171: Annie shouldn't have opened the door

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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When I was a kid, I don’t think I knew anyone who had an actual security system in their home. It just wasn’t heard of. I’m sure they existed, but really, for most typical middle-class families, you just didn’t think a lot about someone breaking into your home. And we certainly never had the concept of a home invasion – you know, someone coming right through the front door, while you’re home and awake, with plans of theft or even violence. But these days, if there’s a knock on the door, everyone’s suddenly on high alert. Who’s at the door? In our house, we have the doorbell camera and we also have cameras all around the house. Because answering the door – literally opening the door to your house, to a stranger – can be a really dangerous thing to do. Annie knows this. As a young woman, she was home alone in her new place, and she heard someone knocking. She opened the door, and immediately regretted it. If you are a victim, you can contact RAINN 24/7 (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 800-656-4673. Or you can chat with someone directly from their website – https://RAINN.org You can read Annie’s Victim Impact Statement here. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/171 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: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHATWAS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode contains discussion of graphic sexual violence.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.0	When I was a kid, I don't think I knew anyone who had an actual security system in their home.
0:18.0	It just wasn't heard of. I'm sure they existed, but really for most typical middle-class families you just
0:26.0	didn't think a lot about someone breaking into your home and we certainly
0:31.2	never had the concept of a home invasion, you know, someone coming right through the front door while you're home and awake with plans of theft or even violence.
0:43.0	But these days if there's a knock on the door
0:46.0	everyone is suddenly on high alert
0:49.0	who's at the door
0:50.0	in our house we have the doorbell camera and we also have cameras all around the house
0:55.9	because answering the door literally opening the door to your house to a young woman, she was home alone in her new place and she heard someone knocking.
1:17.5	She opened the door and immediately regretted it.
1:30.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:40.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire and I called 911 and I said I found a baby. I turned around I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:44.4	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:46.5	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
1:50.5	Her eyes were full of tears. she didn't want to leave us.
1:54.3	My hair catches on fire.
1:56.4	I swear to God, this image is burning my head for us, my life.
1:59.3	I'm Scott Johnson, this is what was that like.
2:07.0	Before we get into today's story, you're about to hear from a couple of our sponsors.
2:17.0	Sponsors play a big role in my being able to bring you these amazing stories,
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