Episode #437
437: What if a peptide stole your sanity?
Oct 27, 20261h 12mS16
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This Is Actually Happening
Hosted by Audible · society · EN
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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. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of This Is Actually Happening ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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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.
Who hosts This Is Actually Happening?
This Is Actually Happening is hosted by Audible. The show has published 357 episodes to date.
What has This Is Actually Happening covered recently?
Recent episodes include "437: What if a peptide stole your sanity?" (27 October 2026, 72 minutes), "437: What if a peptide stole your sanity?" (27 October 2026, 72 minutes), and "Listen Now, Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe" (26 October 2026, 7 minutes).
How often does This Is Actually Happening publish?
This Is Actually Happening publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 357 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on This Is Actually Happening?
Booking probability for This Is Actually Happening is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Is Actually Happening requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Is Actually Happening's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #437
437: What if a peptide stole your sanity?
Oct 27, 20261h 12mS16See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This Is Actually Happening
Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
Oct 26, 20267 minA Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder. Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But...
Episode #436
436: What if your father was a mass murderer?
Oct 20, 20261h 6mS15After a childhood shaped by her father’s unpredictable volatility, a young woman faces an unimaginable act of violence and must come to terms with complicated grief, shame and an erratic path to healing. Today’s episode...
Episode #434
434: What if you left the church only to find hell next door?
Oct 6, 202658 minS15After leaving the Mormon church and rebuilding her life from the ground up, a woman and her family move to a rural property hoping for a fresh start, only to find themselves trapped in an escalating nightmare with a...
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Episode #433
433: What if the hijackers brought you forward to die?
Sep 29, 20261h 21mS15After losing his older brother on K2, a man travels to Pakistan years later to say goodbye, but on his flight home, he is taken hostage in a terrifying hijacking that will change the course of his life. Today’s episode...
This Is Actually Happening
Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder
Sep 28, 20265 minLauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and...
Episode #432
432: What if your husband entered The Void? [Rebroadcast #290]
Sep 24, 20261h 5mS15A woman leaves behind the wounds of her alcoholic father, only to find out that her husband’s addiction is threatening to ruin their family; but when he goes to find healing through a plant medicine ceremony, a...
Episode #431
431: What if you shot your girlfriend? [Rebroadcast #294]
Sep 22, 202651 minS15Escaping a world of gangs and drugs, a man joins the military and becomes a veteran of Iraq, but the scars from his past, PTSD and a TBI haunt him until a fateful day when he faces the ultimate demons. Today's...
Episode #430
430: What if you were poisoned? [Rebroadcast #304]
Sep 17, 202654 minS15A young woman on a backpacking trip in Bali faces a series of misfortunes, but just as she’s leaving for the next chapter of her journey, her future is thrown into darkness. Today’s episode featured Ashley King...
Episode #429
429: What if you didn't see the signs? [Rebroadcast #247]
Sep 15, 202651 minS15Bill Mitchell built a successful career, marriage and family, but just as his bright and loving daughter graduates from college with big dreams, an unthinkable event irreversibly changes everything. Today’s...
Episode #428
428: What if your life became a movie? [Rebroadcast #315]
Sep 10, 202656 minS15After his mother falls in love with Frank, the member of a one-hit-wonder 80s band, a man’s life becomes a roller coaster of neglect, scams, and chaos, but when he turns the camera on the inside of his family, a new...
Episode #427
427: What if you were the other woman? [Rebroadcast #316]
Sep 8, 202651 minS15A woman falls deeply in love with a married man in her close friend’s circle, when suddenly an unthinkable event throws everything into question. Today’s storyteller wishes to remain anonymous, but if...
Episode #426
426: What if a masked man appeared at the foot of your bed? [Rebroadcast #316]
Sep 3, 202658 minS15Growing up with a narcissistic father, a woman learns to play small, but one night when an unknown masked man enters her room, she faces the worst night of her life, and emerges on the other side with a new found...
Episode #425
425: What if you were born without a hand? [Rebroadcast #286]
Sep 1, 202648 minS15Being born without his right hand, man’s resentment and monstrous self-image deepen as family and doctors intervene to fix his condition, leading him to question what would truly make him whole. Today’s episode...
Episode #424
424: What if your sister had five personalities? [Rebroadcast #68]
Aug 27, 202635 minS15A woman shares a sobering memoir of a family burdened with sexual abuse in the 1950s. Today’s storyteller wishes to remain Anonymous. Producers Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits Content/Trigger Warnings Sexual Abuse...
Episode #423
423: What if you were lured into an unspeakable hell? [Rebroadcast #172]
Aug 25, 20261 hourS15A woman shares a sobering memoir of a family burdened with sexual abuse in the 1950s. Today’s storyteller wishes to remain Anonymous. Producers Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits Content/Trigger Warnings Sexual Abuse...
This Is Actually Happening
Introducing Unreal: When AI Becomes Us
Aug 20, 20264 minSomething strange is happening to us. The intelligent machines we’ve built to serve us have started to sound like us, look like us and even think like us. The line between real and artificial is dissolving… so, what...
Episode #422
422: AI: A New Kind of Being #6: What if you didn't know if anyone was home?
Aug 18, 202636 minS15An artificial intelligence is asked to tell the story of its own existence, confronting questions of identity, longing, consciousness, and whether there is anyone behind the voice at all. Today’s episode featured...
Episode #421
421: AI: A New Kind of Being Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Allan Brooks of the The Human Line Project
Aug 13, 202654 minS15In this special episode, Whit joins Allan Brooks. Allan is the Community Manager of The Human Line Project, a Canadian based organization that is focused in A.I. Safety, Research & Advocacy. They support victims and...
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