79. My Horrible Wish That Came True

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We explore Ashley’s complicated family dynamic and the challenges a sister faces when the brother she loves dearly has severe addictions. When Ashley reveals her secret you might wonder about its consequences and whether Ashley bears any blame for what happened next.

Production support: Susie Lark

Street Secrets: Bobbi Jo Valdez

PICTURES

See Ashley and her brother on her wedding day. It’s one of her favorites, taken the last time her extended family was all together.

Also: the the cardinal feather she received from her brother on the very day of our interview. It’s stored it safely in the jewelry box Cody gifted her.

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0:00.0	The Secret Room is brought to you by Murderbook, a new True Crime Podcast hosted by best-selling
0:05.5	author Michael Connolly, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Also, be sure to check
0:11.2	out Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connolly's latest number one bestseller featuring detectives Harry
0:16.6	Bosch and Renee Ballard. What's your secret? Okay, so my secret is in college. I didn't study for a
0:29.1	test and I was basically telling one of my friends and she was like, oh I could totally pass that
0:36.1	test and it was a geology 100 level test. So as soon as she told me she would pass the test for
0:42.5	me because we had never get caught because there was like over 800 students in that class. So I was
0:48.7	like, okay, I should definitely let her take the test for me so I could get out of studying.
0:52.9	Like, it's easy. So she thought she passed the test and turns out she actually failed the test. Wow.
1:02.0	Good thing was that no one ever found out about it still to the stage but the bad thing was
1:07.4	I had to retake the test and what it really did was it truly bonded us, made us realize we are both
1:14.2	two knuckleheaded friends that clearly deserve each other. Thank you.
1:22.4	Hi, my name is Ashley and my secret is I meet a horrible wish about my brother and it came true.
1:46.0	Today we explore Ashley's complicated family dynamic and the challenges assist her faces when the
1:53.9	brother she loves dearly has severe addictions. It was just terrible. He was hooked up to all the
1:59.7	machines and everything and the nurses and the doctors. I kid you not. They said like he's a
2:08.8	junkie. He's a junkie so this is what you expect. And when Ashley reveals the secret that she's
2:16.6	been holding on to for a while, you may wonder about his consequences and whether Ashley bears any
2:23.5	blame for what happened next. This is the secret room. A podcast about the stories no one ever tells.
2:32.2	I've been him.
2:38.3	Hi Ashley, welcome to the secret room. Thank you Ben. Thank you for having me. You're welcome.
2:43.6	I know you're here to share a very personal story and I was wondering if we could just start out.
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