S22 Ep5: Self-Made Woman
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Today is Saturday, November 9th, 2024. I just returned home last night from Indiana. Last week, I met with the Indiana State Police to present the evidence and testimony we've collected thus far this season. It all went really well. That's really all I can share for now. But I wanted to say thank you so much to the community members, both in Indiana and beyond, who have been instrumental in this effort, helping to catalog evidence, collect and document her crimes and the harm caused over the past years and decades for some that they've been following Megan Stoner's crimes. At the time of recording this, Megan Stoner is set to be released from the Hamilton County Jail this Friday, November 15th, 2024. And we haven't even gotten through all of the crimes and harm that Megan Stoner has perpetuated. Since the season 22 trailer dropped, I have learned of many other victims of stoners, all across the United States and Canada.
Maybe elsewhere too, who knows what we'll discover by the end. I've spoken to many survivors and allies involved with this case, both on and off the record. I'm thankful to all of them. Not all feel comfortable being on the podcast, but still want to help with our investigation. But before we get into the next chapter of this story, how a group of citizens came together to help bring a second wave of justice for Megan Stoner's victims, I think now would be a really great time to recap what we know about Stoner's crimes leading up to the community stings of 2023. Here's what we know. Megan Elizabeth Stoner was born February 28, 1998, to Gail Ann Updegraff and Dennis Lee Stoner. The two never married, though they were together for a long time. Stoner's aunt's name is Linda Sue Updegraff, and Stoner would later in 2017 steal over $20,000 from her aunt Linda on credit cards that she took out in her aunt's name without her consent.
This matter went to civil court, and Megan and her aunt Linda didn't speak for several years. Because of this, I'm told. Megan has a half-sister named Elena J. Stoner. She's approximately 48 years old, and since Megan Stoner is only 26 years old, I'm told that they grew up very separately for the most part. I'm also told they don't get along. We know that Stoner started getting involved in politics, or at least posting and doing interviews about her involvement in politics in Indiana around 2014. She did some interviews on some smaller YouTube shows, like this one from Sam Whitfield on February 18th, 2014.
As I've gotten more involved in the last few years, I've gotten hate mail. I get hate mail mostly every day now. I get it through Twitter. I get it through Facebook. I get it on my own email. I've gotten it at my house, even. And I've had a lot of vandalism done to my election signs in election years. And I just learned that the names just bounce off you eventually. And I've never gotten death threats. Everything's been anonymous. Even the letters I've got in my own mailbox, they've been hand-delivered. I can tell.
And here's another interview she gave March 4th, 2014, on The Jeff and Alan Show, talking about her experience in politics.
I think the biggest one is that debt cannot be a habit. You cannot constantly be in high debt. High debt ruins economic potential, private investment, and it jeopardizes the future generations. So I think the biggest issue would be, don't go in debt, whether you're running the nation or you're just a business.
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