This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
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 ...
Episode list
215
June 10, 2025
1 hr 10 min
What if you infiltrated a doomsday hate militia?
A young man channels his early struggles with anger into a dangerous undercover law enforcement career, facing the shadows of a double life and ultimately discovering that only lov...
moreJune 3, 2025
1 hr 8 min
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 the powers meant to protect her do not believe any of it happened.Today’s epis...
moreJune 2, 2025
6 min
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 at you through gut-twisting true stories of survival on the brinkHow to Survive Ag...
moreMay 27, 2025
59 min
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 and his girlfriend is kidnapped with her whereabouts unknown, but a far greater...
moreMay 20, 2025
1 hr 2 min
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 unwarranted lawsuit, destroying his reputation and forcing him to find...
moreMay 13, 2025
1 hr 15 min
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, but once in prison, he devotes his life to liberation from systems of opp...
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