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Tara Proffitt

Author of the true-crime memoir The Reckoning (Mirror Books), about securing justice after the murder of her mother Alison Connolly; Swansea-based mum studying psychology and counselling.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Sep 13, 2026

Key Witness: Aftermath

Key Witness: Aftermath

Abuse Survivor Reveals FAMILY SECRETS

Sep 13 · 19m

Daisy MaskellHOST

2:15

What was your relationship like with your grandad? Was he around a lot?

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:20

I don't really remember him a lot when I was very, very young.

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:23

I think four or five, I remember just going over there.

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:26

I remember being on his shoulders.

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:28

I remember feeling, actually, I'm being taken away from this rough place, this scary place.

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:35

So I always felt like it was a reward for going over there.

Tara ProffittGUEST

2:38

So I was quite excited to go there, but that was short-lived.

10 MINS LATER

Daisy MaskellHOST

12:20

but I'd like you to tell me about the moment your life really changed forever.

Talk Radio Europe

Talk Radio Europe

Tara Proffitt - The Reckoning ...with TRE's Giles Brown

Jul 16 · 17m

Giles BrownHOST

9:02

... basically, Tara, terrify [laughs] normal people.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:06

Yeah.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:07

It was horrific.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:08

A- again, being honest.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:10

When, um, Anne came to me, amazing, um, journalist, amazing author.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:15

She, uh, spoke to me about it.

Tara ProffittGUEST

9:17

She didn't rush me, you know.

Giles BrownHOST

13:35

I, you know, I can't see anything apart from the next fix, the next drink, the next whatever you're doing to yourself or somebody else." What would you say to them, Tara?