RomConned

Laurel House
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RomConned is where Love and True Crime Collide. Each episode exposes real-life romance scams, red flags you might miss, and the predators behind them—while giving you practical tools to protect your heart, your wallet, and your dignity.

  1. Sep 25

    Inside a TRUE Bitcoin Romance Scam: How He Got Her to Keep Sending Money

    What happens inside a Bitcoin romance scam while the victim is still living it? In connection with Social Catfish's Catfished, we examine Susanne's experience as a financial relationship becomes romantic, and how grooming, emotional investment, cognitive dissonance, and sunk-cost thinking can make each new decision easier to justify—even as the inconsistencies become harder to ignore.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  2. Sep 18

    The Relationship Ended. The Control Didn't. Divorce, Coercive Control & the Kids

    Leaving a controlling relationship doesn't always end the control. Sometimes it simply changes form. Laurel House and lawyer, mediator and trauma-informed divorce coach Nawal Houghton examine what coercive control can look like before, during and after separation—from financial pressure and punishment for boundaries to high-conflict divorce, co-parenting, legal systems and children becoming pathways back into a former partner's life. (be sure to check out Nawal's "The Exit Plan"- https://www.yourdivorcecoach.org.uk/p....   The Exit Plan exists so you leave once, calmly, and from a position of strength. We break down the difference between a difficult relationship, high conflict and coercive control; why someone may not recognize what is happening while they're living inside it; what can happen when a controlling partner begins losing access; and when it may be time to stop asking, "Can I fix this?" and start asking, "How do I protect myself?"   We also get into narcissistic behavior versus diagnosis, growing up inside a narcissistic family system, and what happens when those old loyalties follow someone into their marriage. Because sometimes the relationship ends on paper long before the relationship dynamic actually ends. Words inform. Actions demonstrate. Patterns reveal.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  3. Sep 4

    Episode 46 - From First Date to Dangerous: How Control Actually Escalates

    Dating danger rarely looks dangerous at first. We examine how attraction and chemistry can gradually shift into pressure, possessiveness, humiliation, boundary violations, and control—and why what happens after someone is rejected, questioned, or told no can reveal far more than any single red flag.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  4. Sep 1

    Episode 45 - Mastering Conflict: Attachment Styles in Practice with Dr. Jon Dabach

    What actually happens when attachment styles collide during a fight? Dr. Jon Dabach returns to role-play common relationship conflicts, breaking down anxious and avoidant reactions before replaying the conversations with more secure behavior. We explore reassurance, taking space without creating abandonment, defensiveness, repair, and what to do in the moments after you're triggered. Instagram/Tiktok/Facebook: @drjondabach   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  5. Aug 24

    Episode 44 - Lindsay Clancy Allegedly K1lled her 3 Kids. What Happened Inside the Relationship?

    The Lindsay Clancy trial centers on whether she was criminally responsible when she allegedly killed her three children in 2023. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie joins the show from inside the courtroom to examine what Lindsay's family and doctors knew before the deaths, the defense's claim of postpartum psychosis, and the prosecution's evidence of planning and purposeful behavior. We also ask a harder question: when do troubling signs become actionable, and how much does knowing the ending change the way we judge everything that came before?   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  6. Aug 21

    Episode 43 - He Loves You. So Why Do You Feel Emotionally Unsafe? | Rising Father

    Can someone genuinely love you and still be emotionally unsafe to live with? Chris Rodack of Rising Father joins the show to examine reverse accountability, contempt, weaponized vulnerabilities, and the difference between genuine change and crisis behavior. We look at how compassion can become self-abandonment—and when to stop asking whether someone could change and start asking whether they actually are.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  7. Aug 14

    Episode 42 - Avoidant or Unwilling? How Attachment Styles Can Make or Break Your Relationship with Dr. Jon Dabach

    Avoidant—or Unwilling to Change? How Attachment Styles Can Make or Break Your Relationship ———    Is he avoidant—or just unwilling to change?  Laurel House sits down with couples counselor and relationship coach Dr. Jon Dabach to break down the four attachment styles—secure, anxious, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant—and how each can strengthen, strain, or slowly destroy a relationship. They dig into the anxious-avoidant cycle, what happens when different attachment styles collide in marriage, how a secure person can begin behaving anxiously in an unstable relationship, and how to tell the difference between someone who is struggling, resistant, unwilling, or truly immovable. Dr. Jon also explains why empathy can sometimes become dangerous, how compassion is different, why some avoidant partners don't become willing to change until they're pushed, and what genuine change actually looks like. Because understanding why someone behaves the way they do can help save a relationship—but it can also become the reason you keep explaining away a pattern that is hurting you.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

  8. Aug 11

    Episode 41 - D4VD & Celeste Rivas: How Does a 14-Year-Old End Up Here

    Singer D4VD is headed to trial in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Law&Crime reporter Sierra Gillespie joins the show to examine the case against him, the relationship prosecutors described in court, and the defense arguments as the case moves toward trial. We also look at the relationship through a psychological lens: how age, fame, validation, secrecy, and first love can shape a developing teenage identity—and the moments when intervention may have been possible.   Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

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RomConned is where Love and True Crime Collide. Each episode exposes real-life romance scams, red flags you might miss, and the predators behind them—while giving you practical tools to protect your heart, your wallet, and your dignity.

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  • Creator
    Laurel House
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Laurel House
  • Show Website
    RomConned

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