Betrayal - S1: Introducing - Betrayal

Episode Date: March 23, 2022

This is a story of a real-life fairytale gone horribly wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about a marriage so filled with betrayal and deceit, that many people are still recovering from its path of destruction. This is the story of Jenifer Faison. After 20 years apart, Jenifer reconnected with her college sweetheart, Spencer Herron. He was a two-time Teacher of the Year and Jen was convinced she married the perfect husband. On June 1, 2018, that all changed. Jenifer came home to find Spencer holding a search warrant. He had sexually assaulted one of his students. In the days that followed Spencer’s arrest, Jenifer uncovered a dark, secret life her husband had been living during their entire marriage. His actions shook a community, devastated his wife, and sent Spencer Herron to prison. Climbing out of the devastation would be a journey Jen could have never imagined. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 honor 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,

you 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 spenced it and 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 word sexual assault and students. Police arrested Kell High School teacher Spencer Heron.

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 had the excuse of, well, this is what boyfriends and girlfriends do. Uncover the lies. I really thought that he loved me. I mean, he felt me.

Conquer the shame. 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 shamed. 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. you