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.

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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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In August 2013, 19-year-old college student Bryce Laspisa vanished without a trace on a dark stretch of California highway. His abandoned car, overturned near a remote lake, became the center of a chilling mystery filled with unanswered questions, erratic behavior, bizarre phone calls, and sightings that never quite made sense.

In this episode, we dive deep into the hours leading up to Bryce’s disappearance: the strange detours, the midnight conversations, the emotional unraveling, and the final moments where he was seen alive. And while we follow the facts, patterns, and theories that have haunted this case for over a decade, we also explore an unsettling possibility: that what happened to Bryce might not fit within the world we know.

Inspired by the eerie cultural pull of Stranger Things and the concept of “the upside down,” this episode examines whether Bryce’s disappearance was simply a tragic accident… or if the truth lives somewhere darker, stranger, and impossible to explain.

No body. No answers. No closure.

Just a young man who seemed to be slipping further and further from reality until he was gone.

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Eight-year-old Gizzell Ford had dreams, hopes, and a little diary where she wrote about wanting to be a “good girl” and make her family proud. Instead, her final months became a haunting record of unimaginable cruelty, captured in her own handwriting.

In this episode of Triggered, we walk through the heartbreaking story of Gizzell’s short life, the warning signs that were missed, and the horrifying events that unfolded inside a Chicago apartment where she should have been safe. You’ll hear the chilling entries from her diary, the disturbing family dynamics at play, and the investigation that uncovered the truth behind her injuries, her isolation, and the abuse that ultimately took her life.

This is an episode about resilience, systems that failed a child, and the justice that followed, but it’s also a reminder of why stories like Gizzell’s matter. Because children who can’t speak for themselves need us to speak for them.

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When 8-year-old Leila Fowler was found stabbed to death inside her family’s home in Valley Springs, California, her small community went into a full-blown panic. Neighbours armed themselves, parents kept their kids indoors, and deputies launched one of the largest manhunts the county had ever seen. Because according to Leila’s 12-year-old brother, an unknown intruder had slipped inside the house… and vanished.

But as investigators dug deeper, the story began to unravel. Witness statements shifted. Timelines blurred. Evidence didn’t quite add up. And the truth hiding behind the Fowler family’s walls was darker, and closer, than anyone wanted to believe.

In this episode of Triggered, we walk through the chaotic investigation, the fear that gripped an entire community, and the heartbreaking truth at the center of the Fowler home. This is the story of a little girl whose life was cut short… and the mystery that consumed a town.

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Jane Toppan: the so-called “Jolly” nurse who used charm, confidence, and a warm bedside manner to mask something far darker. Behind the smile was a woman who experimented on her patients, poisoned with precision, and confessed she wanted to kill more people than any man who ever lived.

In this episode, we unravel the trauma that shaped her, the victims who trusted her, and the psychology of a woman who believed she had the right to decide who lived and who died. This is the story of a caregiver turned predator… and the deadly power she believed she held over every life she touched.

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In the late 1920s, a quiet patch of land in Wineville, California hid one of the most disturbing crimes in American history. Children vanished. Families searched. And behind the walls of a chicken farm, a predator lurked.

In this episode, we dive deep into the life and crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott; a man whose brutality shattered families, reshaped a town, and haunted an entire generation. Through survivor accounts, historical records, and psychological insight, we unravel what happened on that isolated farm… and how the truth finally clawed its way into the light.

This is a dark and difficult case involving child victims. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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