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Dangerous Memories | Tortoise Investigates Tortoise
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4.6 • 270 Ratings
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Introducing...Dangerous Memories
When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege suddenly sever ties with friends and family, and vanish?
It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too.
And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure - a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe.
Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.
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Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Dangerous Memories: Episode 1 - That amazing healer lady
A group of well-heeled young English women hear about an intriguing therapist figure, who describes herself as a ‘teacher of personal development’. One by one they start to visit her for sessions and, for some, it will lead to disastrous consequences.
This is episode 1 of 6 of Dangerous Memories. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
If you'd like to get in touch with us about your own experience, contact: dangerousmemories@tortoisemedia.com
To find out more about Tortoise:
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Written and reported by Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Additional editing: Claudia Williams
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Dangerous Memories: Episode 2 - The Seagull
Fipsi starts to question what really happened in the soft pink room, and how to help her friends who are still on their journeys with Anne Craig. But for one of them it’s already too late, as she makes a series of life altering decisions.
This is episode 2 of 6 of Dangerous Memories. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
If you'd like to get in touch with us about your own experience, contact: dangerousmemories@tortoisemedia.com
To find out more about Tortoise:
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Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more
Written and reported by Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Additional editing: Claudia Williams
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Dangerous Memories: Episode 3 - Do not say my name
After Huey cycled off into the distance, her mother had no idea what caused her to leave or why. She was in the dark about the extraordinary things Huey had come to believe about her own family. So she finds someone who can help track her down.
This is episode 3 of 6. To binge-listen to all episodes of Dangerous Memories ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
To find out more about Tortoise:
Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists
Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for early access and ad-free content
Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more
If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact dangerousmemories@tortoisemedia.com
Written and reported by: Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Dangerous Memories: Episode 4 - The ‘other person'
As Huey’s dependence on Anne grows, she becomes increasingly isolated from the outside world. Until, after a series of events over the summer of 2014, the police turn up and start to investigate.
This is episode 4 of 6. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
To find out more about Tortoise:
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If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com
Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Dangerous Memories: Episode 5 - Who is Anne?
What motivated Anne in her work with the young women and did she believe what she was leading them to believe? In the search for answers, Grace turns to one of the only people who has heard Anne’s side of the story directly from her.
To find out more about Tortoise:
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Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more
If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com
Written and reported by: Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas -
Dangerous Memories: Episode 6 - Lightbulbs
After years of failed attempts, an expert flies over from America to help guide the parents on how to get their children back. But getting them home is not the end of the journey, for anyone caught up in Anne’s web.
To find out more about Tortoise:
Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists
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Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more
If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com
Written and reported by: Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design: Dominic Delargy & Tom Kinsella
Original compositions: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
Customer Reviews
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Great podcast and if like me you knew something weird was going on with all that Johnny depp amber heard trial internet craziness this answers all the questions. To think Adam Waldman destroyed Amber Heards life and career with tactics from Mohammad bin salman and his very good friend Sergei Lavrov is vile. The point at the very end of the podcast that they could manipulate the narrative around this trial into a complete lie then what do you think they could do about something that really matters like the upcoming elections is trully chilling!
Factitious disorder (previously called Münchausen syndrome) ?
Surely… it’s got to be?!?
“Something Was Wrong” season two of the podcast covers this really well. You can be very high functioning, good career, competent etc with it which is what makes it so difficult to detect… plus psychologically (knowing or unknowingly) they choose their victim/‘mark’ really well often someone caring with high empathy - just so, so awful to be caught up in this web of deception.
Not sure….
Brilliant pod, but how can one person be so naive and gullible. Never met him in years, cameras off on Skype calls. Bit simpleton esque. If genuine then good luck to her but … mmm. Odd