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Elizabeth Smart Tells All After 281 Days In Captivity Pt. 3

July 02, 2026

Brian Mitchell spent years singing hymns in court, disrupting hearings, and faking insanity to avoid standing trial for what he did to Elizabeth Smart. It took nearly a decade to get him in front of a jury. When Elizabeth finally took the stand, she described nine months of daily assault, a cable padlocked around her ankle, and threats against her family that kept her silent even when rescue was within reach. The jury deliberated for less than a day.This episode contains descriptions of kidna...

Elizabeth Smart: She Was In Public For Months After Going Missing Pt. 2

July 01, 2026

Ed Smart defied police orders and released his daughter's kidnapper's sketch to the public himself. Within four days, someone recognized the man in it. Brian David Mitchell had been hiding in plain sight the whole time, eating at restaurants, preaching on street corners, and sleeping one block from a police station. Elizabeth was right there with him, and nobody said a word.This episode contains descriptions of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and captivity. Please listen with careHead over to...

Elizabeth Smart: Her Family Had Already Met Her Kidnapper Pt. 1

June 30, 2026

In June 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint while her nine-year-old sister hid under the covers and watched. Her kidnapper knew exactly which door of the house wasn't wired to the alarm. For months, investigators zeroed in on the wrong man. And a sketch that could have broken the case wide open sat untouched in a filing cabinet.This episode contains descriptions of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and captivity. Please listen with careHead over to o...