268: What if he followed you into the house?

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Having grown up in a safe, sheltered home, a woman balances her career, marriage and five children, but one morning, when her husband is traveling on a two-month tour of duty, a man enters her home and a nightmare begins that lasts well beyond the first 48 hours of hell.

Today’s episode featured Brittany Todd. You can find out more about Brittany and her daughter on Instagram @fortis_liberque. You can also reach out to her over email at [email protected]

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: home invasion, graphic violence, graphic bodily injury, child endangerment, child abduction, sexual abuse of a minor, explicit language

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Intro Music: ""Illabye" – Tipper

Music Bed: “Cylinder Four/Five” – Chris Zabriskie

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening.
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0:08.6	This is actually happening features real experiences that often include
0:11.7	traumatic events.
0:12.8	Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode
0:16.2	and for more information about support services.
0:18.7	Before we begin today's episode, I have an announcement.
0:27.6	Starting next week, we will begin a special limited series called Point Blank.
0:32.1	Featuring five stories that center around a spree shooting in Rancho Tejama, California
0:37.0	in 2017 that left six people dead and 18 wounded.
0:41.2	Starting next week over the following five weeks, we'll hear five different accounts
0:45.6	from the incident, from a man who was shot while driving with his wife and
0:49.2	left for dead, to a teacher at the school where the shooting ended, to the sister of the shooter.
0:54.5	Fall with their own life stories, perspectives and traumatic journey in the aftermath.
0:59.5	So stay tuned for the launch of the Point Blank series, beginning next week, March 14th.
1:05.6	But today we bring you this week's episode, what if you followed you into the house?
1:13.0	I think I let out a scream, but I do know for whatever reason my brain flat out said,
1:18.5	no, like you cannot show fear.
1:21.4	You can't know that I might be afraid.
1:23.9	Like that was the last thing that I wanted him to think was that I was weak and small and afraid.
1:37.3	From laundry, I'm Whit Missildine.
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