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Real People. Real Crimes. | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT

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Real People. Real Crimes. | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT

"Crimes of Reddit" presents a harrowing true crime story where a listener suspects their mother-in-law was a relentless stalker known as "PAX," who tracked them through emails and texts despite repeated attempts to change contact information. The listener lived in constant fear, avoiding leaving home and making formal reports, but the stalker remained undetected. After the mother-in-law’s death, the listener pieces together the connection, realizing the stalking was deeply personal and tied to an obsessive, controlling relationship. The story explores the emotional turmoil of discovering such a connection, especially when grieving a parent. It highlights the complexity of familial bonds, the primal nature of grief, and how trauma can persist even after a loved one dies. The podcast also raises questions about whether victims should confront these truths immediately or wait for the grieving process to unfold. Ultimately, it underscores how internet-based crimes can mirror deeply personal and devastating family dynamics, offering a disturbing yet human lens into real-life stalking and emotional abuse.

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Hello listeners, if you're enjoying Red handed, then I have got something to share with you, I think you're gonna love. It's a new show Crimes of Reddit with Sabrina Deanna Roca from Two Girls, One Ghost, and Alexis Linkletter from the first degree. If you love falling down into internet rabbit holes, then you need to follow Crimes of Reddit wherever you listen to podcasts. Every Tuesday on Crimes of Reddit, Sabrina and Alexis dig through Reddits, most disturbing, true crime threads. One Ghost brings the stories, and the other hears it for the first time, and then they swap. From stories of stalkers to family crimes and horrifying roommate stories, they pull at every thread until the full twisted picture comes into view. It's dark, it's messy, and the scariest part is simple. These are stories posted by real people. This show has the feeling of sending your groupchats a thread at 2am that starts with "You have" to see this, except Sabrina and Alexis are in the chat with you. And we've got a preview clip of an episode for you right now. If you love it, make sure to follow Crimes of Reddit with Sabrina Deanna Roca and Alexis Linkletter on Apple podcasts and Spotify. Or subscribe on YouTube for video episodes at Crimes of RedditPod. We'll also put a link to the show in this episode description. My mother-in-law suddenly passed away in a car accident last month. At the same time, my stalker disappeared. Coincidence? Probably not. Probably not. So that's so sad. Messed up. So my mother-in-law, and I have never had a good relationship. She has tried to sabotage my relationship with my husband since the day she met me. I wasn't good enough for her handsome and successful boy, which is a crime on its own, like women protecting their sons like this and being obsessed with their children. And some successful boy, vomit, anyways. So you can think your child is successful without being obsessed with him. And you can think they're handsome without babying an adult man. Yeah. I contemplated ending. I contemplated ending my relationship several times, but my husband always showed that he is on my side and I love him. Okay, that's good. A few years ago, I started getting very threatening and scary emails and texts from A PAX. A PAX is the name of the Texter emailer. This PAX knew everything about me. It didn't matter how many emails and phone numbers I changed. They or he always found me. I made several reports, but nothing happened. My husband tried everything to trace these emails. Nothing came out of it. Okay, so this is going in the direction of what's that documentary where the mom was. That documentary unknown number. Yeah. Okay, so this is the direction it's going in because I went when you read that like subreddit or the title of the post, I thought it was me like the stalker accidentally killed the mother-in-law. But now we're like, oh, okay. Okay. Well, yeah. To torment your own high school daughter is so deranged. Yeah. It's like that is a dangerous, dangerous woman, and we'll talk about how tangled relationships are when you even find out your parent is doing something like this, how hard it would be to accept. But the husband in this situation was really helpful in trying to get to the bottom, which I appreciate. Great husband. Great husband. Green flag there. Totally. So, no matter what, PAX always found her and she was under the impression that PAX was a guy based on the language that was being used. And the original poster says, I made several reports, but nothing happened. And this past year, I basically never left the apartment alone. So saying that she got so scared of this that it was, she was afraid to leave the house. For real? Yeah. So she says, I haven't received a single threatening text or email from PAX in a month. After a few days, I wasn't surprised. I felt like I always knew it was my mother-in-law deep down. My husband hasn't reacted yet. He's consumed with his grief and I don't want to bother him, especially when he bitterly told me, you must be very pleased now. When we heard the news and I tried to comfort him, he apologized later and said he was just feeling guilty that he loved and chose me more than he loved her. Well, that's so complicated. Yeah. That's so complicated. And also, it would be one thing to find out. Your mom was this like PAX person while she's still alive. But to be dealing with the grief of losing your mom, regardless of how complicated your relationship is, like you could hate your parent. And if they die, people still have so much grief and that feeling of loss. That's primal. Yeah. I mean, they're the most foundational relationships human beings can have. I mean, they mold who we are and we feel totally intertwined with them. So it makes total sense like it's impossible to let go, so sad. So she continues. Now I'm waiting for my husband to connect the dots, will he get it? If he does, will he talk to me about it? I don't know if I will ever bring it up to him. Also, I won't relax and go back to my normal life just yet. But I know in my heart that it's over and I can't be happier about my life. Well, yeah, and she's entitled to feel that relief because she was being tormented by this woman. So I'm curious if maybe this will be in updates, but when you lose someone and you start to go through their things, do they find anything that proves? I've actually heard a lot of stories like that where, you know, one story I heard was this woman was dealing with like constant people stealing her identity constantly. And like basically her financial life was in ruins. And when her mom died, she found all the documents that it was her mom. And then it's like you can't do anything with the anger, yes, they're gone, yeah, crazy. So what do you think you'd tell the husband or do you think you'd wait? I would wait because I would empathize so much with their processing the grief. And then I'd be able to like sit with my relief of it being over, but I wouldn't want to throw that on them. Right. What about you? I think I would have started accusing the mother-in-law the second I suspected it. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of like, yeah, I'm not, I can't be calculating like that. Yeah. So my husband at the time of her death would have already known that I thought it was her. I do agree with that, but I think if you didn't put it together until after, I wouldn't yes. Choose them. Yeah, I wouldn't. To bring that for the first time. Yeah. Thanks for listening to this preview of "Crimes of Reddit" with Sabrina Deanna Roger and Alexis Linkletter, follow "Crimes of Reddit" on Apple podcasts and Spotify, or subscribe on YouTube at "Crimes of Reddit" pot for video episodes.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. "Crimes of Reddit" is a podcast featuring Sabrina Deanna Roca and Alexis Linkletter, who explore disturbing true crime stories from Reddit threads.
  2. The show dives into real cases of stalking, family crimes, and roommate horror, often revealing dark connections between personal relationships and online posts.
  3. A key story involves a listener who suspects their mother-in-law was a stalker, known as "PAX," who relentlessly followed them despite changing contact details.
  4. The listener became terrified, avoiding leaving home and reporting the behavior, yet no action was taken.
  5. After the mother-in-law’s death, the listener realizes the connection between the stalking and her parent, highlighting the emotional complexity of familial relationships and grief.
  6. The podcast raises questions about how people process grief, guilt, and trauma when family members are involved in harmful behavior.

Summary:

"Crimes of Reddit" presents a harrowing true crime story where a listener suspects their mother-in-law was a relentless stalker known as "PAX," who tracked them through emails and texts despite repeated attempts to change contact information. The listener lived in constant fear, avoiding leaving home and making formal reports, but the stalker remained undetected. After the mother-in-law’s death, the listener pieces together the connection, realizing the stalking was deeply personal and tied to an obsessive, controlling relationship.

The story explores the emotional turmoil of discovering such a connection, especially when grieving a parent. It highlights the complexity of familial bonds, the primal nature of grief, and how trauma can persist even after a loved one dies. The podcast also raises questions about whether victims should confront these truths immediately or wait for the grieving process to unfold.

Ultimately, it underscores how internet-based crimes can mirror deeply personal and devastating family dynamics, offering a disturbing yet human lens into real-life stalking and emotional abuse.

FAQs

Crimes of Reddit is a podcast where Sabrina Deanna Roca and Alexis Linkletter explore disturbing and true crime stories from Reddit threads, sharing dark and messy real-life cases with a focus on online community dynamics.

The hosts are Sabrina Deanna Roca from Two Girls, One Ghost, and Alexis Linkletter from The First Degree. They analyze and discuss real Reddit stories involving stalking, family crimes, and other disturbing incidents.

Yes, all the stories are posted by real people and come from actual Reddit threads, making them authentic and often deeply personal and unsettling.

The podcast covers a wide range of true crime stories, including stalking, family conflicts, roommate horror, and psychological manipulation, often revealing twisted relationships and hidden motives.

They alternate roles—One Ghost brings the story, the other hears it for the first time, and then they swap perspectives to uncover the full, complex picture behind the disturbing events.

Yes, you can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and video episodes are available on YouTube at Crimes of RedditPod.

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