Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences.

It discusses topics that can be upsetting and triggering,

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, child abuse, and murder.

Content warnings for each episode are at the top of episode notes.

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can be found linked in our episode notes

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Some survivor names have been changed

for anonymity purposes.

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Thank you so much for listening.

You think you know me, you don't know anybody until you don't know anybody until you talk to someone.

Hi, my name is Tyler Porter. I am 27. I've been tattooing for almost nine years.

I started in this industry, because I've been drawing my whole life,

just wanted to do something art related with my career. My mom tells me this story all the time

about when I was two. I was really crazy. All two-year-olds are crazy, but I was abnormally crazy.

They actually thought I had epilepsy at first because I would have these seizures all throughout the day,

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