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Something Was Wrong
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Something Was Wrong is an award-winning docuseries about survivors' discovery, trauma, and recovery from crime and abuse.
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S26 Ep6: Friendship, Attachment, and Betrayal with Dr. Marisa G. Franco, PhD
3d ago00:51:31Summary ready*Content Warning: neglect, rejection, friendship betrayal, betrayal, and infidelity.Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo Follow Dr. Marisa G. Franco: Website - https://www.drmarisagfranco.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drmarisagfranco Platonic, How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make - and Keep - Friends - https://drmarisagfranco.com/platonic-the-book/ Worth, The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment: https://drmarisagfranco.com/worth-the-book/ *Sources: Almaatouq, Abdullah, et al. "Are You Your Friends' Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change." PLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, article e0151588, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151588 Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. When Losses of Loved Ones Are Not Acknowledged: Understanding Disenfranchised Grief. Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University, n.d., https://www.cstsonline.org/assets/media/documents/CSTS_FS_When_Losses_of_Loved_Ones_Are_Not_Acknowledged_Understanding_Disenfranchised_Grief.pdf Dodson, William W., et al. "Rejection sensitivity dysphoria in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A case series." Neurology 7 (2024): 23-30. Franco, Marisa G. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends. Penguin Random House, 6 Sept. 2022 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676695/platonic-by-marisa-g-franco-phd/ Franco, Marisa G. Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 15 Sept. 2026, Penguin Random House,https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/784327/worth-by-marisa-g-franco-phd/ Gobin, Robyn L., and Jennifer J. Freyd. "The impact of betrayal trauma on the tendency to trust." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 6.5 (2014): 505. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-24397-001 Guy-Evans, Olivia. “Self-Verification Theory.” Simply Psychology, 11 May 2026, https://www.simplypsychology.org/self-verification-theory.html Here & Now Newsroom. “Research Shows We Replace Half Our Friends Every 7 Years. Here's How to Make New Ones.” NPR Illinois, 23 June 2025, https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-23/research-shows-we-replace-half-our-friends-every-7-years-heres-how-to-make-new-ones Hillman, James. "Betrayal." Loose Ends: Primary Papers in Archetypal Psychology, Spring Publications, 1975, pp. 63–79. Jarrett, Christian. "The Liking Gap: We Usually Think People Like Us Less Than They Actually Do." Research Digest, British Psychological Society, 13 Sept. 2018, https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/liking-gap Kenny, Serafina. "Having Friends Is as Important as Diet and Exercise for Living Longer, a Longevity Expert Says." Business Insider, 22 Sept. 2023, https://www.businessinsider.com/longevity-antiaging-friendship-social-interaction-relationships-2023-9 Nader, Karim. “Reconsolidation and the Dynamic Nature of Memory.” Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology vol. 7,10 a021782. 9 Sep. 2015, doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a021782, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26354895/ Nussbaum, Ben. "FRIENDSHIP FLATTENS HILLS: It's time to put connections at the center of wellbeing, says relationship expert Marisa Franco." Spirituality & Health Magazine, vol. 25, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 2022, pp. 46+. Gale Academic OneFile link.gale.com/apps/doc/A763799199/AONE?u=anon~858b38f4&sid=googleScholar&xid=6b08179d One Another. Directed by Amber Love, produced by Andrea Raby, Joycie Films, 2026. World premiere, SXSW Film & TV Festival, Austin, TX, 12 Mar. 2026. https://schedule.sxsw.com/2026/films/2249924 Romm, Cari. "Half of Your Friends Probably Don't Think of You as a Friend." The Cut, 9 May 2016, https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/half-of-your-friends-probably-dont-think-of-you-as-a-friend.html Thompson, Sophia, Kaitlyn Deaner, and Marisa G. Franco. "How to Help Clients Make Friends." Journal of Health Service Psychology 49.2 (2023): 77-85 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42843-023-00085-w Wallace, Anna Kodé. "Why Friendship Betrayal Feels Impossible to Get Over." The Cut, 22 Apr. 2026, https://www.thecut.com/article/friendship-betrayal-explained-psychology-summer-house.html
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S26 Ep5: A Restoration (Chapter 1 Finale)
1w ago00:57:26Summary ready*Content Warning: fire, stalking, breaking and entering, domestic violence, religious abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, religious abuse, and friendship betrayal. *Marie’s Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maries-family-recover-after-house-fire Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources: CBSNews.com Staff. "Falwell: I Blew It." CBS News, 18 Sept. 2001, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/falwell-i-blew-it/. Falwell, Jonathan. Thomas Road Baptist Church, 23 Mar. 2025, Lynchburg, VA. Sermon. Finley, Ben. "Liberty University Will Pay $14 Million, the Largest Fine Ever Levied Under the Federal Clery Act." AP News, 5 Mar. 2024, https://apnews.com/article/liberty-university-clery-act-fine-ac7f365762fb8ac8a4abb86cf4613d33 Forgey, Quint. “Falwell Takes Indefinite Leave from Liberty University.” POLITICO, 7 Aug. 2020, https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/falwell-indefinite-leave-liberty-university-392607 “Liberty University Board Confirms Falwell’s Indefinite Leave and Prevo as Acting President.” Liberty News, Liberty University, 21 Aug. 2020,https://www.liberty.edu/news/2020/08/21/liberty-university-board-confirms-falwells-indefinite-leave-and-prevo-as-acting-president/ “Liberty University Appoints Acting President.” Liberty News, Liberty University, 10 Aug. 2020,https://www.liberty.edu/news/2020/08/10/liberty-university-appoints-acting-president/ “Liberty University will pay $14 million fine for student safety violations.” Associated Press, 5 Mar. 2024, https://apnews.com/article/liberty-university-clery-act-fine-ac7f365762fb8ac8a4abb86cf4613d33 “Liberty University fined record $14 million under federal crime-reporting law.” Reuters, 5 Mar. 2024, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/liberty-university-fined-record-14-million-under-federal-crime-reporting-law-2024-03-05/ Lovelace Jr., Berkeley. “Jerry Falwell Jr. Takes Indefinite Leave of Absence From Liberty University.” CNBC, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2020. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/08/jerry-falwell-jr-takes-indefinite-leave-of-absence-from-liberty-university.html Marie June. [Victim Impact Statement]. Facebook, 17 October 2025, https://www.facebook.com/marie.columna/videos/1786260958697179/ “Meet the Chancellor.” Liberty University Inauguration, Liberty University, https://www.liberty.edu/inauguration/meet-the-chancellor/ Olasky, Marvin. "Falwell's Mountains." WORLD, 2 Apr. 2021,https://wng.org/articles/falwells-mountains-1617336494 Sherman, Gabriel. “Inside Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Unlikely Rise and Precipitous Fall at Liberty University.” Vanity Fair, 24 Jan. 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/10/liberty-university-names-acting-president-after-jerry-falwell-jr-placed-leave-absence/ Thomas Road Baptist Church. Publications, Record Group 4. Liberty University Archive, 26 Oct. 2012,https://pimcore.liberty.edu/imports/coldfusion/1420/documents/archivefindingaids/TRBC_RG-04.pdf "Timeline: A Half-Century of Falwell's Ministry." NPR, 15 May 2006, https://www.npr.org/2006/05/15/5519116/timeline-a-half-century-of-falwells-ministry. Thomas Road Baptist Church. “Power Source - Pastor Matt Wilmington.” YouTube, uploaded by TRBC, 26 October 2026, https://www.youtube.com/live/1duKACTTT-I?si=udx64irM12EAuRIG
SummaryS26 Ep4: So Help You God
2w ago00:51:53Summary ready*Content Warning: stalking, breaking and entering, domestic violence, religious abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, religious abuse, and friendship betrayal. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources: Body-worn camera recording. Received via Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sergio Guardia. Trial Transcript. Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg, March 2025. Received via Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sergio Guardia. Sentencing Hearing. Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg, 17 Oct. 2025. Liberty University: Institutional history and university background information. https://www.liberty.edu/ Thomas Road Baptist Church: Church history and organizational background. Founded in 1956 by Jerry Falwell Sr. https://trbc.org/
SummaryS26 Ep3: Hit Him with a Trifecta
3w ago00:57:18Summary ready*Content Warning: stalking, breaking and entering, domestic violence, religious abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, religious abuse, and friendship betrayal. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources: Body-worn camera recording. Received via Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sergio Guardia. Trial Transcript. Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg, March 2025. Received via Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sergio Guardia. Sentencing Hearing. Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg, 17 Oct. 2025. Falwell, Jonathan. Thomas Road Baptist Church, 23 Mar. 2025, Lynchburg, VA. Sermon. “Former Pastor Accused of Stalking Caught on Ring Cam Breaking Into Home.” YouTube, uploaded by WSET ABC 13, 18 Dec. 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73UKkBPFCVY Liberty University: Institutional history and university background information. https://www.liberty.edu/ Thomas Road Baptist Church: Church history and organizational background. Founded in 1956 by Jerry Falwell Sr. https://trbc.org/
SummaryS26 Ep2: He Underestimated My Healing
4w ago00:58:56Summary ready*Content Warning: stalking, breaking and entering, sexual assault, friendship betrayal, religious abuse, sexual harassment, friendship betrayal. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources: Thomas Road Baptist Church: Church history and organizational background. Founded in 1956 by Jerry Falwell Sr.. Liberty University: Institutional history and university background information. Bodycam Arrest Footage, Lynchburg Police Department, 11 Nov. 2023. Body-worn camera recording. Received via Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Inside Edition. (2025, March 24). Megachurch Pastor Caught on Camera Breaking Into Woman’s Home. YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=PQxrumWGhqo Marie Columna's youtube, Police Body Cam Footage - November 2023. Incident involving Mega Church Pastor (full bodycam audio): youtube.com/@mariecolumna692
SummaryS26 Ep1: Obey
Jun 1101:03:37Summary ready*Content Warning: friendship betrayal, religious abuse, stalking, harassment, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and rape. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S26 Theme Song & Artwork: The S26 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources: Romano, A. (2026, April 22). Why Friendship Betrayal Feels Impossible to Get Over. The Cut. Retrieved from The Cut article Franco, M. G. (2022). Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends. Platonic New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Thomas Road Baptist Church. Church history and organizational background. Founded in 1956 by Jerry Falwell Sr.. Liberty University. Institutional history and university background information.
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S25 Ep26: S26 Chapter 1 Preview
Jun 400:03:08Summary ready*Content Warning: stalking, violence, sexual assault, religious abuse, friendship betrayal. *Sources: Columna, Marie. Police Body Cam Footage – November 2023: Incident Involving Mega Church Pastor (Full Bodycam Audio). YouTube video. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQxrumWGhqo Megachurch Pastor Caught on Camera Breaking Into Woman's Home. Inside Edition. YouTube video. YouTube. https://youtu.be/PQxrumWGhqo
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S25 Ep25: WCN Presents: [Danny Cords] An Upstander Unto Yourself
May 2900:42:36Summary ready*Content warning: divorce, conversion therapy, reorientation therapy, cyberstalking, stalking, emotional and psychological abuse, death threats, and criminal threats.Danny Cords is an organizational psychologist and victim advocate from Seattle. He began harnessing his voice and speaking out for others after leaving conversion therapy in his late teens. But his advocacy mission only intensified after being subjected to years of cyberstalking. He hopes to bring awareness and healing to victims all over the world, as well as legal change too. His related (and unrelated) work and efforts have been featured on the stage, television, radio, podcasts, and more. We are extremely grateful that Danny was willing to share all that came next in his personal, professional, legal, and media journeys.*Resources: Danny Cords's website: https://www.dannycords.com/ End Tech-Enabled Abuse: endtab.org Organization for Social Media Safety: https://www.socialmediasafety.org/ *Sources: -Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-awareness-month-Cybersecurity, RAND Corporation, www.rand.org/topics/cybersecurity.html-Stalking Fact Sheet, The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center, www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SPARC_StalkngFactSheet_2018_FINAL.pdfFor additional resources and a list of non-profit organizations that can help, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resourcesFollow What Came Next: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast/ SWW S25 E24 BTS and Q & A Part 2 *Content Warning: friendship betrayal, infidelity, stalking, domestic violence, institutional betrayal, institutional trauma, and murder. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwork: The S25 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ The S25 theme song is a cover of Glad Rag’s U Think U from their album Wonder Under, performed by the incredible Abayomi instagram.com/Abayomithesinger. The S25 theme song cover was produced by Janice “JP” Pacheco instagram.com/jtooswavy/ at The Grill Studios in Emeryville, CA instagram.com/thegrillstudios/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo Follow What Came Next: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast/ Follow Amy B. Chesler: Amy on IG: instagram.com/amybchesler Working For Justice: https://amzn.to/4eqWb3U Follow Lauren: Lauren on TikTok: tiktok.com/@okfineillmakeatiktok Lxrry Media on Instagram: instagram.com/lxrymedia *Sources: -“The Gabby Petito Foundation,” gabbypetitofoundation.org/
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S25 Ep24: BTS with BCM Spring 2026 (Part 2)
May 2100:54:20Summary ready*Content Warning: friendship betrayal, infidelity, stalking, domestic violence, institutional betrayal, institutional trauma, and murder. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwork: The S25 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ The S25 theme song is a cover of Glad Rag’s U Think U from their album Wonder Under, performed by the incredible Abayomi instagram.com/Abayomithesinger. The S25 theme song cover was produced by Janice “JP” Pacheco instagram.com/jtooswavy/ at The Grill Studios in Emeryville, CA instagram.com/thegrillstudios/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo Follow What Came Next: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast/ Follow Amy B. Chesler: Amy on IG: instagram.com/amybchesler Working For Justice: https://amzn.to/4eqWb3U Follow Lauren: Lauren on TikTok: tiktok.com/@okfineillmakeatiktok Lxrry Media on Instagram: instagram.com/lxrymedia *Sources: -“The Gabby Petito Foundation,” gabbypetitofoundation.org/
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S25 Ep23: BTS with BCM Spring 2026
May 1400:58:25Summary ready*Content Warning: domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual assault, gender-based violence, rape, criminal threats, institutional betrayal, institutional trauma, and murder. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwork: The S25 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart instagram.com/okaynotgreat/ The S25 theme song is a cover of Glad Rag’s U Think U from their album Wonder Under, performed by the incredible Abayomi instagram.com/Abayomithesinger. The S25 theme song cover was produced by Janice “JP” Pacheco instagram.com/jtooswavy/ at The Grill Studios in Emeryville, CA instagram.com/thegrillstudios/ Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo Follow What Came Next: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatcamenext_podcast/ Follow Amy B. Chesler: IG: instagram.com/amybchesler Working For Justice: https://amzn.to/4eqWb3U Follow Lauren: Lauren on TikTok: tiktok.com/@okfineillmakeatiktok Lxry Media on Instagram: instagram.com/lxrymedia Follow Madison McGhee & Ice Cold Case: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madison_mcghee/ Ice Cold Case: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ice-cold-case/id1685378007 Follow Sabrina Deana-Roga & Two Girls One Ghost: Sabrina’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabbertoothtiger/ Two Girls One Ghos: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girls-one-ghost/id1271249164 *Sources: -The Hunting Ground. Directed by Kirby Dick, RADiUS-TWC, 2015, www.netflix.com/title/80036655.
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