• 52. The Cleveland Kidnappings - Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

  • Jul 29 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
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52. The Cleveland Kidnappings - Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

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  • In 2013, three women were rescued after disappearing a decade earlier. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were held captive inside a Cleveland, Ohio home. The women were tortured, raped, and abused by Ariel Castro. Castro was a long-time bus driver and father in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Megan breaks down the news coverage surrounding the case and shares some buried bylines within the case. SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings https://abcnews.go.com/US/michelle-knights-triumph-11-year-captor-ariel-castro/story?id=67857015 https://people.com/crime/cleveland-kidnapping-survivors-where-five-years-later/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/amanda-berry https://people.com/crime/ariel-castro-kidnappings-cleveland-survivors-timeline/ https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2023/we-are-doing-great https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/03/25/gina-dejesus-shares-story-survival-northeast-ohio-amber-alert-conference/ https://fox8.com/news/10-years-later-missing-cleveland-teens-escape-seymour-ave-home/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-of-events-the-cleveland-kidnapping-case/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/09/04/218832604/social-media-erupt-on-news-of-ariel-castros-death https://time.com/3836160/cleveland-kidnap-victims-recount-how-ariel-castro-could-have-been-stopped/ https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/us/cleveland-kidnappings-fast-facts/index.html https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2013/navigating-the-challenges-of-covering-ariel-castro-hearing/ https://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/07/stolen-lives-profiles-of-the-cleveland-kidnapping-victims/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LajXqHqnBcBU0XX98WwlLTeyymks8QChcnt1np5EsMc/edit Nonprofits and Books: https://clevelandmissing.org/ https://www.facebook.com/clevelandmissing.org https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michelle-knight/finding-me/9781602862579/?lens=hachette-books https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michelle-knight/life-after-darkness/9781602866096/?lens=hachette-books https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9780143108207 https://319coffee.com/blogs/news/our-partnership-with-lilys-ray-of-hope https://unleashanimalrescue.org/ https://fox8.com/tag/missing/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-interview-robin-roberts-cleveland-30641319
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