The Private Record — Episode 39 — When You Save Your Child From A Most Unlikely Abuser THIS IS THE FINAL EPISODE OF SEASON ONE OF 'THE PRIVATE RECORD'. (More on that below!) But boy oh boy, do we go out with a bang! We don't want to give too much away though, so we're just gonna use these three words to describe this episode: Munchausen by Proxy. Beyond that, we have a couple VERY IMPORTANT announcements / notes for you— First— Youtube won't let us show you this interview as is. It's...

The Private Record — Episode 38 — When Your Dad is a Victim of Domestic Abuse When this submission came our way, we honestly had NO idea what to expect. But when we followed up with the woman who submitted the story (who has chosen to remain anonymous), we knew we had to have her on. Not just because it's an important story to get out into the world. But also, frankly, because it's... well... STRANGE. The idea that this man, our guest's father, could be a sweet and loving and devoted father...

The Private Record — Episode 37 — When You Witness a Man Burn Alive This one is short and sweet... actually... hmm... not exactly 'sweet', per se. More like the opposite of 'sweet', in fact! Because, as the title suggests, this episode features a story about a boy named Philip (now an adult— but at the time he was only 12 years old) who randomly and entirely unexpectedly happened to witness a grown man BURN HIMSELF TO DEATH... ON PURPOSE. We're going to leave it at that, but for full...

The Private Record — Episode 036 — When Your Boyfriend Snaps and Tries to Kill You This episode's guest, Kayla, has a wild and harrowing tale for us. In short, she was almost killed by her then-boyfriend. And she absolutely WOULD have been killed, if not for a number of totally unlikely and random coincidences that are, quite frankly, enough to make even the most hardened atheist reconsider whether or not there is a god. As nightmarish as Kayla's story is, experiences like hers are all too...

The Private Record — Episode 35 — When Your Roommate Fakes Having Cancer Many people have ‘crazy roommate’ stories. But Hayley’s truly boggles the mind. The short version of the story is— Hayley’s college dorm-mate ‘Becky’ made everyone at school (from Hayley to her classmates to her teachers) think she had cancer, when she in fact did not have cancer. But the LONG version of the story, which Hayley tells to Matt in full detail, is absolutely and utterly batsh*t insane. Welcome to 'The...

The Private Record — Episode 34 — When a Child Beats You Up Title kinda says it all this time, no? Bu here are some specifics for you: our guest Danielle is a teacher. A couple years ago, one particular student in her classroom was a bit of a... well... PROBLEM. And one day, that student took it upon herself to beat up another student. Danielle, being a good teacher (and a good person in general) wasn't having that. So instead of letting the student take a beating, Danielle put herself...

The Private Record — Episode 033 — When Your Friend Steals Your Wife's Nudes After last week's VERY heavy episode, we decided to do a 180 this week and bring you a story that is very... well... NOT heavy. Adrian and his wife's best friend's husband had become pretty good friends, thanks to the closeness of their spouses. But when his purported 'friend' offers to 'fix' his wife's phone and takes a liiiiiittle too long doing so, Adrian gets slightly suspicious. And it doesn't take him very...

The Private Record — Episode 032 — When You Give Birth And The Unthinkable Happens Hey guys. Listen up. There’s no way around this, so we might as well come out and say it upfront— this one is brutal, and at times just plain hard to listen to. That being said— we not only believe our guest Dylan’s tragic tale is an IMPORTANT story to share, it also ultimately has a happy ending! And if you watch through Matt’s intro to the episode, you’ll come to know what that happy ending is, before you...

The Private Record — Episode 31 — When You Unexpectedly Run Into Your Birth Mother (Who You've Never Met) Time for a little change of pace! No cults this time, no murders, no medical horror stories... just a really cool and kind and sweet young woman with a very crazy story about the day she randomly ran into the one person she'd spent more time thinking about than any other person in all her life... the woman who gave birth to her. Amy-Leigh loves her adoptive parents. They ARE her...

The Private Record — Episode 30 — When You Escape a Cult (Part Two!) Several weeks ago we dropped what is by now (by far) our most beloved episode (EP06), featuring Ben, a brave young man who escaped a strange and little-known Christian 'cult' (his words, not ours!) that goes by the name of 'Gospel Outreach'. Needless to say, the episode dropped on Gospel Outreach like a bomb, instantly turning Ben into their Public Enemy Number One. Since then, the leaders of GO have tried to silence him,...

The Private Record — Episode 029 — When You Are Not Your Girlfriend's Only Boyfriend Our guest Mark has a crazy but unfortunately all-too-common type of story for us this week... Some time ago, Mark had the unique displeasure of discovering that his longtime girlfriend was not only cheating on him, but was simultaneously carrying on a whole OTHER longterm relationship with another man, totally unbeknownst to Mark. Lucky for us, as sad and upsetting as these stories tend to be (Mark's is...

The Private Record — Episode 028 — When Your Mom Dates a Serial Killer Our guest this episode, who understandably chose to remain anonymous, experienced the unimaginable at age 12, when his mom (unbeknownst to her) began dating a serial killer. You'd think that alone would be bad enough, but where things end up is truly a billion times worse. Without getting into the tragic details, let's just put it this way: things don't end well. The story of how all of this unfolds is utterly...

Are you familiar with 'Butlers in the Buff'? If not, that's okay— neither was Matt. In short, they're basically male strippers for hire, for private events, who act like butlers. Naked butlers— at your service! It's actually a good-paying gig, if you look the part and can put up with...uh...ya know...being naked and pretending to be someone's butler. And most gigs are pretty simple and straightforward, despite the job's basic requirements. But what happens when one of these gigs goes wrong?...

Kelsey’s first pregnancy was going about as well as it possibly could. No major concerns or issues along the way… until it came time to actually deliver the baby. When Kelsey’s baby daughter began having difficulty entering the world the ‘normal’ way, her doctors decided a c-section was necessary. But these happen all the time, so it was no big deal— until they began operating, and Kelsey realized the anesthesia wasn’t working… AT ALL. Unlike most surgeries, during child birth you can’t...

The Private Record — Episode 025 — When You Bleed To Death Episode 025 is here and… just... wow. JUST... WOWOWOWOWOWOW! OK here's the deal: When Jaron was a young dude, he and his young dude housemates were always pranking each other, as young dudes tend to do. Unfortunately, one of these pranks went bad — way bad, like as bad as a prank can go — and resulted in Jaron not just coming very close to dying but also FULLY ACCEPTING HIS DEATH while he was at it. Now, obviously, Jaron didn’t...

The Private Record — Episode 024 — ‘When You Almost Marry The World’s Biggest Liar’ Episode 024 of The Private Record is here! And considering the punch this one packs, we’re gonna keep this description short and sweet… Simply put, the man this story is about is such a massive liar that he puts The Tinder Swindler to shame. And our guest Samantha ALMOST MARRIED HIM! Immediately upon meeting Mr. Liar Man, poor Samantha found herself swept off her feet by his irresistible charms— and before...

The Private Record — Episode 023 — 'When 20 Cops Pull Their Guns On You For Stealing Your Own Car' When Ryan was young and dumb, he and his young and dumb guy friends were out on the town looking for the things young dumb guys out on the town are always looking for— girls and a good time. Unfortunately, before things even got going, Ryan's car got towed. But when Ryan and his young and dumb crew got to the tow yard, no one was there. Just a bunch of cars. All they could do was wait. Until...

The Private Record — Episode 022 — 'When a Psychic Scams You Out of Thousands of Dollars' We've all heard stories about scammers who pose as psychics to swindle innocent people out of their hard-earned money by telling them things they want to hear. But what if one of those scammers REALLY WAS a psychic? And just happened to ALSO be a scammer? That's what our guest Alexis is here to tell us about... and her story is truly bingbong bonkers. Now, Matt does not exactly 'believe' in 'psychics'....

The Private Record — Episode 021 — "When You Are Robbed and Left For Dead" While staying with his family in Oklahoma for a brief spell, our guest Brandon was going to visit his friend in Arkansas a for a quick weekend camping trip. On the way there, he decided to make a stop in Fayetteville to get a little of that sticky icky green stuff for a little extra enjoyment. (This was in 2017– well before it was legal in most states.) When Brandon finally found someone who said she had a connection...

The Private Record — Episode 020 — “When The SWAT TEAM Is In a 6-Hour Standoff With Your Dad” This week’s guest Harlie was only 9 years old when a SWAT Team surrounded her house, guns drawn from every possible angle — street level, rooftop, you name it — hunting her father, who police suspected had shot up his former girlfriend’s apartment in a meth-fueled rage. Believe it or not, this is just the BEGINNING of Harlie’s wild tale. This one’s got a shootout in broad daylight, a 6-hour SWAT...

The Private Record — Episode 19 — "When You Try To Be Nice To Someone But End Up With a Stalker" Spencer! Poor Spencer! Was just trying to be nice to someone who was clearly in need! And ended up experiencing several months of hell at the hands of a woman who thought (unbeknownst to Spencer at the time!) that Spencer was her one true soulmate. We'd write more (and there IS a WHOOOLE LOT more!) but honestly you have to hear the details from Spencer himself for this story to have its most...

The Private Record — Episode 018 — “When You Somehow End Up Naked And Eating Ribs in a Stranger’s Hot Tub and The Stranger Has a Machete” Everyone has that one friend who is always getting into something crazy, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Today’s guest, a fella named Andrew, is one of those people— and in his case, it IS intentional. He’s constantly saying yes to the craziest of opportunities, so that he always has great stories with which to entertain his friends. But in this...

The Private Record — Episode 17 — "When Your Friend's Trauma Becomes Your Drama" Episode 17 is here and IT IS A WILD ONE! So many twists and turns in this one, it’s best to keep this short and sweet, so here goes— Our guest Jason was in college in Florida at the time of this tale, when he and his brothers decided to rent a place there for a chill summer full of sunshine and partying. Only a few friends of his remained in town while school was out— one of them being the ex girlfriend of...

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...