On November 3, 1998, eight-year-old Maddie Clifton vanished from her quiet Jacksonville neighbourhood after going out to play. For a full week, her family, friends, and an entire community searched every backyard, every ditch, every corner, desperate for any sign of the giggly little girl with the big brown eyes.

What no one knew was that Maddie had never left the street.

In this episode of Triggered, we walk through the chilling timeline of Maddie’s disappearance and the shocking discovery of her body. We’ll talk about the frantic search, the strange behavior that didn’t make sense until it was too late, the trial that forced people to confront the reality of a child who kills, and the questions that still haunt this case decades later: accident or something far darker?

Listener discretion is advised. This episode involves the murder of a child and may be upsetting to some listeners.

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In this episode of Triggered, we tell one of the most horrifying, and ultimately inspiring, survival stories in true crime history. In 1994, South African woman Alison Botha was abducted, brutally assaulted, and left for dead after a night out with friends. Her attackers slit her throat, disemboweled her, and abandoned her in a desolate area, convinced she wouldn’t live.

But Alison refused to die.

Through unimaginable pain and sheer force of will, she held her own body together and walked toward help—saving her own life and later helping authorities bring her attackers to justice. This is not just a story of violence. It’s a story of raw human survival, resilience, and what it means to choose to live when death is certain.

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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THROWBACK EPISODE!

Welcome to the Cecil Hotel...you can check in but you may never leave.

For nearly a century, the Cecil Hotel has stood in the heart of Los Angeles as more than just a building. Its walls have absorbed tragedy, violence, disappearance, and death, each floor whispered with secrets, each room touched by something unsettling.

In this episode, we descend into the dark history of the Cecil. From its early days as a glamorous destination to its slow decay into a magnet for the vulnerable, the desperate, and, in some cases, the predatory. We’ll unravel the infamous residents, unexplained deaths, and the eerie patterns that seem to cling to the hotel like a stain that won’t fade.

Is the Cecil simply a reflection of its surroundings? Or is there something more ominous at work — a force that pulls certain people through its doors and refuses to let them leave alive?

Lights off. Doors locked. Let’s check in.

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