Rewriting Dad

Episode 8 - The Guy (Season One Finale)

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott is the Season One finale titled, The Guy. The hosts catch up with Claudia's friend Mike from Episode 8 after he listened to the podcast. Mike had no idea about Claudio's nefarious past and reveals his experience finding out about the family secrets, and offers insights about the man he previously thought was a billionaire spy. Leslie shares how the podcast has morphed from an investigation to a healing jo...

Episode 7 - Enigma

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Enigma" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Changing up the format due to the pandemic, Meg and Leslie remotely interview a special guest, "Mike."  Mike knew Claudio in the last five years of his life and brings to light his quirky and insightful way of being in the world. He shares how he was forever impacted by their friendship and is strangely not surprised to learn about his mysterious past. "There is nothing that you can thro...

Family Secrets - Crawlspace

SUMMARY This Family Secrets Edition of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Crawlspace" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today, an avid listener named Brooke calls in to share the story of her grandfather and his possible connection with the disappearance of two men. Brooke tells stories of her grandfather's violent home life, his questionable behavior as a detective, and why she thinks a crawlspace in his old home could reveal the truth behind the mystery.  ------------------...

Episode 6 - Spilt Milk

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Spilt Milk" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today, Leslie shares anecdotes of her life story, starting with a successful career in car dealership sales in a town far away from her dad. She then goes on to unravel the story of meeting her next husband and how a floatplane and great cooking sealed the deal for her. And, of course, Leslie shares the complex relationship she had with her father through the different points in her a...

Episode 5 - Over the Curb

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Over the Curb" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today Leslie recounts Brad's last moments before his death. Leslie points out how strange it was for Claudio to blame himself for Uncle Tony's death but accepted her brother Brad's death as simply God's will. Leslie then shares the events of Brad's burial at sea and how traumatic it was for her to see her mom try to jump overboard to join him. And to make matters worse, Leslie intr...

Over the Curb

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Over the Curb" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today Leslie recounts Brad's last moments before his death. Leslie points out how strange it was for Claudio to blame himself for Uncle Tony's death but accepted her brother Brad's death as simply God's will. Leslie then shares the events of Brad's burial at sea and how traumatic it was for her to see her mom try to jump overboard to join him. And to make matters worse, Leslie intr...

Episode 4 - Do I Trust Myself?

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "Do I Trust Myself?" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today they pick up where they left off which was the topic of Uncle Tony, what his life was and more intriguingly, the big mystery surrounding his untimely death.  Then they look back on Claudio's success in business, how he outwitted his business rivals until life takes a turn and Claudio gets arrested, prompting an abrupt move to Florida. Here, Leslie lives on her own for th...

Episode 3 - French Connections

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast is called "French Connections" with Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today they take another deep dive into the story of Leslie's father, Claudio and rediscover his strong connections to France. The story even includes a connection to Charles de Gaulle. Leslie then tells the story of her mom and the difficult life she lived before meeting Claudio. Leslie also introduces her Uncle Tony, who he was and the big mystery surrounding his untimely dea...

Episode 2 - Ghosted

This episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast called "Ghosted" with Meg Murphy Leslie Bradford-Scott starts off where it ended: the mystery of the diamond engagement ring. But with more questions than answers, Leslie decides to track the old farm from her childhood. This farm was Claudio's one regret as he was dying and Leslie was determined to see it again. She was not prepared for what she encountered: rumors of her father's mafia connections and multiple stories of Claudio's ghost appearing...

Episode 1 - Ring of Truth

This is the debut episode of the Rewriting Dad Podcast with hosts Meg Murphy and Leslie Bradford-Scott. Today's episode is called "Ring of Truth" and Leslie introduces the wild story of her father who, through all the emotional trauma of growing up with him, she learns led an even more unbelievable life as an informant for the DEA, INS, and CIA. Leslie and Meg then continue to a story of how they met, the strange parallelisms between their lives, and how they both unraveled the timeline and...

Teaser