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Wildfire: A Memoir
This is the story he fought like hell to bury.
I fought harder to tell it.
Wildfire is the raw, true account of how Karrah Youngblood—a single mom—stood up to one of the most documented predators in modern history.
It’s true crime with a whole lot of heart.
As featured on Season 2 of the hit true crime podcast Panic Operation Wildfire, this is the true story of one woman’s fight to expose a dangerous predator—and what happened when the courts tried to shut her up.
Karrah Youngblood never thought she’d be the kind of woman who ended up in a violent relationship. She was a mom. A piano teacher. A professional artist with a good life and solid instincts. But predators don’t care who you are—they only care what they can take.
After discovering her abuser had multiple victims, Karrah teamed up with another survivor of the same man. Together, they drove straight into his hometown and papered it with fliers—an act of vigilante justice to warn the public. For that desperate act, she was sued. Silenced by the State of Oklahoma. Her First Amendment rights unlawfully stripped for 441 days while her abuser went on to escalate—stalking, branding, and nearly killing more women. He even plotted Karrah’s murder.
But Karrah doesn’t do quiet. And she sure as hell doesn’t do obedient.
Told with pitch-black humor, sharp wit, and a survivor’s scorched-earth determination, Wildfire is a memoir of domestic violence from someone who never thought it could happen to her—and what happens when she decides to stand up to her abuser. It’s about breaking cycles, finding sisterhood in the ashes, and refusing to go down without taking the bastard’s playbook with her.
A true underdog story—raw, sharp, and worth it.
I fought harder to tell it.
Wildfire is the raw, true account of how Karrah Youngblood—a single mom—stood up to one of the most documented predators in modern history.
It’s true crime with a whole lot of heart.
As featured on Season 2 of the hit true crime podcast Panic Operation Wildfire, this is the true story of one woman’s fight to expose a dangerous predator—and what happened when the courts tried to shut her up.
Karrah Youngblood never thought she’d be the kind of woman who ended up in a violent relationship. She was a mom. A piano teacher. A professional artist with a good life and solid instincts. But predators don’t care who you are—they only care what they can take.
After discovering her abuser had multiple victims, Karrah teamed up with another survivor of the same man. Together, they drove straight into his hometown and papered it with fliers—an act of vigilante justice to warn the public. For that desperate act, she was sued. Silenced by the State of Oklahoma. Her First Amendment rights unlawfully stripped for 441 days while her abuser went on to escalate—stalking, branding, and nearly killing more women. He even plotted Karrah’s murder.
But Karrah doesn’t do quiet. And she sure as hell doesn’t do obedient.
Told with pitch-black humor, sharp wit, and a survivor’s scorched-earth determination, Wildfire is a memoir of domestic violence from someone who never thought it could happen to her—and what happens when she decides to stand up to her abuser. It’s about breaking cycles, finding sisterhood in the ashes, and refusing to go down without taking the bastard’s playbook with her.
A true underdog story—raw, sharp, and worth it.
257 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 3, 2025
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August 23, 2025
What an extraordinary story of courage. The repeated failures of Pawnee County to protect these women are heartbreaking and unacceptable—and they reflect why Oklahoma continues to have the highest rate of domestic violence in the nation. Reading these accounts stirred so many emotions in me, but above all, I feel overwhelming pride for Karrah and the other incredible survivors—the true unicorns.
August 19, 2025
Read it in one day! You won't want to put this one down....
Wildfire is a raw, fearless, and deeply moving memoir that gripped me from the very first page. Karrah Youngblood shares her story with such honesty that it’s impossible not to feel both the weight of her pain and the strength of her resilience. What begins as the account of surviving an abuser becomes so much more: a portrait of how power, silence, and the legal system can conspire to retraumatize survivors… and how courage, community, and persistence can break through even the most suffocating barriers.
Her voice is unflinching. She doesn’t polish over the darkest parts of her experience but instead faces them head-on and invites you, the reader, to stand with her in that truth. At the same time, her writing is deeply human… layered with vulnerability, grace, and even moments of unexpected beauty. She manages to transform her story from one of personal pain into one of universal relevance, highlighting how many survivors are still forced into silence.
What I admire most about Wildfire is how it refuses to end in despair. Yes, it is a book about trauma, but it is also a book about taking your power back… about what happens when someone chooses to turn devastation into determination, and fear into fuel. The metaphor of wildfire feels perfect: destructive at first but ultimately clearing space for regrowth and renewal.
This is not an easy read, but it is an essential one. It is for anyone who has ever been silenced, for anyone who has questioned whether their voice matters, and for anyone who needs to be reminded that telling the truth is both an act of survival and an act of defiance. Karrah Youngblood’s memoir is brave, necessary, and unforgettable. It’s obvious that she’s rooted in strength and courage, but let’s not overlook her humor. It’s not just a tough read, she makes you feel like you’re hanging out on her mom’s country hill-top wrap around porch watching the sun come up and go down, just catching up on life.
Wildfire is a raw, fearless, and deeply moving memoir that gripped me from the very first page. Karrah Youngblood shares her story with such honesty that it’s impossible not to feel both the weight of her pain and the strength of her resilience. What begins as the account of surviving an abuser becomes so much more: a portrait of how power, silence, and the legal system can conspire to retraumatize survivors… and how courage, community, and persistence can break through even the most suffocating barriers.
Her voice is unflinching. She doesn’t polish over the darkest parts of her experience but instead faces them head-on and invites you, the reader, to stand with her in that truth. At the same time, her writing is deeply human… layered with vulnerability, grace, and even moments of unexpected beauty. She manages to transform her story from one of personal pain into one of universal relevance, highlighting how many survivors are still forced into silence.
What I admire most about Wildfire is how it refuses to end in despair. Yes, it is a book about trauma, but it is also a book about taking your power back… about what happens when someone chooses to turn devastation into determination, and fear into fuel. The metaphor of wildfire feels perfect: destructive at first but ultimately clearing space for regrowth and renewal.
This is not an easy read, but it is an essential one. It is for anyone who has ever been silenced, for anyone who has questioned whether their voice matters, and for anyone who needs to be reminded that telling the truth is both an act of survival and an act of defiance. Karrah Youngblood’s memoir is brave, necessary, and unforgettable. It’s obvious that she’s rooted in strength and courage, but let’s not overlook her humor. It’s not just a tough read, she makes you feel like you’re hanging out on her mom’s country hill-top wrap around porch watching the sun come up and go down, just catching up on life.
August 29, 2025
Trigger Alert: Violent Abuse Depictions
Author Karrah Youngblood tells her story of meeting a charming man who turned out to be a horrific serial abuser of women. That’s bad enough, but the police just shrug it off when she reports him and it takes a long time and several other women getting harmed before justice is served. It’s an eye-opening memoir into this type of behavior and the lack of retribution by our courts of law, especially in Oklahoma. My heart goes out to her and the other women who were conned and harmed by this man.
Author Karrah Youngblood tells her story of meeting a charming man who turned out to be a horrific serial abuser of women. That’s bad enough, but the police just shrug it off when she reports him and it takes a long time and several other women getting harmed before justice is served. It’s an eye-opening memoir into this type of behavior and the lack of retribution by our courts of law, especially in Oklahoma. My heart goes out to her and the other women who were conned and harmed by this man.
August 20, 2025
Incredible story that showcases how much the system fails women. But the author comes out in the end by taking her power back. The writing was OK but the story was excellent mostly because it was true. One would think that SIX restraining orders and charges of abuse and rape would keep a man in jail but he was continually able to get away with it. Incensing - this is why we believe women!
August 7, 2025
amazingly proud
Great story! Amazing badass! Awesome first book. Proud of this woman and all of the things she has achieved. Thankful she is here to tell her story.
Great story! Amazing badass! Awesome first book. Proud of this woman and all of the things she has achieved. Thankful she is here to tell her story.
November 24, 2025
please read this very important book.
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