339: What if someone gave up everything to save you?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Haunted by the chaos of her family and teenage years, a young woman finally finds refuge and belonging in a solid new group of friends, but after a camping trip ends in tragedy, she must find a new pathway to acceptance.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Cathy Sitzes
Content/Trigger Warnings: child SA, abuse, teen kidnapping, drowning, death, grief, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 0:05.0 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.6 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:13.9 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:31.6 | I stood in front of the mirror and I looked at myself for the first time after all of this happened. I just felt incredibly dirty outside and inside. |
| 0:38.0 | It was like I didn't even want to look at myself. |
| 0:49.1 | From Wondery, I'm Whitmyssldine. |
| 0:52.8 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:02.3 | Episode 339. |
| 1:05.7 | What if someone gave up everything to save you. |
| 1:15.8 | It's Sharon Horgan. |
| 1:16.9 | Sorry I'm running late. |
| 1:19.2 | I've been promoting the new season of Bad Sisters. |
| 1:20.7 | Who lies to the cops? |
| 1:21.8 | Well, we do. |
| 1:22.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.1 | Those sisters. |
| 1:27.7 | Apple TV Plus wants to make sure we get across this season is rooted in the bond of... Get up you lazy cow! |
| 1:29.6 | Sisterhood. You could basically watch it with your nun if your nun happens to be a fan of |
| 1:32.9 | my sisters who may have covered up a murder. |
| 1:36.0 | Not again. |
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