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The Secret Room | True Stories

204. The Candy Bar Blackmail

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

A student got the goods on Sloane and blackmailed her. Hear why Sloane wouldn’t change a thing, and neither would her blackmailer.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Ben, my name is Sloan and my secret is that I would never have received a prestigious award

0:05.8

if one of my students hadn't blackmailed me first.

0:08.8

Today the Seeker Room presents the Candy Bar Blackmail.

0:23.8

This is the thing that has pained me.

0:26.0

Knowing that I was going to talk about it all is I know that there's going to be a lot of

0:30.0

question about why your knee jerk reaction in scenarios like this would not be to turn the person in.

0:40.1

Thanks to DoorDash for their support.

0:42.3

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0:45.3

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0:49.3

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0:54.0

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0:58.9

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1:03.6

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1:10.8

Check the show notes for the details. Now let's get started.

1:14.4

On today's show Sloan was the victim of Blackmail, but in an unexpected turn of events,

1:27.2

she found herself immersed in a situation that meant the world to her and to her Blackmailer.

1:33.0

Hi Sloan and welcome to the Seeker Room.

1:35.3

Hi Ben, thanks for having me.

1:37.4

You got Blackmailed, right?

1:38.8

I did.

1:39.5

Oh my goodness, okay.

1:40.4

I did.

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