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What if you were trafficked into a cult...or were mauled by a grizzly bear...or were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer - what would you do? This is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. From a man who woke up in the morgue to a woman stranded in a Mexican desert fighting to survive, these stories will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happens next.Listen to exclusive episodes of This is Actually...
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385: What if you found healing through saving abandoned dogs?
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384: What if you were run over three times?
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383: What if you survived Jeffrey Epstein?
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382: What if you spent four months as a doctor in Gaza?
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381: What if you opened a portal to the world next door?
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380: What if you had a spontaneous awakening?
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379: What if you witnessed your client’s execution?
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378: What if your private nightmare was also theirs?
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377: What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?
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376: What if a car crash shattered your world?
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375: What if you had to fight your way out of the jungle?
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What if you were mauled by a grizzly bear? [Rebroadcast #262]
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What if you didn’t sleep for 120 hours? [Rebroadcast #170]
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What if you could never be what they wanted? [Rebroadcast #246]
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What if you signed a billion-year contract? [Rebroadcast #243]
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What if you woke up and couldn’t move? [Rebroadcast #242]
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What if you went missing? [Rebroadcast #196]
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What if you never stopped searching? [Rebroadcast #195]
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What if you ran through the pain? [Rebroadcast #208]
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What if you entered the belly of the NARCO beast? [Rebroadcast #281]
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374: What if a brutal assault saved your life?
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373: What if your boyfriend ghosted you for his wedding?
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372: What if you were lost on the Pacific Crest Trail?
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371: What if you survived a catastrophic hurricane?
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370: What if a bullet took your sight but not your vision?
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369: What if you lit yourself on fire?
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368: What if you were the only one left to grieve?
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367: What if you were imprisoned in the Federal Supermax?
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366: What if you infiltrated a doomsday hate militia?
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365: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 2: Denise
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364: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron
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363: What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?
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362: What if you wrote your way out of prison?
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361: What if your sister’s death was an unsolved mystery?
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360: What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard?
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359: What if you nearly froze to death?
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358: What if you were recruited to fight an invisible war?
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357: What if you were the girl locked upstairs?
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356: What if they stole a year of your life?
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355: A World Beyond Revenge: What if you identified the wrong man?
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354: A World Beyond Revenge: What if your son was killed by a distracted driver?
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353: A World Beyond Revenge: What if you were the common denominator?
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Restorative Justice in the UK vs the US: A Conversation with Keeva Baxter
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352: A World Beyond Revenge: What if they got the wrong guy?
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The Framework of Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Yoana Tchoukleva
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351: A World Beyond Revenge: What if your brother was murdered in a hate crime?
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350: What if nothing could tear us apart? Part 2: Daniel
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349: What if nothing could tear us apart? Part 1: Donna
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348: What if you survived the Burundian genocide?
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347: What if you were held captive in plain sight?
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