This Is Actually Happening
By Wondery
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Subscribers: 6280
Reviews: 24
Episodes: 244
Laura P
Jun 19, 2024
I've listened to a lot of the episodes, even if I couldn't relate, as it gives me insight to someone else's struggles. The asexual episode hit hard, as I'm one of them and always felt silenced. I finally almost feel heard.
Oct 3, 2023
JT
Sep 13, 2023
I don't agree with giving mass shooters, or potential mass shooters, a platform like this. Unsubbing
Aug 27, 2023
I find those ratings highly amusing that are most likely written by people who have just discovered, in 2023, that the private is political. Of course it is. Look up the term zoon politikon. We are social animals - how should anything be devoid of politics and social discourse? Some episodes are probably more to anybody's liking, some less so. Diversity is a good thing though. I like the format, it produces authenticity. For me these are stories of survivors.
too.woke
Feb 21, 2023
inclusive. not just pandering to people interested in only what is familiar to them. and an interesting listen, of course
Description
What if you were trafficked into a cult...or were mauled by a grizzly bear...or were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer - what would you do? This is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. From a man who woke up in the morgue to a woman stranded in a Mexican desert fighting to survive, these stories will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happens next.
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344: What if you spent 7 years in a Thai prison?
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Listen Now: A Fine Mess in conversation with Whit Missildine
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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343: What if you were caught in a spiral of violence?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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342: What if you suffered decades of excessive punishment?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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341: What if you had an unquenchable thirst for danger?
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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340: What if you kept knocking at death’s door?
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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339: What if someone gave up everything to save you?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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338: What if you thought you got away with it?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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337: What if they delighted in your misery?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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336: What if you escaped a polygamous cult?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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335: What if you were left for dead?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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334: What if your parachute didn’t open?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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333: What if you saw the black mass of death?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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332: What if the worst was yet to come?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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What if you had to relearn who you are?? [Rebroadcast #111]
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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331: What if you killed the wrong person?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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330: What if your son was murdered at Sandy Hook?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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What if you were on the 68th floor? [Rebroadcast #203]
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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What if a horrifying loss led to a grand adventure? [Rebroadcast #179]
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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What if your cry for help led to an unthinkable tragedy? [Rebroadcast #173]
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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What if you couldn't stop shining? [Rebroadcast #189]
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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What if you faced the monster in the mirror? [Rebroadcast #215]
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The 82 Percent: Podcast Live Event at Mannys
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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What if they died in your hands? [Rebroadcast #220]
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The 82 Percent: Bonus Conversation with Alex Chen
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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329: The 82 Percent #6: What if you became your husband’s guardian?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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328: The 82 Percent #5: What if you were a seahorse dad?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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327: The 82 Percent #4: What if you found your family on the path of celibacy?
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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The 82 Percent: Bonus Conversation with Jessica Fern
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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326: The 82 Percent #3: What if you discovered a new way to love?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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325: The 82 Percent #2: What if you grew up in a polyamorous family?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The 82 Percent: Bonus Conversation with Heath Schechinger and Lily Lamboy
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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324: The 82 Percent #1: What if you were asexual?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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323: What if you were suddenly a blank slate?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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322: What if you kept hitting rock bottom?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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321: What if they tried to erase you?
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May 28, 2024 |
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320: What if your mom believed she was the good witch?
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May 21, 2024 |
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319: What if you couldn’t find your way home?
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May 14, 2024 |
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318: What if your daughter went missing?
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May 07, 2024 |
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317: What if you found peace in the fog of war?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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316: What if a masked man appeared at the foot of your bed?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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315: What if your life became a movie?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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314: What if you harbored an unrelenting fury?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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313: What if you had to find your own salvation?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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312: What if you believed your love could cure him?
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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311: What if you danced for those who couldn’t?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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310: What if your mother disappeared?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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309: What if you gave everything to The Job?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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308: What if they couldn’t wake me up?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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What if you spent 15 hours on the edge of sanity? [Rebroadcast #89]
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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What if you discovered you were the enemy? [Rebroadcast #230]
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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307: What if you fell hard for the scam?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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306: What if you lived someone else’s life?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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305: What if you were expected to do no harm?
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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304: What if you were poisoned?
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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What if you swallowed 48 bags of cocaine? [Rebroadcast #156]
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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What if you rescued everyone to save yourself? [Rebroadcast #198]
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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What if you grew up in a violent gang? [Rebroadcast #163]
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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303: What if your brother became a monster?
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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302: What if you could only find closure within?
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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301: What if you were pulled into the abyss?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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300: What if your boyfriend lit himself on fire? (300th episode)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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299: What if your only hope for life was choosing death?
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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298: What if you were caught in the gears of the machine?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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297: What if you were a human jumper cable?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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296: What if you were haunted by the living and the dead?
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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295: What if you had to betray your family to save them?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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294: What if you shot your girlfriend?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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293: What if you believed your son was possessed?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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292: What if a shocking lie revealed your inner truth?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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291: What if your wife had 21 personalities?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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290: What if your husband entered The Void?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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289: What if you walked into your high school with a shotgun?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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288: What if you didn't know you were in a cult?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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287: What if you couldn’t explain his heinous act?
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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286: What if you were born without a hand?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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285: What if your life was not your own?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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284: What if you found the antidote in the venom?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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283: What if you saved your family from annihilation?
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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282: What if you believed you were unlovable?
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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281: What if you entered the belly of the Narco beast?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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280: What if you lived on the line between life and death?
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May 30, 2023 |
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279: What if you survived online child exploitation?
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May 23, 2023 |
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278: What if you couldn't keep her safe?
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May 16, 2023 |
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277: What if you survived the Bosnian genocide?
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May 09, 2023 |
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276: What if you left your kids held hostage?
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May 02, 2023 |
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275: What if the demons were too large to see?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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274: What if you were crushed by 10,000 pounds of stone?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Point Blank: Bonus Interview with Connor Sheets
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Point Blank: Inside the Mind of the Rancho Tehama Gunman
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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273: Point Blank #5: What if you were the sister of the gunman?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Point Blank: Bonus Stories - Jared and James
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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272: Point Blank #4: What if you made yourself a target?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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271: Point Blank #3: What if you shielded your students?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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270: Point Blank #2: What if your grandson was orphaned?
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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269: Point Blank #1: What if you pled for your life?
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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268: What if he followed you into the house?
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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267: What if you were forced to keep the nanny's secret?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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266: What if you thought everyone was dead?
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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265: What if a routine pickup led to a crushing blow?
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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264: What if you were carjacked at gunpoint?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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263: What if a darkness destroyed your family?
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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262: What if you were mauled by a grizzly bear?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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261: What if your mother was a victim of a secret government experiment?
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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260: What if your husband claimed you were dead?
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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259: What if you survived a serial killer?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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258: What if you fell in love with a vampire?
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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257: What if you didn't know who to believe?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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256: What if you prepared your boyfriend's body?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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255: What if they didn't ask and you couldn't tell?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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254: What if your father annihilated the family?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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253: What if you couldn't even remember the crash?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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252: What if you watched your mother disappear?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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251: What if a false allegation stole what you valued most?
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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250: What if a devastating truth only deepened the mystery?
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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249: What if you knew your baby was going to die?
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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248: What if an invisible disease blew up your life?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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247: What if you didn't see the signs?
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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246: What if you could never be what they wanted?
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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245: What if you were taken to the dark side?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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244: What if you could never make him proud?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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243: What if you signed a billion-year contract?
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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242: What if you woke up and couldn't move?
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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241: What if you were the other woman?
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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What if you suddenly felt like a werewolf? - [Rebroadcast - #119]
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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What if a minor procedure left you permanently altered? - [Rebroadcast #135]
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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240: What if nine bullets shattered your dreams?
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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239: What if a single decision led to a spiral of loss?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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238: What if you were tortured in an Iranian prison?
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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237: What if your mom hoarded 90 cats?
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May 31, 2022 |
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236: What if you had the worst roommate ever?
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May 24, 2022 |
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235: What if delusion consumed your family?
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May 17, 2022 |
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234: What if your joy came with a tragic price?
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May 10, 2022 |
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233: What if they invaded your home?
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May 03, 2022 |
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232: What if you committed a hate crime?
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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231: What if they all betrayed you?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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230: What if you discovered you were the enemy?
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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229: What if your life unraveled thread by thread?
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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228: What if you grew up with the ghosts of war?
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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227: What if you faced a terrifying beast?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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226: What if you had three different faces?
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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225: What if you stared into the abyss?
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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224: What if they stole your childhood?
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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223: What if you were the dirty little secret?
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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222: What if you were a stranger in your own home?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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221: What if you were addicted to each other?
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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220: What if they died in your hands?
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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219: What if you bled to death?
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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218: What if the family glue came undone?
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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217: What if you saw the face of death?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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216: What if you opened Pandora's Box?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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215: What if you faced the monster in the mirror?
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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214: What if you woke up in oblivion?
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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213: What if they were murdered trying to protect you?
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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212: What if everyone pretended you were dead?
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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211: What if you had to let her go to save yourself?
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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210: What if you didn't know where they were taking you?
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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208: What if you ran through the pain?
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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207: What if you faced the ultimate betrayal?
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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206: What if no one believed you?
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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The Long Shadow: Bonus - Interview with Whit Missildine and Dan Taberski
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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205: The Long Shadow: What if you processed the remains?
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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204: The Long Shadow: What if you fought the fire?
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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203: The Long Shadow: What if you were on the 68th floor?
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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202: The Long Shadow: What if you ran the ER five blocks away?
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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201: What if you believed it was all your fault?
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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200: What if you were consumed by your only cure?
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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199: What if your deepest friendship was your darkest fate?
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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198: What if you rescued everyone to save yourself?
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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197: What if you died?
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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What if you survived a genocide? [Rebroadcast - #113]
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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What if you had a ten-year nightmare? [Rebroadcast - #103]
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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196: What if you went missing?
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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195: What if you never stopped searching?
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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194: What if you ran but couldn't hide?
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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193: What if your deepest secret was shared with the world?
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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192: What if one wrong turn meant life or death?
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May 25, 2021 |
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191: What if you suffered from trichotillomania?
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May 18, 2021 |
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190: What if your fairytale was finally within reach?
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May 11, 2021 |
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189: What if you couldn't stop shining?
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May 04, 2021 |
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188: What if you spent four years inside?
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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187: What if you were trapped all over again?
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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186: What if you were consumed by a preposterous phobia?
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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185: What if you kept shaking hands with death?
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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184: What if you didn't know who he was?
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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183: What if everyone was watching you?
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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182: What if your daughter committed a seemingly unforgivable act?
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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181: What if you committed a seemingly unforgivable act?
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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180: What if your plane was hijacked?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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179: What if a horrifying loss led to a grand adventure?
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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178: What if you couldn't tell him what really happened?
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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177: What if you woke up two months later?
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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176: What if you were trapped in a never-ending dream?
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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175: What if you had their knee on your neck?
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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174: What if you couldn't remember that night?
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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173: What if your cry for help led to an unthinkable tragedy?
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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172: What if you were lured into an unspeakable hell?
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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171: What if you saw inside the belly of the beast?
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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170: What if you didn't sleep for 120 hours?
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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169: What if you were an Adult Baby Diaper Lover?
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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168: What if you believed you were Jesus Christ?
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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167: What if you had a fetish for disgust?
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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166: What if you didn't have any fear?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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165: What if you were a blind dominatrix?
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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164: What if a shocking accusation devastated your family?
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Introducing This is Actually Happening
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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163: What if you grew up in a violent gang?
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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162: What if you grew up in a cult?
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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161: What if you suffered a shocking loss?
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Happenings Vol. 1: No Man's Land
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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160: What if you were assaulted by a stranger in the dark?
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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159: What if someone you love committed a monstrous crime?
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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158: What if you entered The Void?
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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157: What if you couldn't tell anyone?
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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156: What if you swallowed 48 bags of cocaine?
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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155: What if you had to pull the plug?
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May 19, 2020 |
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154: What if your mom was murdered by a serial killer?
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May 05, 2020 |
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BONUS Episode - Tyson Was Abducted - from What Was That Like podcast
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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153: What if you wanted to disappear?
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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152: What if you were a human shield?
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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151: What if he made you think you were crazy?
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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150: What if you were trapped in a cycle of abuse?
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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149: What if you committed child sexual abuse?
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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148: What if you killed someone?
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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147: What if your best friend was dying?
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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146: What if you thought your mother was a robot?
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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145: What if your best friend met a tragic fate?
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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144: What if you suffered from postpartum depression?
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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143: What if you were seduced into a whole new world?
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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142: What if it happened in broad daylight?
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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141: What if you witnessed a horrific act?
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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140: What if you were entangled in a web of shame?
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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139: What if your father disappeared?
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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138: What if at three months pregnant your world was turned upside down?
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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137: What if you were the one to break the silence?
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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136: What if you had to fight for your life?
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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135: What if a minor procedure left you permanently altered?
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Season 9 Announcements
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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134: What if your singular dream fell to pieces?
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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133: What if your life went up in flames?
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May 28, 2019 |
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132: What if you were kept from the one you loved most?
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May 14, 2019 |
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131: What if a psychotic break split your life wide open?
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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130: What if you had thoughts of harming those you love most?
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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1: What if your boyfriend lit himself on fire? (1st episode)
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Sep 11, 2013 |