Feb 24, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 16 segments
Lorena Bobbitt became one of the most infamous women of the 1990s after she severed her husband John Bobbitt’s penis in 1993. But behind the sensational headlines was a harrowing story of domestic…
Corinne VienHost
Sabrina Deana-RogaHost
Before we dive into the story of Lorena and John Bobbitt, we do want to provide a content warning because this episode does contain a lot of potentially triggering content, including descriptions of domestic violence, sexual assault, verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, rape, and extreme bodily injury.
And this is one of those cases that, similar to last week's The Mulhall Sisters, or The Scissor Sisters, as they were called in the press, that you can absolutely understand why it captured headlines and became so sensational, but it's also so heartbreaking.
I mean, this happened three decades ago, and people are still referencing it all the time.
When Lorena Gallo first laid eyes on John Bobbitt, she thought she'd found her happily ever after.
isolated, entrapped not only by her husband, but by a societal system that failed her.
So Lorena had to take matters into her own hands, and it wasn't just her marriage she had to sever.
Lorena Bobbitt stares straight ahead at the dark road unfolding in front of her eyes.
She doesn't register where she is, where she's going, or how long she's been driving.
The summer night air slips through the open window, cool against her skin, but she barely notices.
Before we dive into the story of Lorena and John Bobbitt, we do want to provide a content warning because this episode does contain a lot of potentially triggering content, including descriptions of domestic violence, sexual assault, verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, rape, and extreme bodily injury.
And this is one of those cases that, similar to last week's The Mulhall Sisters, or The Scissor Sisters, as they were called in the press, that you can absolutely understand why it captured headlines and became so sensational, but it's also so heartbreaking.
I mean, this happened three decades ago, and people are still referencing it all the time.
When Lorena Gallo first laid eyes on John Bobbitt, she thought she'd found her happily ever after.
isolated, entrapped not only by her husband, but by a societal system that failed her.
So Lorena had to take matters into her own hands, and it wasn't just her marriage she had to sever.
Lorena Bobbitt stares straight ahead at the dark road unfolding in front of her eyes.
She doesn't register where she is, where she's going, or how long she's been driving.
The summer night air slips through the open window, cool against her skin, but she barely notices.
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This Was About Survival
The final assault triggered desperate survival instincts.
Trauma Turned Into Entertainment
John turned alleged trauma into commercial entertainment.
The Violence Continued
Later convictions showed his violence was systematic.
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