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The Secret Room | True Stories

208. Carma

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Sam was the perp in a mailbox hit and run. It’s the misadventures of a bad driver’s odd quest to right her own “carma.”

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THE SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED

Sam joins Susie Lark to tell us about three more mailboxes she murdered. She also shares more on her quest to top up her credit score karma. What a tale!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Ben, my name is Sam. My secret is I did a hit and run a few years ago and I didn't tell anybody about it.

0:11.0

I obviously caused damage and didn't say anything and it's been weighing on my chest. I'm trying to make it right now and it's been

0:20.0

like a whirlwind of bad karma, domino effect.

0:25.1

And now it might be going to some weird places.

0:28.2

So I'm hoping that once I come clean,

0:31.6

things will get better.

0:33.0

Today the secret room presents karma. I park on the side where he wouldn't see it.

0:47.8

I park on the side where he wouldn't see it.

0:50.1

I mean, you know he's gonna find out.

0:52.0

Yeah, kids are narks and so my oldest was like,

0:55.0

daddy look!

0:57.0

And I said, I know, but it wasn't my fault.

1:01.0

It was your fault though.

1:02.0

Or did the mailbox attack you? Yeah, it was very aggressive.

1:05.8

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1:13.4

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1:17.5

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1:24.8

unforgettable encounters. Get an extended 30-day free trial when you go to Dipsey Stories

1:29.7

dot com slash secret. Today my guest's hit and run secret sets her on what seems an odd quest to write her karma.

1:46.0

It's a tale of skeletons, murdered mailboxes, and stalking.

1:50.0

Let's meet Sam.

1:52.0

Hi Sam, welcome to the secret room.

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