193: Jami was followed home

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Over the years, I’ve come to realize – the way I navigate the world day to day, as a man, is very different from what a woman has to think about. I mean, when I go out somewhere, like to the grocery store, or the bank, or whatever, the thought that someone might be secretly watching me never even enters my mind. If I happen to have an encounter with someone I don’t know, I don’t immediately get suspicious. In fact, I often actually look forward to having a meaningful conversation with a stranger. But for women, it’s very different. If a man holds a door open for you, and you smile at him, that guy could suddenly think you could be his new girlfriend. Or, it might not even be an actual encounter – someone could be watching you and even following you without you even knowing it. When Jami was 18 years old, she had an encounter like that. But this incident ended up with the creepy man inside her house. This is a Flashback episode. Jami told this story on the podcast more than four years ago. So after you hear it today, we’ll have a brief update chat to see what she’s up to now. And we’ll find out that the most recent excitement in her life has nothing to do with podcasting or true crime. If you’d like to contact Jami: Instagram: @JamiOnAir TikTok: @JamiOnAir YouTube: @JamiOnAir Jami’s website: Murderish.com Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/193 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) 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	Over the years I've come to realize the way I navigate the world day to day as a man is very different from what a woman has to think about. I mean, when I go out somewhere like to the grocery store or the bank or whatever,
0:22.0	the thought that someone might be secretly watching me never even enters my mind.
0:27.2	If I happen to have an encounter with someone I don't know, I don't immediately get suspicious. In fact, I often actually look forward to having a meaningful
0:37.5	conversation with a stranger. But for women, it's very different.
0:44.3	If a man holds a door open for you and you smile at him, that guy could suddenly think you
0:49.6	could be his new girlfriend.
0:52.0	Or it might not even be an actual encounter someone could be
0:55.8	watching you and even following you without you even knowing it. When Jamie was just 18 years old, she had an encounter like that.
1:07.0	But this incident ended up with the creepy man inside her house.
1:18.0	This is a flashback episode. Jamie told this story on the podcast more than four years ago, so after you hear it today we'll have a brief update chat to see what she's up to now.
1:26.4	And we'll find out that the most recent excitement in her life has nothing to do with podcasting
1:32.3	or true crime.
1:38.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:43.4	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:48.5	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:51.9	I turned around. I see a gun pointed at me close enough. I could touch it.
1:56.4	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:58.6	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down. Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to leave us.
2:06.0	My hair catches on fire. I swear to God, this image is burning my head for us, my life.
2:14.0	I'm Scott Johnson, and this's both good and bad.
2:32.1	It's good because ads are what make it possible for me to keep bringing you these episodes.
2:37.0	And it's bad because, well, maybe you don't like listening to ads, and I get that.
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