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The Secret Room | True Stories

I Robbed a Subway Sandwich Store!

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kat tells us about one hair-raising night that ended with a high speed car chase, an explosion and some cash. But did they get away with it?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Ben, my name is Kat and my secret is how I got tangled up in the robbery of a Subway Sandwich store, one hair-raising night that ended with an explosion.

0:10.0

It's a night I'll never forget that I can never share, except with you.

0:15.0

I'm ready to tell my secret of one crazy night of the 17-year-old.

0:19.0

Today the Secret Room Presents.

0:22.6

I robbed a subway sandwich store.

0:28.3

Hi, Kat, and welcome to the secret room.

0:31.6

Hi, thanks for having me on the secret room.

0:35.1

So you and some friends robbed a subway back in the day. Yes, and it was insane.

0:41.6

And Subway, that's the sandwich store. They're popular and they seem to be everywhere.

0:46.1

Yeah. Everybody knows about the subway restaurants. Okay. I think some people are going to find

0:53.6

your story pretty absurd and just plain off the hook. Yes. some people are going to find your story pretty absurd and just plain off the hook.

0:57.0

Yes.

0:57.7

And others are going to find a downright criminal.

0:59.9

Yeah.

1:00.4

So we're going to find out what led you to that defining moment in your young life.

1:04.9

Yes.

1:06.1

Where are you from?

1:07.6

I actually, I grew up in Long Island, New York.

1:10.6

I grew up with both of my parents and my older

1:13.8

brother. He's four years older than me. And honestly, I had a great childhood. My parents were

1:20.2

together then and they're still together now. My mom was basically the head of the household.

1:26.8

You know, we all listened to her.

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