Something Was Wrong
S23 E17: BTS with BCM - Case & Community Updates with The BCM Production Team
Thu, 05 Jun 2025
*Content warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and industrialized child abuse.*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Kaitlyn Braun sentencing delayed as judge and lawyers discuss jail time for woman who faked pregnancies:https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kaitlyn-braun-sentenced-today-hamilton-080000799.htmlMoms Advocating For MomsS23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, disparities are addressed, and every mother has the resources and support she needs to thrive: https://www.momsadvocatingformoms.org/take-actionhttps://linktr.ee/momsadvocatingformoms Malik's Law https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB4553 M.A.M.A. has helped file a Texas bill called Malik's Law, which is intended to implement requirements for midwives in Texas to report birth outcomes in hopes of improving transparency and data collection in the midwifery field in partnership with Senator Claudia Ordaz. Senate Bill 151:https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/SB0151/2025Season 20 of Something Was Wrong:https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/20/Season 22 of Something Was Wrong:https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/22/Season 23 of Something Was Wrong:https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/23/[SWW x WCN] S20, S18 & S7 Case Updates & Reflections:https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/episode/10716-sww-x-wcn-s20-s18-amp-s7-case-updates-amp-reflections/Take it Down Act:https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 [WCN Presents] S11 E11 Updates:https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/episode/10716-wcn-presents-dara-sww-season-11-episode-11-update/Petition to ‘Keep Jesse Winnick in Prison:’https://www.change.org/p/sign-to-keep-jesse-winnick-in-prison-in-loving-memory-of-hadas-winnick*SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: Thank you so much to Emily Wolfe for covering Glad Rag’s original song, U Think U for us this season!Hear more from Emily Wolfe:On SpotifyOn Apple Musichttps://www.emilywolfemusic.com/instagram.com/emilywolfemusicGlad Rags: https://www.gladragsmusic.com/ The S23 cover art is by the Amazing Sara StewartFollow Something Was Wrong:Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese:Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo
Chapter 1: What content warnings are provided for this episode?
Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences. This season contains discussions of medical negligence, birth trauma, and infant loss, which may be upsetting for some listeners. For a full content warning, sources, and resources, please visit the episode notes.
Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself, Broken Cycle Media, and Wondery. The podcast and any linked materials should not be misconstrued as a substitution for legal or medical advice. I'm Tiffany Reese, and this is Something Was Wrong.
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Chapter 2: Who are the guests on the show and what are their backgrounds?
Hello, friends. I am very excited to record this episode today because I get to do so with the Something Was Wrong team. We're going to chat about some community updates, some happy updates. We're going to talk case updates. We're going to do a little Q&A. We're going to talk about new shows, new content we have coming your way, all sorts of things. I figured we'd kick it off with introductions.
We'll go in alphabetical order because I'm a nerd. ABC, even though most of our listeners are probably very familiar with who you are, introduce yourself and a little bit about your background and how listeners may recognize your voice, Amy, and then a bit about what you do here at Broken Cycle Media. It's a whole lot.
You might recognize my voice from season seven of Something Was Wrong. I was gifted the opportunity and honor to share my mom's story, my family history. That experience brought us so close, Tiffany. I think it was the tie that bound us in the beginning and then It's been such a beautiful opportunity to continue to keep in touch, but also to work together.
Now I am the host and co-producer of What Came Next, which is crazy because we're about to hit episode 126. It's my mom's birthday, so I can remember the number. So 126 episodes already. Insane.
I think the work that you're doing is so important and so amazing. Our friendship really blossomed after working together on season seven. And then Amy ended up returning the favor and helping me tell my story for season 16. And Lily was definitely a part of that as well. Lauren, you're next in terms of alphabetical order. You're the newest on the team. We love having Lauren on the team.
If you're a newer listener, you might be more quick to recognize Lauren's voice.
Yeah, thank you guys for having me. I'm so honored to be here. My name is Lauren. I'm the social media manager for Something Was Wrong. But as some of you have put together, I am on season 20 of Something Was Wrong. And I had the misfortune of meeting and living with Jessica Pauly.
Lauren, we started working together on season 20. And then I started following her page and seeing the things that she does on social media and learning more about her business. And I was like, after the season is over, can I low-key hire you? And it's been amazing. We love, here at Something Goes Wrong, hiring survivors. It's part of our mission.
It's also just really great for me personally because I get to keep having these continual relationships with y'all and excuses to talk to you guys every week, which I love. Lily has actually been on our team the longest. Lily, do you want to talk a little bit about that? And we have to shout out Suze and Jeff.
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Chapter 3: What community updates are discussed?
And then that moment, it just validated why I do what I do, why we do what we do, why we do it together.
Everybody we met was amazing. I loved how many couples came. I loved how many friends came. There was like a grocery clerk who was a middle-aged guy who was there with like his young Gen Z coworker because they talk in the break room about something was wrong every week. So when one of them won the contest, they knew instantly who they had to bring with them. And that was really sweet.
Also, I was so focused on not messing this up. I love hosting. My husband and I, we love having people over like we're those people. And I love throwing a party and I love a fucking theme. But I was stressed. I was stressed. I was worried that things were going to go wrong. So I wasn't even thinking about how fucking cool it was until it started happening.
And thankfully, I was tapped in enough to like allow myself to enjoy it by the time things were like happening. But people kept coming up and being like, oh, my God, it Amy's here. Lauren's here. They've heard you guys before on the show. Sometimes we just don't realize how much people are following.
It's just so refreshing to like talk to people that like you and like the show because I feel like a lot of the feedback I get, if it does filter down through to me, it's usually like not pleasant sometimes. stuff. Nobody's ever like, oh, I saw this really nice thing that someone said about you and sends that to me. Like, it's never that.
No offense to anybody, but like, it's always like, oh, look at this horrible, untrue thing someone said about you. For me, that's what I found re-energizing about it. The people who get it, they get it and it means something different and they understand how it can be and that it's genuine.
It's vulnerable in a way that felt good. People knowing your story, knowing all these secrets that you're embarrassed of, it just puts things into perspective in a whole different way when people support you and they know you in that way. It's such a vulnerable feeling, but such a different type of vulnerable.
Yeah. And it's so lovely not only getting to see like people show up for y'all, but then also like seeing the survivors and the people who are attending just having their own independent conversations and relating to each other. And that's when it clicked for me. These events aren't even just about us meeting the listeners. It's about the listeners meeting each other.
What I kept hearing from people over and over was it just feels so nice to feel like I'm in a safe space. And everybody who was there just had a heart of gold. And I just thought it was beautiful. And so I definitely want to do more of them. Credible Threat is a brand new show that will be launching 7-7, 2025.
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Chapter 4: What is Malik's Law and why is it important?
Simpson, a lot of cases that listeners are going to recognize. And the interviews really provide new insights into those cases as well as what goes on for the experts behind the scenes.
I was going to say another striking thing that makes it so unique is it's really interesting to not only have these credible experts, but like experts in every facet of true crime you could imagine.
And we are hosting an event, shameless plug, July 13th at the St. Felix in Hollywood. There's two locations, so be clear. The one in Hollywood, St. Felix, Hollywood. We are having a credible threat launch party. The vibe is Hollywood goth, which is very like Lenora and Dr. Chris. It's the perfect space. So if anybody wants to plan their outfits accordingly, that's the vibe.
It is going to be invite only, but we will be opening up some tickets to listeners. So definitely follow us on Instagram at Something Was Wrong Podcast for those kinds of announcements. That will be where we're posting like the links to sign up or register and things like that. That's where Queen Lauren shines and does her social media goddess work.
And she makes sure that everybody has the information they need and also helps coordinate details when needed. We're really excited that venue is also much larger. It is free, but we are asking people if they would like to donate to two incredible nonprofit organizations that are both featured on the first season of Credible Threat with Lenora Clare and Dr. Chris Mohandy. More about that soon.
But the event will be benefiting Tending the Garden as well as Transdo Task Force, both which are featured on Credible Threat season one. Amy, can you talk a little bit more about that since you have been producing Credible Threat episodes and were there for the interview?
Yeah. Transdow Task Force is a phenomenal nonprofit organization that helps support investigations into missing persons cases specifically related to the trans community and they are genetic genealogists. They also work to educate police organizations and better serving the trans community.
They've created the first registry for missing people that are trans, but also they've created an initiative called If I Go Missing. They've created a registry, in essence, of trans people who would like to register with their own information in the way that they'd like to present in the media or in efforts to find them in the event that they go missing, which is just an...
awful reality that the community needs such targeted support in that manner. But it is a reality that missing persons don't often get resources allocated and marginalized communities are often left to fend for themselves. The founders of Trans Do Task Force are incredible. The interview was incredible.
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