This Is Actually Happening

by Wondery
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All Genres #125True Crime #35

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.

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Recent Episodes
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    Jun 3, 2025 – 01:08:18
  • Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds
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  • 364: What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron
    May 27, 2025 – 00:59:32
  • 363: What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?
    May 20, 2025 – 01:02:06
  • 362: What if you wrote your way out of prison?
    May 13, 2025 – 01:15:45
  • 361: What if your sister’s death was an unsolved mystery?
    May 6, 2025 – 00:54:57
  • 360: What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard?
    Apr 29, 2025 – 00:55:06
  • 359: What if you nearly froze to death?
    Apr 22, 2025 – 00:41:17
  • 358: What if you were recruited to fight an invisible war?
    Apr 15, 2025 – 00:47:10
  • 357: What if you were the girl locked upstairs?
    Apr 8, 2025 – 00:56:59
  • 356: What if they stole a year of your life?
    Apr 1, 2025 – 01:23:45
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    Mar 25, 2025 – 01:13:30
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    Mar 18, 2025 – 00:44:07
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    Mar 11, 2025 – 00:57:46
  • 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?
    Mar 4, 2025 – 00:44:37
  • The Framework of Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Yoana Tchoukleva
    Feb 27, 2025 – 01:04:58
  • 351: A World Beyond Revenge: What if your brother was murdered in a hate crime?
    Feb 25, 2025 – 01:00:07
  • 350: What if nothing could tear us apart? Part 2: Daniel
    Feb 18, 2025 – 00:53:57
  • 349: What if nothing could tear us apart? Part 1: Donna
    Feb 11, 2025 – 01:05:01
  • 348: What if you survived the Burundian genocide?
    Feb 4, 2025 – 00:49:30
  • 347: What if you were held captive in plain sight?
    Jan 28, 2025 – 00:59:08
  • 346: What if you risked your freedom to liberate the animals?
    Jan 21, 2025 – 01:04:49
  • 345: What if you were a political hostage in Iran?
    Jan 14, 2025 – 01:08:38
  • What if you survived a serial killer? [Rebroadcast #259]
    Jan 7, 2025 – 00:57:32
  • What if you ran the ER five blocks away? [Rebroadcast #202]
    Dec 31, 2024 – 00:49:56
  • What if nine bullets shattered your dreams? [Rebroadcast #240]
    Dec 24, 2024 – 00:56:55
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    Dec 17, 2024 – 01:01:45
  • 343: What if you were caught in a spiral of violence?
    Dec 10, 2024 – 00:53:53
  • 342: What if you suffered decades of excessive punishment?
    Dec 3, 2024 – 00:58:09
  • 341: What if you had an unquenchable thirst for danger?
    Nov 26, 2024 – 00:56:55
  • 340: What if you kept knocking at death’s door?
    Nov 19, 2024 – 00:49:11
  • 339: What if someone gave up everything to save you?
    Nov 12, 2024 – 00:59:22
  • 338: What if you thought you got away with it?
    Nov 5, 2024 – 00:57:37
  • 337: What if they delighted in your misery?
    Oct 29, 2024 – 00:51:26
  • 336: What if you escaped a polygamous cult?
    Oct 22, 2024 – 01:00:48
  • 335: What if you were left for dead?
    Oct 15, 2024 – 01:03:35
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    Oct 8, 2024 – 00:52:28
  • 333: What if you saw the black mass of death?
    Oct 1, 2024 – 01:00:15
  • 332: What if the worst was yet to come?
    Sep 24, 2024 – 00:55:28
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    Sep 20, 2024 – 00:40:13
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    Sep 17, 2024 – 00:57:26
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    Sep 10, 2024 – 01:04:19
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    Aug 13, 2024 – 00:47:07
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