, harmful and wounding nature of childhood sexual abuse. As well as the multigenerational aspect that is sometimes present.

This tackles a subject that’s important, and I think more people should be talking about situations like these. But the host rehashes everything each episode, sometimes multiple times an episode. I don’t want to hear the abuse details repeated over and over, and am more interested in hearing about how they go about getting justice despite the backlash from the community.

I applaud and appreciate the courage it took to investigate and broadcast this trauma. I’m also tired of the constant plugs for Steve and The Australian, it takes away from the content and from the host owning her own work

The mom constantly blaming the genesis of the sister’s suicide on the narrator’s wedding day is getting my goat. The mom could have, at ANY time decided to help out her kids. Usually, if a mom can’t speak up for herself, the lion comes out as a protective mother. The excuses are enraging. Just because someone is your family, doesn’t give them a right to be in your life. It breaks my heart for these girls that their grandma & mom just sat back & wrung their hands & put these girls in the position to be molested several times. I hope the narrator seeks counseling. Her mom, too. Anything from the mom saying less than “I accept that I allowed you to be molested by the man who molested me. It is unforgivable and I’m glad you still allow me in your life.” is despicable. I just finished episode 3, and though it’s well told, the mom is making this hard to listen to. That and the grandma’s friend’s telling the narrator, “Oh, you thought it was only once?” was mean, awful and pointless I hope this family can heal. So very tragic.

This story and motivation for the investigation are wonderful and I hope it leads to a police investigation. Regardless, it is worth sharing the story and I appreciate Virginia doing this incredibly hard thing and sharing it with us listeners. I find it incomprehensible for any family to doubt the importance of sharing and finding the truth. Alex and Virginia are victims- any blame lives with the two vile perpetrators. I do find the podcast very repetitive, though, and the opening of each episode is about 6 minutes of recap and repeat. Feels like there is less material than slated episodes. I’m not sure I’ll keep listening, since very little new info is included in each subsequent episode.

I got through most of episode 1, but I just can’t go on. The excuses made by the mother and the excuses regarding the grandmother, for doing NOTHING, made my stomach turn. I’m sorry, your grandmother caught her husband’s hand in your pants and kept him around. She did not love you, that’s not love. You cannot heal if you continue to lie to yourself. Good luck.

Heartbreaking. I was angry with the Mom and Grandmother, but then I thought back to how my own family handled secrets and it was the same. Ignore it, bury it, pretend nothing happened. I hope this podcast helps change how families handle sexual abuse.

This story has made me already so mad at the mother and grandmother!! Thank God Alex had a sister that is fighting for her. Pls everyone come forward and get the rapist jailed. Stop hiding sex abuse!!! Expose names Virginia