What if everyone pretended you were dead? - [Rebroadcast - #212]
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
A man searches to find love for himself and his family after facing the dark consequences of being disfellowshipped by the Jehovah’s Witness.
This episode is part of our 2022 holiday rebroadcast series. Originally airing on November 16, 2021, this episode was removed from the catalog shortly after it was released, and is being restored today, both here as a rebroadcast episode and in the back catalog, for the first time in over a year.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason Blalock
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Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, molestation, suicidal ideation, alcohol and drug abuse, addiction, mental illness, domestic abuse, suicide attempt, explicit language
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| 1:04.2 | Today we begin our Holiday Rebroggcast series with the story of a man who faced the dark consequences |
| 1:10.2 | of being disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witness. |
| 1:12.6 | This episode originally aired on November 16th, 2021. |
| 1:17.0 | The episode was removed from the catalog shortly after it was published |
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