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FAMILICIDE - True Crime: Survivor stories of family murder

Mad Jack Entertainment
Familicide
Murder
Domestic Violence
Mental Health
Trauma
Family Violence
Emotional Abuse
Family Dynamics
Violence
True Crime
Grief
Mental Illness
Murder-Suicide
Community Support
Childhood Trauma
Loss and Grief
Child Abuse
Domestic Abuse
Criminal Justice System
Substance Abuse

True Crime that really hits home. From the Creator of TV’s Intervention and Host of Podcast What Came Next comes a new True Crime Podcast… FAMILICIDE. FAMILICIDE is a One-Hour, Weekly True Crime podcast that features the epidemic horror: murder within the family.

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The conclusion of Mara’s story of her teenaged daughter Tia, along with her boyfriend Jonathan Kurtz and friend James Preston, plotting and carrying out the murder of Mara’s husband/Tia’s Dad Paul Skinner. Mara survived 25+ stab wounds that night and... more

Mara’s Story Part Two- Mara takes us through the night her teenaged daughter Tia, along with her boyfriend Jonathan Kurtz and friend James Preston, plotted and carried out the murder of Mara’s husband/Tia’s Dad Paul Skinner. Mara survived 25+ stab wo... more

On November 12th, 2010. Mara's teenaged daughter Tia, along with her boyfriend Jonathan Kurtz and his friend James Preston, plotted and carried out the murder of Mara's husband, Tia's father, Paul Skinner. Mara was also targeted that night and surviv... more

Part III and the conclusion to Ashlee’s story- Ashlee’s father murdered her mother and staged it to look like an accidental drowning driving her car into a lake.

We left off Part II when Ashlee’s grandmother revealed to a 10 year-old Ashlee that her... more

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Recent Guests

Mara Skinner-McAlman
Author of The Sound of Safety and survivor of a fatal family attack
Ice Cube Press
Episode: Episode 90 - Mara's Story 2/3
Ashlee Willosik
Survivor of a family murder case; Ashlee's story is central to this episode
Episode: Episode 87 - Ashlee's Story 2/3
Ashlee Wallasek
Author of Did You Kill My Mother? and survivor sharing her story
Author / Survivor
Episode: Episode 86 Ashlee's Story 1/3
Amy B. Chesler
Host and survivor sharing updates on her story
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Episode: Episode 85 - Amy Follow Up
Laurie Byrne
Survivor, sister of Robert Byrne; advocate seeking justice
Family survivor
Episode: Episode 84 Laurie's Story 2/2
Steve Hatches
Survivor; brother of Linda and uncle to Sebastian
Family of Linda and Sebastian
Episode: Episode 82 - Steve's Story 2/2
Steve Hashi
Steve Hashi, brother of Linda and uncle to Sebastian, sharing memories and details of the family dynamics and the murders
Family member
Episode: Episode 81 - Steve's Story 1/2
Rob Merritt
Survivor of familicide-related events and central interviewee
Episode: Episode 79 Rob's Story 1/2
Ginger Goetz
Survivor of a family murder case; shares her story and family history
Private individual
Episode: Episode 75 - Ginger's Story 1/2

Hosts

Amy B. Chesler
Creator and host, with experience as a survivor and advocate on family violence.
Sam Mettler
Co-host of survivor interviews about family murder and its aftermath.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 162 ratings
  • Great podcast, audio needs work

    A great podcast. I found this podcast by way of listening to Something Was Wrong and What Came Next. Unfortunately most of the time I can’t understand the stories because there are times I cannot hear what is being said. Seems to have gotten worse as of late

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Berski80
    United States4 months ago
  • Could be good

    Amy is great, but the male co-host is terrible. Like, forcing people to elaborate on the type of abuse; Probing people to go into details on specifics of abuse. Let people tell their own stories. Could be a great podcast, but I can’t listen to him anymore.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    KaRo31234
    United States7 months ago
  • Great podcast, terrible audio.

    Love this podcast for the safe environment it creates for people to share their stories. Only thing, the audio is atrocious, you have to turn it up all the way to hear the hosts and guests, sometimes that’s not even enough. Hosts vs guests volume level is often very different. Then you get your ears blasted out when an add comes on. Please work on the audio.

    Thank you for the empathetic and supportive podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    The G-Raff
    United States7 months ago
  • Rough male co host

    Big fan of Amy but the co host is really hard to listen to and I would listen again if it was just Amy and the guests

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    shoe1009
    United States10 months ago
  • Insightful/Necessary

    My awareness has expanded. This is highly insightful and necessary to listen to. While listening to this I felt Amy’s pain. I am thankful for the creators making this. I didn’t know this stuff existed! And in the family??

    Masterful and necessary storytelling. This is an amazing use of talent and creativity to make us all better. To me it transcends “infotainment”

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Alexanderthetitan
    United States10 months ago

Listeners Say

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Listeners value the empathetic, survivor-focused space and the opportunity for families to tell difficult stories.
Many describe the accounts as powerful, informative, and important for raising awareness of family violence.
Some listeners object to religious or strongly pro-police commentary, while others praise the hosts' care and rapport.
Audio levels and editing are recurring concerns, including hard-to-hear speech and distracting sound differences.
Some listeners find the co-host's questioning intrusive and want survivors to have more control over how much detail they share.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Episode 90 - Mara's Story 2/3
Q: Tell us about what you remember of that night.
Mara recounts waking to the attack, fighting back without initially understanding that she was being stabbed, and trying to get the attackers to leave. Paul chased one attacker out, while their son and emergency responders tried to help both Mara and Paul.
Episode 90 - Mara's Story 2/3
Q: Was there anything you learned afterwards about Jonathan around that time?
Mara says people later told her Jonathan was not a good person, which affirmed her own negative impression of him.
Episode 88 Ashlee's Story 3/3
Q: Do you think there was a deliberate choice to show you the autopsy photos, or was it more of an absence of empathy?
I think it was intentional and cruel, aimed at breaking me, not just sharing information; it created lifelong trauma and forced me to confront harm publicly rather than privately.
Episode 87 - Ashlee's Story 2/3
Q: What was the most jarring piece of evidence or detail that changed your understanding of the case?
The pre-mortem bruising on her mother, the bruising around the throat and mouth, and the autopsy finding that contradicted a drowning—these details reframed the entire narrative and intensified the family's pursuit of accountability.
Episode 87 - Ashlee's Story 2/3
Q: Could you walk us through the moment you learned what happened to your mother?
Ashlee describes realizing her father's version of events didn't line up with what she observed, triggering years of doubt and a search for truth that included professional testimony and personal confrontation with his lies.

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Frequently Asked Questions About FAMILICIDE

What is FAMILICIDE about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Weekly, hour-long conversations center on people who survived the murder of a family member and the lasting effects of family violence. Amy B. Chesler and Sam Mettler guide first-person accounts through childhood and family dynamics, the events surrounding the crime, investigations and legal proceedings, and the work of living with grief and trauma. Stories often unfold across multiple parts, giving survivors room to share complicated histories, including abuse, coercive control, addiction, and estrangement. Guests are primarily family members and other survivors, sometimes authors or advocates who connect their experiences to awareness and prevention. The focus on family relationships distinguishes these accounts from true crime coverage c... more

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Recent guests on FAMILICIDE include:

1. Mara Skinner-McAlman
2. Ashlee Willosik
3. Ashlee Wallasek
4. Amy B. Chesler
5. Laurie Byrne
6. Steve Hatches
7. Steve Hashi
8. Rob Merritt

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