74. How To Create a Criminal : with Shane Cuthbert - Real Life with Bel - Podcast on Spotify

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, violence, criminal activity, incarceration, and self-destructive behaviour. Listener discretion is advised.

What creates a criminal?

In this confronting and deeply personal episode, I sit down with reformed criminal Shane Cuthbert to explore the events, experiences, and circumstances that shaped his life from a troubled child into a criminal.

But this isn't simply a story about crime. It's a story about cause and effect, accountability, survival, and the long road toward redemption.

Together, we examine the question at the heart of this episode: Are criminals born, or are they created?

This conversation challenges assumptions, raises uncomfortable questions, and offers a rare insight into the human story behind the headlines.

Warning: Some listeners may find the content distressing.