244: What if you could never make him proud?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
A man struggles to free himself from his father’s iron grip on the family, but when an unsettling truth about his past is revealed, his entire life comes into focus.
Today's storyteller was originally featured on the incredible podcast, The Secret Room, created and hosted by Ben Hamm. Ben's guests share stories they've never told before, giving you a front row seat to the hidden lives of people all around you. Ben and I have collaborated before on a previous episode, and if you love This Is Actually Happening, check out The Secret Room, wherever you get your podcasts.
Content/Trigger Warnings: domestic abuse, child abuse, childhood illness, explicit language
Producer: Whit Missildine, Sara Marinelli
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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. |
| 0:18.8 | It's almost a vacuum of emotion. |
| 0:21.9 | Like in the movie where all the voices and all the noises go real, real quiet. |
| 0:26.8 | And there's just nothing for a moment and you come back to some state of consciousness. |
| 0:32.1 | Almost just pure shock. |
| 0:45.8 | From Wondery, I'm Whit Missaldine. |
| 0:49.0 | You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:58.6 | Episode 244. |
| 1:02.3 | What if you could never make him proud? |
| 1:10.7 | You're listening ad-free on Wondery Plus. |
| 1:14.5 | It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child. |
| 1:18.9 | For many, it's their biggest fear. |
| 1:21.0 | Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished. |
| 1:23.4 | A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases. |
| 1:28.1 | In an effort to uncover the truth. |
| 1:30.3 | Listen to The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:45.6 | We were a regular family. |
| 1:48.1 | We were not overly rich, not overly poor. |
| 1:53.1 | I feel like into 60s when I was born, my parents were successful for being |
| 1:58.7 | African-American parents in the 60s. |
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