192: Mayson's mom married a murderer

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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When you’re early in life, growing up, whatever you experience is what you consider to be normal. For example, when I was a kid, our family would go to church every Sunday. We knew everyone there, I had lots of friends there, and there was always a big crowd of people. So naturally, I just kind of assumed that everyone, on Sunday mornings, would be in a church somewhere. But it was kind of a disconnect when we’d be in the car on Sunday, and we might drive past a park or a boat marina, and I’d see people getting their boat ready to go out on the water. And I’d think, how does that work? Maybe they go to a different church that meets later, or something? I couldn’t put those pieces together, because what I thought was the norm wasn’t the norm for everyone. My guest today, Mayson, also had a childhood that was different from many other kids. From the time she was a baby, she and her mother would go and visit her dad on weekends – in prison. And since that was all she had ever know, she assumed that’s what everyone did. Her eyes were opened on her 12th birthday, and you’re about to hear that story. And toward the end of our conversation, Mayson revealed something that she only just discovered as a result of coming on this podcast. If you’d like to ask Mayson a question, or leave her a comment about her story, she’s in the WWTL podcast Facebook group (along with about 8000 other listeners, and many of the previous guests of the show) - WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/192 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: Sign up today at https://butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. To get your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you're early in life growing up, whatever you experience is what you consider to be normal.
0:18.2	For example, when I was a kid, our family would go to church every Sunday. We knew everyone there.
0:19.4	I had lots of friends there, and there was always a big crowd of people. So naturally I just kind of
0:25.6	assumed that everyone on Sunday mornings would be in a church somewhere.
0:31.2	But it was kind of a disconnect when we'd be in the car on Sunday and we might drive past a park or a boat marina.
0:40.0	And I'd see people getting their boat ready to go out on the water.
0:44.4	And I'd think, how does that work?
0:47.1	Maybe they go to a different church that meets later or something?
0:51.0	I couldn't put those pieces together because what I thought was the norm wasn't really
0:56.3	the norm for everyone.
0:59.9	My guest today, Mason, also had a childhood that was different for many other kids.
1:07.8	From the time she was a baby, she and her mother would go and visit her dad on weekends in prison. And since that was all she had
1:18.6	ever known, she assumed that's what everyone did.
1:29.6	Her eyes were opened on her 12th birthday, and you're about to hear that story.
1:36.6	What Mason has done for herself is truly amazing and toward the end of our conversation she revealed something that she only just discovered as a result of coming on this podcast.
1:45.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:53.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken legs from the telephone wire.
1:58.0	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
2:02.0	I turned around, I see a gun pointed at me close enough. I could touch it.
2:07.0	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
2:09.0	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
2:13.0	Her eyes were full of tears.
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