Betrayal - Introducing: A New Season of Betrayal: Weekly

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

Betrayal Weekly is back for a brand-new season, starting August 7th. Every Thursday, hear first-person accounts of deception and double lives. But these aren’t just stories of destruction. They&...rsquo;re stories of survival, told by the people who lived through it.  If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at betrayalpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at @betrayalpod.  To access our newsletter and additional content and to connect with the Betrayal community, join our Substack at betrayal.substack.com.     You can listen to new episodes of Betrayal Weekly completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:03 What if the person you trusted most was living a double life? What minute I'm married, I stayed home up, and the next minute I need to go and speak with the FBI. He's the last person that I would have thought would do this. Because I was like, oh, are you in the witness protection program? I realized, wow, he is not a mentor. He's pretty much a monster. It makes you look back and question every word, every moment,
Starting point is 00:00:33 and wonder what was real. When we would have intimacy, there was oftentimes that he would call me her name. Even like pretended to cry one time, Academy Award. This was something way bigger than I could even imagine. Betrayal Weekly is back for season two with brand new stories. I feel trapped. My breathing changes. It's like, ah, kind of light bulb moment.
Starting point is 00:01:01 Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh, my God. I got. Then I started to piece a lot of the story together. And I went white. I was furious. I was nauseated. I didn't know what to think or what to do.
Starting point is 00:01:15 More money, more money, more money. And then I ran out of there. I was shaking. I was trembling. I swear I'm not crazy. But I think he poisoned me. From hidden cults. He would tell some of them
Starting point is 00:01:32 that they were twin flames. Whatever God's man wants, God's man gets. To betrayals between lifelong friends. And she's not a thief. Not a chance. I was completely in denial. A mother with ulterior motives. There was a safety deposit box in Malaysia that her and I had the key to that was a secret and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone that it existed.
Starting point is 00:01:57 And shocking manipulations. This didn't just happen to me. It happened to hundreds of of. other people. I would go to the bank and he had depleted all the accounts. And I said, you need to call 911. And he said, no, I'm a doctor. You're going to be fine. But these aren't just stories of destruction. They're stories of survival, of people picking up the pieces and daring to tell the truth. I'm going to tell my story and I'm going to hold my head up. I don't need to carry the shame.
Starting point is 00:02:29 But I refuse to live my life, not trusting people. Season 2 of Betrayal Weekly starts August 7th. New stories, new voices. I feel like people deserve to know. Every betrayal is different. But the fallout, it changes everything. That was the point of no return for me. Hey, it's Joel and Matt from How To Money.
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