# Sally Challen

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Twinnings - Ep #9 - Before Divorce, There Was Murder

Hold onto your historical hats, people! This episode, Georgie and Anne😬 go deep sa shadows ng history to uncover how women survive when “divorce” wasn’t even a thing. From 17th-century poison networks ni Giulia Tofana hanggang sa modern-day cases ng fatal self-defense, we’re stitching past and pres…

54. Martha Brown - Domestic Violence

Lucy Worsley is back with a new series of Lady Killers, where true crime meets history - with a twist. This time Lucy heads to Dorset to explore the life of Martha Brown, a victim of domestic violence, accused of murdering her husband John in 1856. Martha’s story goes on to inspire Thomas Hardy…

3. The Bird In the Cage

Katie Bridget Murphy explores the story of Sally Challen - a mother who killed her husband after decades of coercive control. Through her son David Challen’s testimony, as well as expert insight, this episode reveals the hidden patterns of psychological abuse, the barriers to leaving, and the devas…

Ep 323 Coercive Control: A Child's Unthinkable Journey with David Challen

Laura and David Challen, son of Sally Challen and author of The Unthinkable, unravel the insidious and lifelong harm coercive control causes a child.  David speaks candidly about his lived experience, the realities of growing up with a coercively controlling father, and his horrifying experience a…

EP. 172 – Harriet Wistrich (Centre for Women's Justice)

Who protects women when the very systems that are supposed to protect them, like the police and the broader legal system, refuse to, or even worse, are causing the harm in the first place? This episode's guest has been fighting against the systemic challenges women face in securing justice for deca…

Ep #355 Inside the Landmark Cases of Sally Challen and John Worboys with Harriet Wistrich

In this episode, Laura interviews pioneering human rights lawyer and CEO of the Centre for Women's Justice, Harriet Wistrich, whose groundbreaking work has helped transform the way the justice system responds to male violence against women and girls.    Together, Laura and Harriet analyse landmar…

Sally Challen

In this episode, Angela tells the heartbreaking story of Sally Challen—a woman who appeared to have the perfect life in an affluent English village, but whose marriage hid decades of manipulation, humiliation, and coercive control. As Richard Challen's repeated affairs and psychological abuse slowl…

Ruth Ellis: Murder, Misogyny & Morality with Laura Enston

Ruth Ellis: Murder, Misogyny & Morality with Laura Enston, granddaughter of Ruth Ellis In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, through the eyes of her granddaughter, Laura Enston. For decades, Ruth Ellis was remembered sim…

David Challen: I freed my mum from prison

TRAILER: David Challen a domestic abuse advisor, campaigner and author, who successfully campaigned to free his mother, Sally Challen, in a landmark 2019 appeal that helped define coercive control in UK law. David shares his own story: growing up in a household shaped by his father's coercive contr…

David Challen: I freed my mum from prison

David Challen a domestic abuse advisor, campaigner and author, who successfully campaigned to free his mother, Sally Challen, in a landmark 2019 appeal that helped define coercive control in UK law. David shares his own story: growing up in a household shaped by his father's coercive control, years…