Stalked

Today, we’re sharing the first episode of a new BBC podcast, Swingers.
Swingers tells the story of Ruth - a woman who joined a Swinging website and ended up having degrading sex with strangers more than 100 times.
 
Ruth thinks she is not alone, that there are women all over the UK like her and so she decided to tell her story, using her full identity, to investigative journalist Catrin Nye. 
Ruth says that she never wanted to join the website - but did it to please her husband who had been slowly persuading her for more than a decade. She ended up having sex with strangers in lay-bys and filming it for her husband. She ended up pregnant by a stranger and giving oral sex to another man while bleeding from an abortion. 
 
In the podcast Catrin pieces together Ruth’s story and asks what it tells us about sexual consent, pressure in relationships, and the swinging community. She digs deep into the online world of Fab Swingers - the website Ruth and her husband used. Catrin discovers countless crimes across the UK linked to the website and speaks to a man who admits to having sex with women who he thinks were pushed into it.
 
She considers the police response to Ruth, the law and whether Swinging can be a cover for abuse. 
 
This is a story told in full honesty. It’s the trickiest investigation of Catrin’s career, but one she also feels must be told.
This is episode one in the six-part series. To hear the rest of Ruth’s story, you can listen and subscribe to Swingers on BBC Sounds. If you’re outside the UK, you can listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Monic dreams of leaving her home in rural Uganda for a different life. So when a “friend” promises her a job in Dubai, it feels like the chance she’s been waiting for. Monic is elated, she is the first of her 11 siblings to travel abroad.  But just a few months later she is dead.  Her family is left searching for answers. What happened in Dubai? 
For over two years, investigative journalist Runako Celina has been uncovering what really happened to Mona Kizz - whose real name is Monic Karungi.  She delves into a sinister world behind the glitz and glamour of Dubai, where nothing is as it seems.
You can listen to episode 1 right here. If you are in the UK, listen to all six episodes now on BBC Sounds. If you are outside the UK, listen to new episodes weekly on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Just search for World of Secrets.
Death in Dubai includes disturbing scenes, including discussion of sexual abuse and suicide.  Some episodes also contain strong language. 
It is a BBC Eye investigation, produced in association with Thread Studios, for the BBC World Service.
Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the person depicted in it is a model.
If you feel distressed by the references in this story, please speak to a health professional, or an organisation that offers support such as Befrienders Worldwide. www.befrienders.org
For UK listeners, details of organisations offering information about or support after sexual abuse or with feelings of despair are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

In a leafy suburban town in England, we find traces of Kin. Here, people know him as David. And the descriptions we hear of David bear few similarities to the Kin Hannah remembers.
stalked@bbc.co.uk
Hosts: Carole Cadwalladr and Hannah Mossman Moore.
Producers: Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
Additional research by Katy Ling and Jack Tsang.
Original music and vocals by Self Esteem
Original music: Phil Channell
Sound design by Phil Channel, Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
Actors: Zak Shukor, Enrico Gaoni
Production Co-ordinator: Shan
Series editor: Philip Sellars
Commissioner: Dylan Haskins

In her search for answers, Hannah turns her attention to some of the strangest messages she received.

Hannah speaks to the parents of another young woman who has been stalked, with tragic consequences.