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Podcast: Crime Analyst
Episode: Ep 261: The Unthinkable: A Story of Control, Violence and My Mother with David Challen
Description: Laura interviews David Challen, son of Sall Challen and author of ‘The Unthinkable’ in this live taping at CrimeCon on June 7 2025.
Sally killed her husband, Richard, in 2010 after being abused and coercively controlled by him between the ages of 15-56. Sally struck Richard more than twenty times and fled to Beachy Head.
Laura supported David and the Free Sally Challen campaign. Join Laura as she skillfully excavates with David his experience of coercive control as a child, the warning signs and the manipulations abuser’s use to groom their victims.
Understanding coercive control isn’t just kno...