Suffer the Little Children

In my thirteenth episode, I shared the story of 10-month-old Marion Jester-Montoya, an adorable and joyful little girl with a head full of dark hair and an ever-present smile. Marion died on January 7, 2020, after her...

(FYI: I'm still here, and new episodes are coming! See today's Facebook post.) Stacey Schuchart was nine months pregnant with her seventh child. None of her previous six children were legally in her custody, although at...

Around 6:00 PM on Friday, May 1, 2020, a woman named Maranda Alford burst into a police station in Little Rock, Arkansas, to notify authorities that her 11-year-old son, Jordan Roberts, had been taken hostage in their...

In this bonus minisode, which was originally released for Patrons only in February 2022, you’ll hear the story of 18-month-old Kendall Lynn Doss, a precious little girl with blonde hair, her daddy’s brown eyes, and the...

Research has long shown that child abuse and neglect can and often do lead to a wide range of negative effects on a person’s life, including mental, physical, and behavioral problems. This kind of treatment during...

If you’ve listened to this show for any length of time, and most likely even if you haven’t, you know the US legal system all too often fails domestic abuse survivors, especially women, children, and adolescents. My...

Over the last two episodes, I’ve told you the story of five-year-old Dennis Vaughan Jr., known affectionately as “Boo,” who died in his grandmother’s house on Christmas Eve, 2019. Boo’s mom, Danielle Vaughan, fought to...

Young mother Danielle Vaughan knew her children were being abused in the home of her mother, Sherry Connor. She spent years pleading for someone to intervene before it was too late. No one listened, and Danielle’s worst...

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Lawrence Swift Noxon was born in March 1943. At five months old, he was diagnosed with what we now call Down syndrome. Three weeks later, on September 22, 1943, baby Lawrence died from electrocution under highly...

My guest in this episode, Morrene Hauser, spent decades repressing traumatic memories from her childhood. When she finally cracked open that vault, her life all but fell apart. Morrene speaks with raw honesty about...

Back in 2021, both episode 49 and minisode #3 featured the story of 20-month-old Quortney Kley. On February 25, 1997, Quortney was sexually abused and murdered by her mom’s boyfriend, Cayce Williams. It took nine years...

*Supporting my sponsors keeps the show going! Get your Magic Mind subscription at 60% off through my link ( and using my code (LAINE60) at checkout. On August 24, 2020, 23-year-old Luis Luna ran into the living room of...

The Innocent is a nonprofit organization made up of active or retired law enforcement. Their mission is to train law enforcement agencies across the country about preventing and investigating child sex crimes. In this...

In the last episode, I told you the story of ten-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens, a smart, creative, charming kid who was dealt a bad hand in life and died at the hands of a foster mother and longtime family friend...

Get your Magic Mind here: You get 20% off for a one-time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with my code: BYLAINE20 On April 25, 2024, 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens was rushed to the hospital in Valparaiso...

*This formerly Patreon-exclusive bonus minisode was originally released on August 19, 2021. In January 2020, a Tennessee mom stepped away for ten minutes of "me time," leaving her two young children alone in the...

*This formerly Patreon-exclusive bonus minisode was originally released on September 28, 2021. A young North Carolina couple lost a baby in what appeared to be a tragic case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). When...

*This formerly Patreon-exclusive bonus minisode was originally released on August 19, 2021. In January 2020, a Tennessee mom stepped away for ten minutes of "me time," leaving her two young children alone in the...

Get 25% off the Magic Mind gummies here: magicmind.com/LAINEGM You can also use my code, LAINE25, directly on their website. #magicmind #gummies In 2022, 15-month-old Isabella Kuykendall attended the United States...

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*This minisode was formerly available only to patrons. To help support the show, you can visit A Virginia family is shattered, a precious five-month-old baby dead, a mother permanently injured, and a husband to blame...

Get Magic Mind’s “24-hour bundle” for 45% off using my link! In parts 1 and 2, I told you about Raylee Browning, a sweet, gentle, loving 8-year-old girl whose father, his girlfriend, and the girlfriend’s sister made...

This minisode was formerly available only to patrons. To help support the show, you can visit On June 8, 2019, police in Muncie, Indiana responded to the YWCA women's shelter on Charles Street on a report of an...

Get Magic Mind’s “24-hour bundle” for 45% off using my link! Last week, I started telling you the story of eight-year-old Raylee Browning, who died in the home of her father, his girlfriend, and the woman’s sister after...