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SPLBERG

By: Charlie Webster
Narrated by: Charlie Webster
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When the nephew of world-famous director Steven Spielberg turns up at a high school in suburban Virginia, he is untouchable. This 14-year-old - Jonathan Taylor Spielberg - is a star on the rise, filming for his latest movie close by. His new classmates are within touching distance of fame and talk about the new student spreads like wildfire.

He promises to hook them up with Hollywood agents and it’s the late 90s, so his invite to the MTV Awards is enticing… But all is not what it seems. The students start to realize they have been unwillingly cast in a twisted real-life drama.

26 years later, when his path collides with journalist Charlie Webster (Scamanda, Unicorn Girl) she is blindsided. Who actually is Jonathan Taylor Spielberg, and what does he want from Charlie? Stick with her until the end to hear one of the strangest stories she’s ever told.

Episode 1: Uncle Steven: The arrival of a blue BMW turns heads at a Catholic high school in suburban Virginia. The vanity license plate reads SPLBERG. The Prince of Hollywood has arrived. But why is he here?

Episode 2: Rock On Fakhran: The 14-year-old from LA makes big promises to his classmates. Over in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg’s team gets an unexpected phone call that changes everything.

Episode 3: Like A Virgin: The students make a huge discovery about their classmate’s past and it goes back further than they could have ever imagined.

Episode 4: Clueless: Journalist Charlie Webster’s path collides with Jonathan. He walked into the wrong office.

Episode 5: The Story of V: This kid has a secret. What happens in LA stays in LA.

Episode 6: No Harm, No Foul: Charlie uncovers more about Jonathan's behaviour with the students at the school. There’s one particular relationship that’s in the spotlight.

Episode 7: The Script: The truth is hard to come by when you’re following the trail of Jonathan. Charlie makes her move.

Episode 8: A Childish Act: Charlie finally gets what she came for. But what happens when fantasy meets reality?

Content warning: In this series, there is strong and offensive language, references to self harm, as well as adult content. Episode 4 contains descriptions of grooming. For help and support, please refer to the list of resources below.

If you are affected by any of the themes in this series, the following organisations offer support and information: sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/#support www.thesurvivorstrust.org Samaritans - call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie (or the Samaritans Welsh Language line is 0808 164 0123) 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988lifeline.org Other international crisis helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org

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Charlie’s podcasts are always addictive. Brilliant investigative journalism. I listened to the whole thing in one day!

Brilliant journalism

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The thing that stands out across all of Charlie Websters podcasts are her interviews. She has such a gift when it comes to putting both survivors and perpetrators at ease to get to the heart of the story.

Not a spoiler, but the interview with the perpetrator in this story is incredible. Their defences completely unravel and she doesn’t let them get away with anything.

Incredible interviews

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really interesting and engagingly presented research.

The only note I have is that the interview at the end could have been more rewarding if open ended questions were asked. Some of them were quite leading and so it seemed that Jonathan immediately accepted the narrative presented within them, now not having to come up with his own.

overall, really amazing work and will definitely listen to more from this author!:)

brilliant investigation

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I genuinely hope this case somehow gets re-opened and the victims get justice. What a crazy story!

I hope something happens….

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