Episode 367: Girl With Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Kills Her Abuser

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A man is laying face first, unconscious in his living room. Alyssa and Vanessa are standing over him. Alyssa reaches for the zip ties and binds his ankles together, three zip ties thick. Vanessa on the other hand is terrified. She’s screaming in her head to ‘STOP! This needs to stop! It’s taking things too far!’ But the words won’t come out; the only thing she can do is wait for a moment when Alyssa looks away—then Vanessa dives for the scissors. She cuts the zip ties off his ankles.

“NO!” Alyssa forces Vanessa aside and reties his ankles and his wrists. Vanessa lost her chance. She can only watch helplessly as Alyssa yields a massive hunting knife and sends it plunging into the man’s neck. Then she begins sawing—back and forth. They watch the blood soak into the carpet.

Police would later find the victim, Harold Sasko, and announce that his suspected killer was a 19 year old girl named Sarah.

However this episode is NOT Harold’s story. Neither Alyssa’s, nor Vanessa’s. This is the case of Sarah McLinn, diagnosed with DID, and the many, many people who believe she should be free.

RAINN Resources

Website link to CHAT w/ a trained staff member who can provide you confidential crisis support: https://hotline.rainn.org/online 

Call the National SA Hotline anytime at: 800.656.4673

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

VIDEOS

Snapped: S19 E9 Bonus Clip - Planning the Murder

Snapped: S19 E9 Bonus Clip - Dissociative Identity Disorder

Sources

FOIA court documents

Snapped S.19 E.9 “Sarah McLinn” 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568768/ 

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/dissociative-disorders/substance-abuse/#:~:text=Alcohol%20slows%20down%20cognitive%20processes,induce%20dissociative%20amnesia%20through%20blackouts. 

https://www.kmewo.com/he-tried-to-make-me-identical-to-the-other-woman-by-forcing-me-to-have-plastic-surgery-to-my-nose-and-ear/ 

http://traumadissociation.com/alters#:~:text=Child%20alters%20%2F%20Littles,abstract%20concepts%20and%20long%20words.

https://www.quora.com/What-triggers-a-personality-switch-for-someone-with-DID 

https://www.quora.com/How-did-you-first-realize-you-had-dissociative-identity-disorder 

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637929/full

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/the-scars-of-exploitation-understanding-branding-tattoos-in-sex-trafficking#:~:text=For%20victims%20of%20sex%20trafficking,scars%20inflicted%20by%20their%20traffickers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIXB1HVQIUc 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EekZ6d8CCIA 

https://www.reddit.com/r/DID/comments/14qj1m0/what_have_you_been_misdiagnosed_with/ 

https://lawrencekstimes.com/2023/01/30/sarah-gonzales-mclinn-clemency-petition/ 

Production Note:

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