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The Secret Room | True Stories

24. Bad Brother

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

One woman sees her brother on a police wanted poster and another escapes from a Russian prison.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is an at-will presentation.

0:07.0

Hello.

0:08.0

What's your secret?

0:09.0

When I was growing up in Russia, my mom sent me to girls prison.

0:13.0

I never told her that I escaped and they cut me a few towns over.

0:19.0

Why didn't you ever tell her?

0:21.0

I don't know. I didn't think it was relevant. And they didn't tell her either.

0:25.0

Well, that's nice.

0:26.0

I guess.

0:28.0

I'm Ben Ham.

0:29.0

And I'm Dalia Beta.

0:30.0

We're your hosts as we navigate the deep waters of humanity.

0:34.0

And listen to the stories no one ever tells.

0:37.0

You were entering the secret room.

0:40.0

I just froze because it looked exactly like my brother.

0:43.0

You might not see it at first, but these two stories and our street secret about the Russian prison all share a theme.

0:49.0

And Jackie's story is about much more than just finding out the police wanted her brother.

0:53.0

There's a whole nother liar to this as well as I had.

0:57.0

Oh, it's so crazy.

0:59.0

Hang on as Jackie's secret unfolds.

1:01.0

We lived in a suburban neighborhood.

1:04.0

One of those places where all the houses look exactly the same.

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