What if you survived a serial killer? [Rebroadcast #259]
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
While pregnant and navigating a rocky relationship, a woman coming home from a local fair stops for a soda one night and suddenly faces the brutal terror of a notorious serial killer.
Today's episode featured Jane Boroski. Jane is the only survivor of the Connecticut River Valley killer who murdered at least seven people, whose identity still remains unknown and the case remains unsolved. Jane has started her own podcast called "Invisible Tears" in which she shares more of her own story, explores other unsolved cases, and gives a platform to expand awareness around trauma, PTSD, truth and healing. You can find out more about Jane, her podcast and connect on social media by visiting her link tree at linktr.ee/invisibletearspodcast
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: graphic violence inflicted on a pregnant woman, graphic bodily injury, attempted murder, stabbing, traumatic pregnancy, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 0:05.0 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.6 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:13.9 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:27.2 | Hi listeners. |
| 0:31.6 | Today we finish up our annual three-week winter rebroadcast series. |
| 0:36.2 | We'll return next week, January 14th, with all new episodes. |
| 0:38.4 | Today's rebroadcast episode, |
| 0:40.5 | What If You Survived a Serial Killer? |
| 0:45.6 | Originally aired as episode 259 on December 13th, 2022. |
| 0:51.3 | I consumed myself so much with, |
| 0:53.4 | why did this happen to me? |
| 0:55.8 | Why did he do this to me? |
| 1:00.0 | And when you ask that question over and over again and you have no answers, it eats at you. |
| 1:04.2 | And it ate at me for a long time. From Wondery, I'm Witt Mizzledine. |
| 1:20.6 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:32.3 | Episode 250. Episode 259 What if you survived a serial killer? |
| 1:42.3 | Now streaming on Apple TV Plus. |
| 1:44.5 | You're looking for sequences in prime numbers. |
| 1:47.2 | What if numbers didn't behave the way we assume? |
| 1:49.3 | The world's greatest mind. |
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