Where'd My Boat Go?

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

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

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Elise explains how she came to live aboard a 70 foot yacht - against her better judgement - only to have it sunk, on purpose, by the man she thought loved her. It was all part of a scam even she found hard to believe. She’s under an NDA so she needs to be careful, but she’s got to tell her story.

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Elise, and my secret is how I came to live aboard a 70-foot boat that needed a lot of work, only to have it sunk on purpose by the man who I thought loved me. It was all part of a scam that even I find hard to believe. I'm under an NDA, so I have to be careful, but I've got to tell my story.
0:26.6	Today, The Secret Room Presents.
0:28.6	Where'd my boat go? Hey, everyone, I'm Benham, and today I'm joined by Elise, who by the end of today's interview
0:45.9	will be faced with a perplexing question. Where'd my boat go?
0:51.3	The path to that question and the answer. Hinge on the actions of a man she shares her life with.
0:57.3	He's a kind, caring, and devoted partner.
0:59.8	So how is he wrapped up in the mystery of a missing vessel?
1:03.1	Let's find out.
1:08.2	Hi, Elise, and welcome to the Seeker Room.
1:11.3	Hey, Ben. Thanks for Secret Room. Hey, Ben.
1:12.2	Thanks for having me.
1:13.3	You're welcome.
1:13.8	It's great to have you.
1:15.0	It is great to be here.
1:16.9	The groundwork for your secret begins when you decided to press restart on your life after you met a woman at an airport bar, right?
1:25.3	That is correct.
1:26.9	And she gave you some perspective on life. Can you tell me what she said?
1:31.4	Yeah. So I was on my way to a trip in Utah just to get away, practice some yoga, do hiking, do some biking and meditate, just kind of go in my own world. And as I was
1:48.9	chatting with her about that, she asked me a very simple question I had never really considered,
1:54.6	which was, why don't you just live somewhere where you can do all of those outdoor things all the time and you don't
2:02.2	have to travel. That's a great question. Yeah. One I had, I don't know why I didn't think about it,
2:08.6	but yeah, blew my mind right there as she offered to share chocolate cake. So what did you do?
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