316: What if a masked man appeared at the foot of your bed?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Growing up with a narcissistic father, a woman learns to play small, but one night when an unknown masked man enters her room, she faces the worst night of her life, and emerges on the other side with a new found ferocity.
Today’s episode featured Danielle Leukam. You can learn more about Danielle on her website, danielleleukam.com. And you can find her on Instagram @danielleukam, as well as Twitter and Facebook. You can also learn more about her story in her two memoirs, Four Pounds of Pressure: A Memoir of Rape, Survival, and Taking Back My Power https://amzn.to/3QHxMJW and Another Four Pounds of Pressure: Case Files, Statements, & a Survivor's Redemption https://amzn.to/49I0umr, and lastly, you can check out her novella The First Sister: A Dangerous Bloodline, https://amzn.to/3TjLaXq, as well as the two children’s books she’s authored. Danielle now works full-time at the Mayo Clinic. She is passionate about public speaking, writing, and advocating against sexual violence. And she also the president and founder of a non-profit organization called WISH: We Inspire Survivor Healing. Learn more about WISH on their website WeInspireSurvivorHealing.com
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz
Content/Trigger Warnings: rape, violent assault, child endangerment, gun violence, alcoholism, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.1 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. He is in complete control and I have no control. This is real and this is not a dream because I was starting to feel my whole body |
| 0:27.0 | sweat and shake. It was like a terror that I never knew I was capable of feeling. |
| 0:37.0 | From Wundery, I'm Witt Misledyne. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 316. What if a masked man appeared at the foot of your bed? |
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