This Is Actually Happening

What if your mother left to follow a cult… or you woke up in a morgue… or if your boat got caught in a storm and began to sink -- 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 finds out a celebrity crush isn’t who she seems 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.

What if you ran through the pain? [Rebroadcast #208]

A man searches for healing after his father, a disgruntled post office worker, falls into a violent...

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What if you entered the belly of the NARCO beast? [Rebroadcast #281]

Escaping the tumult and abuses of his childhood through music, a young man lands a dream gig at a premiere...

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374: What if a brutal assault saved your life?

After being violently attacked outside a bar, a man who spent his life motivated by loneliness and rage,...

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373: What if your boyfriend ghosted you for his wedding?

Still reeling from an abusive relationship and the loss of her mother, a single woman travels to Mexico,...

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Listen Now: Lawless Planet

It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping...

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372: What if you were lost on the Pacific Crest Trail?

A young woman grows up in chaos and instability but finds strength through education and a deep connection...

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371: What if you survived a catastrophic hurricane?

Born and raised on a remote Bahamian island, a woman who has weathered countless storms must fight to...

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Listen Now: Flesh and Code

Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman...

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370: What if a bullet took your sight but not your vision?

A young father who rose up from the streets to achieve his musical dream is gunned down by a stranger...

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368: What if you were the only one left to grieve?

A young girl's world shatters when one night, her mother’s stalker, who has threatened to annihilate...

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Listen Now: Liberty Lost

In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when...

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367: What if you were imprisoned in the Federal Supermax?

Witnessing widespread disenfranchisement ignites a young man's radicalization, ultimately landing him...

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366: What if you infiltrated a doomsday hate militia?

A young man channels his early struggles with anger into a dangerous undercover law enforcement career,...

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365: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 2: Denise

A young woman is kidnapped, assaulted and released by perpetrators, but a far greater trauma lurks as...

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Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds

Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can throw...

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364: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron

A privileged young man, on the cusp of reconciling with his true love, is tied up in a home invasion...

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363: What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?

Dedicated to eradicating human trafficking, a purpose-driven young man's world is shattered by a politician's...

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362: What if you wrote your way out of prison?

Cultivating rage as a solution to inherited trauma, a young man commits murder over a five-dollar dispute,...

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361: What if your sister’s death was an unsolved mystery?

Driven by her sister's mysterious death, a woman's life transforms into a struggle for understanding...

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360: What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard?

A man’s elective amputation sets him free to be the adventurer he’s always wanted to be, but the...

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Listen Now: Death County, PA

Lamont Jones leaves Dauphin County Prison for the last time, a free man ready to move on with his life....

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359: What if you nearly froze to death?

A police cadet takes a risky shortcut home one evening, only to find herself trapped and helpless as...

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358: What if you were recruited to fight an invisible war?

A young actor, who seeks a greater purpose, is recruited into a clandestine war for humanity's soul,...

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