Working on a relationship can be hard work. Today we'll look at the academic research surrounding "emotional labor" and then apply it to Marsha and Donnie's marriage.Promo: The Rise of King Asilas: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-r

4.9 Cognitive Clarification Part 2 (Refreshed File)

Feb 2nd, 2021 32m 39s

*Refreshed file submitted as original one had overlapping audio at one point, but it may take a few hours before the new file appears on your app. If you hear a problem about 10-11 minutes into the episode, delete the episode, refresh feed, an

Cognitive Clarification Part 2

Feb 2nd, 2021 32m 39s

*Refreshed File as original one had overlapping audio at one pointToday we'll examine how Marsha Brantley dealt with cognitive inconsistencies when she wrote in her blog, as well as how she wrote about Donnie and her marriage. The words chose

4.8 Cognitive Dissonance Part 1

Jan 26th, 2021 36m 22s

We know that Marsha was a smart, tenacious, loyal woman who’d learned early in life to have faith that God would meet her needs and she could work through problems herself. It is her faith in particular that leads me to follow a new line of aca

4.7 Status and Emotional Abuse

Jan 18th, 2021 23m 48s

The research indicates that Marsha was actually at a higher risk for life-threatening violence, even though on the surface she didn’t seem to be. Find out why in today's episode.Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/targetedpodcast/Facebook

Peace, My Friends

Jan 12th, 2021 2m 56s

My dear friends, I am writing and recording this brief episode after the distressing events on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in which a group of people – rioters – mobbed the capital of the United States and attempted to stop the Constitutional du

4.6 Victim Profile Part 2

Jan 5th, 2021 43m 40s

Marsha Rader Brantley had personality traits that seem contradictory. Some describe her as fun, while others describe her as private and aloof. As we develop the victim profile, let’s dig into her personality as well as the situations that sh

4.5 Victim Profile 1 - Who Was Marsha?

Dec 29th, 2020 29m 44s

One of the things that drew me to researching the case was the lack of information about Marsha. In the news reports and 48 Hours TV show, she was a colorless wallflower who was a loner introvert. In hearing colleagues at work talk about her,

4.4 Timeline Part 3

Dec 22nd, 2020 24m 48s

When Marsha Brantley disappeared in late May or early 2009, no one reported her missing for nearly six months, not even her husband. In past episodes we established what was going on in her life throughout the first part of the year, hearing f

4.3 Timeline Part 2

Dec 15th, 2020 20m 32s

Last week we discussed Marsha’s timeline from January through April 2009. Today we’ll examine the last month of her life, May, and two missed trips with friends that had been planned for June.Promos for: Malice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p

4.2 Timeline Part 1

Dec 8th, 2020 30m 11s

A warning about background checks of internet dates and uncharacteristic behavior at writing group meetings. In the next episodes, we’ll cover the timeline, examining the months before Marsha went missing and then the period following until h

4.1 Intro to Season 4: I Remember Marsha

Dec 1st, 2020 22m 33s

Imagine that you suddenly went missing. How long would it take for someone to report it to the police? Hours? Days? Weeks? Marsha Rader Brantley disappeared from Tennessee in the spring of 2009 but it took more than six months before it w

Season 3 Finale Q&A

Feb 4th, 2020 33m 34s

The final episode of season 3 is a Q&A with questions submitted by listeners as well as a reveal of whose story we'll be telling next season (at the 26:45 minutes mark).Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/targetedpodcast/Facebook Group: htt

3.17 Clues about Season 4

Jan 28th, 2020 2m 23s

The season finale episode is not quite done yet, so I will wait to release it until next week. Instead I’m going to tell you a few clues about our season four case.

3.16 The Story of Fiona

Jan 21st, 2020 33m 53s

Fiona is a bright, creative woman who experienced domestic violence from multiple men in a few different countries. Despite being the repeated target of violence, Fiona wanted better for herself and her children. She started college when she

3.15 The Story of Cynthia Part 2

Jan 14th, 2020 38m 38s

3.15 When we ended last week, Cynthia had cut off contact with Ryan and was moving forward with her life. She had changed schools again, made a set of friends there, started dating one those boys and seemed to have Ryan firmly in her past. Wh

3.14 The Story of Cynthia Part 1

Jan 7th, 2020 26m 23s

As a 13-year-old, Cynthia felt like she was pretty grown up and when a 19-year-old Ryan paid her a lot of attention online, she was flattered, but knew she had to hide the relationship from her family. As a kid of divorced parents, she felt a

3.13 The Story of Marie Part 3

Dec 31st, 2019 25m 29s

As we ended last week, Marie had decided she needed to permanently leave the marriage, to divorce her husband, not just pack up the kids and leave temporarily when he was being abusive, waiting for him to cool down. She began making plans and

3.13 The Story of Marie Part 2 of 3

Dec 24th, 2019 29m 50s

Last week we heard about Marie’s childhood and traced the legacy of abuse in her family. She told us, "Whenever I went into my marriage, it didn't seem like a big deal that I was being abused." Today we to shift to Marie’s adult life as she rev

3.12 The Story of Marie Part 1

Dec 17th, 2019 28m 50s

In The Story of Marie we are going to explore the life of a young woman who experienced a lifetime of abuse and betrayal, exacerbated by her own mother’s dysfunctional response to abuse. Marie’s family left a legacy of abuse, one that she is s

3.11 The Story of Lauren Part 2

Dec 10th, 2019 43m 30s

Last week we heard from Lauren, a young woman who was raped by an acquaintance after helping him pick up furniture from a store and bring it to his home. If you haven’t already listened, please go back and listen to The Story of Lauren Part 1

3.10 The Story of Lauren Part 1

Dec 3rd, 2019 23m 7s

Years ago there was a bright young woman named Lauren who graduated with a communication degree from my university. She went on to grad school and won a scholarship, partly based on a submitted essay. It began, “I need to get bread, carrots,

3.9 Moving On: The Zigzag Road to Recovery

Nov 19th, 2019 34m 29s

Moving forward from family violence is much easier to talk about than to accomplish because it is not a straight path. Recovery is like a zigzag road with hairpin turns and lots of backtracking. But keep moving on that path, because there is

3.8 To Eat or Not to Eat

Nov 12th, 2019 18m 16s

Adverse Childhood Experiences, also called ACEs, impact the life of the survivor in ways that are not obvious. In earlier episodes we’ve discussed some of the more overt affects of abuse, but what we haven’t talked about are subtler effects suc

3.7 Missed Opportunities

Nov 5th, 2019 34m 49s

Today’s episode explores the various encounters where help should have been given to the Osborne children when they looked to adults to help them. Promo: Obscura. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/id1377988275F