“I could live with the nightmares. I could live with the panic attacks. But the thing that was tearing me apart was questioning if everything I know in my life was real at all.”
Producer: Whit Missildine
Episode Summary: A lifelong friendship filled with care, love and personal growth takes a shocking turn in the aftermath of a brutal act of violence.
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Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood trauma, parental abuse, graphic violence, murder, explicit language
Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper
Music Bed: “Cylinder Four/Cylinder Five” – Chris Zabriskie
Outro Music: "The Moon is Down" - El Diablo & Adam Schraft (Rojo y Negro) @eldiablosf @rojo-y-negro www.eldiablobass.com/
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