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Do you have a secret?

My local radio once played, Barbie Girl, by Aqua, for eight hours straight. And I listened to about four hours of it.

Hey everyone, it's Ben. Later in the secret room, we head to the UK because Rachel is back with an update.

I'm Rachel. I am an English dentist.

She told us recently about her father's attempted murder conviction. It's episode 45 if you want to hear it first, but if you haven't heard it yet, it's not required listening for today. You can go back and catch it later. So stick around for more on that.

But first, on the starting line.

Five years ago, I was down in Florida visiting my mother. She's a snow bird. We were sitting with a bunch of other friends. We were telling each other secrets.

We send the secret room mic to Canada where Tom tells us a childhood story about his father and how his mischief caused a little stir one sunny weekend in 1963.

And my mother says, really? And I said, yeah, I think it was me. I thought it was me. And she says, you know, your father never mentioned anything to me about it.

You're listening to the secret room. A podcast about the stories no one ever tells. I'm Ben Ham.

Tom, welcome to the secret room.

Don't thank you for having me, Ben.

What did your father do for a living when you were a kid?

Well, my father was a banker in one of the big banks up here in Canada.

I remember it was a Saturday. My father was an accountant at a local branch in Toronto.

I was five or six.

He said to my mother one time that Saturday he said, I have to go the bank for a few hours and do some work.

And my mother, she said, can you take Tom and your brother with you so I can clean the house so I haven't got any kids running around.

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