I SURVIVED: I Thought, "My Gosh, I've Killed Myself"

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, I Survived listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And before we get into this week's episode,
0:04.5	I just want to remind you that episodes of I Survived as well as the A&E Classic podcast's
0:09.4	Cold Case Files, City Confidential, and American Justice are all available ad-free on the new
0:15.5	A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now onto the show.
0:25.0	This episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
0:32.6	I can't even scream. Will I ever see my husband again? And this monster is here and he is going to do me in.
0:39.3	Real people.
0:41.3	I have to do anything in my power to keep my child safe.
0:46.3	And if that means sacrificing myself, that means sacrificing myself.
0:50.3	Who faced a death?
0:52.3	I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I thought, my gosh, I've killed myself. Who faced to death? I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
0:56.0	I thought, my gosh, I've killed myself.
0:59.0	And lived to tell how.
1:01.0	I vowed that I would not sleep.
1:04.0	I was going to remain awake until an F I died.
1:08.0	This is I survived.
1:18.2	It's June 1999 in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
1:23.1	Maria is head of nursing at the Norristown State Hospital Mental Institution.
1:27.3	She's had trouble with one of her staff, Dennis Jekowski. I have very, very good instincts, and I just felt in my heart that this man wanted to cause me harm.
1:36.5	Jekowski's behavior towards coworkers and patients alike was very erratic.
1:42.1	It was very unpredictable.
1:54.0	Staff felt very uneasy. They didn't know from day to day, from minute to minute, how he would be with them. Chikowsky was a paranoid schizophrenic and a heroin user.
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