356: What if they stole a year of your life?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Abandoned after his parents’ devastating divorce, a neglected teenage son is committed to a psychiatric facility, whose barbaric practices reveal a far more sinister agenda.
Today’s episode featured Banning Lyon. You can email Banning at [email protected] or contact him on Instagram @banningwrites
You can find out more about Banning, his book “The Chair And The Valley” and how to contact him at banninglyon.com.
A special thanks to Todd Rennebohm of the Bunny Hugs & Mental Health podcast for referring Banning to us.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, familial rejection and estrangement, mention of suicide, psychiatric abuse, death due to past drug use, 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. |
| 0:09.0 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:14.0 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:36.7 | I knew really immediately that I had been mangled. The real world would never be the place that it was before. |
| 0:37.9 | It had been permanently altered, and my ability to live in it had been permanently affected. |
| 0:44.1 | Like, I got turned into something that I did not want to become. |
| 0:59.5 | From Wondery, I'm Witt Mizzledine. |
| 1:03.0 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:12.4 | Episode 356. |
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