Celisia Stanton

Yeah, well, I'm really excited to be able to chat with you today. My show, Truer Crime, I actually created it just sort of as an outgrowth of my own personal experiences. In 2020, I actually, long story short, was defrauded of my life savings by a financial advisor who turned out he was defrauding all of his investor clients.

Yeah, well, I'm really excited to be able to chat with you today. My show, Truer Crime, I actually created it just sort of as an outgrowth of my own personal experiences. In 2020, I actually, long story short, was defrauded of my life savings by a financial advisor who turned out he was defrauding all of his investor clients.

Yeah, well, I'm really excited to be able to chat with you today. My show, Truer Crime, I actually created it just sort of as an outgrowth of my own personal experiences. In 2020, I actually, long story short, was defrauded of my life savings by a financial advisor who turned out he was defrauding all of his investor clients.

He was actually a fiduciary, meaning he had like extra legal financial responsibilities and he still chose to kind of use this money for his own personal game, like vacations and homes and cars and things like that. And so that was obviously a super jarring experience for me. And after I had found out about this, like, you know, all my life savings was gone.

He was actually a fiduciary, meaning he had like extra legal financial responsibilities and he still chose to kind of use this money for his own personal game, like vacations and homes and cars and things like that. And so that was obviously a super jarring experience for me. And after I had found out about this, like, you know, all my life savings was gone.

He was actually a fiduciary, meaning he had like extra legal financial responsibilities and he still chose to kind of use this money for his own personal game, like vacations and homes and cars and things like that. And so that was obviously a super jarring experience for me. And after I had found out about this, like, you know, all my life savings was gone.

He actually had stole over $2 million total from all of his clients. But after that, I was kind of like, you know, navigating this whole criminal legal process and also just, you you know, it was 2020. So there wasn't a lot going on. I've been a wedding and portrait photographer for many years. And so winter in Minnesota during the pandemic, not a time of a lot of business.

He actually had stole over $2 million total from all of his clients. But after that, I was kind of like, you know, navigating this whole criminal legal process and also just, you you know, it was 2020. So there wasn't a lot going on. I've been a wedding and portrait photographer for many years. And so winter in Minnesota during the pandemic, not a time of a lot of business.

He actually had stole over $2 million total from all of his clients. But after that, I was kind of like, you know, navigating this whole criminal legal process and also just, you you know, it was 2020. So there wasn't a lot going on. I've been a wedding and portrait photographer for many years. And so winter in Minnesota during the pandemic, not a time of a lot of business.

And so I was like literally just binging true crime all day. It was kind of like a coping mechanism for dealing with this thing that, you know, I'd never kind of seen coming. And Um, and then sort of, you know, just constantly pausing those shows and complaining to my husband about things I felt like were missing from a lot of true crime narratives.

And so I was like literally just binging true crime all day. It was kind of like a coping mechanism for dealing with this thing that, you know, I'd never kind of seen coming. And Um, and then sort of, you know, just constantly pausing those shows and complaining to my husband about things I felt like were missing from a lot of true crime narratives.

And so I was like literally just binging true crime all day. It was kind of like a coping mechanism for dealing with this thing that, you know, I'd never kind of seen coming. And Um, and then sort of, you know, just constantly pausing those shows and complaining to my husband about things I felt like were missing from a lot of true crime narratives.

Um, you know, obviously I found that the sort of like listening to them, you know, interesting and engaging. And there was something, um, that was really drawing me in for episode after episode. episode, but I also felt like a lot of these shows really didn't dive into race or gender or sexuality or the root causes of crime.

Um, you know, obviously I found that the sort of like listening to them, you know, interesting and engaging. And there was something, um, that was really drawing me in for episode after episode. episode, but I also felt like a lot of these shows really didn't dive into race or gender or sexuality or the root causes of crime.

Um, you know, obviously I found that the sort of like listening to them, you know, interesting and engaging. And there was something, um, that was really drawing me in for episode after episode. episode, but I also felt like a lot of these shows really didn't dive into race or gender or sexuality or the root causes of crime.

And so I kind of just started having so many conversations with my husband about that, that he was eventually like, why don't you start your own podcast? And I was like, yeah, I love that idea. Let me see if I can do it. Give it a try. And so that's how Truer Crime came to be. And I just produced that first season kind of independently, put it out in the spring of 2021.

And so I kind of just started having so many conversations with my husband about that, that he was eventually like, why don't you start your own podcast? And I was like, yeah, I love that idea. Let me see if I can do it. Give it a try. And so that's how Truer Crime came to be. And I just produced that first season kind of independently, put it out in the spring of 2021.

And so I kind of just started having so many conversations with my husband about that, that he was eventually like, why don't you start your own podcast? And I was like, yeah, I love that idea. Let me see if I can do it. Give it a try. And so that's how Truer Crime came to be. And I just produced that first season kind of independently, put it out in the spring of 2021.

And it really grew from there. And I found that a lot of people also resonated with like wanting to hear true crime, you know, told a little bit differently with more nuance and empathy. And just kind of like diving into, you know, why do these things happen? And so, you know, I've been working on the season two after that first season.

And it really grew from there. And I found that a lot of people also resonated with like wanting to hear true crime, you know, told a little bit differently with more nuance and empathy. And just kind of like diving into, you know, why do these things happen? And so, you know, I've been working on the season two after that first season.