Horses Saved Me
The Secret Room | True Stories
Ben Hamm
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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In Part 1 of her story (I Sold My Body to Save My Horse) Nikki turned to the oldest profession in a desperate bid to survive. Now she searches for stability while facing new crises that imperil not only herself but her horse.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Just a heads up, today's episode contains adult situations. Last time on the |
| 0:05.8 | secret room in the episode called I Sold My Body to Save My Horse, Nikki told us about her |
| 0:10.4 | desperate bid to turn her life around. And today, it's time for the conclusion of Nikki's |
| 0:15.1 | secret. Hi, Ben. My name's Nikki, and one day in 2014, I nearly lost my job. My horse nearly died, and I got kicked out of my home. |
| 0:23.7 | I turned to the only work I could think of to make money. |
| 0:26.2 | My secret is, I sold my body to save my horse and myself, and no one knows. |
| 0:35.1 | Today, the secret room Presents, How Horses Saved Me. |
| 0:46.3 | In part one, we met Nikki, a horse trainer who moved across the country with a wealthy client |
| 0:51.2 | for a new opportunity and a fresh start. But she found her new |
| 0:54.5 | environment dysfunctional and the dream quickly cracked. She was barely able to survive on low wages, |
| 1:00.3 | and then in a single day she was kicked out of her house, she nearly got fired, and her horse |
| 1:05.3 | collapsed. And suddenly, without security in her life, she turned to sex work to save herself |
| 1:10.2 | and her horse. But can it be the launch pad she needs to rebuild her life, she turned to sex work to save herself and her horse. |
| 1:11.3 | But can it be the launch pad she needs to rebuild her life? We pick up her story now, where I asked |
| 1:16.2 | Nikki, you know, what was it like sleeping with strangers and maybe in particular, you know, |
| 1:21.4 | people that you might not have been so attracted to? Strangers is fun. It can be fun. |
| 1:28.5 | Like when I was younger, that'd be what the younger version of me would say. |
| 1:32.9 | And then, you know, just knowing that we're going to keep it simple and probably never going to see you again. |
| 1:38.5 | There's zero drama here, which is the best part. |
| 1:41.6 | And then if it's good, so it's then great. |
| 1:43.7 | And if it's not, |
| 1:44.6 | then maybe I'll go see someone else after this. |
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