179: Three stories

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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We have a different type of episode today. Normally, we’d be hearing from someone who survived an animal attack, or was in a plane crash, or won lots of money on a TV game show. At the moment we have more than 170 episodes like that. But sometimes I end up with stories that are not quite long enough for a full episode. But they’re just too good not to use. So today, you’re about to hear three stories. The first one and the last one are just the storyteller talking. The story in between is a conversation I had with the guest, and he talks about what happened. And of course to end the episode we’ll have our Listener Story. So I hope you enjoy this 3-story episode. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/179 Graphics for this episode were created by Bob Bretz. Full 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: To listen to THE 82% series, follow THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts! 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 storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We have a different type of episode today.
0:06.0	Normally we'd be hearing from someone who survived an animal attack,
0:10.0	or was in a plane crash, or won lots of money on a TV game show.
0:15.0	At the moment we have more than 170 episodes like that.
0:20.0	But sometimes I end up with stories that are not quite long enough for a full episode,
0:26.0	but they're just too good not to use.
0:30.0	So today, you're about to hear three stories.
0:34.0	The first one and the last one are just the storyteller talking.
0:39.0	The story in between is a conversation I had with the guest and he talks about what happened.
0:47.0	And of course at the end of the episode we'll have our listener story.
0:52.0	So I hope you enjoy this three-story episode.
0:59.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:09.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire. And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:12.0	I turned around, I see a baby. I turned around.
1:14.0	I see a gun pointed at me close enough.
1:16.0	I could touch it.
1:17.0	She would hold our heads under water all the time.
1:19.0	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down. Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to
1:26.3	leave us. My hair catches on fire. I swear to God this is this image just
1:30.7	burning my head for the rest of my life.
1:56.0	I'm Scott Johnson, and that's both good and bad. It's good because ads are what make it possible for me to keep bringing you these episodes and it's bad because well maybe you don't like
2:00.8	listening to ads and I get that and the good news is you don't like listening to ads, and I get that.
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