Disorganized Crime: Smuggler's Daughter

About Disorganized Crime: Smuggler's Daughter

Host Rainbow Valentine discovers her artist mom and 'businessman' dad were deeply involved in the illegal drug trade and unknowingly spent her childhood among a massive pot distribution operation. As she talks with her father in intimate interviews, Rainbow Valentine uncovers a history of her childhood that causes her to reassess everything — and gives us a unique personal window into the infamous counter-culture of Marin County in the 70s and 80s -- from Ken Kesey's acid tests and the birth of the Grateful Dead to a drug culture that hardened and became more dangerous in response to the War On Drugs.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Nov 2019

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introducing: What Happened to Her

   Melissa Jeltsen interviews Lisette Johnson, a survivor of a murder-suicide, as Lisette shares her harrowing experience and its lasting impact.

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   25 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

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Introducing: What Happened to Her

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Lisette found herself looking at a picture of a wheel developed by psychologist Lenore Walker in 1979 that maps how abuse tends to move through four repeating phases. It starts with tension building, the walking on eggshells, the sense of dread, waiting for something to break. Then comes the explosion, the incident itself. After that, what Walker called the honeymoon phase, apologies, warmth, kindness, and then calm, a period where things feel almost normal again, where it's easy to believe the worst is over. And then the wheel turns again. So I look at the cycle of violence, and she said, I think you're in the honeymoon cycle. […]

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