meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Believed

The Basement

Believed

NPR

Society & Culture

4.913.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Sometimes the people who don't believe you are the people who love you the most. This episode will take you into Larry Nassar's basement, through the memories of a young girl - a family friend who he abused for years.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey, it's Lindsay.

0:06.0

Thanks for listening.

0:07.4

A quick heads up.

0:09.1

This episode talks about the sexual assault of a young girl.

0:12.8

Also, if this is the first time you're listening to believed, everything will make a lot more

0:18.0

sense if you start with episode one.

0:35.7

It's 2004.

0:37.1

Kyle Stevens is on a long bus ride.

0:39.7

Her sixth grade class is on its way back from a school field trip.

0:43.1

Kyle's sitting next to one of her friends.

0:45.0

And on the bus, Kyle's friend leans in and whispers.

0:49.0

She said, what's your deepest darkest secret?

0:51.6

I thought about it and I said, I don't think I have one.

0:56.2

And she was like, wow, this is what happened to me.

1:00.1

This friend reveals that she was sexually abused by a cousin.

1:06.0

And as she is telling Kyle more details, the gears start turning in Kyle's mind.

1:12.1

I was like, well, made me that's my deepest darkest secret because that's happened to me,

1:18.1

too.

1:19.1

You are going to hear Kyle's secret in this episode.

1:25.3

And we want to warn you, it is a really hard story to hear because it is about the people

1:30.0

who love you the most and how they can fail you.

1:34.0

But it's super important because it shows you who Larry Nassar really is and what is at

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.