Media Pressure

This is not a podcast with scary music and bloody details. This is an intelligently, lovingly crafted tribute to a sister. Highly highly recommend. I’m so frustrated with the mystery. Someone knows what happened to Maura. My heart aches for this family.

I cried during some episodes because I have four sisters and can’t imagine going through this if it was one of my sisters. I had never heard of this story but once I started listening, I was hooked! I hope and pray it is solved soon. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your experiences with us. 🙏🏼💓

As someone who has lost friends and family to suicide and substances, and a suicide survivor myself, I’ve seen how far people who love them will go to deny the reality of what actually happened. But creating a podcast to justify that denial is next level. Usually it sounds like ‘they would never, they never seemed depressed… it’s not something they ever talked about, etc…’. This podcast is an entire series acknowledging obvious signs of a serious mental health crisis, and then still refusing to accept it. Trying to find blame everywhere and anywhere else does not help the grieving process, and it feels incredibly selfish. Trying to reason through her actions as if she had a “plan” is only going to drive you crazy. When someone is in a cycle of self destructive behavior nothing is rational, decisions are impulsive, and nobody else will understand. I hope your family can find a way to accept that. But I don’t think this podcast is it. Decent production value though.

I followed this case from the beginning. Something happened to her, not by choice and why law enforcement didn't get more involved in the beginning is still so shocking. I'd love to know more about how your family actually lived their life during this time? How did you work? How did you fall in love? How did you go on with your day today because I can hear it in your voices that she was with you every day. I can almost imagine each of you that the minute you experienced a happy moment might have turned it into a sad moment because you thought instantly oh no, Maura is never going to be able to experience something like this. Please keep podcasting. Please keep talking about her. Please keep telling us your stories from the years of searching. Maura"s name is known far and wide. Let's keep it this way till she's found.