Deception and betrayal masquerading as love
Donna Andersen tells the original True Lovefraud Story — how she was deceived into marrying a sociopath, James Alwyn Montgomery. He claimed to be a Hollywood scriptwriter, entrepreneur, Special Forces operator — lying to her and multiple other women. Because of her experience, Donna became an expert …
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Donna Andersen reassures you that yes, there is love after the sociopath, narcissist or psychopath. In this special episode from the Lovefraud Live! podcast, Donna Andersen and her second husband, Terry Kelly, reveal their secrets for a strong, happy relationship: mutual respect, staying in the …
Alejandro Wickham was good-looking, smart, former military, single, no kids — and had a presence that Denise found appealing. After six weeks of dating, he humbly revealed that he had served as a Navy SEAL, and she was even more impressed. Alejandro Wickham decided to pursue powerlifting, and in o …
Don Shipley, is an authentic Navy SEAL (retired). After serving for 24 years, including multiple deployments on SEAL Team One and SEAL Team Two, his mission now is to expose phony Navy SEALs, and he’s busted almost 50,000 of them. In this interview, he explains how he verifies whether a claim of b …
Kimberly Lucas and her partner, Jacquelyn Jamason, both licensed mental health professionals, were together for 20 years and shared two children. During a visitation after they split up, Kimberly Lucas decided to take out her rage and jealousy on the children, with tragic consequences. How did this …
How do you recover from profound betrayal and trauma? Dr. Denise McDermott, an adult and child psychiatrist, acknowledges that each person experiences grief, loss and shock in their own way. The first step is to take care of yourself, which could mean finding the will to live. Then, Dr. Denise …
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“Tom” and “Amy” married in 1969, while they were both in college. Before the wedding, Amy admitted to Tom that she had not been faithful to him— in fact, she had affairs with three different men. But Tom was willing to let bygones be bygones and move forward together. Once they were officially a coup …
Dr. Liane Leedom, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Bridgeport, explains how trauma affects the brain. Stress causes the release of stress hormones, including cortisol. This impacts the immune system, creates toxicity and affects brain function. But, she says, indications are that …
Carlo 'Giovanni' Malozzi wasted no time in letting Linda know that he was interested in her. They met on Saturday, talked on Sunday and started dating on Monday. Linda interpreted his strong pursuit as a sign that he was seriously interested in her. She was correct, but not in the way that she …
In a prequel to the ‘Let’s buy a Corvette’ episode, Carlo ‘Giovanni’ Malozzi met Kathy online. He kept calling her and sending her pictures, but just couldn’t seem to get around to meeting in person. Then he said he had an emergency and asked for Kathy’s help. His request led to much more than Kathy …
