Ok, after bitching about Something Was Wrong format recently, I have to hand it to them that these two new seasons are back on track. Especially the two episodes that just aired of the new series. A truly traumatic story of a narcissist/drug addict who terrorizes his wife, and how she overcomes it all.

First time making a post on Reddit but I need to know others feel the same way about this. I tried the first season, couldn't get on with it. Felt like it wasn't edited. Huge swathes of ONE interviewee just talking and talking and talking. Bits of conversation that are dropped in that then go nowhere. The host doesn't ask any of the questions you would ask to get better tidbits out of the interviewee. It felt like children making a podcast.

I gave up and then someone told me to try season 2. It's a really interesting story but it suffers from the same faults. For the love of God please edit these people. Put something into some kind of order. When you cut a line don't leave an 'and' on the end.

Now there's a Patreon? If this is the quality that continues they should be ashamed of themselves charging for this slapdash work.

Just wanted to say I was really bothered by Odessa’s (the guest/interviewee) actions and other adults actions in relation to knowledge of an in appropriate relationship between an adult and a student(who might have been over 18 but there is a power dynamic here.)

If you become aware of something like this,your first steps are not to call the student, and then go around calling other students. You need to report it to whoever is the appropriate authority (maybe whoever runs the youth group above the youth pastor) or parents of the students. It really wraps the students(kids whose trust was betrayed) into the problem more. Just irresponsible.

Welcome to the first official Discussion Thread for Season 23 of the Something Was Wrong (SWW) Podcast! Moving forward, discussion pertaining to Season 23 will be directed to official discussion threads to help keep the subreddit organized.

**PAYWALL NOTICE: As of now, SWW is paywalled on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. You can use your Amazon Prime login to use Amazon Music to listen free and without ads. You can also pay for a Wondery subscription to access the podcast.

*content warning: infant loss, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, pregnancy loss, mature content.

Synopsis: Kristen and Thomas, a couple from Dallas, are detailing their experience under the care of midwives at Origins Birth Center.

Airdate: Thursday, February 6th, 2025

Thread Rules: Please follow all rules of our subreddit and refrain from doxxing victims or abusers, blaming victims, or engaging in bullying. Please help us maintain this as a safe and respectful place for discussion.

Am I missing something? I just finished Season 1. I decided to listen to it after hating the last season. But everyone says season 1 is soooo good so I tried it. But…. What made this story podcast worthy? Am I missing something? The guy kicked her dog and made up best friends and pretended to be them. Yep that’s weird and creepy. They keep talking about red flags and weird feelings but like WHAT WERE THEY? I just feel like it’s no where near specific enough. Is this just me? If I missing info, would love to know.

What are the best /most interesting seasons of this show, in your opinion? I liked season 1 but thought it went on too long. Season 2 was so boring I couldn’t pay attention so I gave up, but I have heard there are good seasons.

I hatteee saying this but listening to the short stories of SWW, I can’t help but feel like these women are dumb 😭 don’t get me wrong I too went through traumatic stuff myself with a druggy mom, alcoholic father, 2yo brother murdered by my mom bf, SA growing up, r***d at 16….. I LEFT when I graduated (got pregnant shortly after) and never went back.

I listen to these episodes and my eyes almost fall out of my head 😭

Im addicted to this podcast but I also feel conflicted, there are some things I like about it especially the earlier seasons in the sense that it felt like it was allowing the speaker to take some power back and be validated in a situation where society and the courts might’ve wrongfully held that from them.

But at the same time, they’re just perpetuating more harm with all the bullying. Sometimes I flinch at all the mean things they say, they’re taking the villain of each story and completely dehumanizing them and saying really fucked up things. In that way they’re often no better than the people they’re criticizing and it feels like the goal of the podcast isn’t to create positive change in people’s lives but rather to sensationalize people’s trauma in a gossip blog format and publicly bully the people doing wrong. I think this podcast is bad for my brain like reality TV but I can’t stop listening. It’s really toxic.

Anyone else feel like it’s kind of going off the rails? I also think prison isn’t the answer to everything, the world isn’t going to be a better place if we dehumanize others and encourage people to treat each other like this. Hurt people hurt people man, the real work is so much more complex and nuanced than what’s happening in the show. It needs a lot of compassion and empathy, I feel like the show is lacking that bit?

Ok maybe its just me but the guests on "Something Was Wrong" are getting more and more clueless and ignorant. Maybe this is disingenuous (still no one deserves what they go through) but I literally cannot listen anymore. Last episode this man hates her son from the start and threatens her and shes like eh ill give him another chance?? Its just hard to listen to now when theres 67 red flags they ignore.

I used to enjoy something was wrong and still do sometimes but lately I can’t stand the stories she features, it seems like people are just dramatizing their story to get on the podcast. Also hate waiting every week for the next part. Not sure what category this podcast would be either but I’m looking for something similar. I’ve listened to “it doesn’t end here” but it seems to have dropped off and there are no new episodes

Was recently suggested the podcast Something was Wrong by a good friend, and wow is it GOOD! Still in the first season of it, and was instantly hooked after the first episode. The first season deals with a young woman named Sara who was in engaged to a man who she later found out was not who he claimed to be. The things this man put her and her family through is so intriguing and heartbreaking. If you're into true story podcasts, give this one a try. If you're sensitive to the topic of abuse, I would skip it.

I vented in their fb group about the current episode, Sage. How I’m feeling like Tiff might be running out of stories bc recently the narrators just don’t feel right.. well, I’m now blocked 😂😂

I have just gotten into this podcast. I started with season 3, as I saw recommended here. I really liked it. I listened to season 1 next. I liked it too bt season 3 was much more dramatic!

What are other good seasons of this podcast?

I saw a comment criticizing the podcast Something Was Wrong quite a while back and honestly, I’ve been thinking about it ever since.

As a survivor of domestic and narcissistic abuse, who had to figure out how to recover without any support or acknowledgment, I am so grateful for the podcast Something Was Wrong. It’s the most validation and understanding I’ve experienced in regards to my own abuse, and has helped me unravel why and what happened to a large degree. I listen to A LOT of podcasts, and it’s the only one I’ve found that focuses specifically on how and why survivors find themselves trapped in abusive situations, and the emotional impact various abuses have on people. All of that is to say - I was super surprised to see not only criticism about the podcast, but quite a few people agreeing with it.

Now, I don’t expect everybody to be interested in the same things I am of course; but this criticism seemed to be focused on the ethics of Tiffany Reese, which was even more confusing to me. For example, I think someone had mentioned something about plagiarism, but in all my listening of various true crime podcasts I haven’t heard a single story she covers anywhere else (besides her season about Jones Town, but even then it wasn’t about Jones Town itself and more about the life and recovery of a person/family that was there). Not only that, but there are so many true crime stories that are retold over and over again, I just don’t understand why Reese would be the one called out specifically on this or why it would be an issue at all. Having different perspectives about crimes and looking at them from different angles seems to be an important element to understanding and solving them.

Anyway, I’m really just genuinely curious what the ethical criticisms are about this podcast and where they come from?

So, some time ago, Something Was Wrong suddenly got produced by Audiochuck, which is Ashley Flowers Podcast Company (no native speaker - sorry for my mistakes). They changed the Titelsong and stuff, nothing major changed. Few Episodes ago however everything went to how it was before Audiochuck and the company are no longer the producers. So my question is: What happened? Has someone heard any rumours? I mean good for them, that they are no longer with Audiochuck. But was there any beef?

I absolutely loved the first couple seasons of Something Was Wrong but my interest faded in season 4. I’ve read that some of the recent seasons are awesome and would love some help figuring out where to jump back in! What are your favorite SWW seasons? What’s a worthwhile place to start up again?

TYIA!!

I used to really enjoy the podcast, and have been generally enjoying this “one off” season, however I’m kind of confused why some of these stories/people are being given this platform.

For example, the most recent one, rather than reporting sexual abuse, the narrator/person involved, simply gossips about it to others, there is no resolution.

What do you guys think of it lately?

(I apologize for the long read but I think it’s important that all the details are included)

Tiffany Reese, podcast host for Something Was Wrong and her admin friends from the official Something Was Wrong Facebook Group got upset about people criticizing them on the SWW sub r/unofficial_sww_pod and were mad that the mod there wouldn’t delete comments that were critical of Tiffany. (There were references to victim-blaming in the comments there as well. I have seen some of that, but have also seen the mod handle it really well. They either removed those comments or let people explain why those comments are really unfair/off-base.)

The admin from the Facebook group sent the mod some anonymous super threatening messages saying that the mod had x amount of time to shut this sub down or they would dox the mod. They then made statements about the mod’s children, the kind of vehicle they drive, etc. They had definitely figured out the mod’s identity and were threatening to cause problems for them. The messages were sent from a fake account, but traced back to the admin.

At about the same time, Tiffany started messaging the mod directly and saying that the mod hates her, is obsessed with her, etc. (I will also note that this was over Instagram and Tiffany early on in the conversation changes the convo to “vanish mode” so the entire thing couldn’t be kept to reference later.) Essentially, they want to control the content of the sub or throw their weight around to have it shut down if the mod doesn’t capitulate. Then, when the mod posted screen shots of the exchange, they reported it to Reddit and had it removed.

I don’t think people should be victim-blaming or calling people names - just because I don’t think that’s great behavior- but the mod is extremely responsive and on top of that sort of thing. To try to shut down a sub because people complain that your only contribution on the podcast is saying “I’m soooo sorry” is absurd.

Obviously, the very nature of the threats and doxxing was really disturbing, more so, I was very bothered by the tone of the messages. They were very much written from someone who believed they were in a position of power and was trying to use their power to control someone else. On top of that, this is counter to what Tiffany claims to be about and is incredibly harmful. Instead of at any point reaching out and apologizing to the mod about it, Tiffany more or less doubled down and posted to Instagram about her being the victim in all of this.

At the end of the day, Tiffany is hosting on a public platform. She has to know you’re going to have a lot of people who dislike you and aren’t always going to say nice things. To go this far to call someone out is a sign that you shouldn’t be a hosting a podcast and be a public figure. It’s so gross and as violating as the behavior of the people she condemns.

TLDR: Podcast host Tiffany Reese sent weird messages to mod from podcast subreddit. An admin from the Something Was Wrong Facebook page threatened to dox Reddit moderator and blackmailed her into shutting down the subreddit. This bad actor has verified close ties to Tiffany and the messages were in short succession

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I just want to post the link here for the full recap directly from the actual mod here