395: What if your son murdered your daughter?

395: What if your son murdered your daughter?

February 24, 2026 · 1h 10m · Season 15 · Episode 395

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A woman's life is turned upside down when her son murders her daughter, leading her to navigate profound grief and moral dilemmas.

After overcoming addiction and rebuilding her life around motherhood, a woman's world is shattered when her son kills her daughter, forcing her to grieve one child while fighting to protect the other and learning how to survive an unbearable moral and emotional divide.   Today’s episode featured Charity Lee. If you’d like to email Charity, you can reach her at bawmedia@gmail.com . You can also find her on Facebook @IAmCharityLee  Charity has authored a book entitled, How Now, Butterfly? A Memoir of Murder, Survival, and Transformation, available where books are sold.    Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits   Content/Trigger Warnings: Child abuse and neglect, Domestic violence, Substance abuse and addiction, Suicide and suicide attempts, Self-harm, Child homicide, Graphic violence, Intrafamilial violence, Mental illness, Incarceration and juvenile detention, Grief and traumatic loss, Emotional abuse, Parental abandonment, Trauma and PTSD, Near-death experience / overdose, Religious and spiritual distress, explicit language   Social Media: Instagram: @actuallyhappening Twitter: @TIAHPodcast   Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com   Website…

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Guest: Charity Lee

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