This month, it's the Truth's 10th anniversary.

And to celebrate, we ask listeners to cast their votes for their favorite truth story

of all time.

Thousands voted in a bracket that pitted story against story, fighting round after round

until one story emerged victorious.

And today, we're going to play that story for you.

And after that, we're going to talk with the writer.

So you'll want to stick around for that.

I'm Jonathan Mitchell.

This is the Truth.

And before we get started, this episode is part of a special radio topio wide project.

As you know, the truth is a proud member of radio topia from PRX, where a network of some

of the best independent artist owned and listener supported podcasts out there.

All the producers on radio topia own their own shows and do their own thing.

And that's why I love being on radio topia, where all these independent spirits and they

let me just do my show.

And no one tells me what goes on the show.

It's totally up to me and the writers I work with.

And it gives us such freedom and spontaneity.

And we're able to do strange stories like the one you're about to hear today.

And every year, we ask our listeners for support.

But this year, we wanted to do something a little different.

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