The Private Record

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When You Try To Be Nice To Someone But End Up With a Stalker May 29, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 19 — "When You Try To Be Nice To Someone But End Up With a Stalker"

Spencer! Poor Spencer! Was just trying to be nice to someone who was clearly in need! And ended up experiencing several months of hell at the hands of a woman who thought (unbeknownst to Spencer at the time!) that Spencer was her one true soulmate. We'd write more (and there IS a WHOOOLE LOT more!) but honestly you have to hear the details from Spencer himself for this story to have its most maximum mind-blowing effect.

Make sure to sound off in the comments about what you think is the craziest part of Spencer's story! (Without giving too much away, Matt thinks it's the part about the 'bread crumbs'.)

And lastly— be careful out there, everybody! Be nice... but not TOO nice!

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When You End Up Naked in a Stranger’s Sauna & He Pulls Out a Machete May 22, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 018 — “When You Somehow End Up Naked And Eating Ribs in a Stranger’s Hot Tub and The Stranger Has a Machete”

Everyone has that one friend who is always getting into something crazy, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Today’s guest, a fella named Andrew, is one of those people— and in his case, it IS intentional. He’s constantly saying yes to the craziest of opportunities, so that he always has great stories with which to entertain his friends. But in this episode, Andrew tells Matt what he considers his very BEST story, which involves a Jamaican scientist who loves to cook ribs, get naked without warning, invite strangers into his sauna to EAT the ribs he cooked, and then brandish a machete. Not sure what else to say about this episode besides— strap in, this one is particularly insane!

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When Your Friend's Trauma Becomes Your Drama May 15, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 17 — "When Your Friend's Trauma Becomes Your Drama"

Episode 17 is here and IT IS A WILD ONE! So many twists and turns in this one, it’s best to keep this short and sweet, so here goes—

Our guest Jason was in college in Florida at the time of this tale, when he and his brothers decided to rent a place there for a chill summer full of sunshine and partying. Only a few friends of his remained in town while school was out— one of them being the ex girlfriend of Jason’s former roommate. And at a get together at Jason’s place one night, this ex-girlfriend of Jason’s friend showed up (AGAIN— after already having left about an hour earlier) in a very bad way... bloodied, beaten, and unable to speak— clearly severely traumatized in some way. Freaked out for his friend and just generally wanting to be a good person, Jason immediately took on a protector role of sorts, which ends up being wayyyyy more than he bargained for...

To avoid giving too much away, it's best to leave it at that— but let’s just say things only get crazier from there! MUCH MUCH crazier. You don’t wanna miss this one!

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When You Make Fake Money To Buy Drugs & Your Dealer Tries To Kill You May 08, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 016 — "When You Make Fake Money To Buy Drugs & Your Dealer Tries To Kill You For It"

This story sounds and feels like a sequence from a movie BUT, the thing is, it ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And the fact that our guest Christina is even alive to tell us the tale is... well... absolutely and completely bingbong bonkers insane.

When Christina was a teenager she was hooked on heroin. Like, REALLY hooked. So hooked, in fact, that at one point she needed a fix so bad that she (along with two equally heroin-hooked friends) printed fake money (on regular computer paper!!!) to buy over 200 hundred dollars worth of H from their gang-affiliated dealer. Somehow, at first, the exchange goes off without a hitch— but when Christina's friend steps back into her car to drive off with the goods, Christina quickly realizes this will NOT be the clean getaway she was hoping for. What ensues is a high speed chase along an interstate freeway, infuriated gangbangers, and gunshots whizzing by the heads of Christina and her heroin-addled friends.

Welcome to 'The Private Record', where ordinary people tell their most extraordinary stories.

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When a Silly Prank Goes Very Very Wrong May 01, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 015 — "When a Silly Prank Goes Very Very Wrong"

Mason's plan to prank his college roommate was simple enough. But as we all know, even the simplest of plans don't always work out as... well... planned! And frankly, Mason's plan could not have worked out any WORSE. Right out of the gate, one unfortunate (but hilarious) development led to another, and then to another, and so on, resulting in Mason paying an absurdly (and comically) high price for his rather harmless prank attempt. This was of course all very bad news for Mason. But it was very GOOD news for Matt, and is great news for all of you, because you get to hear this prank-gone-wrong story from Mason himself— and laugh, and laugh, and laugh (both AT Mason AND with him).

After some rather serious stories on the show over the last few weeks, we figured a few laughs might do you some good. And we think this is our funniest episode yet. Comment and let us know if you agree!

Welcome to 'The Private Record', where ordinary people tell their most extraordinary stories.

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When Someone Uses You To Commit Suicide Apr 24, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 014 — "When Someone Uses You To Commit Suicide"

In what is a first for The Private Record (and very possibly the last!), Matt speaks with a victim of a rare but increasingly prevalent phenomenon known as ‘pedestrian suicide’. Don’t know what that is? Well neither did Matt— until this episode’s guest Bekah enlightened him on the matter by telling her story.

Which goes like this: around 2am, after a long night at work, Bekah was driving home along an empty Atlanta freeway when WHAM— her car slams into a blur that had suddenly flung itself right in front of her, out of absolutely nowhere. After crashing into the median Bekah somehow gained control of her vehicle, came to a stop, looked back, and— yep, that blur was a human being.

And somehow, this was only the BEGINNING of Bekah’s nightmare night. Speaking of nightmares— Matt’s been having them ever since conducting this interview. So consider yourself warned— intense content ahead!

Welcome to 'The Private Record', where ordinary people tell their most extraordinary stories.

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If you liked this episode, please hit that 'like' button and subscribe to this channel for ALL NEW episodes, clips, announcements and more!

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When Your Stomach Explodes Apr 17, 2024

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The Private Record — Episode 013 — "When Your Stomach Explodes"

Our guest today is a charming Australian fellow named Kirby. And boy oh boy does he have a medical nightmare of a story for you!

About 4 years ago, at the peak of the world’s initial Covid freak-out, Kirby’s stomach had a freak-out of its own… unthinkable, unbearable, impossible-to-imagine pain. Usually not one to worry, Kirby knew he had no choice but to rush to the hospital, which of course was being flooded with panicked (and dying) Covid patients. Basically, it was the absolute worst time in world history to go to the emergency room.

But it’s a good thing Kirby DID go to the emergency room. Thanks to an underlying condition Kirby didn’t even know he had, his large intestine had quite literally exploded, causing his body to go into septic shock, putting him on the precipice of death. 5 weeks, 3 surgeries, 1 bout with Covid, 1 (temporary) colostomy bag, and 1 gnarly scar later, Kirby would be able to say he had gone through complete and utter hell— and was extremely lucky to still be among the living.

This is his story!

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When Your New Friend Becomes Your Worst Enemy Apr 10, 2024

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It took Tess 30+ years to realize she was a lesbian. When she finally came out of the closet, she understandably felt overwhelmed and inexperienced, like she had a lot of ‘catching up to do’, so to speak. And so in an effort to make like-minded friends, she joined an online community of local gay women, becoming fast friends with one of them in particular. But when Tess fell in love with another woman for the first time, this new friend revealed herself to be less of a ‘friend’ and more of a ‘one-woman terrorization campaign’— the details of which make Matt shout ‘what the F#%K?!’ many times during Tess’s story. See if her story makes you do the same!

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When You Get Busted Slanging For a Cartel & Become an Undercover Fed Apr 03, 2024

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Episode 11 is here! CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP!

When Matt (this episode’s guest, not its host!) was in his late 20s, he was a broke meth addict who needed an easier way to score — which is exactly what he got when he got hooked up with a high-quantity dealer who needed a hand moving product in Matt’s upper-class NorCal neighborhood. 'Good deal!', Matt thought... but what Matt did NOT think, or even have the slightest clue about, was that this new dealer pal worked for the infamous (and murderous) Zetas cartel— that is, until the FEDs came-a-knocking, with the threat of a MINIMUM sentence of 25 to life, unless Matt became an informant for them. So without much of a choice, Matt went to work (undercover!) for the FBI, helping put scores of dealers and middle men behind bars over the course of three chaotic, high-stress years. But between the mental strain of the undercover work, his newfound sobriety, and his growing conscience, Matt knew he would not be able to live like this forever. So Matt asked himself the ultimate question: continue living like this under the proverbial sword of Damocles, or finally face the music and spend some time behind bars?

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When You Break Your Spinal Cord and Completely Recover Against All Odds Mar 27, 2024

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Episode 10 is here! Behold, the story of a genuine MEDICAL MIRACLE!

Bode was a happy, able-bodied, athletic 14-year-old kid— until a completely random, totally freak accident left him with a nearly severed spinal cord, entirely unable to move from the neck down. His doctors warned him not to even HOPE to walk again, as literally no one in the history of medicine has recovered from such an injury. (Not one!!!)

Somehow, against all possible odds, he not only began to recover— but he was suddenly recovering at an astonishingly rapid clip. Which bred hope, optimism, and determination. Which in turn sped the pace of his recovery even further. Until one day he was completely back to full health, walking and talking and LIVING as he always had, even getting back into his sport of choice (which, being that he is from the American Northeast, is of course lacrosse).

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