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This Is Actually Happening

229: What if your life unraveled thread by thread?

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.69.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

“I felt like I went through a portal into this evil place…and I immediately knew that we were in a whole different world.”

 

Today’s storyteller requested to remain anonymous. However, if you’d like to contact her, you can reach out through email at [email protected]

 

Producers: Whit Missildine, Sara Marinelli

 

Episode Summary: Growing up evangelical in the Purity movement of the 1990s, a woman constructs the ideal life, when piece by piece, her image of family, marriage and her identity begin to be dismantled.

 

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Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a minor, suicidal tendency, explicit language

 

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Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

Music Bed: “Embers/Unknown Outcomes” – SkyeVoyager

 

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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.

0:18.0

I felt like I went through a portal into this evil place.

0:23.2

I was completely disgusted and out of my mind.

0:27.0

And I immediately knew that we were in a whole different world.

0:41.9

From Wondry, I'm Whit Missildine.

0:45.1

You are listening to this is actually happening.

0:47.9

Episode 229

0:57.9

What if your life unraveled thread by thread?

1:06.9

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1:10.7

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1:12.9

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1:14.9

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1:18.9

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1:23.9

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1:27.9

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1:45.9

My recollection of growing up is we had a really happy home.

1:49.5

My dad played with us a lot.

1:51.9

My mom is one of my favorite people and she just was very musical.

1:57.4

I think as a parent, she had a great way of balancing structure and we kind of always knew

2:01.9

what was expected of us, but with a really strong undercurrent of love and acceptance.

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