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Maya Angelou once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."Silent Waves tells one true story led by 25-year-old Raquel O'Brien, as she attempts to liberate herself from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and a father with a dark secret.To do so, she has raw, honest and open conversations with her family about the cataclysmic circumstances of their story for the first time... and all on tape.
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Raquel O’Brien is tormented by secrets. She begins her journey of exposing her family’s shared past by first uncovering the forces that brought her parents, Elizabeth and Ralph, together. When Elizabeth discovers her family are fugitives, Ralph’s character is put into question. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive Producer Twitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSTalkspace – Get $65 off your first month with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The O’Brien’s receive a visitor. Elizabeth’s nephew has come from Brazil to live in the family home. Raquel is in her first year of high school. Her cousin is 25. A special bond forms between them. Raquel’s younger brother Matt bears witness. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSNative Deodorant – Get 20% off your first purchase with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ralph’s erratic behaviour is of concern to his family. He seems to be on a downward spiral and they can’t keep up with his lies. Then, one day when he fails to return home from a meeting, Elizabeth reports him missing. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unable to keep her secret any longer, Raquel breaks her silence. She is ready to fight her cousin for what he did to her. A battle ensues. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSTalkspace – Get $65 off your first month with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gabriel, the eldest child, wakes from a dream and calls each member of his family. He knew Ralph’s biggest secret. Four years go by and Raquel and Gabriel speak about it again for the first time. In a quest to find out more, Raquel begins excavating her father’s past. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSLola – Get 30% off your first-month subscription with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Raquel is reacquainted with Glenn, her father’s foster son from a previous marriage. He sheds light on the cycles at play in Ralph’s life. Raquel is tormented by the extremes of her father’s duality and battles to reconcile with who she thought he was, and who he turned out to be. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSTalkspace – Get $100 off your first month with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rage lingers as a constant reminder of the trauma of Raquel’s childhood. She recognises that she is perpetuating a cycle of abuse, but before she can break it, she must face it. SUBSCRIBESubscribe on iTunes SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @silentwavespod Email: silentwaves@casefilepresents.comSilent Waves Website: https://silentwavespodcast.comCasefile Presents Website: https://casefilepresents.com CREDITSRaquel O’Brien – Co Creator, Host, ProducerGeorgina Savage – Co Creator, Editor, Executive ProducerTwitter: @georginasavage_ADDITIONAL CREDITSNearly Media Network – ProducerIMXO from Alt Music Group – Music ProductionLloyd Richards and Charlie Vonarx – Sound Design AssistanceMike Migas from Casefile Presents – Additional Audio ProductionStacy Gogoulis – Graphic DesignOTHERWebsite design by Paulina Szymanska SPONSORSTalkspace – Get $100 off your first month with promo code 'SILENT' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What a powerful, heartfelt podcast. Thank you for sharing your family's story. It must have been hard and painful but hopefully it will help others to speak out about all the topics raised.
Yep, another reminder of why so many survivors don't ever tell let alone try to press charges and seek some kind of justice from the legal system.
It’s very hard not to judge the mother. So many bad things happened and she chose to stay. Even before hearings about the abuse just the fact that he was so unstable and toxic (lying constantly, breaking laws, being cruel to sons, fleeing/moving multiple times) you would think she would understand how toxic that is for young children. Also, who thinks it’s okay for a grown ass man to hang out unsupervised with your underaged daughter? Call me paranoid, but I think that’s common sense that something is wrong with that. She left her children more than once not even knowing what was going on. I as a mother could not and would not ever let these things happen. It’s so crazy how uncommon common sense is. She can call it loyalty but it clearly is ignorance and stupidity. She even admits she saw things that made her think certain things were going on. Your children should always come first not some lying man who just leaves a trail of chaos and destruction. My heart goes out to her poor child
oh you poor millionaires.
The idea that Pedophilia is a genuine "sexual orientation" is wrong and dangerous to children, and undermines efforts to protect children in the justice system -- as if we need THAT kind of $%^&. These guys are criminals. Framing their paraphilia as a "sexual orientation", on par with bisexuality and homosexuality, undermines victims seeking justice and creates an opportunity for a future "defense" of their crimes of sexual abuse, and further into the future a possible Avenue of eventual re-decriminalization of child sexual abuse. Pedophiles like the power they have, and the damage they cause. Beware of experts and academics who support Pedophilia as a "sexual orientation".
She is right. Our societies like to make Mothers responsible for abuse perpetrated by men. I really appreciate her comments on this.
I get Gabriel's experience of colonization and erasure and his feelings of alienation within his own family for the experience of assimilation. But doesn't your identity come from your mother, as well? What about the erasure if all your female ancestors? And why idealize and seek to cling to an abuser, who abused your mother? Why seek to cling to the culture that taught that man to be an abuser of women? It's kind of a betrayal.
I cant with the bad reading- monotone voice 😖
Thankyou for sharing this beautiful, heartbreaking, empowering story ❤️
The rewriting of our narratives can be painstaking, overwhelming, and terrifying -- taking us with you can be powerful medicine for those who listen as well as tell -- it is brave to own that power -- bravo to you and yours 💚
This story is so touching and its so lovely to hear the closeness this has brought you and your family together. You've all been through a hell of a lot and it's so refreshing to hear the truth about these topics. I feel the pain in it all, knowing how these mixed emotions churn and don't fully settle because you can love someone and hate someone at the same time and going back to the root of it and seeing the same cycle of abuse, its hard to have a conclusion on any belief about a person. You're all incredibly brave and inspiring and you have found a real talent in expressing the life you have lived and I really hope this helps heal a part of your lives that has been traumatic. I can't wait to hear what you have planned next, your podcast is great and I think it'll get even bigger. I'm already recommending it to friends because it's a really valuable story in adulthood, reflecting on childhood and unravelling what you thought was normal at the time and knowing and recognising as an a
So much for your family to bear 😐
By sharing your story, you are helping people more than you could imagine. Your brothers, mother and yourself are all here for a reason. YOU are a shining star! 🌟🌟🌟
This podcast is very well done, very powerful, thank you for sharing your story with us.
The hosts voice is so soothing I could listen to her for hours. Thank you for being so candid, vulnerable, indepth, and sharing your story with us thus far. Your family's ability to communicate is beautiful. Thank you. 😍
I hope the cousin is deported after his gaol term
Really well done
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I like!
Heartbreaking storytelling. Raquel has a nice calm voice. Perfect if you only have a couple of hours to listen to podcasts.