Come Closer

Free: The Witness Library — 50 true crime documentaries I think got it right → HERE Aileen Wuornos killed seven men along Florida highways in 1989 and 1990, and the world has called her a monster ever since. But monsters are made. In this episode of Come Closer, I tell the full story of Aileen Carol Wuornos, from a childhood no adult stepped in to stop, to the girlfriend who helped police get her confession, to the trial that never heard about Richard Mallory's past. Then I hand down the Verdict. We cover Monster (2003) vs. Precious, betrayal trauma, Tyria Moore, the Williams Rule, death row, and a historical parallel from Rome in 1599: Beatrice Cenci. In memory of Richard Mallory, David Spears, Charles Carskaddon, Peter Siems, Troy Burress, Dick Humphreys, and Walter Antonio. Content warning: child sexual abuse, suicide, murder. Support: 988 (US) · RAINN 1-800-656-4673 Join The Closer Circle on Patreon → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🎬Join my movie club → https://www.patreon.com/c/raereview/membership Come closer. It's darker than you think. Most Christmas movies want you warm. This one wants you honest. Director Christian Jude Grillo and producer and star Andrew Hunsicker of Intruder Films join me to talk about A Cold Season. It’s a snowbound Christmas horror film about Jacob, a man so lonely and so sure he can freeze out his pain that the season starts freezing everyone around him. Christian wrote most of the script for everyone who finds Christmas hard. Andrew plays a man who barely speaks, and he still made me laugh before breaking my heart in a therapy circle. The Verdict: Which ring of hell does Jacob belong? 🎄 A Cold Season premieres November 10 on Roku, Tubi, Xumo, Amazon, Google Play and more. Content note: depression, substance use, grief, an injured animal (AI-generated; no animals were harmed). Follow Intruder Films: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/intruder_films/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@intruderfilms Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565104185164 Andrew Hunsicker: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/andrew.hunsicker/ · Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/andrew.hunsicker/ Christian Jude Grillo: on Facebook, along with Potent Media Come closer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Green River Killer was also an unassuming-looking man named Gary Ridgway. He made a bet that if he killed women society had already written off, nobody would come looking. For nearly 20 years, he won and got away with it. After he was caught, Gary Ridgway refused to talk to reporters. Then crime journalist Maria DiLorenzo mailed him a letter, and three weeks later her phone rang. For two years he called her, hundreds of times. He lied constantly. He invented rivals for his own story. He tested what she would tolerate, and he started to see her as a potential victim. She stayed on the line for the women he never named. Tonight Maria tells me what it's like to truly know a killer, what it cost her to replay every call while writing "Confessions of the Green River Killer", and the two women whose cases she's still fighting to get reopened. Viewer discretion is advised. This episode includes discussion of murder, sexual violence, and manipulation. LINKS: 📖 Get Maria DiLorenzo's book, "Confessions of the Green River Killer": ⁠⁠https://link.amazon/B0j5A0aHt⁠⁠ 🖤 Join the Closer Circle on Patreon: my Movie Club, gated episodes, Goddess Mode album, and uncensored + gated episodes: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/raereview⁠ 🕯️ The Witness Library | 50 true crime documentaries that got it right. (free): ⁠https://raereview.com/products/the-witness-library-by-rae-review⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get my list of 50 essential true crime docs ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠ Betty Broderick is often remembered as the ultimate woman scorned, but that story leaves out the psychological damage, manipulation, and betrayal that pushed her to the edge. If you think you know this infamous case, this episode will change the way you see it. Rae Review unpacks the rise and collapse of Betty and Dan Broderick’s marriage: from the years Betty supported Dan through medical school, law school, and four children, to the affair with 21-year-old legal secretary Linda Kolkina and the brutal unraveling that followed. The case is famous, but the deeper question is the one most retellings skip: What happens when betrayal trauma, gaslighting, and a no-fault divorce system combine to strip someone of their reality, their children, and their future? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices