318: What if your daughter went missing?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
A woman spirals into drug use, coping with an abusive childhood, a failing marriage and post-partum depression, but on the road to recovery, her daughter goes missing and a new realm of horror opens.
Today’s episode featured Misty Watterson and the story of her daughter Allyson Watterson. If you’d like to reach out to her, you can email at [email protected]. You can also find her on Instagram @wattersonmisty. This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring Misty and her sister Billy Macy.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual assault of a minor, domestic violence, drug use, missing persons, death, graphic bodily injury, 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. Today we bring you the first of two episodes featuring Misty Watterson and Billy Macy. |
| 0:22.3 | Two sisters who both had life-altering experiences |
| 0:25.8 | that stem from a shared childhood and weave together in parallel storylines. |
| 0:30.4 | Today we'll hear from Misty and the story of her missing daughter. |
| 0:34.0 | Throughout the story you'll hear Misty speak about her sister Billy and we'll dive deeper into the details |
| 0:38.4 | of what happened to Billy next week. |
| 0:40.7 | But first we begin with Misty Watterson. For's episode, what if your daughter went missing? |
| 0:48.4 | Just this blanket of darkness completely wrapped itself through my body. |
| 0:53.8 | And this feeling of utter dread and panic just completely swished through my body. |
| 1:03.2 | It's like the world has just opened up |
| 1:05.1 | and just swallowed you in |
| 1:07.0 | in this big black hole of the unknown. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misleine. You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 1:25.0 | Episode 318. |
| 1:33.0 | What if your daughter went missing? |
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