The Private Record — Episode 016 — "When You Make Fake Money To Buy Drugs & Your Dealer Tries To Kill You For It" This story sounds and feels like a sequence from a movie BUT, the thing is, it ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And the fact that our guest Christina is even alive to tell us the tale is... well... absolutely and completely bingbong bonkers insane. When Christina was a teenager she was hooked on heroin. Like, REALLY hooked. So hooked, in fact, that at one point she needed a fix so bad...

The Private Record — Episode 015 — "When a Silly Prank Goes Very Very Wrong" Mason's plan to prank his college roommate was simple enough. But as we all know, even the simplest of plans don't always work out as... well... planned! And frankly, Mason's plan could not have worked out any WORSE. Right out of the gate, one unfortunate (but hilarious) development led to another, and then to another, and so on, resulting in Mason paying an absurdly (and comically) high price for his rather...

The Private Record — Episode 014 — "When Someone Uses You To Commit Suicide"  In what is a first for The Private Record (and very possibly the last!), Matt speaks with a victim of a rare but increasingly prevalent phenomenon known as ‘pedestrian suicide’. Don’t know what that is? Well neither did Matt— until this episode’s guest Bekah enlightened him on the matter by telling her story.  Which goes like this: around 2am, after a long night at work, Bekah was driving home along an empty...

The Private Record — Episode 013 — "When Your Stomach Explodes" Our guest today is a charming Australian fellow named Kirby. And boy oh boy does he have a medical nightmare of a story for you! About 4 years ago, at the peak of the world’s initial Covid freak-out, Kirby’s stomach had a freak-out of its own… unthinkable, unbearable, impossible-to-imagine pain. Usually not one to worry, Kirby knew he had no choice but to rush to the hospital, which of course was being flooded with panicked...

It took Tess 30+ years to realize she was a lesbian. When she finally came out of the closet, she understandably felt overwhelmed and inexperienced, like she had a lot of ‘catching up to do’, so to speak. And so in an effort to make like-minded friends, she joined an online community of local gay women, becoming fast friends with one of them in particular. But when Tess fell in love with another woman for the first time, this new friend revealed herself to be less of a ‘friend’ and more of a...

Episode 11 is here! CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP! When Matt (this episode’s guest, not its host!) was in his late 20s, he was a broke meth addict who needed an easier way to score — which is exactly what he got when he got hooked up with a high-quantity dealer who needed a hand moving product in Matt’s upper-class NorCal neighborhood. 'Good deal!', Matt thought... but what Matt did NOT think, or even have the slightest clue about, was that this new dealer pal worked for the infamous (and murderous)...

Episode 10 is here! Behold, the story of a genuine MEDICAL MIRACLE! Bode was a happy, able-bodied, athletic 14-year-old kid— until a completely random, totally freak accident left him with a nearly severed spinal cord, entirely unable to move from the neck down. His doctors warned him not to even HOPE to walk again, as literally no one in the history of medicine has recovered from such an injury. (Not one!!!) Somehow, against all possible odds, he not only began to recover— but he was...

Episode Nine is here— and with it comes our very first HERO’S STORY. Jonathan was just your average shy, emo 15 year old kid— until a schoolmate brought a 9mm to the classroom, threatening to kill everyone in sight. Thinking fast and knowing he wasn’t going to die a sitting duck, Jonny Boy took it upon himself to DISARM and BEAT THE HELL out of the would-be mass-murderer. All of a sudden, Jonathan was a national hero, even appearing on programs like 'Dr. Phil' to tell his story of bravery and...

The Private Record — Episode 008 — 'When All You Want is a Prom Date But What You Get is a Possessive Stalker' EPISODE EIGHT IS HERE! AND IT IS TOTALLY CRAZY! CRAZY EIGHT! Who else has heard their fair share of horror stories about obsessive and paranoid young men emotionally and mentally terrorizing vulnerable young women? Perhaps some of you even have similar stories of your own— OR, if you’re REALLY unlucky, MAYBE you have a tale like the one told by today’s (anonymous) guest, who has...

Seven episodes in and we think it's high time for our very first EPIC SURVIVAL STORY. Our guest Zach is an accomplished and experienced aerial photographer for movies and tv shows. One night after a long day of work on the mega-massive-hit show ‘Yellowstone’, Zach loads up his gear and begins his 3-hour drive through the serpentine Montana mountains, amid cold and icy conditions, back to his hotel for a good night of hard-earned sleep. But on a particularly dangerous and desolate stretch of...

'The Private Record' - Episode 006 - "When You Are Born Into An Unhinged Modern-Day Cult— and Then You Escape" Well. This is a wild one! Our guest (a kind, extremely tatted-up gentleman named Ben) was born and raised into a very strange, very scary, very secretive, and VERY little-known Christian sect called Gospel Outreach. By the time Ben turned 18, he knew he had to get out— so that’s exactly what he did. But it wasn’t easy! In fact, it was probably the hardest part of all. And now, for...

Today’s guest (who asked to remain nameless, for reasons you will very soon understand) has a confession to make: when he was just a wee teenager, he became one of Southern California’s largest suppliers of fake IDs. As his ‘business’ rapidly expanded throughout the entire Golden State (and eventually beyond its borders), he became a folk hero of sorts to the thousands of kids aged 16-20 for whom he provided a ‘legal’ means for a good time. But as his legend grew and even some of his most...

On this very special Valentine’s Day episode of 'The Private Record', we bring you a love story… of sorts! After a traumatic end to his previous relationship, Bobby is cautiously ready to start dating again. What Bobby ISN'T ready for is the particular woman he ends up dating (and very quickly impregnating!)... and when some small and seemingly harmless lies she tells catch Bobby’s attention, much bigger and bolder (and frankly unimaginable) lies slowly begin to reveal themselves. But will...

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‘The Private Record’ — Episode 002 — ‘When You Are Kidnapped & Held For Ransom By Your Own Drug Dealer’ This week Matt connects with an Englishman named Lewis, who expertly recounts a harrowing story from his time as a drug-addicted youth— when he was accused of stealing a fat stack of cash from his dealer and subsequently held hostage, without food or drink (or a badly-needed fix!), until he came up with the money… which he didn’t have, and never even stole in the first place. Welcome to...

'The Private Record' -- Episode 001 --  In the first ever episode of this podcast, a young man named Ceros tells Matt about his surprisingly loving marriage to a very rich and very old widow (when HE was just a teenager! AND homeless!)... and that's just the beginning of this completely, insanely, undeniably wild story. Welcome to 'The Private Record', where ordinary people tell their most extraordinary stories. New episodes every Wednesday! If you liked this episode, please hit that 'like'...

'The Private Record' Podcast Teaser -- First Episode Out 1/24! FIRST EPISODE DROPS JANUARY 24th! Make sure you subscribe to THIS channel AND Matt's Official Youtube channel  @mattdelia  for ALL new episodes, clips, and announcements! If YOU want to be on the show to tell Matt YOUR story, go to https://www.theprivaterecord.com and submit yourself as a potential guest! The Private Record: the place where ordinary people tell their most extraordinary stories.

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