386: What if you woke up with someone's hands around your neck?
This Is Actually Happening
Intro
Whit Missildine opens the episode, provides content warnings, and previews today's story and book promotion.
The life of a promising actor takes a devastating turn when she is attacked in her home, sending her into an 18-year fight to reclaim her sense of safety, her career, and the date that haunts her every year.
Today’s episode featured Amy Benedict. You can find Amy on Instagram @amy.benedict and on TikTok @amybenbro. To find her acting credentials, you can find her on IMDB here: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0070749
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Cathy Sitzes
Content/Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, Attempted murder/strangulation, Home invasion, PTSD, dissociation, and long-term trauma symptoms, Violence against women, Discussion of serial rape and homicide, Family betrayal (parental infidelity), Bullying and emotional abuse in childhood, Self-injury, Depression and anniversary trauma, Police violence, Death of perpetrator during police encounter, explicit language
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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez
Music Bed: Pure_Ambience_APM
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