About this episode
Terra Newell shares her harrowing experience as a survivor of 'Dirty' John Meehan's attack and discusses the media coverage that followed.
In 2018, the podcast turned Bravo / Netflix series "Dirty John" was ubiquitous - at least in LA, where you couldn't go two blocks without seeing a billboard for the show. This week, the survivor of "Dirty" John Meehan's bloody attack, Terra Newell, talks to host Jane Marie about her experience being interviewed by an LA Times journalist for what she thought was only going to be a print piece in The Times, before watching her family's story explode into something much, much bigger. Don't forget to sign up for The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free. Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast channel for only $5 a month! https://thedream.supercast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Jane Marie
Guest: Terra Newell
Topics covered
- true crime
- survivor story
- media impact
- interview
- personal experience
Keywords
- Dirty John
- Terra Newell
- LA Times
- interview
- true crime
- survivor
- media
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LA Times, Bravo, Netflix
Books & works: Dirty John
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