363: What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dedicated to eradicating human trafficking, a purpose-driven young man's world is shattered by a politician's unwarranted lawsuit, destroying his reputation and forcing him to find a new path forward.
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His book: "The Berlin Turnpike: A True Story of Human Trafficking in America"
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Sara Marinelli
Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, depression, suicide, human trafficking, sex trafficking, sex work, poverty, disease/childhood death, lawsuit, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
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| 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 didn't know how to handle the voice I had in my head for my whole life. |
| 0:33.0 | You're probably not enough. |
| 0:34.2 | You're probably a loser. |
| 0:35.9 | Well, they were all right. |
| 0:37.1 | You really are a loser. |
| 0:38.2 | You're really not enough. You really are a failure. All of that got proven to me. Well, they were all right. You really are a loser. You're really not enough. |
| 0:42.5 | You really are a failure. All of that got proven to me because it was all gone. |
| 0:56.4 | From Wondery, I'm Whit Misseldine. You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:02.9 | Episode 363. |
| 1:15.0 | What if you dedicated your life to end human trafficking. Lamont Jones is shattered when his cousin dies just weeks after entering prison. |
| 1:19.9 | The official report says natural causes, but bruises and missing teeth tell a different story. |
| 1:24.9 | Wondry presents Death County PA, a chilling true story of corruption and cover-ups. |
| 1:30.0 | Follow Death County PA on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:34.8 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondry's American Scandal. |
| 1:38.3 | In our latest series, a social worker in Tennessee becomes rich and powerful by selling babies |
| 1:43.3 | on the black market. |
| 1:44.5 | By the time her crimes are exposed, she's made a fortune and destroyed hundreds of families along |
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