166. Bomb Scare
The Secret Room | True Stories
Ben Hamm
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Gene was arrested for placing an explosive device at his school almost 40 years ago. He tells us what led him to that point and what happened when the bomb squad arrived.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks to Dipsy for supporting the Secret Room. |
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| 0:25.8 | It's in the show notes. |
| 0:27.2 | Now here's today's episode of The Secret Room. |
| 0:33.6 | What's your secret? |
| 0:35.6 | Twenty years ago, when my husband moved to assisted living for the elderly, |
| 0:40.6 | they told me that he would be checked on overnight, |
| 0:44.1 | just in case anything went wrong. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, I wasn't so sure that I believed them. |
| 0:50.7 | I thought I should put it to the test. |
| 0:53.8 | Overnight visitors were not allowed. |
| 0:56.4 | So I just stayed late one night and then hit under the bed. |
| 1:02.2 | It was a tight squeeze because the bed was very low. |
| 1:06.1 | I took an apple with me in case I was hungry. |
| 1:09.6 | I was awake all night and I could hear people passing in the hall. |
| 1:14.5 | But no one ever came in. |
| 1:17.4 | The next morning, I stayed through breakfast and left like nothing had happened. |
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