FlashBack {Brenda Denbesten} Wrongly accused and sent to prison

FlashBack {Brenda Denbesten} Wrongly accused and sent to prison

July 12, 2026 · 1h 5m · Season 1

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Brenda Denbesten shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused and the lessons learned from her ordeal with the justice system.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments. I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes. Trigger warning: Drug crimes and false arrests This episode is a story that took me completely by surprise and had my jaw absolutely on the flaw. Our guest is Brenda Denbesten, a chemical engineer with over 15 years' experience in the mining and manufacturing industries, and a Women in STEM advocate and driver for change Brenda is a best-selling author of ‘the FIFO wives tale’s’ and creator of 'Chronicles of a Female Engineer', a YouTube series that demystifies what an engineer does plus how to get ahead in traditional and male dominated fields. But one day, years so, nearly saw everything she had worked towards snatched away when she was confronted by police about a crime she did not commit. In today’s episode Brenda shares:   -      The wild story of how she was…

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