# What It Was Like A podcast by Superreal. Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events. Some stories are dark and twisted, others are light and funny. In all cases, we get an intimate portrait of 'what it was like' to be there. Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcast Hosted by Julian Morgans This is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/what-it-was-like ## Latest episodes - [Years Later, I Discovered the Truth About My Abduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/e4d3aee5a86f) (2026-10-24, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6adb3979015ffbd1397b30b3/media.mp3 - [I've Spent Decades Helping Abused Children Heal (Preview)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/baa4ce880c75) (2026-10-24, 8 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6adb39aa13113bbc76639438/media.mp3 - [When the Captain Abandoned Ship, the Musicians Took Charge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/d73e9f598f30) (2026-10-16, 69 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6ad1e65d7c5c47f85e1524c9/media.mp3 - [I Got Stuck on a Cruise Ship When COVID Hit (Preview)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/5a758a8a5ff4) (2026-10-16, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6ad20c106203da9f286c269c/media.mp3 - [The Strange Story of Tasmania’s Ninja Cult](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/bb76cc0e5a6a) (2026-10-10, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6ac9a3ed3dc1c1be4a4022fe/media.mp3 - [How Cults Take Over Your Mind And How to Escape (Preview)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/2253e6b8e455) (2026-10-10, 8 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6ac9ac9737f0bd18cca7e912/media.mp3 - [I Fell in Love (and Had a Baby) With My Dad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/328ac69d9707) (2026-10-02, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6abf5e8b5d8272f2e77442ee/media.mp3 - [Why Some Adoptees Become Attracted to Their Birth Parents (Preview)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/1cad79dd233d) (2026-10-02, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6abf6672893be0f2ba7bff3a/media.mp3 - [I Was Abducted at Gunpoint During Running Practice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/d268c4947045) (2026-09-25, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6ab6ffd14aee750ac74d5fe1/media.mp3 - [The Hurricane That Swallowed a Cargo Ship (Classic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/c5f4383ffd31) (2026-09-19, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6aacc9e9fce2f8822638fa7b/media.mp3 - [The Strange Condition That Made Me Write Constantly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/4250375f8c44) (2026-09-13, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6aa66031564171e32ad68588/media.mp3 - [My Childhood Bully Killed My Friend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/c17b0a642880) (2026-09-04, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a9a2d84e7a9fe2478a9d327/media.mp3 - [He Slept on His Daughter’s Dorm Room Couch and Built a Cult](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/a510957278c4) (2026-08-30, 84 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a94135e057694768e5cddb1/media.mp3 - [I Joined a Cult That Demanded Human Ears](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/54b1185f254f) (2026-08-23, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a8a9bdba89d26398e7cbee9/media.mp3 - [I Traced a Mystery Stalker Back to eBay’s Corporate Headquarters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/a20355b8fc28) (2026-08-15, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a8009f203af5e222a5ad006/media.mp3 - [How a Bunch of Australian Teens Invented 'Urban Exploration'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/ff1fd8adb890) (2026-08-07, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a7594cfc3e1347e8bb4e001/media.mp3 - [The Day My Daughter Got Abducted (and How I Got Her Back)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/2c69528ef668) (2026-08-02, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a6cc07261ae402f612d1d1e/media.mp3 - [I Pulled the Largest Prison Break in UK History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/f07334faf78f) (2026-07-25, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a6424c0614bacdace6a0e61/media.mp3 - [I Somehow Survived the Darkest Years of AIDS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/9b504a5e5476) (2026-07-19, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a5c9e82f782764c4ced05d9/media.mp3 - [The Discovery of the Ebola Virus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/184655716594) (2026-07-12, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a533573c2f78bb6890040a5/media.mp3 - [How I Lost Everything to Leonardo DiCaprio](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/85b3f1e8145f) (2026-07-04, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a4892652d7a15a979dbe535/media.mp3 - [I Escaped an Abusive Polygamist Cult… and Became a Millionaire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/afd2ffead531) (2026-06-27, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a3f687289bd872840093953/media.mp3 - [A Fatal Search for a Lost City of Gold in the Amazon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/49a9ba586e9d) (2026-06-21, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a37c9f24a8189f2c36da25b/media.mp3 - [My Terrifying (and Oddly Funny) 25 Hours Kidnapped in New York](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/b5b2f96f27e3) (2026-06-13, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a2d21e1cd023694942c319b/media.mp3 - [I Discovered Snowtown's Bodies in Barrels (Classic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/147942753afa) (2026-06-07, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a2514a1ccc3ddbc74e7bf47/media.mp3 - [I Was an Undercover Cop With a Death Wish](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/358242d27d93) (2026-05-29, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a1a1790dd90858af933a389/media.mp3 - [How Do You Survive a Cyber-Stalking Cult?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/b0070381d86f) (2026-05-23, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a113523163f100183631e2e/media.mp3 - [How I Became a Cult Recruiter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/3d142733ec3d) (2026-05-15, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/6a070691efd1f558b08f79b6/media.mp3 - [I Committed a School Shooting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/131431c5cfcf) (2026-05-10, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69ff2c012b71c054a3038440/media.mp3 - [I Got Caught Fabricating Stories for the New York Times](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/5f77b3563a74) (2026-05-02, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69f5a5368dd960ac61469a05/media.mp3 - [I Woke From a Coma to a Man Claiming to Be My Boyfriend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/e6d4f7757ad0) (2026-04-25, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69ec4c50d2febdbec963e3fc/media.mp3 - [Pink Jumpsuits, a Limo, and the Wildest Race in America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/4a8997ddfb05) (2026-04-18, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69e313216e5b90839a37cedb/media.mp3 - [Growing Up With My Cousin, Ted Bundy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/e6aad6ed8820) (2026-04-11, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69da2de9af4db69e0d4155a2/media.mp3 - [Filming 'Titanic' and Someone Drugged Our Soup (Classic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/05cb6110a3e1) (2026-04-04, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69d056c5f57702d2d9aaa044/media.mp3 - [Dig a Secret Hole on a Volcano and Don't Ask Questions. That Was the Job](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/871b4ce57b3e) (2026-03-28, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69c7695226c1fb9c070d85d7/media.mp3 - [Mutiny on the Sex Raft](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/40d64ae587dd) (2026-03-22, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69bf313c62f6c66afe21e6ee/media.mp3 - [Whales Are Sinking Boats and No One Knows Why](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/6807828a7383) (2026-03-13, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69b481cc4266c9b1c79ea48b/media.mp3 - [The Millionaires Who Went Mad in Their Jungle Fortress](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/4b95bc82376a) (2026-03-07, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69ab8588e2ffe1fef6642e7c/media.mp3 - [Ted Bundy Tried to Kill Me](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/5d1ad0d14177) (2026-02-28, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69a2647f47697ac8039896ac/media.mp3 - [How I Ended Up Running a Happy Endings Parlour for Women](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/98d884074bc0) (2026-02-20, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69984dbd4c238f5dcab31cce/media.mp3 - [Sunk by Killer Whales, Adrift for 38 Days](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/e041535b9273) (2026-02-14, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/698ffd1dd6c27a06bb9a302e/media.mp3 - [I Made a Fortune Helping People Cheat Their Tax](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/0232eccb37f4) (2026-02-06, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69857acb45f62cfe94caab24/media.mp3 - [I Made $2M a Year as a Corporate Spy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/5599ca9dbcae) (2026-01-30, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/697c83f0ebb1ff695f3fd6bb/media.mp3 - [I Bought a Haunted Witches' Prison (Classic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/f5850a5d0d73) (2026-01-23, 68 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/697333eed284f5cd094622e5/media.mp3 - [I Was Raised in a Cult Believing I'd be Dead by 12](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/c70c51d9d699) (2026-01-17, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/696b1c27f0f57e95a0211df9/media.mp3 - [I Was Held Captive in This House for 11 Years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/84a39e011f50) (2026-01-08, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/695f7020fbfe7fdb6e15edbe/media.mp3 - [A Journey to Find Russia's Forgotten Space Ships (Classic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/7ae4c2587180) (2026-01-01, 82 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69503899c9578c8cdad8fbfa/media.mp3 - [A Federal Judge Banned My Christmas Lights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/d8830f90b494) (2025-12-24, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/694b4d8a44fae3e802f28321/media.mp3 - [The Journal Found Beside a Dead Man in Alaska](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/ea05c12652d1) (2025-12-20, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69466b06e13e237fdef3f2bc/media.mp3 - [Saying Goodbye to My Multiple Personalities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1614354774/71c0eab7cfcf) (2025-12-12, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/693bb0eef817d7dbe83609ca/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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