Elizabeth Smart

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2,152 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 23 Apr

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Crime Junkie · AUDIO EXTRA: A Conversation With Elizabeth Smart · 29 Jan 2026 podcast

Yeah, and I just want to make one more comment.

Sorry, because you said something that just I think is so important to say in regards to victims not blaming themselves or if I would have done this or if I would have done that.

None of these crimes, none of these things that happen like rape, sexual violence, kidnapping, domestic abuse, human trafficking, none of these crimes are self-inflicted crimes.

These are crimes always perpetrated by another person.

And it's that other person.

You don't choose these things to happen.

And it's not your fault.

These were the choices of another person that hurt you.

And I just wish that every victim and survivor could hear that and understand that.

I mean, yes, you can sit and spend a whole lifetime.

I could sit and spend a whole lifetime thinking, well...

I went around and checked the doors and windows with my dad that night, but I guess we missed one window.

I should have gone back and double-checked it.

My dad should have gone back and double-checked it.

When they were building the house, they shouldn't have put that window right there.

We could have avoided this whole situation if they just placed that window somewhere else.

If I had just screamed, why didn't I scream?

Instead of just going with him when he told me to wake up and come with him that night when he put the knife to my neck, if I had just screamed,

Would he have really killed me?

Or would he have turned and run and been in a rush to get out of the house?

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