181: Evi was spied on

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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I remember one of my first Airbnb experiences. I was traveling just here in Florida, and I had to stay one night on the other side of the state – in Delray Beach. I picked out a room, and reserved it, and waited for the host to approve it. Back then, I didn’t have much history so there weren’t many other hosts who could confirm that I was a good guest. But it got approved. And when I got there, I found out the host was an older woman – and I was her very first guest. And she was so nice! She actually cooked me a full meal, and I helped her out with some computer issues she was having, and we hit it off nicely. But still, I couldn’t help thinking – that night, I was sleeping in one room, and she was sleeping in the room right down the hallway from mine, and it just seemed like it was kind of a dangerous thing for her to do, since she didn't know me. And apparently her friends had some concerns too. The next morning, while we were eating breakfast, she said one of her friends called her first thing that morning and asked, “So he didn’t murder you or anything?” That was years ago, but now, it’s just a common thing – you rent a room in someone’s house, you get a place to sleep, they make some money, and everyone’s happy. At least that’s how it usually works. My guest today, Evi, was traveling as a young single woman, and ended up staying with a family in exchange for doing a little bit of work for them. And after staying there one night, she made a horrifying discovery. HelpX: https://www.helpx.net/ Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/181 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: To listen to THE 82% series, follow THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHATWAS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I remember one of my first AirB&B experiences.
0:05.0	I was traveling just here in Florida and I had to stay one night over on the other side of the state in Delray Beach. I picked out a room and reserved it and waited for the host to approve it.
0:20.0	Back then I didn't have much history, so there weren't many other hosts who could confirm that I was a good guest, but it got approved.
0:28.0	And when I got there, I found out the host was an older woman and I was her very first guest. She had just
0:37.4	started using Airbnb and she was so nice. She actually cooked me a full meal and I helped her out with some computer issues she was having.
0:47.0	We hit it off pretty nicely.
0:49.0	But still, I couldn't help but think that night I was sleeping in one room and she was sleeping in the other room right down the hallway from mine and it just seemed like it was kind of a dangerous thing for her to do since she
1:04.9	didn't know me. And apparently her friends had some concerns too. The next
1:11.8	morning while we were eating breakfast, she said one of her friends
1:15.1	called her first thing that morning and asked, so he didn't murder you or anything?
1:21.9	That was years ago, but now it's just a common thing. You rent a room in someone's house, you get a place to sleep, they make some money, and everyone's happy.
1:33.4	At least that's how it usually works.
1:37.2	My guest today, Evie, was traveling as a young single woman and ended up staying with a family in exchange for doing a little
1:46.2	bit of work for them. And after staying there one night, she made a horrifying discovery.
1:54.0	Real people in unreal situations.
2:01.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
2:07.0	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
2:11.0	I turned around.
2:12.0	I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
2:15.6	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
2:17.8	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
2:21.8	Her eyes were full of tears.
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