My name is Beckie, I\u2019m 36 years old and I live in the U.K. I have been listening to your podcast around the start of lockdown and I have to admit it got me through a large portion of it. I have always enjoyed how you convey a story and the true kindness that is behind every podcast, but in 2021 you both had a part in saving my life. I met my ex-husband in 2016. It was a very brutal relationship. From listening to your podcast I learnt things which sound like common sense, but I genuinely wouldn\u2019t have thought of \u2013 things like writing down passwords, information about relationships, etc. In August of 2020, my ex-husband who had been in prison since 2018 manipulated his way into my life again. He had been abusive for years, but I believed he may have changed. It wasn\u2019t long before the abuse started again\u2026 But this time, I was armed with the advice you give all the time: an If I Go Missing book. I didn\u2019t go missing but having this is what has secured his conviction. I started to record all the threats he made. I kept a day-by-day journal of events. I wrote down all the places he ever mentioned as places he would dump my body. I gave the passwords to accounts that had backups of photos and my phones. I wrote about the methods he talked about when he told me he\u2019d kill me. In July 2021, he finally tried to kill me. Obviously, he didn\u2019t succeed. But he argued that I was lying and he didn\u2019t touch a hair on my head. He had always deleted or factory reset my phone once a week, thinking this would stop police getting any evidence I was building\u2026 when in fact, in my safe at home, I had a file that was getting bigger and bigger and was there to help convict him if I ended up dead. I had saved this stuff to make sure he didn\u2019t get away with murdering me, and in the end, it\u2019s what helped convict him.<\/p>\n
-Beckie<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Pruppet Story” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_color=”#B150E1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]
I want people to know the advice given by Ashley and Brit can save lives, even here in good old England. The judge even mentioned the podcast in his sentencing remarks \u2013 he said QUOTE \u2018if it hadn\u2019t been for the words and advice given by the podcast in question I have no doubt you would have carried out your plan.\u2019 END QUOTE. And it\u2019s true! Would I possibly be able to give a little update which includes a pup? In the aftermath of this situation, I met a wonderful man who is perfect, and I also got an emotional support pup called Karen. She\u2019s a chihuaha cross Jack Russell who lives up to her name \u2013 she\u2019s bossy and adorable and has continued to keep me alive. I\u2019ve attached a picture of Karen my support dog, using my elderly ex support dog as a comfy bed. That beautiful white girl is Elsa a German Shepard who spent her life working in hospitals and schools helping children with disabilities cope in new situations.<\/p>\n
-Beckie<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/crimejunkiepodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beckie-Support-Dogs.jpg” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” alt=”a small dog sleeping on top of a large dog on a chair” title_text=”Beckie Support Dogs” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” text_line_height=”1.5em” text_font_size=”12px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Karen, Beckie\u2019s new support dog, sleeping on top of Elsa, her retired support dog.<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Pruppet Story” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_color=”#B150E1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″] I\u2019ve been having a chat with my partner Kristian about what happened with my ex, and he\u2019s reminded me of a big point which I think would be helpful for people to know. He was able to stalk me and see where I was living at all times when I left because he had made a joint bank account online which I wasn\u2019t aware of. Then, any time I moved, he could automatically see my new address because our credit reports were linked due to the joint back account. Please let your listeners know that in the U.K. this is possible. I am trying to get my local law makers to get it changed, but I\u2019m not getting much support. I\u2019m not sure how credit reports work in the US, but in the U.K., it is definitely something that is shown on credit reports\u2026 So I urge all your listeners to check their credit reports and make sure you know everything on there. Devious people have devious ways of finding you.<\/p>\n -Beckie<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Letter #1: My name is Beckie, I\u2019m 36 years old and I live in the U.K. I have been listening to your podcast around the start of lockdown and I have to admit it got me through a large portion of it. I have always enjoyed how you convey a story and the true kindness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43705,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"good":[],"class_list":["post-43702","the-good","type-the-good","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReply #2:<\/h2>\n