231: Tina escaped the exploding batteries

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night because something terrible was happening? It’s definitely not a pleasant way to wake up. This happened to a 27 year old man named Nick, and he wrote about it on social media – I was sleeping at my girlfriend’s house last night. Usually we pass out around midnight, but last night we didn’t get to sleep until around 1:30 or so. It was around 3am when I woke up and swear I saw someone’s head peeking in & staring at us through the bedroom door. Adrenaline shot through my entire body. I went into complete fight mode - I got up and charged towards the door, with my loyal, badass dog following right behind me. As I ran out and looked around, I didn’t see anyone. My dog and I probably looked around for a solid minute until I finally snapped out of it and realized it had just been a dream. And the fact my dog wasn’t going ape shit brought me out of it as well. The thing is, even if it turns out to be nothing, for most people it’s still going to be difficult to get back to sleep. My guest today is Tina – she’s a wife, and a mother. She was awakened in the middle of the night, and it wasn’t a false alarm. What woke her up was an ACTUAL alarm. Tina’s house was on fire. If you’d like to contact Tina, she’s in the WWTL Facebook group. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/231 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: If you’re 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free shipping @IndaCloud with code [WHATWAS] at https://inda.shop/[WHATWAS]! #indacloudpod Go to ThriveMarket.com/WHATWAS to get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift just for signing up. Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Try Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month - MintMobile.com/WHAT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night because something terrible was happening?
0:06.0	It's definitely not a pleasant way to wake up.
0:11.0	This happened to a 27-year-old man named Nick, and he wrote about it on social media.
0:18.0	I was sleeping at my girlfriend's house last night. Usually we pass out around
0:24.0	midnight, but last night we didn't get to sleep until around 1.30 or so. It was around 3 a.m.
0:30.6	when I woke up and swear I saw someone's head peeking in and staring at us through the bedroom door.
0:37.3	Adrenaline shot through my entire body.
0:40.1	I went into complete fight mode.
0:42.4	I got up and charged towards the door, with my loyal, badass dog following right behind me.
0:48.5	As I ran out and looked around, I didn't see anyone.
0:52.2	My dog and I probably looked around for a solid minute until I
0:55.7	finally snapped out of it and realized it had just been a dream. And the fact my dog wasn't
1:01.6	going apeshit brought me out of it as well. The thing is, even if it turns out to be nothing,
1:08.5	for most people it's still going to be pretty difficult to get back to sleep.
1:13.6	My guest today is Tina. She's a wife and a mother.
1:19.6	She was awakened in the middle of the night and it wasn't a false alarm.
1:24.6	What woke her up was an actual alarm. Tina's house was on fire.
1:36.7	Real people in unreal situations. The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:47.0	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:49.0	And then I had to tell him, it was me.
1:53.0	There was just blood everywhere.
1:56.0	They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground.
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