DEBRA NEWELL | BEYOND DIRTY JOHN | Got it From My Momma | EP. 125

About this episode

Debra Newell shares her harrowing experience of falling in love with a con man she met on a dating app.

Send us Fan Mail Debra Newell’s life became the focus of the wildly popular true crime podcast and movie Dirty John- but behind the headlines is a mother, a survivor, and a woman of deep faith. In this episode of Got It From My Momma, Debra shares her harrowing real-life experience of falling in love with a man she met on a dating app...someone who appeared to have everything: wealth, prestige, charm, and a career in medicine. What she didn’t know was that he was a con man who would manipulat...

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Vickery Smith

Guest: Debra Newell

Topics covered

• true crime
• dating
• survivor stories
• manipulation
• faith

Keywords

• true crime
• Dirty John
• dating app
• con man
• survivor

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dirty John

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