235. The Witch Baby and Other Secret Tales

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This is the show you ask for, and wait for, all year. It’s our annual collection of secrets that will take you from laughter to heartbreak, with secrets ranging from witch babies to murder.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Next year is going to be full of amazing secrets on The Secret Room. Coming soon Lucy tells us about her severe sleepwalking condition where her nocturnal adventures range from the funny to the bizarre to the terrifying. We’ll also hear about Dad’s double life; a woman who fled town in the dead of night; an insurance scam involving sunken vessels; and a woman who dated her ex’s wife. And we’ll kick off the year with a three part story arc about a woman who moved to Belize to marry the love of her life, only to discover he was involved in international drug trafficking.

The Secret Room will be back with a great new year of amazing secrets January 12!

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PODCAST TEAM

Producer: Susie Lark. Story Development: Luna Patel. Shadow Producer: Bobbi Jo. Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Ben. I'd like to thank Hers for sponsoring the Secret Room. Go to forherst.com
0:08.0	slash secret and start your free online visit today and learn about your personalized weight loss
0:13.6	treatment options. Conditions apply.
0:29.4	Hey, everyone. It's time for the show that you ask for and that you wait for all year long.
0:34.1	It's our annual collection of secrets that will take you from laughter to heartbreak,
0:37.6	with secrets ranging from witch babies to murder. So hang on.
0:39.0	And be sure to stick around for the end of the show.
0:41.6	I'm going to preview some of the amazing secrets we've got lined up for you next year.
0:46.3	Let's get started.
0:51.1	Hello, Ben.
0:52.3	I have a secret. I've been listening to your show for some time. I really like it, by the way. However, I have a secret that I'm not sure if you would want to air it. Like I said, I've been listening to your show and love the stories, but in comparison to mine,
1:16.9	they're a little vanilla.
1:18.4	Long time ago, I was in a relationship that was not great, quite abusive, actually.
1:26.1	It wasn't until I was knee- in love that I realized he had an issue
1:31.5	with women. His wife of 13 years had left him for somebody else, a younger man, and this had
1:38.8	deeply scarred him, and I seemed to be the reciprocant of that angst. Not so much in a physical way, but in a more
1:49.8	mentally exploitive way. Well, we ended up living together quite quickly into the relationship,
1:55.6	but I need to add the caveat that he was not only my boyfriend, but he was my boss. We had met when I went to work
2:04.5	for his company. About nine months into the relationship, he hired some interns, and they'd come
2:13.6	from afar. One of them was 19. Now bearing in mind, he was in its mid-40s.
2:20.5	Mm, yes, from the moment that she arrived, I absolutely knew that there was a spark between them.
2:30.4	And sure enough, very quickly, he started making lots of excuses why he couldn't come home.
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