194: Chris survived a home invasion

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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For many people, being at home should be where you feel the safest from the outside world. I mean, we have doors with locks, sometimes multiple locks. Our windows can have locks. We have alarm systems that not only notify us if someone is trying to break it, but also makes loud noises to scare them away. The alarm can even call the police for you, if you’re not able to. We have a roof to protect from the weather, we have a heater or air conditioning to control the indoor temperature, and we can even control the temperature of our bed. So when we’re in our home, we shouldn’t have to worry about bad things happening. That’s what Chris thought too. But then a stranger came into his home with a gun. And toward the end of our conversation, you’ll hear where that stranger had been just 10 days earlier. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/194 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://www.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	For many people, being at home should be where you feel the safest from the outside world.
0:10.0	I mean, we have doors with locks, sometimes multiple locks.
0:14.6	Our windows can have locks.
0:16.9	We have alarm systems that not only notify us if someone's trying to break in, but also
0:22.1	makes loud noises to scare them away.
0:25.2	The alarm can even call the police for you if you're not able to.
0:29.8	We have a roof to protect from the weather. We have a heater or air conditioning to
0:34.4	control the indoor temperature. We can even control the temperature of our bed.
0:40.9	So when we're in our home, we shouldn't have to worry about bad things happening.
0:47.0	That's what Chris thought too.
0:50.0	But then a stranger came into his home with a gun.
0:55.0	And toward the end of our conversation,
0:58.0	you'll hear where that stranger had been just 10 days earlier.
1:08.2	Real people in unreal situations.
1:13.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:18.0	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:22.0	I turned around. I see a gun pointed at me close enough. I could touch it.
1:26.5	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:28.8	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down. Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to leave us.
1:36.2	My hair catches on fire. I swear to God, this image just burning my head for the rest of my life.
1:44.0	I'm Scott Johnson, and this's both good and bad.
2:02.0	It's good because ads are what make it possible for me to keep bringing you these episodes.
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