83. A Cut Too Deep

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

One summer night 20 years ago, when he was just a kid, Matt’s parents had an encounter on the staircase. An encounter he blames himself for to this day.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Thanks to Buffie for supporting the Secret Room.
0:03.2	For $20 off your Buffie Comforter, visit buffie.co and enter promo code secret.
0:08.6	The Secret Room is brought to you by Murderbook, a new True Crime Podcast hosted by best-selling
0:13.8	author Michael Connelly, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:18.1	Also, be sure to check out Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connelly's latest number one best-seller,
0:23.9	featuring detectives Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard.
0:27.1	Do you have a seat?
0:27.9	I'm not.
0:28.7	What happened was, as I broke into my boyfriend's cell phone, and I found out his parents were loaded.
0:35.5	And then he doesn't want to tell me because he wants me to think he's a normal person,
0:40.1	but I can't help it.
0:41.5	I look at him differently.
0:43.0	And now, I'm never letting his ass go.
0:45.4	And I'm not going to sign no freedom!
0:48.3	Like, that's my fucking...
0:56.3	Hello, my name is Matt, and my secret is that I believe I am responsible for my mother cutting my father's throat.
1:16.3	Today's story about parental neglect and abuse.
1:19.1	I'm nervous.
1:20.1	I will be able to do this, but I've never told a story before, so I'm still...
1:22.9	Matt will unfold the events that led to that summer night encounter between his parents.
1:27.5	How old were you?
1:28.7	I believe I was 12.
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