<p><a href="apple.co/crimex">Subscribe to Crime X+ today</a> Madeleine West is an actress, a podcaster and an activist, but she's also been hiding a secret for years that has been eating away at her and ruining her life. Now, she's stepping out of the shadows to tell the world her story, and in doing so, taking away the stigma of being a survivor.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

Twisted minds

Madeleine West and Gary Jubelin have teamed up to tackle a topic that no one seems to want to talk about, but we have to. People love to talk about true crime, but when it comes to one of the biggest crime problems in the country, we stay silent. We’re talking about child sexual abuse, and we need to all speak up and get this conversation going. Madeleine shares her own powerful story of survival for the first time and Gary shares his experiences hunting down predators as a homicide detective. The pair are sitting down with survivors, experts and those working on the frontlines to combat this problem to bring you the best information possible to keep your kids safe.