Do not say my name | Dangerous Memories Ep 3

Elon's Spies | Tortoise Investigates

Tortoise Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After Huey cycled off into the distance, her mother had no idea what caused her to leave or why. She was in the dark about the extraordinary things Huey had come to believe about her own family. So she finds someone who can help track her down.

This is episode 3 of 6. To binge-listen to all episodes of Dangerous Memories ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

To find out more about Tortoise:

Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists

Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for early access and ad-free content

Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more

If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact [email protected]

Written and reported by: Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall

Producer: Gary Marshall

Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper

Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella

Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail

Podcast artwork: Lola Williams

Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings

Executive producer: Ceri Thomas

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Tortoise.
0:18.0	Just a warning before we start. This episode contains references to child abuse and to sexual assault.
0:29.7	After she'd bicycled away and I didn't know where she'd bicycle to. So you know I was in absolute, I was in a terrible state. I mean really, really bad just worrying and worrying. And did you have any idea where she was or any means of finding out where she was?
0:35.0	I, no, no, no, she never came back.
0:41.0	When Huey's mom Sarah watched her daughter disappear into the distance, she had no idea what had led her to leave.
0:50.0	What Sarah remembers about the confrontation is how the look on Huey's face changed.
0:57.0	Initially, when she saw Sarah, she seemed surprised, but then her eyes glazed over like a zombie Sarah said and
1:06.7	then she left with no explanation what Sarah didn't know then was that under the guidance of Anne Craig
1:16.2	Huy had decided to turn her back on not just her family, but her whole world. By this point she was two years in to her sessions with Anne. She
1:30.0	moved out of the pub and was living alone.
1:34.4	It was just her and her cat sleeping on the floor
1:37.8	of a single room above a car wash.
1:41.5	She'd cut ties with her family and she'd stop speaking to all her friends.
1:46.0	Huey was now totally isolated and totally consumed by her work with Anne.
1:55.0	In fact, she was so consumed that she had no space for a full-time job.
2:00.0	She was short of money, hungry and cold.
2:05.0	At one point she reached out to a homeless shelter for living support.
2:10.0	Of course there were so many people Huey knew who had plenty of money and
2:16.3	accommodation to spare as well but accepting gifts or financial support from
2:21.3	the people she cut ties with was discouraged. It would
2:24.8	interfere with her journey to healing. I couldn't afford heating in my house. I
2:29.5	couldn't if the gas bottle ran out I'd be cold in the middle of the winter.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -212 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tortoise Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tortoise Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.