I Want You To Know

What happens when the trauma you experienced as a child follows you into your relationships, your parenting, and every part of your adult life? In this episode, we are joined by June Berlinger, a nurse, survivor, and author, for an incredibly honest conversation about surviving abuse and finding a way forward.

June shares what it was like to grow up surrounded by abuse, how those experiences shaped her self-worth and relationships,...

What happens when the person entrusted with guiding your faith becomes the person who betrays your trust? In this powerful episode, we sit down with Diana Hernandez, who shares her story of being sexually abused as a teenager by a Catholic priest who also served as a vice principal and disciplinarian at her high school. Diana opens up about the grooming that began when she was 16, how her vulnerability following her parents' divorc...

A tragedy can become a headline in seconds, but for the families left behind, the story never ends. In this episode of I Want You To Know, we sit down with Happy Perry, the mother of D’Sean Perry, one of three University of Virginia student athletes killed on November 13, 2022. Happy shares the story of D’Sean beyond the tragedy: his creativity as an artist, his kindness as a friend and teammate, his role as a protector...

Some stories make national headlines. The story that follows almost never does. 

When Lori Poland was just three years old, her abduction made national headlines and captured the attention of the entire country. Decades later, Lori joins us in this episode to share the story the public never heard. Instead of focusing on the crime itself, this conversation explores what it means to grow up carrying a story that the world al...

Erika Mahoney spent years reporting on other people's stories. She never imagined she would become one herself.

In this episode, we sit down with Erika to talk about the day everything changed. While working as a journalist, she learned that an active shooter had opened fire at the grocery store where her father was shopping. 

She shares what it was like to navigate those agonizing hours as both a reporter and a daughter, why it...

Some of the most devastating crimes begin with trust. In this episode, we’re joined by Charles "Chip" Wallace, author of The Caregiver's Game, to explore the quiet and often overlooked reality of financial elder abuse.

After the death of his mother, Chip uncovered a trail of suspicious financial decisions, a rewritten will, and a pattern of manipulation that forced him into a years-long investigation. 

We discuss how ...

Some families are left grieving. Others are left investigating. In this episode of I Want You To Know, we sit down with Madison McGhee, creator and host of the investigative podcast Ice Cold, to talk about her father's unsolved murder and the years she has spent searching for answers. 

After believing for the first ten years of her life that her father had died of a heart attack, Madison learned he had actually been murdere...

One young woman's dream of performing on stage became a fight to reclaim her voice. In this episode of I Want You To Know, Jayden Harris and her mother, Shannon, share the story behind Jayden's allegations of grooming and sexual exploitation while working as a teenage performer in Branson. 

They open up about the warning signs that were easy to miss, the impact of manipulation and abuse, and the emotional toll that continued lo...

What if human trafficking often looks very different than you've imagined? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Teresa Merriweather, a survivor, educator, and nationally recognized advocate who challenges the stereotypes that keep trafficking hidden in plain sight. 

Teresa shares how she was groomed by someone she trusted deeply, a respected leader in her church, and how emotional manipulation, betrayal, and coercion slowl...

For nearly twenty years, Joseph Cleveland carried a secret he had never fully understood himself. What began as a trusted mentorship during a difficult season of his childhood eventually revealed itself to be years of grooming and sexual abuse at the hands of a respected church leader.

Joseph shares his story in his own words, taking us through the loneliness and vulnerability that made him a target, the manipulation that kept him s...

Some losses never end, and for the families of missing loved ones, the absence becomes something they carry every single day. In this powerful conversation, we sit down with Julie Murray, sister of Maura Murray, whose disappearance in 2004 became one of the most discussed missing persons cases in America. But beyond the headlines, theories, and online speculation is a family that has spent more than two decades navigating uncertain...

In this episode, a sister's grief becomes a powerful reminder of what is left behind long after the headlines fade. Whitney Bartell, whose brother Seth was killed following the 2003 Rocori High School shooting in Minnesota, shares about who Seth was beyond the tragedy, the dreams he never had the chance to pursue, and the lasting impact his loss has had on Whitney, her family, and an entire community. Whitney shares what it was lik...

In this episode of I Want You To Know, we step into one of the most haunting and complex cases in recent memory, exploring the intertwined stories of Kathleen Savio and Stacey Peterson and the man at the center of it all. From a suspicious death initially ruled an accident to a disappearance that still has no answers, we unpack how control, manipulation, and public perception shaped the narrative and the investigation. We also exam...

In this powerful episode of I Want You To Know, we examine the Colonial Parkway Murders through the eyes of someone who has lived the devastation for nearly four decades. Bill Thomas, brother of victim Kathy Thomas, shares not only the deeply personal story of Kathy and Rebecca Dowski, but also the painful questions that still remain about bias, investigative failures, media misrepresentation, and what justice looks like when a sus...

This isn’t just another true crime story. It’s a powerful re-centering of the narrative we’ve been told for decades. In the pilot episode of I Want You To Know, we step into one of the most well-known cases in American history through a very different lens by focusing not on the perpetrator, but on survivor Kathy Kleiner Ruben. Through a deeply personal and unfiltered conversation, Kathy shares what it means to li...

Some stories don’t end when the headlines fade. They are just beginning.

I Want You To Know is a powerful, trauma-informed true crime podcast that centers the voices too often left out of the narrative, victims and the people who love them. Hosted by Kristen Feden and Renee Williams, this series blends legal insight with deeply human storytelling to explore the lasting impact of crime long after the case is closed.

Each...