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318: What if your daughter went missing?

2024/5/7
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Misty Watterson recounts her life filled with trauma, including an abusive childhood, a failing marriage, and post-partum depression, leading to her daughter Allyson's disappearance.

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A woman spirals into drug use, coping with an abusive childhood, a failing marriage and post-partum depression, but on the road to recovery, her daughter goes missing and a new realm of horror opens. 

Today’s episode featured Misty Watterson and the story of her daughter Allyson Watterson. If you’d like to reach out to her, you can email at [email protected]). You can also find her on Instagram @wattersonmisty. This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring Misty and her sister Billy Macy.

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**Producers: **Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual assault of a minor, domestic violence, drug use, missing persons, death, graphic bodily injury, explicit language

 

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