207: What if you faced the ultimate betrayal?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
“Your whole sense of reality has been shaken so much that you question what is even real any more.”
Today's episode featured Melissa. You can find more about her on Instagram @littleredmeli or on Medium, https://medium.com/@littleredmeli
Producers: Whit Missildine, Matt Volla
Episode Summary: Growing up in the Mormon church, a woman follows a structured path to love and marriage, but what hides underneath threatens to unravel everything she’s built.
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Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual abuse, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, explicit language
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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. |
| 0:17.0 | I stood there kind of staring at the wall and a million thoughts going through my mind. |
| 0:22.4 | Like, is this really what just happened? |
| 0:24.9 | Your whole sense of reality has been shaken so much that you question what is even real anymore? |
| 0:42.4 | From Wondry, I'm Whit Missaldine. |
| 0:44.8 | You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:58.8 | What if you faced the ultimate betrayal? |
| 1:07.8 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm Ed Fri on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 1:15.8 | Hi there Wondry listeners. |
| 1:17.8 | Hannah and Sruti here from TrueCram Podcast Red handed. |
| 1:19.8 | Your favourite podcast Red handed. |
| 1:21.8 | We just wanted to say how excited we are to be included in Amazon Music and Wondry's best podcasts of the year as chosen by their listeners. |
| 1:29.8 | So thank you so much to everyone who listened to us voted for us or the things you do for us. |
| 1:34.8 | Any of you out there who haven't checked out Red handed, what are you doing? |
| 1:38.8 | What are you waiting for? It's a weekly show where we deep dive into the most talked about cases like the Delphi murders. |
| 1:44.8 | And also those you might never have heard of like the Nathari child sacrifices in Delhi. |
| 1:48.8 | Go listen to Red handed right now on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:54.8 | Growing up, I had three brothers and two sisters. So there were six children. And I had two parents that were very in love. |
| 2:16.8 | I remember feeling very uninhibited and excited about life. |
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