164: Luke swallowed cocaine balloons

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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What would YOU do in this situation? Imagine you just got off an international flight, and you’re in a Subway restaurant, in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. You feel terribly sick. In fact, you have reason to believe that your condition could be fatal if you don’t get medical help quickly. Do you call 911? That’s the situation Luke was in, on a January day back in 2016. But he was hesitant to call for help, because he knew why he was sick. That terrible feeling he had in his stomach was from a little rubber balloon that had unexpectedly broken, and he was feeling the effects of some very high-quality cocaine saturating his internal organs. This is a Flashback episode. The Flashback episodes always come in between the regular new episodes, so we always have a new story every other Friday. Luke originally told this story in 2018 here on the podcast, so after we hear what happened, I have a little update conversation from when I connected with Luke again, just recently. You’ll never guess what he’s doing today. If you’d like to contact Luke, his email is LukeHimes@gmail.com. If you’re in Austin, Texas and need some remodeling work done, Luke’s company is Himes Remodeling and Renovation (https://mrhaustin.com/) – 330-749-5662. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/164 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	What would you do in this situation?
0:12.0	Imagine you just got off an international flight and you're in a subway restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
0:19.0	You feel terribly sick.
0:22.0	In fact, you have reason to believe that your condition could be
0:26.3	fatal if you don't get medical help quickly. Do you call 911?
0:34.7	That's the situation Luke was in on a January day back in 2016, but he was hesitant to call for help because he knew why he was sick.
0:47.0	That terrible feeling he had in his stomach was from a little rubber balloon that had unexpectedly broken, and he was feeling the effects of some very high quality cocaine, saturating his internal organs.
1:05.6	This is a flashback episode.
1:07.8	The flashback episodes always come in between the regular new episodes, so we always have a new story every other Friday.
1:15.0	Luke originally told this story in 2018 here on the podcast.
1:20.0	So after we hear what happened, I have a little update conversation from when I connected
1:26.2	with Luke again just recently. You've never guessed what he's doing today.
1:38.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:45.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire. And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:48.5	I turned around. I see a gun pointed at me close enough. I could touch it.
1:53.2	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:55.4	Levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
1:59.3	Her eyes were full of tears.
2:01.6	She didn't want to leave us. My hair catches on fire. I swear to God, this image just burning my head for the rest of my life.
2:10.0	I'm Scott Johnson, and this is what was that like.
2:20.0	Before we get into today's story, you're about to hear from a couple of our sponsors.
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