Hey everyone, it's Ben. This episode marks our last Sunday feed. Beginning in two days,

we move to Tuesday nights with a powerful story from Ashley. It's called My Horrible Wish

that Came True. Here's the preview in a few minutes. But first, in this episode, I present a

retrospective of last year's Street Secrets, the short stories that open each show.

This is the Secret Room, a podcast about the stories no one ever tells.

Hi, what's your secret? I quite often have obsessive-compulsive thoughts, which makes me wash my hands 20

times a day. Oh, do you want to hug? No.

Hey, what's your secret? I work for an online retailer and I flirt with my customers to get good

survey responses. What's your secret? My secret is that I always wanted to have four children,

each one by a different father.

So I look at my bank account and I saw a significant increase in two mind savings and I was like,

what the fuck is this? I got a deposit from my dog. Said, take this next week. Like, what is this?

So I called her to make sure that it's all right. Apparently, she went back that 30 days where

he wasn't getting paid, but I also see it paid and she sent that out to me. I said,

bye! Oh shit, I'm about to get lit that weekend. I want to like, they're like a phone call,

because I'm not complaining at all, but I was just like, oh, that is so nice. Thank you.

But I didn't tell my boyfriend because he wouldn't want to use the her bills or something.

Hi. Hello. So have you got a secret that you want to share with me this evening?

I was the station manager of our student radio at university and we used to have cash come through

and I used to use it to buy Yega bombs when I was two four and wait until my student lane came in

to pay it back. I never told anyone because I was the responsible one of my group.

So you used to take money from our student radio station,

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