Reviews

I love the podcast and I think she is so experienced and well spoken. I passed the word on all the time to people who don’t understand coercive control.

Thank you Laura! I’ve learned so much about how to analyze and reframe my experiences as a young woman. Now that I’m a wife, mom, and not so young I’m confident I can speak to my family about coercive control, where to find more information and of course how to “stay curious, ask questions, and always trust your instincts.”

I was so happy to stumble on your podcast. The cases you’ve highlighted are very carefully analyzed, leaving no stone unturned and no pulling of punches. It is appalling to see that misogyny and ego continue to cost many women and children their lives as leaders in policing continue to devalue women’s experiences and treat criminal men with kids gloves. Your analysis should be used as a template to instruct police on identifying the patterns and warning signs of domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators . Women’s lives and safety depend on it. Thank you for all of your hard work!

I absolutely love crime analyst. The way Laura breaks now these cases and teaches the signs of coercive control is powerful. As a professional working directly with survivors and as a activist raising awareness towards ending violence towards women and girls after the loss of my sister and niece to domestic abuse , I find Laura’s podcasts educational and I am learning more with every episode. Her work is life changing and I am just grateful for the work Laura does and the change it will bring to the safety of women and girls.

I think Laura Richards is brilliant! This is absolutely fascinating! I really appreciate the level of detail that she provides along with her insightful analysis. I am totally hooked! When I first heard about the Murdaugh case, I thought, "How does this guy think he's going to get away with murder?" Now I realize he thought he could get away with it because he's done it multiple times before without any consequences! Thankfully, justice finally got up with him.

A must listen for all women

Finally someone to talk about the effects of trauma on people on both sides of the criminal justice system.

Laura Richards is simply amazing! Her ability to analyze these cases and describe the behavior that comes before, during and after violence towards women is mind blowing and so important for everyone working in law enforcement and all women to educate themselves on how to protect themselves from abusive men.

First Laura spends a lot of time trying to get law enforcement to consider the abuse of women a crime in the first place. Then she holds them to account when they don’t uphold the laws they are supposed to. She draws parallels between seemingly disparate cases but shows the thread that binds them. Misogyny, men’s entitlement and a patriarchy that doesn’t listen or want to change.

Finally, centering the victims and their families, calling out the misogyny that creates a ripe environment for male violence against women, and is rarely stopped. Thank you to Laura Richards, for your amazing work and tenacity. I have always avoided the “true crime” genre, due to its glorification of violence and sensationalism. It always seems to get off on replaying horrific details that further objectify female victims. Gross. However, Laura Richard’s take is different. She centers the victims, and calls out the culture of misogyny that encourages violence against women, fails to stop it, and shrugs as more women die at the hands of serially violent men. Thank you Laura for your work. You brought tears to my eyes reading the victims names in the Yorkshire case, both beginning and ending. I will be donating to the memorial. ❤️

Laura is a thorough, thoughtful, intelligent, knowledgeable expert in the field. A breath of fresh air for the many victims of crime.

The insight here on coercive control is invaluable. It hits home on so many levels and I am so thankful that even with such heavy topics, Laura, is still somehow able to put me at ease.

I love your podcast Laura. It's so informative and interesting. You look at crime details in a way I haven't heard before. And your insight into human behaviour is amazing, so insightful. I've nearly finished listening to your back catalogue, then I'll just have to put up with 1 episode per week. Cheers, Jenny

Love this podcast as it is both educational and entertaining since the wonderful guests and their stories are so interesting. Thank you for the podcast. We all need it to make the world a bit better. Knowledge is power, ladies.

Ep 241: He Gouged My Eyes Out Whilst My Children Slept with Tina Nash - thank you for this fabulous podcast series and shining a light on these horrible coercive controllers.

Laura is the real deal. Her podcast is unsensational, victim focused and evidence led and based on many years of experience in the field. She is also pioneering reform and community, changing laws, acting as an advocate and focusing on real life support and action to protect victims of domestic violence. Her podcast has a loyal following and active community - advocating for change, supporting those who have survived abuse, those who are in the midst of active abusive situations and families and friends of victims of abuse who are sadly no longer with us. She is leading a movement of resistance to the patriarchy and protection of abuse victims. She is an essential and rare voice and resource - a rare light in the darkness of fighting systemic and domestic oppression of women.

Laura’s podcast opens up a perspective that makes absolutely perfect sense, but somehow was not within my own minds reach - perhaps due to the layers of indoctrination we’ve all endured? Keep going Laura, your work is so valuable.

Finally someone explaining coercive control and abuse. Someone who is actually on the side of victims and is speaking out and fighting to make changes to our laws. Make sure to add this one to your favorites list!

Thank you Laura and your speaker David for highlighting again the disproportionate sentencing treatment of women and men in the criminal justice system. For women it is more often than not an injustice system. Keep bringing awareness to this. We need change.

This is one of the best podcasts I have listened to what an amazing woman you are Laura I love your passion and commitment in educating us all and have recommended to my male family members! keep on doing what you do

Great series and as a physician in mental health, I always find Laura’s content to be evidence-based, heartfelt and accurate (I have been listening since she started this prior to leaving RCP. In response to some of the comments, that she is too focused exclusively on violence against women, I think it is important to reframe this in that many podcasts related to advocacy are quite specific in terms of topic, and this is no different. However, I do think Laura is able to see nuance. This is evident in her coverage of the Menendez Brothers and her recent episode on Ghislane Maxwell. She is not ignorant of the fact that some women do perpetrate violence on others, but chooses to focus her content on the more common patterns of IPV, stalking, coercive control and supporting legislation surrounding this. It is an excellent podcast and I look forward to the weekly episode drops. I see why she left RCP to dedicate herself to this more fully. Congrats on a well done and very successful podcast!

Not alone this podcast, but in all her podcasts, Laura shines through as a truly noble campaigner for women's causes. It is so gratifying to see. She pulls no punches in how she outed misogyny and outed how the powers-to-be turn a blind eye, in many cases, to the violence against women. How refreshing! Thank you Laura. And keep up the good fight.

Such an interesting conversation picking through the behaviour and explaining it piece by piece. I am very interested in researching more about Biderman as part of Psychology degree. I’m looking forward to your master class course and would love to do the DASH course and train the trainer

As a psychotherapist specialising in trauma and survivor of Childhood SA - I am deeply grateful for Laura Richards’ meticulous, compassionate, and unflinching work. The Crime Analyst podcast is not just another true crime series…it is an essential resource for anyone committed to understanding the psychological underpinnings of violence, coercive control, and stalking. Laura’s forensic expertise is unparalleled, but what truly sets her apart is the way she humanises victims…giving voice to those who were silenced, ignored, or blamed by systems that should have protected them. Her insights into the patterns of escalating abuse are profoundly important for practitioners like myself, who witness the aftermath of such dynamics in the therapy room. This podcast is an education in the red flags that so often get missed, dismissed, or minimised. Laura weaves data, analysis, and lived realities into each case with precision and heart. For fellow professionals in mental health, criminal justice, or advocacy, this platform is a masterclass in both prevention and post-incident understanding. Her courage in challenging outdated narratives…and her relentless pursuit of legislative change, makes her work not only insightful but VITAL. Laura, your voice echoes in every conversation I have with clients navigating trauma. Thank YOU for leading the charge in creating safer systems, raising collective awareness, and never losing sight of the human stories behind every statistic.