Domestic violence recovery: the hidden truth

On March 3, award-winning podcast There's No Place Like Home is returning for a fourth season - this time with video as well as audio. It's called Paths to Healing,  This is the story that starts where others end. After the headlines fade. After the crisis hotline call ends. After you walk out of …

8. “The best is yet to come.”

Geraldine Bilston first joined There’s No Place Like Home as a victim-survivor way back in season one. Since then a lot has changed for her, for the better. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how we move past domestic abuse - as a society and…

7. "This is not punishment."

Dr Brian Sullivan still remembers the man who duped his men’s behaviour change group into thinking he’d changed when he hadn’t. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how men’s behaviour change programs work and the methods of the facilitators wo…

6. “Never an excuse.”

It’s been years but Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon. For far too long, her then-partner, Cameron*, blamed his violence on alcohol and drugs. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Katrina’s story and investigates the facts and falsehoods…

5. “The flipside of image management.”

Janine never thought getting divorced would cost her her friends and family. But when Oscar* told them she was unstable and he was the real victim, it did. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Janine’s story and investigates how perpetrators spread f…

4. “Keeping her poor.”

When Janine left Oscar*, he told everyone their divorce had ruined him financially. It didn’t - but it did ruin her. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Janine’s story and investigates how perpetrators cause financial devastation to victim-survivors…

3. “Like a game of chess.”

Conor Pall never wanted to live with a man he calls ‘The Shadow’. But he was forced to. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Conor’s story and investigates how perpetrators are able to weaponise systems after victim-survivors escape from them - legal…

2. "I know where you are."

After two women in Miranda’s* mothers group began to suspect she was being abused, they helped her finesse an escape plan for her and her baby. That’s when Justin’s* stalking began.  In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Miranda’s story and investigat…

1. “The ultimate act of revenge.”

Dr Ann O’Neill thought her estranged husband was moving on when he finally signed divorce papers. Days later, he killed their two young children. In the first episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Dr O’Neill’s story and investigates perpetrators who commit “t…

Coming next week: Putting perpetrators in focus

This season we’ll hone in on the insidious patterns and tactics of post-separation abuse, sharing the real stories of victim-survivors and experts’ own insights to show how, often, abuse doesn’t end after separation - it escalates. There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves drops weekly from Mar…