The Secret Room | True Stories

Maria made hard choices to fix her young life. It’s a tale of gangs, drive-bys and an El Camino.  In pictures:  A map of the territory Maria's gang claimed.  Also the Jack-in-the-Box burger joint that was Maria and S's HQ and source of sustenance.  And a picture of Maria today, her face obscured.    The pictures are waiting for you on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Handle: @secretroompod. SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED 111Extra pictures and your calls, but only if you call now. 929-265-TSRP.  Also hear a couple parts of the interview that Ben, shall we say, manufactured...just to help the story along! The Secret Room | Unlocked is available exclusively on Patreon.com when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan run Facebook Discussion Page!  Just ask to join, all are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Producers: Susie Lark. Shadow Producer: Kym Lewis. Sound Engineer: Chet.  Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have an mysterious secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!  

A pair of high-octane secrets sure to get your engine purring!  Pictures: Jordan with his Nissan Maxima and wife.  Also Dave’s parking lot and the house he grew up in! They are waiting for you on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Handle: @secretroompod. BETTER HELP Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/secret. BUFFY  For $20 off your Buffy comforter, visit Buffy.co and enter promo code SECRET. SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED 110 An audio diary and bonus pictures from Ben while in the Serengeti National Park on safari; why Ben was hesitant to air this show; how the program came together and why it took a whole year to get to air; and other behind the scenes info. The Secret Room | Unlocked is available exclusively on Patreon.com when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan page! Click here or search for The Secret Room Podcast Discussion Group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Producers: Susie Lark. Shadow Producer: Lisa Upshaw. Sound Engineer: Chet.  Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have an enthralling secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!  

Something terrible happened to Sarah’s mom, and she doesn’t know what to do with what she’s learned.  In pictures: Sarah's mom standing in the front door of her house on a Google Street View image.  Also, the last picture of her mom when she and Sarah said goodbye at the airport when she left for Japan.  Also a picture of the compound where Sarah and her husband lived in Okinawa.   They are waiting for you on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Handle: @secretroompod. SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED In Unlocked | 109: You'll hear a lot more backstory from Sarah, including her chaotic life at home as a child, when mom wasn't so golden.  Also Sarah's original secret, and how we modified her confessional to build some tension in the story.  And behind the scenes on the credits.  Who are this week's Shadow Producers and how did they contribute.  We also identify all the voices who wished us happy birthday in the credits.  And who's spooky, echoey voice was that at the very end!? And we just fed a new interview about a woman who can't tell the world about her unorthodox relationship.  Hear "Poly" and Unlocked 109 exclusively on Patreon.com when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan page! Click here or search for The Secret Room Podcast Discussion Group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Producers: Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Shadow Producers: Teva Glueck and Chris Swezey. Sound Engineer: Chet.  Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have an inscrutable secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

A woman helped cover up a horrific tragedy in a Mexican border town when she was young, and it haunts her to this day. In pictures:  See Vane in her high school days posing with Efrain.   They're waiting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search @secretroompod.  SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED In Unlocked | 108: more from Vane, bloopers and extended scenes.  Also hear the BBC's recent review of The Secret Room! And we just fed a new interview about a woman who can't tell the world about her unorthodox relationship.  Hear "Poly" and Unlocked 108 exclusively on Patreon.com when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan page! Click here or search for The Secret Room Podcast Discussion Group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Producer: Susie Lark.  Shadow Producers: Courtney Farnon and Sarah Speights. Sound Engineer: Chet.  Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have a scintillating secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

Jan made up an enormous lie to explain how her perfect relationship ended.  She even told it to her kids, her sister and the man she later met and married.  In pictures:  See Jan and Rick together; Jan's salon; and the actual text exchange where he ghosts her.   They're waiting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search @secretroompod.  SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED In Unlocked | 107 Ben and Jan break down the mystery of Rick's disappearance even further.  It's a conversation available exclusively at patreon.com/secretroom when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan page! Click here or search for The Secret Room Podcast Discussion Group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Producer: Susie Lark.  Sound Engineer: Chet.  Music and Theme: Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have a ridiculous secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

There’s something in Larry’s past that women he dates have a right to know, but he’s kept it a secret from most of them. In pictures:  See Larry on his wedding day and at the bar he used to work at.  They're waiting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search @secretroompod. BUZZFEED AND THE BBC  Welcome new listeners who saw us on this new Buzzfeed article, or heard the gorgeous BBC review of The Secret Room. (Go to 1 hour 42 min)!  So glad you have joined us! SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED In Unlocked 106 Ben asks Susie an important follow up about tonsil stones.  Also, Larry talks about his condition.  Also hear extended scenes, bonus interviews, bloopers and more from this episode.  Available exclusively at patreon.com/secretroom when you support. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP  Join our fan page! Click here or search for The Secret Room Podcast Discussion Group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS  See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM  Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Phil Palazzolo recorded the interview.  Music and Theme by Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET  Do you have a ridiculous secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

Everyone thought Holly’s dad died in an accident.  Now, ten years later, she’s discovered the truth.  Hear why she can't tell her family.   In pictures: Holly and her dad; her grandma's ring; Paddle Pops and Dunlop Volleys. They're waiting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search @secretroompod. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Join our fan page! Click here or search for the group and ask to join. All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED Hear extended scenes, bonus interviews, bloopers and more from this episode.  Available exclusively at patreon.com/secretroom PODCAST TEAM Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Chet is the sound engineer.  Music and Theme by Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET Do you have an embarrassing secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

We produce 26 episodes of this podcast each year.  But we get hundreds of secrets.  Many are shorter and just can’t fill a whole episode.  And that leaves me torn, because we have all these wonderful stories, but no where to share them….  But as we close out the year, I thought this would be a great time to give them life.  So hang on for a special collection of secrets that are funny and heartfelt.  We’ve curated them just for you, to wrap up this year with a bow.  ~Ben FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Join our fan page! Click here or search for the group and ask to join.  All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED 104 Susie will have commentary and out takes from today's secrets.  Also some short secrets that, for various reasons to be revealed, aren't on the main show!  Available exclusively at patreon.com/secretroom PODCAST TEAM Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Chet is the sound engineer.  Elkid is the Shadow Producer. Music and Theme by Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET Do you have a secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

A woman tells us about the devastating impact spending seven years in an underground community had on her. See pictures:  Rose and her partner now; her bag of tricks and her formal collar.  They're waiting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Search @secretroompod. FACEBOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Join our fan page! Click here or search for the group and ask to join.  All are welcome. :) ALL OUR SPONSORS See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes SECRET ROOM | UNLOCKED How did we keep the new show a secret for eight months?  Also Kelley from Ep. 97 has reaction about his classic “boo boo lights” blooper from her show, and last minute production chaos in Ep 102 Special Announcement!  Available at patreon.com/secretroom PODCAST TEAM Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Chet is the sound engineer.  Music and Theme by Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET Do you have a hopeful secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!

We've been working on a special project for you behind the scenes.  Quietly, diligently, secretly toiling for eight months.  It’s involved a lot of people, and no one has spilled the beans.  And now it’s ready! Today we announce a new podcast: The Secret Room | Unlocked. The Secret Room | Unlocked is a companion podcast to The Secret Room.  Unlocked episodes drop a week after the The Secret Room.  Between both podcasts you'll have fresh content every week. Each Unlocked episode is a director's cut version of the current Secret Room.  It will contain extended and deleted scenes, follow-up interviews, bloopers and insight into what it took to make the show happen. The Secret Room | Unlocked is available right now at Patreon.com/secretroom.  The gorgeous Secret Room Leather-Strap "Pod On" Keychain is available as a premium for Keyholder Tier members.  Other premiums are there for the taking as well. If you love The Secret Room, this is your way to support the podcast, and you'll get something delicious as a thank you. ALL OUR SPONSORS See all our sponsors and their offers: secretroompodcast.com/codes PODCAST TEAM Susie Lark, Sachelle Brooks and Alessandro Nigro.  Chet is the sound engineer.  Music and Theme by Breakmaster Cylinder. YOUR SECRET Do you have a courageous secret to share?  Click "Share a secret" at secretroompod.com. LISTENER SURVEY Take our Listener Survey at SecretRoomPod.com!!