Beyond the Monsters

Chell Bane

beyondthemonsters@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is a trauma-focused interview podcast centered on firsthand survivor accounts, recovery, abuse, true crime, and mental health, with occasional public figures discussing personal trauma, identity, faith, or healing. Suitable pitches include survivors with compelling documented experiences, criminal justice or domestic-violence advocates, mental health and addiction professionals, authors, and entertainers with relevant lived experience; booking difficulty is medium because the show accepts survivor stories but also features established guests with significant public narratives.

Metrics

Episodes: 91

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 65.8k subscribers

Instagram: 38.0k followers

Contact Information

beyondthemonsters@gmail.com

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Host

Chell Bane - Medical professional with more than 20 years of experience in psychiatry and addiction medicine, as well as a survivor of trauma.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
A compelling firsthand survivor or recovery story, documented advocacy or justice-system experience, expertise in trauma, abuse, mental health, addiction, or domestic violence, or a public career connected to relevant lived experience.
Required Achievements:  
Exoneration or other major justice-system experience, Founding or leading an advocacy organization, A career in music or entertainment tied to a personal healing or identity story, Publishing a book connected to personal experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Greg Kelley - Wrongful Conviction, Criminal Justice Reform, Prison Survival, Exoneration, Trauma Recovery, Faith, Forgiveness, And Resilience.

Melissa Greene - Religious Trauma, Lgbtq+ Identity, Exclusion From Faith Communities, Self-acceptance, Healing, And The Re-recording Of “testify To Love.”

Ty Herndon - Religious Trauma, Lgbtq+ Identity, Faith, Inclusion, Authenticity, Healing, And The Re-recording Of “testify To Love.”

Michael Passons - Religious Trauma, Lgbtq+ Identity, Rejection From Faith Communities, Healing, Authenticity, Forgiveness, And Reclaiming One's Voice.

Recent Topics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Beyond the Monsters
:

90: High School Football Star Wrongfully Convicted in Child SA Case with Greg Kelley

July 08, 2026

Greg Kelley was a standout high school football player with a full scholarship, dreams of playing in the NFL, and what appeared to be a bright future ahead of him. At just 18 years old, everything changed when he was falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting a child, despite the absence of physical evidence. Greg shares the devastating reality of losing his freedom, spending years in a Texas maximum-security prison, and the emotional toll of being labeled one of society'...

89: Her Husband Murdered Her 15 Year Old Son

July 01, 2026

Dasan "DJ" Jones was just 15 years old when he was murdered inside his own home by the man he had called dad for nearly a decade. His mother, Latrice, shares the devastating story of trying to escape an emotionally abusive marriage marked by stalking, surveillance, coercive control, and repeated failures by the courts to provide protection. In the aftermath of DJ's death, Latrice was left to navigate overwhelming grief while raising her two younger sons and seeking justice for the child she l...

88: Cast Out of Christian Music for Being Gay & Reclaiming the Song That Started It All with Michael Passons, Ty Herndon & Melissa Greene

June 24, 2026

Former Avalon members Michael Passons and Melissa Greene alongside country music artist Ty Herndon share the story behind their powerful re-recording of Testify to Love and the deeply personal journey that led them back to a song that now carries an entirely new meaning. Michael opens up about being removed from Avalon because he was gay, the years of silence and healing that followed, and what it meant to finally reclaim his voice nearly two decades later alongside longtime friends Melissa a...

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