# 405: What if you were accused of murdering your mother? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/405-what-if-you-were-accused-of-murdering-your-mother Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/405-what-if-you-were-accused-of-murdering-your-mother.md Podcast: [This Is Actually Happening](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652) Published: 2026-05-05T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/e547e472-c705-4209-878e-1567a2952700.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/e547e472-c705-4209-878e-1567a2952700.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-actually-happening-314652/episodes/405-what-if-you-were-accused-of-murdering-your-mother Duration seconds: 4398 ## Resource After years of caring for her mother through a devastating decline, a woman helps ease her final suffering, only to be accused of murdering the person she loved most.   Today’s episode featured Rachel Waters. If you’d like to reach out to Rachel, you email her at RFosterWaters@gmail.com .  You can find Rachel on Instagram: @distinguishedheathen and TikTok: @distinguishedheathen, and on Reddit @notedheathen  To read Rachel’s story in The Guardian: ​​https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/rachel-waters-mom-morphine-murder   Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits   Content/Trigger Warnings: dementia, cancer, terminal illness, caregiving stress, end-of-life suffering, death of a parent, grief, accusations of murder, incarceration, family estrangement, bullying, corporal punishment, medical trauma, and chronic illness, explicit language   Social Media: Instagram: @actuallyhappening Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group   Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com   Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com   Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or visit Audible.com .  Read more about Whit’s insights into each episode on Beyond The Story Substack: whitmissildine.substack.com . On the Substack, Whit will be sharing personal reflections on the deeper themes that emerge from each episode and from across the conversations he’s been immersed in for years, including the psychology of radical transformation, the power of storytelling, the lessons of trauma and healing, and how we die to an old Self… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-actually-happening-314652/episodes/405-what-if-you-were-accused-of-murdering-your-mother/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/405-what-if-you-were-accused-of-murdering-your-mother.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.