The FBI's in my Front Yard!

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Kara's in The Secret Room to answer the question: What happens when your mom moves her secret lover into the basement?

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THE SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED

Ella is back for the conclusion of her secret: her parents didn't tell her she had a deadly disease. After the devastating passing of her little brother from the same condition, Ella began to experience intense pain herself. She tells us about her bold journey that spanned two continents seeking the answers she couldn't get at home. Host: Susie Lark.

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Producer: Susie Lark. Story Development: Luna Patel. Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Kara, and my secret is that my mom met a white supremacist and moved him into our basement.
0:06.5	It blew my mind and shook what I thought I knew of my mom and my whole world.
0:10.7	For 20 years, I've kept the whole story secret, but I've reached a point in my life where I'm ready to talk about it.
0:15.9	Today, the Secret Room presents. The FBI is in my front yard.
0:31.6	Like, the doors open.
0:32.6	I got my backpack.
0:34.5	I'm like, I'm going to take care of this.
0:35.7	Nobody else is involved in this.
0:36.3	You have to go. Bye.
0:50.0	Hey, everyone.
0:53.0	Today we have a remarkable story in the secret room for you.
0:55.9	Kara's going to tell us the story of how when she was in high school,
0:59.2	her mom moved her secret lover into the basement of their house and how when it was exposed, it caught the attention of the FBI.
1:03.3	Let's get started.
1:06.6	Hi, Kara, and welcome to the secret room.
1:09.3	Thanks, Ben. Thank you for having me.
1:29.6	Well, you're welcome. I'm just so fascinated by your secret, and I want to learn how you got tangled up with the FBI and a white nationalist, you know, just for starters. Yeah, it's, I think listening to the show, I was like, you know, I have a story that you don't hear every day. I'll say I read your email I was like wow
1:30.3	I got to talk to Kevin I think listening to the show, I was like, you know, I have a story that you don't hear every day.
1:32.9	I'll say, I read your email. I was like, wow, I got to talk to Kara right now. Yeah. Yeah.
1:38.6	So, okay, well, let's get started. So where did all this mayhem take place?
1:47.5	So I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. It's, you know, flyover country, farm country, lots of, like, corn and soybeans.
1:51.1	A lot of my friends, their summer job would be detasseling.
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