241. The Lie That Became True

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Kendra originally joined me to tell us about the depths of a drug addiction that no one in her current life knows about. It was really bad. She got into a lot of shady situations and she and her partner narrowly escaped death and avoided prison. It’s a riveting story for sure. But during the course of the interview, another, perhaps bigger secret emerged, and that’s what I want you to listen for today. It’s a profound secret about her daughter which tested the love of her partner. Which secret will you think had the greater chance of upending Kendra’s entire world?

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Kendra, and my secret is that my partner and I lived an entire secret life as drug addicts and dealers.
0:07.3	We should have ended up in prison, but instead the chaos led to a life-changing moment in the dead of night.
0:12.9	No one knows our secret past, but I'm ready to tell you all about it.
0:16.4	Today, the Secret Room presents The lie that became true.
0:35.2	Somehow he was still walking and he gets back up.
0:36.2	He was on foot.
0:37.7	He was on foot. He was on foot.
0:38.4	Yes.
0:40.1	And she ran him down.
0:40.9	Yes.
0:44.5	And she ran him down and did not think twice about it.
0:45.5	She was crazy. Kendra originally joined me to tell us about the depths of a drug addiction that no one in her current life knows about.
1:02.7	It was really bad.
1:04.2	She got into a lot of shady situations, and she and her partner narrowly escaped death and avoided prison.
1:09.6	It's a riveting story for sure.
1:11.5	But while she was telling it to me, another, perhaps bigger secret emerged. And that's what I want
1:16.0	you to listen for today. It's a profound secret which tested the love of her partner. And I wonder
1:21.0	which one you think had a greater chance of upending Kendra's entire world. Let's get started.
1:28.6	It's weird and I'm trying to keep it all straight in my head because there was so much that
1:32.6	happened. I just never really talk about it. We're going to go through it. All right. I'm ready.
1:37.5	Okay. Hi, Kendra and welcome to the secret room. Hi, Ben. Thanks for having me.
1:43.9	You're welcome.
	...

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