Maddie Clifton: The Girl in the Waterbed

In this episode, Rae tells the dark story Maddie Clifton and Joshua Phillips to explore how violent behavior in children is often overlooked, minimized, or dismissed until tragedy occurs. Maddie Clifton was eight years old when she was killed by a fourteen-year-old boy from her neighborhood a case that forces us to confront how proximity, access, and assumptions about innocence can hide real danger. This episode focuses on learning, context, and accountability and asks why society struggles to recognize violence when it comes from children. Listener discretion advised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices