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Betrayal is a new podcast that will make you wonder, how well do you know your partner? This is an extreme case. The masterful, manipulative way. There were no signs. This is the story of Jennifer and her husband, Spencer. They were college sweethearts that fell in love again later in life.
Their romance was the stuff of fairy tales. "I feel beyond honored to know you, to love you, and to accept the most privilege of all things, being your husband." "Every morning he would leave me a note by the coffee pot. He would text me during the day. I'd never worried about where he was or what he was doing." Jennifer thought her husband, awarded Teacher of the Year, was the man of her dreams.
But after seven years of marriage, she found out that Spencer had a shocking, devastating dark side. "The first thing he said to me was, 'I've never done this with a student. I've never felt this way about anyone.'" "I call it his trophy case."
It was an entire catalog of emails and correspondence with women years and years and years. I remember a couple of times where, you know, he would kind of put his hands around my throat and push down. Jennifer came to learn that everything she believed about her husband was wrong. I came home and Spence didn't greet me.
Instead, he was sitting on the couch in the living room, just shaking his head. He slid a piece of paper to me. It said search warrant on top. I saw the words sexual assault and student. Police arrested Kell High School teacher Spencer Herron. Investigators say he faces three counts of sexual assault. This new podcast is one woman's journey through the aftermath of her husband's affairs.
On Betrayal, Jennifer will explore her husband's crimes. The constant violations of boundaries have the excuse of, well, this is what boyfriends and girlfriends do. Uncover the lies. I really thought that he loved me. I mean, he told me. Conquer the shame. At 15, I didn't really even think about sex. And then when it was happening with him, I didn't want to think about sex because I felt ashamed.
And we'll even hear from Spencer himself. This is a direct pay call from an inmate at the Cherokee County Jail, Georgia. Listen to Betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.