192: What if one wrong turn meant life or death?

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

“You are in absolute darkness, and until you are in that kind of situation it’s hard to understand what darkness is.”

Producers: Whit Missildine

Episode Summary: A lifelong traveler heads out for a quick bike ride in the Swiss Alps and finds herself lost in a dark, icy unknown.

Today's episode featured Ava Chisling. Ava is a media lawyer and writer from Montreal. You can find out more about her on her website, avachisling.com. Waiting for herd immunity before she can travel again, Ava is hard at work in her hometown, where her chances of getting lost are only 53%.

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Content/Trigger Warnings: mention of suicide, near death, explicit language

Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

Music Bed: “Union Flow” - Spuntic

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events.
0:04.2	Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode
0:07.6	and for more information about support services.
0:17.8	When I say lost, I mean lost in the dark.
0:22.4	There was no moon or car lights or homes.
0:26.0	You are in absolute darkness.
0:29.2	And until you are in that kind of situation, it's hard to understand what darkness is.
0:44.9	From laundry, I'm Whit Missildine.
0:47.1	You are listening to this is actually happening.
0:59.1	Episode 192.
1:03.1	What if one wrong term meant life or death?
1:10.2	Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening.
1:14.0	Add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
1:44.0	Go listen to Red handed right now on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
2:00.0	My father left my mother with two very young kids of which I was one.
2:18.3	Nice guy that he was, he took the car and left my mother with the car payments
2:23.1	and left my mother with the mortgage payments.
2:25.6	And he never returned.
2:27.1	People in the community at the time, so we're talking about 60s, 70s,
2:33.8	told my mother who had married at 18, that she should give us up for adoption.
2:38.4	Because at that time, a single woman without proper education maybe wasn't qualified to raise two kids.
2:46.2	Instead, my mother went to the bank and asked for a loan.
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