69. The Sitter and the Assailant

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Natalie's bizarre story of a two-pronged family betrayal and a kid who was like her brother.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this episode of The Secret Room is brought to you by Away.
0:03.6	Away makes first class luggage or coach prices that allow you to charge your phone on the
0:07.8	go.
0:08.8	For $20 off a suitcase, go to AwayTravel.com slash secret and use the promo code secret.
0:14.9	That's AwayTravel.com slash secret promo code secret.
0:18.9	Do you have a secret?
0:20.9	Yeah, I have a secret because this is about my brother.
0:23.6	I never told him this.
0:25.1	About a decade ago, I told him to come visit me at college.
0:29.4	He had a rough week.
0:30.4	He thought at the time was a drinking ticket.
0:33.4	Told him it was no big deal.
0:35.0	And then I was driving into the highway to show him how to get home because it was before
0:39.7	a map quest.
0:40.7	And as we're going, all of a sudden I noticed a car in front of me slammed on his brakes
0:44.8	while I was a red light.
0:46.4	And I hit my brakes and then he hit his brakes and slammed right in and then told his entire
0:50.8	car.
0:51.8	So I told him what happened.
0:52.8	I said, hey, look, the guy just slammed on his brakes and his headlights were out.
0:57.3	The cops got there and turns out he had a warrant for his arrest.
1:01.5	So my brother got to spend a full night in jail.
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