359: What if you nearly froze to death?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A police cadet takes a risky shortcut home one evening, only to find herself trapped and helpless as night falls in a brutal Canadian winter.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Forrest Chiras
Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, parental abandonment and estrangement, death of a pet, alcohol intoxication, accidental death of a young person, accident or mishap outside in freezing temps, serious bodily injury from the elements, frost bite, amputation, hospital surgery/stay/recovery, 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. |
| 0:31.0 | This is what it feels like to die. |
| 0:36.6 | Something that we try to not think about in our normal life, we are terrified of ever coming to meet that moment. |
| 0:38.5 | And I was like, this is that moment. |
| 0:40.7 | This is how it happened. |
| 0:51.0 | From Wondry, I'm Whit Misseldine. |
| 0:54.5 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:04.0 | Episode 359. |
| 1:07.7 | What if you nearly froze to death? |
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