103. Trauma Survivor: “You’re Going To Make It” | Collier Landry’s Story

<span style="font-weight: 400;">He was 12, his mother was murdered by his father: He asked his future self for help. Today, Jessica McKinley</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is joined by Collier Landry, the host of the true-crime podcast,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moving Past Murder</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They talk about what it means to have integrity and resilience while facing trauma. And how someone can navigate the boundaries between a personal story and business, and the angles that show how the impacts of crimes against life don't simply end with court verdicts.</span> <strong>In this episode you will learn:</strong> <ol> <li>Behind the murder in Mansfield</li> <li>The point of the show, Moving Past Murder</li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Collier found the courage to move past his trauma and start his business</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The boundaries between trauma and business</span></li> <li>Collier Landry – on growing up in front of an audience</li> <li>There is distance between who you are and your circumstances</li> </ol> <strong>About Collier Landry:</strong> As the creator and subject of Investigation Discovery's A Murder in Mansfield, the documentary from two-time Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple, a formally trained musician and photographer, he segued into filmmaking as a means to creatively express and deal with his own traumatic childhood story - the premeditated murder of his mother Noreen by his own father, Dr. John F. Boyle, Jr. - and to give a narrative voice to others in similar circumstances. <p> </p> <p>At the age of 12, Collier witnessed the murder and chose to go to the police. After his father's arrest, he was abandoned by both sides of his family over the heinous crime and orphaned into the foster-care system. His mother's son at heart, this determined and stubborn child stood his ground and faced down his father as the prosecution's key witness during the month-long murder trial.</p> <p>In the film, C