Strictly Stalking

Sierra never imagined that someone else's obsession would become her nightmare. She had just started dating a man when a stranger reached out—claiming he was her boyfriend of three years. Confused and alarmed, Sierra confronted him. What he showed her was proof: the relationship had ended long before. But the fixation hadn't. The woman who once stalked him quickly shifted her focus to Sierra. What began as online haras...

Bex joined the police force to protect others. Instead, she became the one who needed protecting—from the people wearing the same badge. It began with patrol cars idling in her rearview mirror, officers waiting for her to drive through town so they could pull her over and accuse her of being drunk. Then came the summons to the lieutenant's office on her nights off. Questions about harmless dinners with friends. Warning...

The night Marie discovered her pastor inside her home shattered any doubt she had left. What once felt like unease became undeniable proof—and the beginning of a long fight for justice. In part two, Marie walks us through the investigation that followed, the arrest that confirmed her worst fears, and the courtroom battle that forced her to relive years of manipulation and stalking. As the legal system weighs in, Marie ...

Jane Anderson has spent her entire career staring directly into the patterns of control, obsession, and escalation that define stalking and intimate partner violence. She began as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade's Domestic Violence Unit, where she saw—again and again—how stalking isn't just a red flag, but a warning for violence to come. From there, she built the nation's Human Trafficking Unit from the groun...

Marie went to church looking for peace. She found a pastor she trusted… and a predator she never saw coming. For years, he followed her—appearing where he shouldn't, watching when she didn't know. But nothing prepared her for the night her home security cameras revealed the unthinkable: he had crossed her threshold. In this episode, Marie exposes the spiritual betrayal, psychological manipulation, and terrifying stalki...

Heather thought she'd met a friendly stranger on a bus—until he revealed he already knew details she'd never shared. Soon he was showing up everywhere she went, inserting himself into her relationships, and eventually following her across state lines. His obsession escalated from surprise encounters to love poems, rambling manifestos, and even a bizarre marriage proposal delivered with a jar of honey. Today, Heather sh...

Singer-songwriter Coles Whalen never met her stalker — but for more than six years, he was everywhere. Hiding behind anonymous accounts, a man sent thousands of messages, fixating on Coles's music, her personal life, and eventually her family. What began online escalated into a pattern of harassment that reshaped her daily life — forcing her to change routines, cancel shows, and live under constant fear. Coles eventual...

Rhonda met a patron at a local tavern. She never dated him, never gave him her number, never had any kind of relationship with him. But none of that mattered to him. He decided she was his, and he's been hunting her ever since. For more than thirty years, Rhonda has endured letters, threats, and sudden, terrifying appearances. And every time she went to the police for help, she heard the same response: "No—he hasn't hu...

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Episode Description:

Crazy In Love: Erotomania

Dr. Scott & Dr. Shiloh get into the subcategory of Delusional Disorder, Erotomania; to have the delusional or false belief of a secret or known admirer. This disorder is of...

Claire had barely settled into her new life across the country when the stalking began—launched by a woman she had never even met. A single DM spiraled into relentless messages, emails, and voicemails, each one proving her every online move was being monitored in real time. The harassment soon reached her workplace, and the interstate, fully virtual nature of the stalking made getting help feel impossible. Everything c...

When it comes to stalking, obsession, and criminal psychology, few understand both sides like Dr. Shiloh. She's a California-licensed psychologist working with Los Angeles law enforcement on clinical support, crisis negotiation, and the psychological toll of the job. Before that, she was Officer Shiloh — a patrol cop, background investigator, and terrorism liaison. Now a forensic psychologist, she specializes in high-r...

When Timothy divorced his ex-husband, he thought the nightmare was finally over. But it was only the beginning. The messages started first — threats that crept into every corner of his life. Then came the hacking, the impersonation, the total loss of privacy. And his stalker didn't stop with him. He went after Timothy's family, his friends… even tampered with his mother's medical care — determined to destroy everything...

For years, Bailee has been hunted by a man who refuses to let her go. He's torn apart her home, attacked her friends, and forced her child to grow up in constant fear. No matter how far she ran, he always found her. But Bailee refused to break. Now a wife and mother, she's still standing — proof that survival is stronger than obsession. Bailee is speaking out to set the record straight: stalking isn't about love, or pe...

When the messages started, Kate felt a chill she couldn't explain. Anonymous threats. Cryptic notes. Someone out there was watching her — or so she thought. Each message pulled her deeper into fear and confusion. Her friends were being dragged into it, her life unraveling one text at a time. But the truth was far darker than she imagined. The person tormenting her wasn't a stranger hiding in the shadows…it was someone ...