The Grooming Files

Category: Real Life

  • Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files About This ResearchSophie Lewis is a final-year BA (Hons) Social Sciences student specialising in criminology, forensic psychology, and counselling. This research is conducted independently with full informed consent protocols and trauma-informed methodology.…

    Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

  • Not All Predators Are the Same — And We Need to Talk About It

    ©️ Opinion Piece – By Sophie Lewis We’re getting some predator stings wrong and the cost could be children’s safety. First, respect where it’s due: I take my hat off to the people who do this work. I couldn’t. It’s…

    Not All Predators Are the Same — And We Need to Talk About It

  • The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial When I started The Grooming Files in March 2025, I thought I was starting a blog.In reality, I was building a weapon. It began with one mission, drag the early-internet grooming era into the…

    The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

  • Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial I didn’t just survive the last two years. I walked through fire, fed it every illusion I had left, and came out with steel in my spine. I wanted more. Not the kind of…

    Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy

  • The Gathering

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There comes a point in your healing where you realise… it’s not just about you anymore. Not because you’ve finished, no one ever really finishes, but because you’ve become…

    The Gathering

  • The Reckoning

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series You think you’re healing. You feel lighter. Stronger. The storm passed, the ground’s still, your soul’s been through hell and back, and lived. But then it comes. Not as…

    The Reckoning

  • The Aftershock

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one talks about what happens after the breakthrough. Not in real terms. Not in the mess. Everyone’s quick to talk about transformation, the high, the moment you see…

    The Aftershock

  • The Trip That Broke Me (And Put Me Back Together)

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series Before I ever thought of healing, I was just trying to get through the day. Not with purpose. Not with mindfulness. Just survival. My body was functioning, but my…

    The Trip That Broke Me (And Put Me Back Together)

  • The Rage No One Talks About

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There’s a part of healing no one warns you about, the part where the sadness burns off, and underneath it, there’s rage. Not irritation. Not restlessness. Rage. The kind…

    The Rage No One Talks About

  • The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

  • Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’d never fantasised about children.He wasn’t a known predator.He didn’t plan anything in advance. But the child was there. Alone.The door was shut.Nobody was watching. And in that moment — he made a choice.…

    Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

  • The System Always Knew – And Still Did Nothing

    Part 5 of The Record They Buried – And the Woman Who Survived It You don’t end up with over 1,000 pages of care records by mistake. That kind of trail only exists when someone has cried out for help…

    The System Always Knew – And Still Did Nothing

  • The Cold Girl – A Childhood Not Worth Protecting

    Part 1 of “The Record They Buried — And the Woman Who Survived It” There is a silence more violent than shouting.A neglect more painful than bruises.A system that doesn’t break — it erases. This is the story of Catherine…

    The Cold Girl – A Childhood Not Worth Protecting

  • Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Voice That Stayed After the Predator Left They say abuse ends when the abuser leaves. But for many survivors of grooming, the exit is only the beginning. The real…

    Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip

  • THE DIGITAL FLASHER – STEVEN BLUNDELL

    Unsolicited Dick Pics, Eyeball Assaults, and Why I’m Now Charging a Trauma Fee There’s something truly magical about waking up, sipping your morning tea, opening your inbox — and being visually assaulted by a complete stranger’s meat flute. Another day,…

    THE DIGITAL FLASHER – STEVEN BLUNDELL